Podcast appearances and mentions of brian sibley

In this episode we go deep into the history books to discuss the deadliest maritime disaster we've covered up to this point. Sources: Elendil the Tall. Akallabêth. Barahir Books, 3321 SA.Tolkien, J.R.R.The Fall of Númenor. Edited by Brian Sibley, William Morrow, 2024. Tolkien, J.R.R. Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth. Edited by Christopher Tolkien, Mariner Books, 1980. Tyler, J.E.A. The Complete Tolkien Companion. Thomas Dunne Books, 1976.Support the show

Max Pearson presents a collection of the week's Witness History episodes. Our guest is European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, who completed the longest uninterrupted space flight of any European.First, we go to Australia in the 1990s when amateur radio enthusiast Maggie Iaquinto befriended Soviet cosmonauts on the Mir space station. She updated them on global news as the USSR crumbled back on Earth.Then, the inspiring story of Waris Dirie, who walked barefoot across the Somalian desert to escape child marriage and became an international supermodel.We hear a harrowing account of Guatemala's civil war that ended in 1996.Then, why the author of Mary Poppins, PL Travers, hated the Disney film. Finally, the Canadian town that welcomed aliens in 1967.Contributors: Samantha Cristoforetti - European Space Agency astronaut. Ben Iaquinto - son of Maggie Iaquinto who befriended Soviet cosmonauts. Waris Dirie - model from Somalia. Jeremias Tecu - survivor of Guatemala's civil war. Brian Sibley and Kitty Travers - friend and daughter of PL Travers. Paul Boisvert - worked on Canada's alien landing pad.(Photo: Mir Space Station in 1995. Credit: Space Frontiers/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

In 1964, the Disney film 'Mary Poppins' was released. It was based on the character created by writer PL Travers.Travers disliked the Oscar-winning Disney production so much, that she never allowed any more Mary Poppins books to be adapted into films.In 2018, Vincent Dowd spoke to Brian Sibley and Kitty Travers about their memories of PL Travers.Eye-witness accounts brought to life by archive. Witness History is for those fascinated by the past. We take you to the events that have shaped our world through the eyes of the people who were there. For nine minutes every day, we take you back in time and all over the world, to examine wars, coups, scientific discoveries, cultural moments and much more. Recent episodes explore everything from football in Brazil, the history of the ‘Indian Titanic' and the invention of air fryers, to Public Enemy's Fight The Power, subway art and the political crisis in Georgia. We look at the lives of some of the most famous leaders, artists, scientists and personalities in history, including: visionary architect Antoni Gaudi and the design of the Sagrada Familia; Michael Jordan and his bespoke Nike trainers; Princess Diana at the Taj Mahal; and Görel Hanser, manager of legendary Swedish pop band Abba on the influence they've had on the music industry. You can learn all about fascinating and surprising stories, such as the time an Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes at the President of the United States in protest of America's occupation of Iraq; the creation of the Hollywood commercial that changed advertising forever; and the ascent of the first Aboriginal MP.(Photo: Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke in the film Mary Poppins. Credit: LMPC / Contributor)

Welcome to ONE RULES THEM ALL: A LORD OF THE RINGS PODCAST... In this episode your hosts, Luke Winch, Baz Greenland and Sam Stokes as they take an in-depth look at The Fall of Numenor. Edited by Brian Sibley it chronicles the events of the Second Age on the island kingdom of Numenor and Middle Earth. They dig into the different stories and explore the various themes that link it to Tolkien's other works. They also take a close look at the adaption process and how changes have to be made to fit the required medium of television. The lads also make some speculations of what may happen in season two of The Rings of Power after reading the book and watching the recently released trailer. Host / Editor Luke Winch Co-host Baz Greenland Co-host Sam Stokes Executive Producer Tony Black Find us on Twitter/Threads/Instagram: @onerulesthemall Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew Twitter: @filmstories Website: www.filmstories.co.uk Title music: ES Legions (c) Jo Wandrini via Epidemic Sound Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Disney historian Brian Sibley

The Metal Gateway Podcast - Episode 1 coming in March 2024! This preview episode explains the reasons why this show exists and what we hope to achieve with it. It contains an except from a conversation between Brian Sibley (host of the Metal Gateway) and his friend Joe Giersch, who was the inspiration for the project.  Theme Music for this podcast provided by Tauntaun. To check out their music, visit Tauntaun's Bandcamp.  Please like, share and subscribe. Thank you!  

