Podcast appearances and mentions of Billy Liar

A darkly comic satire about an increasingly deranged leader of a Western power, tensions with Russia and the threat of World War 3 breaking out – sound familiar? That's the premise of Whoops Apocalypse, the 1986 feature film very loosely based on the sitcom of the same name, created by David Renwick and Andrew Marshall. Sadly where the film fails to imitate real life is the presence of a female President in the White House and she's the (relatively) sane one, while her British counterpart (played by Peter Cook) believes unemployment is caused by pixies and is quite happy to encourage those without jobs to leap to their deaths off Beachy Head. The film also features Loretta Swit (M*A*S*H), Richard Wilson, Michael Richards (pre-Seinfeld), Rik Mayall, Alexei Sayle, Ian Richardson, Herbert Lom and John Sessions. Last December for Goon Pod Film Club Tyler spoke to Renwick & Marshall at length about Whoops Apocalypse and how it all came about and he decided to share it with the general Goon Pod listeners as a bonus episode before world events rendered its plot totally tame and entirely plausible. Andrew and David talked warmly about the film and revealed how it was chiefly the lousy scheduling of their earlier television show End Of Part One which compelled them to write the Whoops Apocalypse sitcom, which in turn led to producer Brian Eastman proposing a big-screen repurposing, involving a new storyline and characters. They discussed the writing process, the challenges of casting, the difference between what made critics laugh and audiences laugh and things they wish had worked a little bit better. Goon Pod returns in late March. Goon Pod Film Club can be found here: patreon.com/GoonPod and you can sign up free for a seven day trial. Shows include Kind Hearts & Coronets, A Hard Days Night, Bedazzled (1967), Monty Python & The Holy Grail, Guest House Paradiso (aka the ‘Bottom movie'),Carry On Screaming, Billy Liar and, most recently, It's Trad Dad.

A special Christmas bonus edition! As part of Goon Pod Film Club - www.patreon.com/GoonPod - every month Tyler and a special guest discuss a British comedy film and in August this year Tim Worthington came to talk about his favourite: Billy Liar from 1963. Here's the full episode for Goon Pod listeners to get a taste. As you'd expect from Tim the conversation takes many twists and turns – as well as analysing the film itself, its themes and ideas, its stars, its production, its position in the pantheon of British New Wave cinema, there are also nods aplenty towards popular culture connected with the film, including Ken Russell, the Four Yorkshiremen sketch and Saint Etienne! Tom Courtenay is the titular Billy Liar, or, more accurately, William Fisher, a grammar school boy on a scholarship from a working class environment who finds himself constantly at odds with distant parents, girlfriends expecting greater commitment, a mocking colleague and a rather foolish boss. He is a provincial dreamer with aspirations to better himself but is somewhat lacking the drive. Prone to lapsing into fantasies in which he is a big wheel in a fictional state called Ambrosia, Billy's doing a job he hates working as a clerk in a funeral directors firm. However, he almost finds a way out of it all,  a chance to escape and spread his wings and soar, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shake off the cloying ordinariness of his Northern town and leave it all behind. Other films covered on GPFC this year include A Hard Days Night, Carry On Screaming and Guest House Paradiso! For a free 7-day trial of Goon Pod Film Club head over to patreon.com/GoonPod

This week Brendan Kelly, of The Lawrence Arms fame, stopped by the studio and had a great chat with us about touring, his solo material and how punk and people have changed (not at all!) We spoke to him at a show in Lake Worth on October 25th featuring DDRB, Jen Pop, Billy Liar and Brendan Kelly Brendan Kelly can be found at the following links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thelawrencearms Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thelawrencearms YouTube: www.youtube.com/@thelawrencearmsofficial Here is a link to Brendan's solo material. Brendan Kelly on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ZptpOIyZ9tKh94WgwOuZT?si=f2eea511ae7040fb The Lawrence Arms on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0aQ8Ow9YAkGxr5bbehjkcS?si=57de02b7f62a48ac 561 Music Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7y2i0AgJTGRMtxMADgZ7AZ?si=Zp77sqBTuewWTDouxH2g 561 Music Links: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/561musicpodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/561musicpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/561musicpodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/561musicpodcast A huge thank you to our sponsors this week. JUPITER INLET BOAT RENTALS Jupiter Inlet Boat Rentals is Palm Beach County's Premier Boat Rental Company and Boat Rental Club. As an alternative to boat ownership, our membership club ranks number #1 in boat quality, availability and customer satisfaction. OASIS ROOT COFFEE AND KAVA LOUNGE Oasis Root Coffee and Kava Lounge in Jupiter is a fun, relaxing place to come by drink kava, java, or tea, and hang out… South Pacific Style! Open daily from 8am-1am. Located at 185 E. Indiantown Rd., Suite 111, Jupiter, FL 33477. LIVE MUSIC COMMUNITY Thank you to Justin and Live Music Community for all they do to make our podcasts as professional as possible. If you are looking to do a podcast, record an album, do a live stream, or anything of that type, Live Music Community is the place to go. LMC is also a music school that takes it up a notch by not only teaching the foundations of music theory and songs on instruments and vocals but also teaches the students the full band experience. They team your child up with like-minded individuals who then go on to play shows, do live streams, and learn the dos and don'ts of being in a successful working band. You can find them online at https://www.livemusiccommunity.com and on Facebook and Instagram @LMCFlorida 561 Music Podcast was recorded by our producer Justin Hucker at Live Music Community, which offers podcasting, video production, live stream, music lessons, recording and so much more. Check them out and take a virtual studio tour here: https://www.livemusiccommunity.com

Looks Unfamiliar is a podcast in which writer and occasional broadcaster Tim Worthington talks to a guest about some of the things that they remember that nobody else ever seems to.This is a collection of highlights from Looks Unfamiliar featuring Suzy Robinson on Crown Court, Danny Kodicek on Fox Tales, Bob Fischer and Georgy Jamieson on Why Don't You...?, Paul Abbott on Disneytime Rotadraw, Genevieve Jenner on Fruitopia, Adam S. Leslie on I Heard Your Name by Martin Rev and Justin Lewis on I Hate J.R. by The Wurzels. Along the way we'll be revealing when BBC Test Card F might actually be your less terrifying viewing option, listening to a 1970s heroin-y version of They Might Be Giants, arguing over whether the best Catatonia album was the first one or the first one, assessing the best way to draw TV's Simon And Simon, remaking the Bitter Sweet Symphony video with the bloke out of The Wurzels, speculating on the efficacy of Kiss-Me-Quick-Hats sported by popular television puppets, revisiting Jamiroquai's duet with some puppet caterpillars, soliciting The Jesus And Mary Chain's theories on Who Shot J.R.?, organising a day trip to the exact spot where Roland Rat pushed Kevin The Gerbil down a hill, shuddering at the thought of The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow's most repulsive exhibit and and revealing why the hippy trail is strewn with striking dustbins, cough medicine and Crown Court. Plus there's tips on how Blanco from Porridge can help your party go with a swing! Also there's extracts from Tim talking about Billy Liar on Goon Pod Film Club, Now - The Summer Album on Back To Now and George Martin's By George! on The Big Beatles Sort Out, and an extra bit of Bob and Georgy questioning Will Smith's approach to summertime scheduling...You can find more editions of Looks Unfamiliar at timworthington.org.If you enjoy Looks Unfamiliar, you can help to support the show by buying us a coffee here. It's doubtful WIll Smith would have enough time for one though. Unless he drank it very, very quickly.