Jared, Oriana and Ned discuss their collective choice of topic: Peter Jackson's version of The Return of the King. It's been twenty years since the conclusion of Jackson's three-film effort to adapt the entire Lord of the Rings was released, and it was easily the biggest profile release of the series, coming in with massive interest and attention, setting a variety of box office records in the process along with gaining widespread critical acclaim. It all resulted in a series of worldwide film awards and honors culminating with a famed clean sweep of Oscar wins including best picture, resulting in a tie with Titanic and Ben-Hur with eleven Oscars total but also the only one of those three films to literally win every category it was nominated for, a combined record that still stands. The film's general impact and that of the series as a whole is at this point undeniable, but how it holds up in a look back, caught somewhat between Fellowship's own unquestionable triumph and Two Towers's more stop-and-go successes, warrants its own discussion. What are the many changes made to the tangled relationship between Frodo, Sam and Gollum, and how does that play out as a result for both the film and the wider themes? How does the use of practical models and actual landscapes feed into the feeling of how the film both landed in the moment and held up upon later rewatching, even while it was also the biggest demonstration yet of the possibilities for CGI with massive military clashes and the like? Is it possible to actually lose count of just how many remarkable moments on a grand scale exist throughout the film, even as there are various “well, but…” caveats and questions to raise along the way? How has the whole series of film changed both the perceptions of Tolkien and the film industry in general? And how many endings are there, after all? (Surprise! It never ended, it's running somewhere in a theater right now, maybe.)Show Notes.Jared's doodle. And that's another epic trilogy down. (The earlier entries here and here.)Hurrah for the SAG-AFTRA strike ending and better (not perfect!) terms won.Our episode on evil. Evil!TheOneRing.net report on the return of the Eagle & Child pub. Jason Horowitz's New York Times story about that Italian Tolkien exhibition encouraged by Italy's favorite fascists. Sorry, did we say the quiet part out loud? (In the Guardian, Jamie Mackey with more context.)Our episodes on Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, with lots of notes about the series as a whole so we won't repeat everything here…The sole trailer for The Return of the King. But that's all they needed.Trilogy Tuesday! It was a crazy time and it was great. Here's a photo of the all-day pass given out, and here's an example of that film frame memento given out as well. The opening scene is really something, no lie. Friendly little worm there.The screenwriting guru Ned mentions is Robert McKee – per Brian Sibley's Peter Jackson biography, McKee had come to Wellington, New Zealand to give one of his lectures in 1988, and the New Zealand Film Commission invited Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and future contributing screenwriter for The Two Towers Stephen Sinclair to it and they all apparently took it very much to heart. So a long term impact but even so.The opening exchange between Sam, Frodo and Gollum. Really are some beautifully shot moments in this sequence.Oh did Christopher Lee have things to say in the run-up to the theatrical release.Our episode on the Rankin-Bass Return of the King. It is NOT very good.Yeah yeah the Arwen vision and Arwen dying and…well whatever.But boy that introduction to Minas Tirith. THAT'S how to make an entrance.And the beacons sequence, wow, still. Time zone issues aside.For examples of the Gondor theme earlier on in the series, skip ahead to about a minute into this clip.Ride the Empire Builder! If you like.Hurrah for John Noble (and hurrah for Fringe). Skip ahead three minutes for “The rule of Gondor is MINE!” moment, and the parting between Denethor and Faramir, phew.Minas Morgul, a triumph of John Howe design, glowing and clamped. (The skybeam is the skybeam but the sonic buildup rules.)The Holdo maneuver (it really was great, like the film itself)When Theoden and Eowyn part at Dunharrow, boy that'll ruin ya. That's two good actors very much in the moment.When Aragorn and Eowyn part at Dunharrow, it is very…shippy.“...and Rohan will answer!” Perfect.“The stars are veiled.” Are they, Legolas?Oh you know the Shelob scene. You know. “The Edge of Night” sequence is unnerving, beautiful and horribly sad.The Nazgul as the angels of death, in essence. However petty.Grond! It is great design for sure, plus armored trolls.Gothmog isn't bothered with your petty trebuchets.The Ride of the Rohirrim. No notes. But here come the mumakil…“I am no man!” Yeah, it rules.Air Bud, the lingua franca of us all.That crazy Witch-king mace. Gotta love it.And indeed skip ahead to the end of the clip for that mumak takedown by the scrubbing bubbles. Plus Tracy Jordan with the wisdom. It still only counts as one, we guess.Sam finds Frodo in Cirith Ungol – it's a good moment!“On this good earth!” (Well, maybe not GREAT earth.)“I can carry you!” A beautiful sequence, no doubt.The Crack of Doom. Great acting moments, wonderful moment for Gollum, but not over the cliff again…And yeah when Mount Doom completely explodes…Will they? Won't they?A great way to do individual bows via a movie.“You bow to NO one.” (Cue big emotions.)A wordless toast indeed. And a pumpkin. (And a case of the not gays.)The Grey Havens sends us off. It really is a great Turner-inspired scene.“Into the West” and the end credit portraits. Great job Annie. (The young filmmaker who passed was Cameron Duncan, to correct Ned there.)The Triplets of Belleville is a real treat, see it when you can.Enjoy all the Oscar wins!Ah yes the Eragon movie. Welp.And the Chronicles of Narnia tried. But. (Good luck Greta!)This ran after the episode was recorded but the LA Times had a piece on the movie anniversary and its impact, especially in New Zealand itself.Our Rings of Power and Hobbit films episodes have more about our general qualms there.Want to hear those exclusive podcasts we're talking about on Megaphonic? Join the Patreon! And you can check out Kitchen Party here.

Join both The Man of the West and the Lord of the Mark as they celebrate the release of their new book by recording a LIVE episode at The Tolkien Society's 50th Oxonmoot in Oxford! Guests include Kristine Larsen, John Rateliff, Brian Sibley… and 135 of our closest friends!Recommended Reading: include Letters from FC, Fall of Númenor, and The History of the Hobbit, along with our own book.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4468251/advertisement

Jared, Oriana and Ned discuss Ned's choice of topic: The Fall of Númenor. Published in fall of 2022, The Fall of Númenor is the most recent posthumously published collection of Middle-earth writings, acting as an overall guide to the Second Age of Middle-earth, with its key defining moments in Tolkien's legendarium being the fall of the titular kingdom of the Dúnedain and the subsequent Last Alliance's temporary defeat of Sauron. Given that most of the material the book draws on comes from a wide variety of other posthumous Tolkien publications, it can serve as a guide and introduction for those unaware of this deeper history to get a sense of how Tolkien envisioned, however haltingly in some cases, this particular era of his creation. But at the same time, since there is no new material presented in the first place, it can be argued in turn that there is little more here for some readers to learn about, while the fact that it was published in tandem with Amazon's Rings of Power series while not specifically calling attention to the general connection with that series's setting raises further overall questions. Does the book do a service in bringing the story of Aldarion and Erendis back to the fore after some decades, given its particular detail in comparison with the rest of the material presented? Is the choice of Alan Lee to present more illustrations as with other posthumous collections an understandable point of continuity or a sign of relying too much on one particular artistic vision of Middle-earth? Are there any particular details or points of interest that have sometimes been overlooked in Tolkien's conception of his world that come back to the fore more here as a result? And really…just what IS it with Elendil's description of his son at a couple of points?SHOW NOTES.Jared's doodle. Those birds have to be at least a little distressed.News of the expanded edition of The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien. 700 pages? Why not?A detailed report on The War of the Rohirrim's event at Annecy. Enjoy a separate interview as well.The Fall of Númenor. It fell indeed.Our episode on Aldarion and Erendis. Give it a listen, it's one of our favorites. Brian Sibley's done a lot. The Lost Road and Other Writings does have quite a lot to delve into.C. S. Lewis's space trilogy. It…goes places.The New Shadow and The Notion Club Papers are indeed very unusual and interesting.Nope, we're still not over The Rings of Power.Lebensraum, hoo boy. (We do not approve of the idea at all.)Mary Renault is truly a vibe and we appreciate her. And we love that she loved Tolkien's work in turn!Strictly speaking California doesn't have private beaches full on…but boy some try. Further discussion of the physical body in Tolkien can be found in the essay collection The Body in Tolkien's Legendarium.Alan Lee's illustrations of Sauron's Temple and Moria from the book.Mike Mignola would have been a fine addition for del Toro's planned Hobbit films. (And indeed, episode 50 is there for you.)Ah, David Brent.Our episode on orcs.Support By-The-Bywater through our network, Megaphonic, and hang out with us in a friendly Discord!

Alan and KnewBetta roll out the red carpet — and put away the Hawaiian shirts — for Brian Sibley's return to the Common Room! A prolific and talented writer, Brian is the force behind some of the most beloved adaptations of Tolkien's work, including the BBC radio adaptations of The Lord of the Rings and Tales from the Perilous Realm, but we're here to talk with him today about his Tolkien Society-award winning book, The Fall of Númenor. Bronze dragons, dancing bears, book destruction, and Pauline Baynes' owls all make an appearance, along with Alan's alleged sartorial brilliance.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/4468251/advertisement

Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien's Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader's guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley. If you'd like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server. If you'd like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien

I know I'm late to the party on this, but at long last here's my review of The Fall of Numenor, edited by Brian Sibley and illustrated by Alan Lee. Do you need to get this book? Probably not, but you might still want it. For my video on The Lost Road, check here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYQ2ft3r8iA Other Links: Utreon: https://utreon.com/c/TolkienLorePodcast/ Rumble at https://rumble.com/c/c-355195 Odysee: https://odysee.com/@TolkienLore:f Twitter: https://twitter.com/jrrtlore Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tolkiengeek Discord server invite link: https://discord.gg/EVKynAj2m9 (If link is expired contact me at tolkienloremaster@gmail.comand I'll send a fresh invite link). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joshua6469/support

This is the third episode in my series exploring The Fall of Númenor, the recently published collection of Second Age writings, edited by Brian Sibley.“Before The Second Age” is, in a way, the book's second introduction. Here, Sibley goes into the Middle-earth legendarium's internal history, putting to heavy use what is probably Tolkien's most famous letter, The Waldman Letter, in which Tolkien gave a thorough account of Middle-earth's entire timeline to a prospective publisher.WATCH » https://youtu.be/dGCv15COfPIEXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- John R- Jacob Lockham- John H- Eru27FOLLOW & SUPPORT THE TOLKIEN ROAD:PATREON » SUPERFANS!TWITTERFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMLINKS & MATHOMS:take 10% OFF Tolkien Road merch at True Myths Press » https://truemythspress.com/discount/TENOFF (enter code TENOFF at checkout)listen to TOLKIEN'S WORKS for FREE » https://www.audibletrial.com/everonbuy Tolkien's Requiem » https://tolkiensrequiem.com/ buy Tolkien's Overture » https://tolkiensoverture.com/SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PATRONS:- John R- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- Jacob Lockham- John H- Eru27- Emilio P- Jonathan D- Mike M- Robert H- Paul D- Julia- Werty- JoeBagelMan- Jacob S- Richard K- Matt R- Matthew W- Garret P- Chris K- John W- Eugene D- Chris B- Daniel S- Seb M- Shana Supreme- Ms. Anonymous- Andrew T- Redhawk- Shannon S- Brian O- Zeke F- James L- Chris L- Chuck F- Asya V- Ish of the Hammer- Teresa C- David of Pints with Jack- Eric B- Johanna TAS WELL AS THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR PATRON ANNIVERSARY IN FEBRUARY OF 2023- Ish of the Hammer- Jacob Lockham- Robert H- Asya V- Eric B- Jon R- Andrew M- ShaneWise- Lucas W- Sean S- Sarah W- Jon R- David Bigwood- Cat L- Sarah M- Eric B

Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien's Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader's guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley. If you'd like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server. If you'd like to support Tea with Tolkien by becoming a patron, you can learn more at www.patreon.com/teawithtolkien NEXT Session: Aldarion and Erendis, part one: “Aldarion and Erendis pg. 66 - 82” Resources: Part Three Blog Post: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-3 Digital Tolkien: https://digitaltolkien.com/ Tolkien Gateway Page on Vardamir: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Vardamir Gideon's Timeline: https://gideonslife.com/tolkien/secondage LOTR Project: http://lotrproject.com/

Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien's Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader's guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley. If you'd like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server. For the sake of our book club, I've broken down The Fall of Numenor into ten sections and so today we'll be covering the second ‘section': Foundation of the Grey Havens through The Life of the Númenóreans (pg. 1- 42). I'll begin with a summary of each section, followed by a recap of our book club's discussion for those who may have missed our live chat. Resources:Tea with Tolkien Section Two Notes: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/fon-2 Join our Book Club: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club Dancing Bears of Numenor Artwork by MGCoco-Art: https://twitter.com/mgcoco_art/status/1432839127641178118 The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster: https://amzn.to/3XP0kmv The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Taylor: https://amzn.to/3D4Omxa The Atlas of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3D86y96 The Nature of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3Hrk0Y8 Encyclopedia of Arda: https://www.glyphweb.com/arda/a/anadune.html Tea with Tolkien Silmarillion Guide: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/shop Tweet Discussing Numenorean Height: https://twitter.com/TeawithTolkien/status/1620142561422897153