A quick preview of this month's edition of Goon Pod Film Club - Billy Liar (1963) with special guest Tim Worthington. More: patreon.com/GoonPod

John Rain & Paul Litchfield join Tyler to discuss Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's 1978 adaptation of the classic Sherlock Holmes story, an attempt to make a hit mainstream comedy but which failed to find an audience. Mostly owing to it not being very good. Directed by American Paul Morrissey this was the first major film project he made without the involvement of Andy Warhol. Rather bizarrely Morrissey was a fan of the Carry On films and he was keen to bring that sort of humour to the screen, enlisting Kenneth Williams to play Sir Henry Baskerville and stuffing it full of familiar faces from the world of British comedy. The result was a bit of a mess, with indoor fog and urinating dogs small compensation for proper belly laughs but there is still plenty to talk about and some titters among the dross. It's not a complete dog of a film. And why are we covering it on Goon Pod? Why, for the small scene-stealing cameo from Spike Milligan as a policeman. Enjoy! Many thanks to the wonderful Jonathan Roberts for this episode's artwork! There's also a taster of August's edition of Goon Pod Film Club, in which Tim Worthington talks Billy Liar! Head over to www.patreon.com/GoonPod

We talk to Billy Liar - Scottish Punk Rock Singer Songwriter. On the eve of his upcoming US & Canadian Tour, Billy checks in with us to talk all about previous Stateside adventures along with plans to meet up with long time friends whose relationships were solidified over many tours and encounters overseas. We chat about creating original DIY Promo Videos along with getting the chance to work, record and tour with your musical heroes. Presented in association with Affinity Photo - The hottest photo editing software on iPad, Mac & PChttps://affinity.serif.com/photoIntro Music by Johnny Monacohttps://www.johnnymonaco.com/ Incidental Music by Night Fires Please visit The Straight To Video Patreon Page to find out how you can help grow this show. https://patreon.com/stvpod

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AND WE'RE BACK. This episode features the very talented Billy Liar. Fresh off his tour to FEST, we discuss his new album "Crisis Actor", Negronis, and what the future holds for Billy Liar. Check out Billy on Instagram @officialbillyliar Go buy stuff from https://officialbillyliar.bandcamp.com/album/some-legacy https://shop.piratespressrecords.com/pages/billy-liar https://www.stupidradmerch.com/billyliar --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/you-had-options/support

Nina Sosanya has been a regular presence on TV screens since the nineties, quite often portraying hard-working and so seen as “difficult” women, including Jenny in Teachers and now Leigh in Screw. Screw is back for season two, so our Hannah took the chance to get Nina on the Zoom to chat about, well, being on the Zoom, putting the prison uniform back on, those ‘difficult' women and the strikes in America.Jen's chatting to Dr Friederike Otto, senior lecturer in climate science, about climate change and angry weather – which, coincidentally, is also the name of her new book. And in Jenny Off the Blocks, Jen's rightly raging about Rubiales while also redressing the balance.And in Rated or Dated, the team visits a time capsule set in the north (so, spoiler, Mick's delighted), as we watch Sir Tom Courtenay deliver performance magic in 1963 British New Wave classic, Billy Liar.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/standardissuespodcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Julian Schlossberg (Producer).Theatre: Bullets Over Broadway, Relatively Speaking, Sly Fox, Mornings At Seven, My Life On A Diet, Fortune's Fool, Terms of Endearment, After the Night and the Music, Adult Entertainment, The Unexpected Man, Tommy Tune, Madame Melville, Taller Than a Dwarf, Power Plays, If Love Were All, Death Defying Acts, Vita and Virginia, etc. Film: Widow's Peak, In theSpirit, Bad Girls, No Nukes, Ten From Your Show of Shows. Television: Mike Nichols – American Masters (PBS), Nichols and May (PBS), Elia Kazan: A Director's Journey (AMC), Claire Bloom's Shakespeare's Women (Bravo), Lives of Lillian Hellman (PBS).His new memoir, Try Not To Hold It Against Me- A Producer's Life is now available on Amazon. In 1976, Steve Guttenberg was on a plane to Hollywood. His mother and father gave him $300 for a two week trip to try his hand at film acting. He was 17 years old . He had done childrens theatre, an off broadway play and studied at various schools. He landed and immediately started trying to sneak into studios. He found his way into Paramount Studios, commandeered an office in the Lucille Ball Makeup Building, strung a phone from the water stage , and started making phone calls to casting directors, agents and producers. He landed a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial and was off to the races.  Steve flew to Portugal and didn't look back. He was cast in some of the most popular films the the industry released. Diner, Police Academy, Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Short Circuit to name a few. Steve starred in The Day After, Billy Liar, Veronica Mars, Ballers , the sci fi hit Lavalantula, and most recently How to Murder Your Husband with Cybill Shepherd. Steve is married , devoted to his family and divides his home between Scottsdsle AZ and Pacific Palisades California.   

As we double check on our twitter history we bring you nine songs from Problem Patterns, Fuzzbox, Brutal Youth, Sam Hariss And Tobin Dale, Les Abranis, The Hip Priests, Billy Liar, Timmy and Ava Toton.Voice of Jeff, Poetry Corner, Comedy Suburbs, Tony has your Facebook comments, Germany, Jonathan Pie, Timo, last week, work, Mothers Day, Forest, Match of the Day, Bedlam Breakout, Oh Gunquit, Mark!, From the Vaults, Tony's International Gig Guide, crisps, Nason, this week, Trustpilot, Mothers Day!, Steak and Blowjob Day, St Patricks Day, Izzatwat and a reminder of the ways you can listen to us.Song 1: Problem Patterns – Who Do We Not SaveSong 2: Fuzzbox – Voodoo Feline 239Song 3: Brutal Youth - MoonstonesSong 4: Sam Hariss And Tobin Dale – Crackin' UpSong 5: Les Abranis – Chenar Le BluesSong 6: The Hip Priests – Just To Get BySong 7: Billy Liar – The View From HereSong 8: Timmy – Spoiled Brat SyndromeSong 9: Ava Toton – Charm School Dropout

Movies go hand in hand with entertainment and events.  But what is it really like behind the scenes at movie openings and film sets?  Our guest this week will give you a once in a lifetime insight into all of it!This Weeks guest: Steve GuttenbergIn 1976, Steve Guttenberg was on a plane to Hollywood. His mother and father gave him $300 for a two week trip to try his hand at film acting. He was 17 years old . He had done childrens theatre, an off broadway play and studied at various schools. He landed and immediately started trying to sneak into studios. He found his way into Paramount Studios, commandeered an office in the Lucille Ball Makeup Building, strung a phone from the water stage , and started making phone calls to casting directors, agents and producers. He landed a Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial and was off to the races. He earned a place in an agency and then Steve was cast in the acclaimed television movie ‘Something for Joey', the cult classic ‘The Chicken Chronicles', and the Universal film ‘Rollercoaster'.After a year in Hollywood, he decided the culture was not for him, went to Albany State University at the request of his father Stanley, and proceeded to have an experience as a college student. Hollywood called three months into his semester with an offer to co-star with Gregory Peck in ‘The Boys from Brazil.' Steve flew to Portugal and didn't look back.  He was cast in some of the most popular films the the industry  released.  Diner, Police Academy, Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Short Circuit and The Bedroom Window to name a few.   His films have grossed over a billion dollars. Steve went on to act on Broadway in  Prelude to a Kiss, in Woody Harrelson's Furthest from the Sun, John Turturro's Relatively Speaking and The Boys Next Door in London's West End.   Steve starred in The Day After, Billy Liar, Veronica Mars, Ballers , the sci fi hit Lavalantula, and most recently How to Murder Your Husband with Cybill Shepherd. Steve is known as a generous and thoughtful person, creating The Guttenberg House in Los Angeles for emancipated foster children. He is married , devoted to his family and divides his home between Scottsdsle AZ and Pacific Palisades California. It's a long way from Massapequa, New York, and Steve doesn't forget where he comes from. He appreciates his life and the career in show For a hands-free experience, ask Alexa to play the latest podcast episode of Behind The Veil with Keith Willard. The BEHIND THE VEIL Show is the winner of the 2021 and 2022 Telly Awards for best online unscripted series, and the NACE One Award for Innovator of The Year.Would you be interested in sponsoring future episodes of Behind The Veil? Email the host at info@keithwillardevents.comSupport the showBehind The Veil Crew:Host: Keith Willard www.keithwillardevents.com www.instagram.com/keithwillard Co- Host: Marci Guttenberg www.anaffairtorememberbymarci.com www.instagram.com/anaffairtorememberbymarci