Hello and welcome to Tea with Tolkien, an online community for the Hobbit at Heart. We are inspired by the works, life, and Catholic faith of JRR Tolkien and strive to encourage others towards a deeper love and understanding of Tolkien's Legendarium by hosting a free book club, providing free resources such as our Silmarillion Reader's guide, and cultivating a vibrant and positive online community. Our book club is currently reading through this newly released book, The Fall of Númenor, edited by Brian Sibley. This book was released last November, so just a few months ago at the time of recording, and our community voted and chose to read this for our first book club of 2023. If you'd like to join in on the discussion, you can sign up for our book club at www.teawithtolkien.com/book-club to receive the link to our discord server. For the sake of our book club, I've broken down The Fall of Numenor into ten sections and so today we'll be covering the first ‘section': from “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age”. I'll begin with a summary of each section, followed by a recap of our book club's discussion for those who may have missed our live chat. This week we are covering Part One: Introduction: “About this Book” through “Before the Second Age” Resources: The Complete Guide to Middle-earth by Robert Foster: https://amzn.to/3XP0kmv The Complete Tolkien Companion by J.E.A. Taylor: https://amzn.to/3D4Omxa The Atlas of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3D86y96 The Nature of Middle-earth: https://amzn.to/3Hrk0Y8 Nerd of the Rings for Lore Videos (Youtube): https://www.youtube.com/c/NerdoftheRings Tea with Tolkien Silmarillion Guide: https://www.teawithtolkien.com/shop/silmarillion-readers-guide https://mythgard.org/academy/book-of-lost-tales-part-1/ https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Athrabeth_Finrod_ah_Andreth https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Host_of_the_Valar https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/The_Notion_Club_Papers https://www.teawithtolkien.com/blog/Letter131 https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Gleam-T-M-Doran-ebook/dp/B004UC7K4S

This is the second episode in my series exploring The Fall of Númenor, the recently published collection of Second Age writings, edited by Brian Sibley. Sibley's introduction is titled “The Saga of a Dark Age”. Tolkien himself termed the Second Age a “Dark Age” in an important letter. Why did he do so? Watch and learn!WATCH » https://youtu.be/FTP5KNJG9xIEXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- John R- Jacob Lockham- John H- Eru27FOLLOW & SUPPORT THE TOLKIEN ROAD:PATREON » SUPERFANS!TWITTERFACEBOOKINSTAGRAMLINKS & MATHOMS:take 10% OFF Tolkien Road merch at True Myths Press » https://truemythspress.com/discount/TENOFF (enter code TENOFF at checkout)listen to TOLKIEN'S WORKS for FREE » https://www.audibletrial.com/everonbuy Tolkien's Requiem » https://tolkiensrequiem.com/ buy Tolkien's Overture » https://tolkiensoverture.com/SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING PATRONS:- John R- Kaitlyn of Tea with Tolkien- Jacob Lockham- John H- Eru27- Emilio P- Jonathan D- Mike M- Robert H- Paul D- Julia- Werty- JoeBagelMan- Jacob S- Richard K- Matt R- Matthew W- Garret P- Chris K- John W- Eugene D- Chris B- Daniel S- Seb M- Shana Supreme- Ms. Anonymous- Andrew T- Redhawk- Shannon S- Brian O- Zeke F- James L- Chris L- Chuck F- Asya V- Ish of the Hammer- Teresa C- David of Pints with Jack- Eric B- Johanna TAS WELL AS THOSE CELEBRATING THEIR PATRON ANNIVERSARY IN FEBRUARY OF 2023- Ish of the Hammer- Jacob Lockham- Robert H- Asya V- Eric B- Jon R- Andrew M- ShaneWise- Lucas W- Sean S- Sarah W- Jon R- David Bigwood- Cat L- Sarah M- Eric B

In today's episode, our hosts review the latest book from the pen of Tolkien, The Fall of Numenor, edited by Brian Sibley. They talk about their likes and dislikes, as well as where the book fits in the literary canon of Tolkien's writings. 

For this episode, we were honored to welcome a very influential figure in the Tolkien fandom: Brian Sibley! Brian is the recipient of the Tolkien Society's award for Outstanding Contribution in 2022. He is an honorary member of the society, and is perhaps best known to the Tolkien community because of the radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings he created for the BBC. His newest project The Fall of Númenor is a book that pulls together Tolkien's writings about the island civilization and promises to be an insightful and essential text! We hope you enjoy the interview! Unedited video of this interview is available exclusively to our patrons on Patreon! Subscribing at $5/month gets you access to video interviews, behind-the-scenes information, early releases, an exclusive patron-only series, and other bonus content!

Ein neues Tolkien Buch erscheint: Der Untergang von Númenor. Herausgegeben wird es von Brian Sibley. Dieser stand uns kurz vor der Veröffentlichung Rede und Antwort!

Wir sprechen mit Brian Sibley über Brian Sibley – und über das BBC-Hörspiel und Peter Jackson und die Ringe der Macht und auch ein wenig über den Untergang von Númenor – und und und…

En este nuevo podcast 76 de Espiral te cuento mi nuevo reto personal: escribir una carta diaria durante agosto. Además reviso y te cuento la historia detrás del oficio de escribirlas, cómo fueron reemplazadas y datos de algunos libros que hablan de este antiguo rito. Y en especial leo diez cartas emocionantes para ti. Desde Vincent Van Gogh a su hermano Theo; Patrick Hitler (sobrino de Adolf) al Presidente de Estados Unidos Franklin D.Roosevelt; dos escritores Ray Bradbury y Brian Sibley; Elvis Presley al Presidente de Estados Unidos Richard Nixon; Albert Einstein a un niña llamada Phyllis; Winston. S. Churchill a su madre y dos mias muy privadas: una a mi prima que vivía en Venezuela y una de mi madre hace muchos años cuando viajé a Israel para mi viaje de estudios. Ojalá la escuches y me cuentes tu propia relación con las cartas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/karencodner/message

In Cineversary podcast episode #43, host Erik Martin celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Fellowship of the Ring, directed by Peter Jackson, by interviewing Brian Sibley, the author of Jackson's biography who is also renowned for writing the famous BBC radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings and other works, including The Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Guide. Erik and Brian take the scenic route through Middle Earth to explore Fellowship's legacy and cultural impact, why it's worth honoring two decades later, what we can learn from the movie in 2022, and more. Learn more about the Cineversary podcast at anchor.fm/cineversary and email show comments or suggestions to cineversegroup@gmail.com. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cineversary/support

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret is a podcast in which your hosts, Joanna Hagan and Francine Carrel, read and recap every book from Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series in chronological order. This week, Part 3 of our recap of “Hogfather”. Snow! Blood! Existential Crises!Find us on the internet:Twitter: @MakeYeFretPodInstagram: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretFacebook: @TheTruthShallMakeYeFretEmail: thetruthshallmakeyefretpod@gmail.comPatreon: www.patreon.com/thetruthshallmakeyefretWant to follow your hosts and their internet doings? Follow Joanna on twitter @joannahagan and follow Francine @francibambi Things we blathered on about:Bros., Lecce: We Eat at The Worst Michelin Starred Restaurant, Ever - EverywhereistAnd Geraldine's follow-up article: What We Talk About When We Talk About Food.Behind the Bastards: The Nazi Pedophile Cult Leader who Murdered Santa - Apple PodcastsNice Try! Episode 4: Oneida, the 'free love' utopia - CurbedThe History of Father Christmas - English HeritageA Civil War Cartoonist Created the Modern Image of Santa Claus as Union PropagandaThe 19th-Century Book of Horrors That Scared German Kids - Atlas ObscuraProject Gutenberg's Cautionary Tales for Children, by Hilaire Belloc [Pronounced “Hillary”, my bad - F]Terry Pratchett in conversation with Brian Sibley on the publication of 'The Hogfather' - SoundCloud (originally BBC Meridian, 1996)Maltese folklore (Folktales) - WikipediaKrampus | Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaSapiens - Yuval Noah HarariMusic: Chris Collins, indiemusicbox.com

1974- El escritor inglés Brian Sibley le envía una carta a su autor de ciencia ficción favorito Ray Bradbury en la que cuestionaba las figuras animatronics que se utilizaban en Disneylandia y su sistema de sonido, aterrado, sobre todo, por la idea de que los robots llegaran algún día a dominar el mundo. La respuesta del autor de "Farenheit 451" fue increíble por su generosidad y sobre todo por su posdata, en un estilo del que sólo Bradbury es capaz. En la voz, Bárbara Espejo.

In dieser Folge widmen wir uns den offiziellen Adaptionen von Tolkiens Werken. Diese lassen sich in drei Bereiche unterteilen: Theater und Bühne, Hörbuch und Hörspiel und Film und TV. Durch das Ändern des Mediums, ändert sich auch häufig die Geschichte. Nicht immer war das zum Wohlwollen Tolkiens, aber schon damals ließ sich mit Geld viel aufwiegen.

For our final summer readings session we are looking at a very different piece of writing. It is Lucy M. Boston's The River at Green Knowe. Lucy M. Boston is probably better known for her earlier book The Children of Green Knowe for which she was runner up for the 1954 Carnegie Medal for best children's literature. She would later win it with her fourth book in the series, Stranger at Green Knowe (1961). The River at Green Knowe is the third of her six books set in the ancient house of Green Knowe, which also served as Boston's home.               Although published in 1958, the book has a distinctively Edwardian feel about it despite it dealing with contemporary issues of alienation and homelessness experienced by refugees. The book is a series of stories about three children who are staying at Green Knowe for the summer and their adventures in a canoe on the river and canals around the house. Like all her books, The River at Green Knowe is a story filled with light and shadow, enchanting magic, and the threat of danger. More information and bibliographic detailsBoston, Lucy M. (1958) The River at Green Knowe. London: Faber and Faber.Green Knowe is located at Hemingford Grey, near Huntingdon in Cambridgeshire, UK. The house and its enchanting garden are open to the public – although check first before you travel. There is a delightful website where you can find lots of photographs of the house and grounds, as well as information about Lucy M. Boston and her books. The website is here: Green Knowe. For a real treat, Brian Sibley's remarkable and haunting BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Lucy M Boston's first book, The Children of Green Knowe, is available, free to stream, on SoundCloud. It is spellbinding: SoundCloud - The Children of Green Knowe. Green Knowe also have social media pages which regularly posts updates, information and images relating to the house and books. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Green-Knowe-At-The-Manor-157877494323565/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreenKnoweManorGeneral DetailsIn the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org. Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River weaver, Cheshire. Uploaded to Freesound.org on 23rd June 2018. Creative Commons Licence. Piano interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram.All other audio recorded on site. ContactFor pictures of Erica and images related to the podcasts or to contact me, follow me on:Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/noswpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/Twitter: https://twitter.com/NoswPodI would love to hear from you. You can email me at nighttimeonstillwaters@gmail.com