This week's guest is a terrific character actor with over thirty years in the industry. A veteran of more than seventy Hollywood movies and hundreds of episodes of television, Donal Logue is the beloved scene-stealer of such films as Sneakers, Blade, and Zodiac, and TV series as Grounded for Life, Sons of Anarchy, Vikings, Gotham, and of course, the great Terriers, which Jed Ayres and I celebrated earlier this year in a full episode. Additionally, the recipient of the Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Acting at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival for the indie favorite The Tao of Steve, Donal also has quite the passion and talent for writing.In 2021, he co-wrote the brilliant New York Times bestseller Trejo: My Life of Crime, Redemption, & Hollywood, along with his good friend Danny Trejo. Currently hard at work on his next book, Donal has just been added to the third season of the popular Queen Latifah CBS series The Equalizer, which I'm looking forward to checking out. Needless to say, he's a very busy guy! Someone I'm honored to have gotten to know after the Terriers episode, Donal has not only become a very good friend but has also consistently given me the best film recommendations, including several that we discuss in this fascinating episode.In a thoughtful roughly two-hour conversation, Donal shares his affection for the gritty, social realism centric tales of the so-called "angry young men" that took the world by storm in the UK Kitchen Sink Drama movement of theater and film in the late 1950s and early '60s. Focusing primarily on Look Back in Anger, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Billy Liar, This Sporting Life, Kes, A Taste of Honey, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, and The Entertainer, this is an episode to listen to with a pen and a pad of paper as masterful films get cited throughout. With sharp insights about acting, filmmaking, and storytelling from his perspective as a film fan first and a professional second, this engaging chat is a treat for cinephiles everywhere. Enjoy!Theme Music: Solo Acoustic Guitar by Jason Shaw, Free Music ArchiveLogo: Kate Gabrielle (KateGabrielle.com)Originally Posted on Patreon (10/24/22) here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/73713693

In the nineteenth episode of Season 7 (Fantastical Realities) Kyle is joined by screenwriter David Gutierrez and novelist Alex Buda to discuss the inversion of the kitchen sink realism drama in the flights of fancy and delusions of grandeur in the arrested development protagonist of John Schlesinger's Billy Liar (1963).

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1. Billy Liar (1963) 2. Midnight Cowboy (1969) 3. The Day of the Locust (1975) 4. Marathon Man (1976) 5. Honky Tonk Freeway (1981) Audio note; please excuse the weird whoosing sound in the background of the first three minutes. We don't know what it is, but it doesn't come back. We promise. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/five-films-from/support

This week, the guys discuss another John Schlesinger film in the form of the 1963 comedy Billy Liar. How does this movie compare to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Ally McBeal and Ferris Bueller's Day Off? Was 1963 the peak year for catchphrase comedians? They also talk about speaking in different dialects based on your audience, Julie Christie/fast food restaurant tie-ins and much, much more.   The guys also draw next week's movie out of a hat! What will it be? Join us, won't you? Questions? Comments? Suggestions? You can always shoot us an e-mail at forscreenandcountry@gmail.com   Full List: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_Top_100_British_films Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/forscreenandcountry Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/bfi_pod Our logo was designed by the wonderful Mariah Lirette (https://www.instagram.com/mariahhx)   Billy Liar stars Tom Courtenay, Wilfred Pickles, Mona Washbourne, Ethel Griffies, Finlay Currie, Helen Fraser, Gwendolyn Watts and Julie Christie; directed by John Schlesinger. Is It Streaming? USA: Kanopy and available to rent Canada: N/A UK: available to rent Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Actor, narrator, screenplay writer and author Jeff Rawle talks about how he fell into acting, his time at drama school, landing the lead in a new television comedy Billy Liar just two days out of drama school, working with Alan Bennett, his time as George Dent in Drop the Dead Donkey and what it was like to be Amos Diggory in Harry Potter. Having been in the industry for forty-eight years, Jeff shares experiences and encounters across his television, film and theatre careers and talks about the hugely diverse roles he has played all with great humour, affection, honesty and insight. Sign up to our newsletter and never miss a release! | Visit our website  Related Movies: Harry Potter The Young Poisoner's Handbook Billy Liar Drop the Dead Donkey Peterloo

Welcome back mates! Yes I said mates as it is time to dive into the drain that is British Kitchen Sink Dramas! Yes those, I don't know what they are either but don't worry Tyler will tell you all! Speaking of All this episode is incredibly rough so you are getting an unvarnished look at what our episodes are before they go through the edit bay! We had a big melt down at the final part of the edit and now we are making chicken salad out of chicken s$#*! So our two films tonight are nothing short of fascinating looks at British Kitchen Sink Dramas! Up first we have the 1959 film from Jack Clayton which is surprisingly also his first and man what a debut with the 1959 film Room at the Top! Following that we dive into journeyman filmmaker John Schlesinger's early sixties work. Before he changed the Oscar's landscape with Midnight Cowboy he first delivered us a film about one of the most unlikeable men ever committed to celluloid played by Tom Courtenay as the titular Billy Liar! Spoiler Alert: A better edited episode is coming next week we promise!

On this episode we discuss Fest and review the film The Adventures Of Ford Fairlane from 1990! Plus Limp Bizkit are massive idiots, a man from the future is a massive liar, a dog gets a massive dinner and a massive mouth is a just plain massive. Music from our favourite Fest 19 picks; New Junk City, No Man, Billy Liar, Kepi Ghoulie and Lapeche!

Welcome back for Season 4 of the Cinema For All Podcast – a celebration of going to the cinema. Today we kick off with a very special interview with John Magaro (The Big Short, Carol), star of the upcoming Kelly Reichart film First Cow. John talks to us about working with Kelly, male friendships on the big screen and his excitement for getting back to the cinema. Abi and Jaq also share what they’ve been watching at home over the past month, including Billy Liar, Personal Shopper, Mermaids and Nomadland, as well as a more in depth chat about friendship on screen. The Cinema For All podcast is proud to be supported by the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery. HOSTS: Jaq Chell and Abi StandishGUEST: John MagaroPRODUCER: Jay Platt Thanks for listening! Please subscribe and rate and review our podcast – it really helps other listeners find us! For more on Cinema For All head to www.cinemaforall.org.uk or follow us on Twitter/ Instagram on @cinemaforallpodhttps://cinemaforall.org.uk/donate/ (

Crusty Radio is back for episode 12 and features Bob from the I Wanna Party With Bob the podcast. Bob and I both brought 5 songs from 5 bands to the episode. We talk about each song and then play the song and listen together. Hosted by MICHAELxCrustyRecorded and edited by Michael AmaralMixed and mastered by Steve Rizun at Drive StudiosPlaylist:Houseghost - Yellow WallpaperThe Filthy Radicals - Freedom 45Wolf-Face - With or Without BoofRULES - Burning BridgesNervosa - Guided By EvilDead Tired - She's In My EyesSarchasm - BelongNapoleon - Left To DieBilly Liar - The View From HereBarn Burner - Scum Of The Earthwww.CrustyMedia.ca

Scottish Singer-Songwriter Billy Liar has been a DIY musician since his teenage years.  He talks to Will about growing up in Edinburgh, his origins in the hardcore scene before transitioning to acoustic, commanding the stage as a solo performer, DIY Touring, writing and staging a play at the Fringe Festival, and the balance between being an entertainer and a artist. Listen to Billy Liar: https://open.spotify.com/album/5Osg4W3lrdeKw0OLpyRGoI?si=bhgAOzkYQ_mP8c0RXgPV_Q https://twitter.com/thebillyliar https://www.billyliarmusic.com/ Will's Website: www.awesomedisaster.com Podcast Merch: https://teespring.com/stores/between-awesome-and-disaster

A podcast about connection, culture, community and, most of all, MUSIC! Today we will travel all the way to Edinburgh, Scotland to talk to my friend Billy Liar. Billy is not only a music fan, but a phenomenal musician himself. He is well traveled in that regard, playing shows all over the UK, Europe, The United States and elsewhere.  Billy grew up and spent his formative years in Edinburgh, but has also lived in Glasgow, Germany and currently lives in Dundee, which is about an hour north of Edinburgh.  I find it fitting that my first guest  is from Edinburgh because Scotland is the only other country, besides the United States that I’ve ever lived in. My family and I transplanted there, when I was a kid, while my dad attended graduate school at Harriet Watt University. I don’t remember much of it, but, regardless Scotland has always held a very special place in my heart.  The artists we share with you today are Mastersystem and Faith Elliot from Scotland and Joe McMahon from the United States.

In this episode of KMWSU the boys finish up the epic album “SeVae”, Kyle rants about Gen Z, and Justin gets into it with a Twitch streamer over music copyright laws. Plus new tunes from the Scottish sad boy himself BILLY LIAR!! Continue Reading → The post Kyle Moucha Won’t Shut Up! – S5E20 – Nu Religion appeared first on Moot.tv.

Tom Courtenay plays a young man who loses himself in grandiose fantasies in order to escape his dull life, in…

We're back after another unplanned hiatus, thank the gods! And what better way to come back than talking about a couple of movies that have fresh starts in common.First up is Lauren's choice - the 1996 comedy starring Bette Middle, Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn, The First Wives Club. Then we take a trip back in time with a slice of British New Wave cinema as Jordan chooses the John Schlesinger classic, Billy Liar.Subscribe, listen and enjoy!

2020 was a year seemingly concieved in a Stephen King novel. Fascist leadership in the USA, a worldwide pandemic, economic disaster after disaster, did I miss anything? Well, at least the music of the Bobcast was great? Here is my ode to the songs that made 2020 a little more bearable for me and hopefully, you. This is what you’re getting, in order of appearance - The Anti-Queens, Ash Williams, The BellRays, Billy Liar, Black Breath, Danger Inc, Dear Boy, Future Of The Left, Houseghost, Iron Chic, Murder By Death, Nervosa, Parasites, Planes Mistaken For Stars, Sad GirlzClub, Sarchasm, TSOL, Turncoat, War On Women and Wolf-Face!

I love a good ghost story. So, I’ve gathered eight of them here, told by the people that experienced these paranormal phantasms. This one features a star-studded cast of creeps, including - Billy Liar (solo artist), Ryan Disney (no, not THAT Disney), Jesse Wagner (The Aggrolites & UXB), Amanda Paulson (Pretty FN Spooky blog and YouTube channel), Fernando Cruz (Run For Your Fucking Life, Bumbklaatt), Mitch Wilson (No Knife, Funeral March), Greg Hetson (Bad Religion, Circle Jerks) and Ron Martinez (Final Conflict, Lower Class Brats). Each story is incredible - from a “Hat Man” story (look it up - scary!!!), to a kid who spent part of his youth living in a graveyard, to phantom footsteps and bellmen from beyond the grave, I’m telling you, this episode has the best ghost stories I’ve ever heard. There is music, as always, of course. Billy Liar with the song “The Ghosts Of Punk Rock”, UXB with “Night Marchers, No Knife with “Hit Man Dreams” and Dear Boy with a cover of the Psychedelic Furs song “The Ghost In You”. Did you catch all the songs sorta-kinda reference ghosts? Good job, you’re paying attention! One last thing before you go to the light - if you let me know via social media (search on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter “I Wanna Party With Bob”) which story is your favorite, you can win a t-shirt from Discount Cemetery and a gorgeously gruesome zippo lighter and case from Wicked Monster Workshop! Vote and win! Turn on the lights, burn some sage and fire up your podcast player - this one will scare the ecctoplasm out of anyone!

Happy Labor Day! Ever wonder why we have a Labor Day holiday in the USA and Canada? Wonder no more, here is the answer! I’ll cover the history behind Labor Day, a little of the history of the American Labor Movement and a bit about the rise and fall of Labor Unions in the USA up to current times. Hint - rich folks hate unions, because of course they do. Most rich folks throughout history seem to have issues with the people that made them rich, right? Let me talk to you about that and more in this episode! Songs are by Arthur Bell, Billy Liar, The Drowns and Chixdiggit. Yes, the songs are all about work. Bonus! The story and some thoughts of the folklore hero John Henry are also in this episode. Take it easy, crack open a cold one and let ME do all the work for a little bit.

Rhys Handley deconstructs the hopelessness of the Macmillan era in Billy Liar.

This week the boys take on two EP's: Billy Liar, the companion EP to "Her Majesty The Decemberists" and The Tain, a mini rock opera loosely based on a famous Irish myth. Pete schools Matt on some medieval Irish history. Matt struggles to understand an economy wherein wealth is determined by the relative awesomeness of one's cows. A good time is had by all.

With Francine Stock This week's lockdown choice is not a movie, but a whole movement, the British New Wave. Francine picks four kitchen sink classics - Saturday Night And Sunday Morning, A Taste Of Honey, The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner and Billy Liar - for listeners to watch this week. And she hears from the stars of the New Wave - Sir Tom Courtenay, Shirley Anne Field and Murray Melvin.

Our 200th show! Even quarantine can’t keep us down! This week we review a host of new classics from Kino — Beau Geste, Billy Liar — along with The Grand Budapest Hotel from Criterion and new 4ks: The Gentlemen, Ip Man 4 and Well Go’s NeZha! Also... the last and best season of Arrow.  DigiGods Podcast, 05/05/20 (MP3) — 36.48 MB right click to save Subscribe to the DigiGods Podcast In this episode, the Gods discuss: DigiGods 05/04/2020: After War Gundam X Blu-ray Collection 1 (Blu-ray) AFTERLOST - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) Ága (DVD) AO-Chan Can't Study (Blu-ray) Aria The Natural Part 1 Blu-ray Collection (Blu-ray) Aria: The Animation Blu-ray Collection (Blu-ray) Arrow: The Eighth & Final Season (Digital) Attack on Titan - Season Three Part One (Blu-ray/DVD) Bang Dream! 2nd Season (Blu-ray) Beau Geste (Blu-ray) Billy Liar (Blu-ray) Black Clover: Season Two Part Three Plus Collector's Box (Blu-ray/DVD) Chichinette: The Accidental Spy (DVD) Cinderella Nine (Blu-ray) Citizen K (DVD) The Cold Blue (Blu-ray) The Cremator (Blu-ray) Don't Drink the Water (Blu-ray) El Esqueleto De La Senora Morales AKA Skeleton Of Mrs. Morales (Blu-ray) Eureka Seven: Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution (Blu-ray/DVD) A Faithful Man (Blu-ray) Fire Force - Season One Part One (Blu-ray/DVD) The Gentlemen (4k UHD Blu-ray) The Grand Budapest Hotel (Blu-ray) Infinity Train: Book One (Digital) La Barraca (Blu-ray) The Lives of A Bengal Lancer (Blu-ray) Me You and Everyone We Know (Blu-ray) Mix Meisei Story Part One (Blu-ray) Ne Zha 4K UHD (4k UHD Blu-ray) One Piece Stampede (Blu-ray) Revue Starlight (Blu-ray) The Rhythm Section (Blu-ray) Ride Like a Girl (DVD) Scream, Queen! My Nightmare on Elm Street (DVD) Shooting the Mafia (Blu-ray) The Sound Barrier (Blu-ray) Tel Aviv on Fire (Blu-ray) To Love Ru Season 1 (Blu-ray) Una Familia De Tantas (A Family Like Many Others) (Blu-ray) The Vinyl Revival (DVD) W'Z (Blu-ray) While You Live, Shine (DVD) Wise Man's Grandchild The Complete Series (Blu-ray/DVD) The Woman Who Loves Giraffes (Blu-ray) Please also visit CineGods.com. 