Tolkien eventually did write a full account of how Isildur lost the Ring, but it didn't reach the public until Christopher Tolkien published the Unfinished Tales. Here's the story. The Unfinished Tales can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Unfinished-Tales-Lost-Lore-Middle-earth/dp/0345357116 Video on the Kingdom of Arnor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t0zfrkinqc Oh, and that awesome map of Middle Earth? Get it (with 3 others) here: https://www.amazon.com/Maps-Tolkiens-Middle-earth-Brian-Sibley/dp/061839110X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1493809054&sr=8-2&keywords=maps+of+middle+earth

If you haven't read the Appendices to the Lord of the Rings, but you've seen the movies, you might be wondering how Aragorn can be the descendant of Elendil and Isildur and yet he's seemingly a random wanderer far from Gondor. Wonder no more, because I'm going to explain the history of the other kingdom of the Dunedain: the northern kingdom of Arnor. Video on the Disaster of the Gladden Fields: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-s2BljVvCU The video on Numenor is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqDslbXjg70 Oh, and that awesome map of Middle Earth? Get it (with 3 others) here: https://www.amazon.com/Maps-Tolkiens-Middle-earth-Brian-Sibley/dp/061839110X/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1493809054&sr=8-2&keywords=maps+of+middle+earth

Today, we welcome the writer of one of my absolute favorite Tolkien adaptations - the 1981 BBC Radio Dramatization of The Lord of the Rings - Brian Sibley! We talk about the radio drama celebrating its 40th anniversary, Brian's experience writing about Peter Jackson and his Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, the challenges of adapting for radio, why Tom Bombadil get's cut from adaptations, and much more! Visit youtube.com/NerdoftheRings for the video version of this interview, Middle-earth lore videos, theories, and more!

 In this bonus episode, we look at the history of animation and animation technology and the different ways that humans have created the illusion of movement. We also review the book: Wallace and Gromit Cracking Celebration Cakes. Please note this is a fan-made podcast and is not official. Aardman Animations own all characters. All clips and music used are owned by Aardman Animations unless detailed below. Intro background Music: www.bensound.com. Information sources:  “Cracking Animation” by Peter Lord and Brian Sibley, 1998, “Animation Art” by Jerry Beck, http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/tlbt/hd_tlbt.htm, http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/windows/southeast/eadweard_muybridge.htm, http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/aim/a_notes/anim_history_02.html, http://www.earlycinema.com/pioneers/lumiere_bio.html, http://www.earlycinema.com/pioneers/melies_bio.html, http://www.earlycinema.com/pioneers/paul_bio.html, https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/2013/01/stone-age-cinema-cave-art-conceals-first-animations.html

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. Episode 8 discusses Bradbury on radio, with the second part of an interview with Brian Sibley, the award-winning dramatist and broadcaster. We talk about adapting Bradbury for different media, including discussion of The Illustrated Man and "The Next in Line".

Bradbury 100 - celebrating the centenary year of American writer Ray Bradbury, presented by Phil Nichols of Bradburymedia.co.uk. Episode 7 discusses Bradbury and Disney. This week's interview is with broadcaster and dramatist Brian Sibley. Brian was a friend of Ray Bradbury, adapted many of his works for radio, and shared Ray's passion for all things Disney.