Join Scott and a whole host of viewers as they lead us through such diverse reviews on two Alfred Hitchcock movies, four films from the legendary Amicus Productions and Jack the Ripper.There's Mike Sarne, Dirk Bogarde and Billy Liar...and we will even throw in some Terry Thomas and Arthur Askey for good measure.You can follow us on Twitter @tptvpodcastOr why not join us over at the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TPTVPodcastIf you fancy submitting a review yourself, get in touch at talkingpictures@attaboyclarence.com for details of how to get involved.And to sign up as a supporter, and to receive bonus audio go to www.patreon.com/tptvpodcast

Welcome to the first of two podcasts highlighting some great movies and TV shows on Talking Pictures TV throughout the month of April. Join Scott and a whole host of viewers as they lead us through such diverse reviews on two Alfred Hitchcock movies, four films from the legendary Amicus Productions and Jack the Ripper. There's Mike Sarne, Dirk Bogarde and Billy Liar...and we will even throw in some Terry Thomas and Arthur Askey for good measure. You can follow us on Twitter @tptvpodcast Or why not join us over at the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/TPTVPodcast If you fancy submitting a review yourself, get in touch at talkingpictures@attaboyclarence.com for details of how to get involved. And to sign up as a supporter, and to receive bonus audio go to www.patreon.com/tptvpodcast  

Ben Rice & RB Stone, Hot Rod Mama, The Gold Needles, Billy Liar, Justine’s Black Threads, Needles and Pins, Albert Castiglia, Get Your Ass In The Van, Jim Gustin & Truth Jones, Never Forget, Ryan Perry, One Thing’s For Certain, Backtrack Blues Band, She Might Get Mad, Casey Hensley, Be My Baby (What Do You Say), The Reverend Shawn Amos & The Brotherhood, Troubled Man, Bill Blue, You Ain’t Fun Anymore, Zoe Schwarz Blue Commotion, I Cry Just To Think Of It, Debra Power, That’s How I Roll, Avey Grouws Band, Long Road, Phantom Blues Band, Blues How They Linger, The Mary Jo Curry Band, Shake & Bake, Lightnin Rod and the Thunder Bolts, Track 9, Harper And Midwest Kind, World’s Insane, Whitney Shay, You Won’t Put Out This Flame, Tas Cru, Kinda Mess, Edi Roque, Once Upon A Time, Jeremiah Johnson, Castles In The Air, CW Ayon, End Of My Rope, Jangling Sparrows, Joshua Chamberlin, Jimmy Johnson, I Need You So Bad, Delbert McClinton, Mr. Smith, Toronzo Cannon, The Chicago Way, Altered Five Blues Band, Right On, Right On, John Blues Boyd, In My Blood, Liz Mandeville, Keep On Workin’,Sass Jordan, Too Much Alcohol,Roomful Of Blues, Phone Zombies,Grant Dermody, Morning Train Mojomatics, Soy Baby

In this week's Goodie, Nadeem recommends the 1963 classic British New Wave movie 'Billy Liar'. A really inspirational and heart warming and lovely little film, 'Billy Liar' centres around young Billy Fisher, a lad who feels stifled in his humdrum Yorkshire life. To escape from this mundane day-to-day grind, Billy fantasizes constantly, and lies a lot, and sort-of two-times two very different women. A really nice movie for anyone who ever feels like they aren't living up to their potential in life. So that's ALL OF US, I say, ALL OF US!

We typically split our reads in half and record two episodes per book here on the pod, but Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse was such a quick read that we felt one episode would do the job. The story is in the title, Billy is a liar. He’s a 19 year old who is living at home with his parents and grandmother, working at a job he hates, dreaming of being a comedy writer. Even though this book was published in 1959, it sounds like your typical kid of today. But, the thing that sets Billy apart is that he just can’t tell the truth. To anyone. About anything. And eventually, he gets found out. He finds his own life so mundane and so miserable that he escapes to a world he’s created in his mind, and he does so quite often. He even has two types of thinking, once that’s factual and one that’s pure fantasy. Will Billy finally be true to his family? Will he finally be true to either of his fiancés? Will he finally be true to the girl he loves (not a fiancé, by the way)? Will he finally be true to himself? Listen to the pod, and find out! Oh! And April found a brilliant Bowie song to pair with this book! It’s perfect! And we are almost certain that Bowie had this book in mind when he wrote it. What song, you ask? Have a listen, and let us know what you think! ………………………………………………… P.S. As Halloween approaches, suddenly Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve all come in rapid succession. This is our last episode of the year! Thank you so much for listening and being a part of our book club. We are having so much fun making our way through Bowie’s reading list, and we hope you are too! We’ll be back with a new episode featuring All The Emperor’s Horses by David Kidd on January 7th! Until then, we hope you have a wonderful holiday season!

“We announce the arrival of the delayed Six-Five Special to your listening device; we apologise for the late running of this service, this was due to knackered computers on the line.”Enjoy Episode Two of our podcast, it turned out to be something of an epic, with a huge amount of performers, artists and crew to talk about – will it be the greatest contrast between the brevity of the synopsis and length of episode we’ll come across? We’ll find out…Email: bpmoaca@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/BPMOACA/Twitter: https://twitter.com/bpmoacaPlaylists:Season 1 Episode 02 : Six-Five Special playlist Train Kept A-Rollin' - an EvolutionLinks:Stream Six-Five Special here…or purchase it on DVD/Blu-ray hereLonnie Donegan Live at 27th Trowbridge Village Pump Festival (2000) [Matt was in the audience!] - begins at 1hr 1minBilly Bragg’s essential tome on the rise & importance of skiffle: “Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World” (2017)We played: "Train Kept A-Rollin'" (Bradshaw/Mann) & "Jack o' Diamonds" (Trad arr Donegan)Films Referenced:Discoveries [Feat. Carroll Levis] (1939) Great Expectations (1946)Vice Versa (1948) Emergency Call (1952) The Tommy Steele Story (1957) The Good Companions (1957) Fiend Without a Face (1958) The Duke Wore Jeans (1958)Carry On Sergeant (1958)The Revenge Of Frankenstein (1958)Ben-Hur (1959)Carry On Constable (1960) Saturday Night And Sunday Morning (1961)Carry On Regardless (1961)Twice Round the Daffodils (1962) Carry on Cabby (1963)Carry On Jack (1963)Billy Liar (1963)Carry On Cleo (1964)Carry On Cowboy (1965)Darling (1965)Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)Carry On Screaming (1966)Morgan - A Suitable Case For Treatment (1966)Carry On Up the Khyber (1968) Finian's Rainbow (1968) Carry On Again Doctor (1969) Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972 (Obviously)) Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall (1973)Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973) The National Health (1973) Pete's Dragon (1977) The Shining (1980) Stan & Ollie (2019) TV & Audio Referenced:Doctor Who: Inferno (1970) Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - The Crooked Man (1984) Harry Potter Audiobooks - Jim Dale (2007)Jim Dale - One Show (2015)Murder in Soho: Who Killed Freddie Mills? (2018) See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In het eerste uur muziek van Billy Liar, Geoff Palmer en Garett T. Capps. En in het tweede uur een Once In A Blue Moon Festival Special met Pablo van DeWolff en Bas van Dawn Brothers die als Next Of Kin optreden op het festival.

In het eerste uur muziek van Billy Liar, Geoff Palmer en Garett T. Capps. En in het tweede uur een Once In A Blue Moon Festival Special met Pablo van DeWolff en Bas van Dawn Brothers die als Next Of Kin optreden op het festival.

Tom and Jesse discuss Outlaw King, Midnight Mary, The Last Seduction, Chariots of Fire, Ashes and Diamonds, Coma, The Decline of Western Civilization, The Decline of Western Civilization part II: The Metal Years, The Decline of Western Civilization III, Chevalier, Billy Liar, Swept Away, Crazy Rich Asians and Tom Jones.

In our 105th episode we're talking spine #121 in the Criterion Collection: John Schlesinger's BILLY LIAR from 1963. First RJ talks about BLOCKERS, REDLINE, and OAV DRAGON BALL. Jarrett talks about a bunch of porn docs! A LABOR OF LOVE, HOT GIRLS WANTED, AFTER PORN ENDS, THE SARNOS: A LIFE IN DIRTY MOVIES. Podcast's intro song 'Here Come the Creeps' by Ugly Cry Club. You can check out her blossoming body of work here: uglycryclub.bandcamp.com/releases Like us on Facebook! www.facebook.com/criterioncreeps/ Follow us on that Twitter! twitter.com/criterioncreeps Follow us on Instagram! instagram.com/criterioncreeps We've got a Patreon too, if you are so inclined: patreon.com/criterioncreeps You can also subscribe to us on Soundcloud, iTunes, Google Play, and Stitcher!

This time we read Keith Waterhouse's Billy Liar - the story of a dreamer in Northern England who just can't keep his stories straight.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This episode has bad language in it from the start. Bistro Illegal This is a bar Ford and Hotblack used to crash, pretending to be health inspectors, and a chance for Danny to share a story of impersonating a journalist and discovering shorthand. Bistromathics A wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances without all that dangerous mucking about with improbability factors. Jon is called upon to defend this mode of transport. Bjanjy Territories Where there is a wedding between Prince Gid of the Soofling Dynasty and Princess Hooli of Raui Alpha. Trillian Astra reports on the wedding. Here, Danny tells us about the most dangerous place he's ever been, and you will not expect the answer. Blagulon Kappa This is where Bangbang and Shooty come from, and where they play Badabingo. Blamwellamum of Woont An opera by Rizgar's, whose closing piece, March of the AnjaQantine Star Guard from Act IV was performed by the Hallapolis State Opera was heard by Random when she stumbled upon the wreckage of the ship Arthur crash-landed in. Blart Versenwald III We discuss what Adams may have meant by featuring this character in the final chapter of the fourth book. Body debits Body debiting is the means of teleportation via card-based transaction, and another mode of transport for Jon to defend. Hypothetical Trillian Vote on your favourite actor to play Tricia McMillan in a hypothetical new Netflix series of the Hitchhiker's Guide. (And yes, we know Jon said Sarah when he meant Sandra. Keep your email to yourself!) Book recommendation This week we're recommending Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share some of Blart theories by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @ iamsteadman, @ probablydrunk and @ jonhickman on Twitter. Check out Danny's Gig of My Life zine in aid of the Manchester bombing relief fund, and the charity single for the Birmingham bin men, co-written by Jon Hickman. Also check out Jon and Mark's side-project, Thread.

Mark Steadman, Jon Hickman and Danny Smith continue their mission to discuss everything in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy canon , in alphabetical order. This episode has bad language in it from the start. Bistro Illegal This is a bar Ford and Hotblack used to crash, pretending to be health inspectors, and a chance for Danny to share a story of impersonating a journalist and discovering shorthand. Bistromathics A wonderful new method of crossing vast interstellar distances without all that dangerous mucking about with improbability factors. Jon is called upon to defend this mode of transport. Bjanjy Territories Where there is a wedding between Prince Gid of the Soofling Dynasty and Princess Hooli of Raui Alpha. Trillian Astra reports on the wedding. Here, Danny tells us about the most dangerous place he's ever been, and you will not expect the answer. Blagulon Kappa This is where Bangbang and Shooty come from, and where they play Badabingo. Blamwellamum of Woont An opera by Rizgar’s, whose closing piece, March of the AnjaQantine Star Guard from Act IV was performed by the Hallapolis State Opera was heard by Random when she stumbled upon the wreckage of the ship Arthur crash-landed in. Blart Versenwald III We discuss what Adams may have meant by featuring this character in the final chapter of the fourth book. Body debits Body debiting is the means of teleportation via card-based transaction, and another mode of transport for Jon to defend. Hypothetical Trillian Vote on your favourite actor to play Tricia McMillan in a hypothetical new Netflix series of the Hitchhiker's Guide. (And yes, we know Jon said Sarah when he meant Sandra. Keep your email to yourself!) Book recommendation This week we're recommending Billy Liar by Keith Waterhouse. Pick it up in audiobook form for free by taking out a free 30 day trial with Audible. Just head to audibletrial.com/leopard to get started. Get in touch Share some of Blart theories by emailing feedback@btlpodcast.com. Follow @iamsteadman, @probablydrunk and @jonhickman on Twitter. Check out Danny's Gig of My Life zine in aid of the Manchester bombing relief fund, and the charity single for the Birmingham bin men, co-written by Jon Hickman. Also check out Jon and Mark's side-project, Thread.

Sometimes you feel like you have unfinished business after an interview ends. That's kinda how I felt the last time I interviewed Billy, even though it was almost 50 minutes long. People and their situations change, and Billy has done a whole bunch of stuff since our last interview, including immigrating to Berlin, which I hear is a lovely place.I enjoy it when podcasters interview the same person multiple times, particularly when it takes place over a number of years. If you're lucky, and it's someone the interviewer has hit it off with in the past, it feels like two old friends reconnecting. I also feel it often demonstrates the way both the host and the guest have changed over the years.This year, despite living in Berlin, Billy is doing a play at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. I've kept in touch with him since our first chat, and as a result we've actually become friends, so this interview is also something of a catch up. With him being out the country and me always somehow being busy whenever he is in the country, I thought it was about damn time we talk about all the cool shit he's been doing.Including his most recent tour, which is when I conducted this interview. We talk about it throughout this episode, but this is the first time Billy has played with a full band in a number of years, and it was the first time I'd ever seen him with a full band. It was pretty spectacular. His backing band were also the main support on the tour, and those guys (Empty Lungs, a powertrio from Belfast) were absolute heroes for pulling double duty every night of their European and UK tours.Billy's got a new album coming out next year, and I can tell you for a goddamn fact that, based on the show I saw him play after this interview, it's gonna be a cracker.A wee note about the recording – I recorded this in my car (!) and without headphones, so you're gonna hear some traffic noise. I don't think it's too distracting though, and the interview is nice and clear anyway!I hope you enjoy it. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Simon Heffer continues his highly-authored and deeply-informed exploration of British cinema by viewing five New Wave or so-called "Kitchen Sink" films of the late 1950s and 1960s.5.Billy LiarKeith Waterhouse's novel about Billy Fisher was turned into a film, starring Tom Courtenay, in 1963. The story of Billy's real life in a semi somewhere in the West Riding, and his vividly imagined alternative life in Ambrosia, lived to the accompaniment of a brass band, was unlike any film that had come before, but was it tragedy or comedy? Simon Heffer ends his account of the New Wave with this highly contentious film. Producer: Beaty Rubens.

Derek Fowlds is one of Britain's best loved actors, with a career spanning over 60+ years. He is known by a whole generation of children as 'Mr Derek' from The Basil Brush Show, then as Bernard Woolley, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Administrative Affairs, in Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s biting political satire, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, and finally as Oscar Blaketon, in ITV’s Sunday night family drama, Heartbeat (throughout its eighteen year run). But as Mr Fowlds is keen to point out, these are just three of the many roles he’s played over the years - although he accepts that these are the most ‘iconic’ and high profile! His theatre work includes leads in Hamlet, Billy Liar, Macbeth, Chips With Everything and The Miracle Worker. Over the years he has worked with such luminaries as Sir Alec Guinness, Alistair Sim, Kenneth Moore, Anna Massey, Sir John Guilgud, Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Craig. In part 2 of this special feature length addition of SNS Online, Nick Randell visits ‘Mr Derek’ at his home in Bath, to talk about his wonderful career, and the people and experiences that helped to shape him along the way. You'll also find this show acts as the perfect companion to Derek's new autobiography, *A Part Worth Playing, available from all good book shops or online outlets (see below links). www.fantomfilms.co.uk/books/derekfow…rthplaying.htm www.amazon.co.uk/Part-Worth-Playi…hy/dp/B0192AXLPO Derek Fowlds/Twitter twitter.com/DerekFowldsshow Pt 1 https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-3-derek-fowlds *Cover photography for A Part Worth Playing by Lisa Bowerman. SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet). The last in the current series. Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

Derek Fowlds is one of Britain's best loved actors, with a career spanning over 60+ years. He is known by a whole generation of children as 'Mr Derek' from The Basil Brush Show, then as Bernard Woolley, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Administrative Affairs, in Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s biting political satire, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, and finally as Oscar Blaketon, in ITV’s Sunday night family drama, Heartbeat (throughout its eighteen year run). But as Mr Fowlds is keen to point out, these are just three of the many roles he’s played over the years - although he accepts that these are the most ‘iconic’ and high profile! His theatre work includes leads in Hamlet, Billy Liar, Macbeth, Chips With Everything and The Miracle Worker. Over the years he has worked with such luminaries as Sir Alec Guinness, Alistair Sim, Kenneth Moore, Anna Massey, Sir John Guilgud, Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Craig. In part 1 of this special feature length addition of SNS Online, Nick Randell visits ‘Mr Derek’ at his home in Bath, to talk about his wonderful career, and the people and experiences that helped to shape him along the way. You'll also find this show acts as the perfect companion to Derek's new autobiography, A Part Worth Playing, available from all good book shops or online outlets (see below links). http://www.fantomfilms.co.uk/books/derekfowlds_apartworthplaying.htm https://www.amazon.co.uk/Part-Worth-Playing-My-Autobiography/dp/B0192AXLPO Derek Fowlds/Twitter https://twitter.com/DerekFowldsshow Pt 2 https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-3-derek-fowlds-pt-2 SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet). Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

There was a two week gap. It is a gap no more. I lost my voice, you see. You can hear it going a little bit in the interview. By the end of that night, my throat was finished, and for week afterwards I was a hoarse, croaky mess.But we're back in action now.I have noticed that inconsistency has decimated my podcast listening figures. So if you could share this I would be forever in your debt.On this episode I speak to the one and only Acey Slade. He has been in many bands over the years, most famously the Murderdolls and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. He was also in Dope, Trashlight Vision, Acey Slade and the Dark Party, and now he's a one man army. Something of a nomad, you could say. A musician without a place to rest his head. Constant movement seems good. Being a hired gun is more fulfilling in the long term, I think. You can always go back and focus on your own stuff, and your own vision, but people trust you to help realise their vision. It's that trust which I find fascinating.Bands are tight knit units, and it's difficult to enter into one of those situations as a new guy. I have a colossal amount of respect for those who are able to do that and keep doing it.I used to play Murderdolls songs with my first ever band when I was 16. That's a good 14 years ago now. Acey may not have directly played on the first Murderdolls record, but he was there and he lived it. When I saw them live, he was the guitar player. He was responsible for transmitting that music straight into my brain. It was a formative influence but an important one. That's why there's a Murderdolls song in this episode.Billy Liar helped me set up this interview. I had such a good time chatting to both of them. Some cool hangs afterwards too, although I did get a sense that I was outstaying my welcome. Sometimes I forget that I'm socially awkward. Afterwards, when I reflected on the interview and the time we spent together after it, I began to realise that perhaps the medication I used to take for anxiety had more than just the obvious effects, but also much more subtle ones too. I don't feel like I need it anymore but I do feel like part of me has changed since coming off it. Maybe that'll go away. Or maybe that's just who I am.This episode is a diamond, I think. I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's great to get back to some semblance of normality after the Christmas break. I feel like I'm enthusiastic about the podcast again.Which is in no small part down to this excellent interview with Fraser from The Murderburgers. If you like punk rock and you live in Scotland then there's about a 90% you know who these guys are. They play everywhere and are on the road all the damn time. They really embody the DIY punk spirit that the whole ethos of “punk” was built on. The fact that they do it with catchy pop punk really is just a huge bonus.I'd been trying to arrange this interview for a while, as Fraser would no doubt tell you, but it took a while for the stars to align, as it were.It was definitely worth waiting for, I think.Highlights include:Restlessness and not staying in one place too long leading to wanting to be on the road a lotThe difficulty of finding a balance between touring and doing normal stuff, then eventually giving up on finding the balanceGetting more enjoyment out of life by doing band and label stuffHaving bad luck in the bandIncluding bad luck on their recent UK and European tourVan issues and a dodgy car dealerAndy from Palm Reader saves the day!Sharing musical gearFirst musical momentsGetting involved with DIY punk and staying involvedUsing booking agents and booking your own toursThe weirdness of “competition” betweenThe change in music over the yearsEvil pay to playPop punk and the difference between Screeching Weasel, Teenage Bottlerocket and more sorta Four Year Strong kind of stuffWhy the band is still a "we" and not a solo project despite having so many lineup changes and Fraser being the songwriterWrestlers in Space!And lots moreLast week's interviewee Billy Liar and this week's interviewee Fraser are really good friends, so it was kind of serendipitous that I was able to interview them both back to back. They're both cut from the same cloth too, in terms of their approach to music, their dedication and their ethos.Perhaps the next time I talk to them I should interview them together…I hope you enjoy the episode as much as I enjoyed the chat. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

I'm glad you're still with me. The last episode was a blinder, and despite having a two week break it still seems people are digging the podcast. Thank you for sticking around.We're back to normal this week and it's episode 30. Bloody hell.On this episode I speak to Billy Liar who is among some of the most talented singer songwriters in Scotland right now. I'd never met the guy before, but it was great to hang out and shoot the shit with him. He's a very lovely, intelligent and thoughtful guy. I'm a big fan of punk infused folk, or folk infused punk, or whatever you want to call it. So having a Scottish take on it certainly warms my cold little heart.This interview takes place in a pub in Glasgow's city centre, meaning that the whole chat is sort of enveloped in the sort of low mummer of hundreds of voices speaking at once. I like the ambience it gives. We had a couple of pints and decided to talk about music and creativity. I found it fascinating. I hope you do too.Highlights include:Always wanting to play music and writing songs before even realising he could play songsForming his first band and playing shows in school, community centres and church hallsSeeing The Offspring for the first timeThe dangers of comparing your life to someone else as everyone grows old and grows away from musicAFI and Caffeine and how that opened up punk for both of usCaffeine's DIY CD and Billy's first experience of a DIY bandWhy he went soloApproaching every recording differently, and not trying to write into a genreHow it's taken a while to get to the point where other people are asking him to do thingsWaits, Cash, Springsteen and musical storytellers being an influenceThe influence of authors on his songwriting processFirst songs being influenced by conversations on MSN MessengerFinding a balance between songwriting and storytelling in musicCreativity as catharsis – the need to get certain feelings out“I don't believe in a soul really, but it do believe it's possible to write based on the influences in your life if you manage to get onto that perfect wavelength where the thing comes through you.”Writing more stuff based on charactersHis new split with Paper Rifles and the reason that came aboutDuring my Christmas break I toyed with the idea of doing this podcast in seasons, ending season one with episode 30 and then picking it up again later in 2016. I've decided against that – for now – but I'd love to know your thoughts on this. Would seasons be better?  It does take off the pressure of having to churn out content week after week…Featured MusicIntro: Voodoo Puppets – Electric Chair Blues (used under CC licence, you can check it out here).Billy Liar - All I've GotBilly Liar - WordsBilly Liar - ChangeI make no claim to the copyright of any of the music in this episode.LinksAll of Billy's music is available on bandcamp and is, I believe, worth every penny.You can also follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Billy Liar is a lot like Rushmore, if Rushmore ended with no one learning anything.

We decided to try something new on the Laser this week and so invited two artists - musician Billy Liar www.billyliarmusic.com/ and designer Emily Millichip http://www.emilymillichip.com - to discuss their unfinished projects with us. Also we're featuring our interview with novelists Ben Marcus and Mark Z Danielewski that we recorded last year in the stacks of the Mitchell Library at the Aye Write festival in Glasgow. Culture Laser acknowledges the financial support of Creative Scotland for its 2014 season. Presented by Ryan Van Winkle and produced by Colin Fraser of Culture Laser Productions http://www.culturelaser.com @culturelaser

Welcome to the latest Failed Critics Podcast, and this week we've hastily arranged a last-minute Triple Bill after Owen turned us down for a sleepover. We discuss our favourite 'Great Performances in Bad Films (with Nic Cage somehow escaping everyone's list), and show exactly how far our fingers are from the pulse in reviewing 21 Grams, Billy Liar, and the hit new television show Frasier. We off next week recuperating, so join us in a fortnight as we choose our favourite movie dads for Fathers' Day. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

50 years since 'Billy Liar' was released Samira Ahmed talks to one of the film's stars, Helen Fraser, and film historian Melanie Williams to discuss its role in British cinema. When it comes to success and leadership, are those who are extroverted given an unfair advantage? Susan Cain, who argues the power of the introvert is undervalued, Julia Hobsbawm, the business woman dubbed the "Queen of Networking", and the cultural historian Henry Hitchings discuss. Sarah Kent talks about the artist Ellen Gallagher's new exhibition, AxMe. And Michael Burleigh argues the collapse of colonial empires after World War II led to countless vicious power struggles and that the consequences of distant wars are still with us.

Danielle has been to see AND HEAR 'Sinister'. Guest Jason Hazeley has brought in 'Billy Liar'

When reality comes crashing in to call, you've got to be prepared for a re-think. It's what happens to 'Billy Liar', in another dazzling English rose, the movie "Billy Liar" from 1963. It's based on a novel then a play, but the visuals bring it home. A man of 19, who flees from his life, for his life, into a fantasy world, begins to falter, then crumble, in the face of reality. (O Lucky Man! -- at age 19, to begin to see.) Like the English city in which he lives, in which every building seems to be being bulldozed in service of urban renewal, 'Billy Fisher' -- Billy Liar -- is watching "everything go". "Not one stone" (of his plummeting life) "will be left on stone". There's help, however, in the form of a girl, a precious girl, who is able to care and not care. She's the hope! She knows something Billy doesn't, and few do. Can she save our phantastic hero? Could she save you? Listen to "Twisterella". Or rather, see "Billy Liar", and SEE.

This week Libby Purves is joined by Baroness Jenkin, Walter Schwarz, Doreen Mantle and Gary Cockerill. Anne Jenkin, Baroness Jenkin of Kennington is a PR consultant. She was made a member of the House of Lords in recognition of her charitable and political work for the Conservative Party. She is taking part in a fundraising and awareness campaign, 'Live Below the Line', for the charity 'Restless Development'. The campaign is challenging people to live below the poverty line, by spending just one pound a day on food and drink for five days. Walter Schwarz was The Guardian newspaper's foreign correspondent from 1964 to the 1990s. He reported from Nigeria, Israel, France and as a War Correspondent in India/Pakistan during the 1972 conflict. In his memoir 'The Ideal Occupation' he tells of his many adventures and misadventures including his deportation from Nigeria and time spent in prison in Biafra during the Civil War. Actor Doreen Mantle is probably best known for her role as Mrs Warboys in the BBC's 'One Foot in the Grave'. She has also worked extensively in television and on the stage in productions of My Fair Lady, Keep It in the Family, The Seagull and Hamlet and toured Britain in Billy Liar. She also starred in the 1983 film 'Yentl' alongside Barbra Streisand and last October she joined the cast of Coronation Street. Her latest role is in a production of Ibsen's Little Eyolf at the Jermyn Street Theatre. Gary Cockerill is a celebrity make-up artist who has worked on television programmes including 'Ten Years Younger' and 'This Morning'. He grew up in South Yorkshire and after a brief time as a child actor, worked as a miner, before pursuing his make-up career. His autobiography 'From Coal Dust to Stardust' is published by Harper Collins.

As part of our month long celebration of song lyrics, we've been chatting to some exciting musicians and songwriters about their lyrics, poetry and songwriting. Folk punk musician Billy Liar is an excellent example of the breed - smart, thoughtful and a connoisseur of fine words in music. He chats with Ryan about what he looks for in good music and we get a chance to listen to some of his latest tracks. Presented by Ryan Van Winkle of the Scottish Poetry Library. Produced by Colin Fraser for Lets Get Lyrical, http://www.letsgetlyrical.com and Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature.

The first podcast from the Scottish Poetry Library, with Reader in Residence Ryan Van Winkle. Ryan’s talking to songwriter Billy Liar about Stevenson, recommending books by Sam Meekings and Sharon Olds, and reading some Hart Crane. Find out more at The Reading Room - http://www.readingroom.spl.org.uk/

Keith Waterhouse started his writing career on the Yorkshire Evening Post but it was not long before he had a huge success with a novel - Billy Liar. For many years, in a prolific partnership with Willis Hall, he wrote plays, television scripts and screenplays, although now he concentrates on his novels and his regular columns in Punch and the Daily Mirror. In conversation with Roy Plomley, this versatile writer talks about his career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Guys and Dolls (Title Song) by The Guys and Dolls Orchestra Book: A year's supply of the Exchange & Mart Luxury: Solar-powered television, video and eight films

Keith Waterhouse started his writing career on the Yorkshire Evening Post but it was not long before he had a huge success with a novel - Billy Liar. For many years, in a prolific partnership with Willis Hall, he wrote plays, television scripts and screenplays, although now he concentrates on his novels and his regular columns in Punch and the Daily Mirror. In conversation with Roy Plomley, this versatile writer talks about his career and chooses the eight records he would take to the mythical island. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Guys and Dolls (Title Song) by The Guys and Dolls Orchestra Book: A year's supply of the Exchange & Mart Luxury: Solar-powered television, video and eight films