Er ist einer der Größen in der Tolkien-Welt. Er bekam von Priscilla Tolkien persönlich die Ehrennadel der Tolkien Society verliehen. Uns stand Brian Sibley auf der Tolkien 2019 Konferenz in Birmingham fast eine Stunde Rede und Antwort. Im Exklusivinterview verrät er Annika nicht nur seine Lieblingsspeisen oder was er auf eine einsame Insel mitnehmen würde, sonder erzählt auch DIE Anekdote über Sir Christopher Lee und dessen Anruf nach der Veröffentlichung von Brians Biographie über Peter Jackson. Natürlich fragen wir Brian nach der Entstehung der Film-Bücher und er sinniert darüber hinaus über die Unterschiede zwischen den Hobbit und den Herr der Ringe Filmen.  Zum Schluss kommen wir selbstverständlich auch auf seine  Herr der Ringe - BBC-Adaption zu sprechen. Die Überschneidungen zwischen dem Hörspiel und den Peter Jackson Filmen sind nicht von ungefähr.  Aber damit noch nicht genug, wir legen noch einen drauf! Allerdings wollen wir Euch die Vorfreude nicht nehmen und raten an dieser Stelle lediglich, ganz genau zuzuhören.

Wer war eigentlich Christopher Tolkien? - Die Nachricht vom Tod - Der Mann im Hintergrund - Die Rechte an den Werken - Die Reichtümer Mittelerdes - Der "Statthalter" von Mittelerde - Was hat Christopher geschrieben? - Was können wir aus Mittelerde erhoffen? - Das Zweite Zeitalter?!? - Goldesel Tolkien - Eine Träne auf Rivendell - Die Fans nehmen Abschied - Die Anekdote mit den Zähnen - Der letzte Inkling - Stimmen aus der Community - Tom Shippey - John Garth - Brian Sibley - Jeremy Edmonds - Ted Nasmith - Euer Feedback - Die langen letzten Worte - Terry Pratchett meets Tolkien - Namárië - Christopher liest aus dem Herrn der Ringe Christopher Tolkien ist am 15. Januar 2020 verstorben. Er war der dritte Sohn J.R.R. Tolkiens, dessen literarischer Erbe und Nachlassverwalter. 24 Bücher Tolkiens veröffentlichte er nach dem Tod seines Vaters, darunter Tolkiens Lebenswerk, Das Silmarillion. Christopher wurde am 21. November 1924 in Leeds geboren. Nach seiner Kindheit in Oxford trat er während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in die britische Luftwaffe ein und wurde in Südafrika stationiert. Nach Kriegsende schloss er sein Studium ab und wurde Dozent für Alt- und Mittelenglisch sowie Altisländisch an der Universität Oxford. Er widmete sein ganzes Leben Mittelerde und den nicht veröffentlichen Schriften seines Vaters. Ohne Christopher Tolkiens Arbeit hätten wir lediglich Der Hobbit und Der Herr der Ringe zu lesen.  Auch wenn es nicht die sauberste Aufnahme in der Geschichte des TolkCasts ist, so ist sie die mit Abstand aufrichtigste und authentischste Episode. Vier Personen in Form von Annika, Dennis, Marcel und Tobias widmen diese Sondersendung Christopher Tolkien. Hier finden viele Anekdoten zu Christopher Platz sowie ein Überblick über sein Leben. Neben dem Team bedanken sich auch die Tolkien-Größen Tom Shippey, John Garth, Brian Sibley, Jeremy Edmonds und Ted Nasmith bei Christopher für die Arbeit und die Teilhabe an Mittelerde. Am Ende der fast anderthalbstündigen Sendung kommt Christopher selbst noch einmal zu Wort um ihm einen würdigen Abschied zu geben. Es lohnt sich also, bis zum Schluss zuzuhören. Wer nicht so lange warten will, kann auch die Kapitelmarken nutzen. Dieses Mal sind es knapp 30 Stück geworden. Wenn Ihr Eure Gedanken und Erinnerungen an Christopher Tolkien mit anderen TolkCast Hörern teilen möchtet, könnt Ihr uns unter der Festnetznummer: (089) 24887377 eine Nachricht auf Band sprechen. Wir werden diese dann in der nächsten Sendung einspielen.

Alan and Shawn are thrilled to welcome back Brian Sibley for his first full-episode interview! A writer and broadcaster, Brian has been responsible for beloved adaptations of Tolkien’s work such as the BBC radio dramatizations of The Lord of the Rings and Tales from the Perilous Realm. He’s also written several books on Peter Jackson’s films, for which he had rare access behind the scenes during production. We talk to Brian about the history behind these projects, hear inside stories about your favorite hobbit actors, and learn why producers try (and often fail) to keep the writers out of the studio.

Alan and Shawn reunite in person for a live recording from Tolkien 2019 in Birmingham, England! We interviewed several special guests at the conference, including returning guests (Marquette University archivist Bill Fliss, authors Dimitra Fimi and John Garth) and some first-timers: legendary artist Ted Nasmith, Richard Medrington — the man behind the one-man theatrical production of Leaf By Niggle — and dramatist Brian Sibley of the Lord of the Rings BBC radio play! Plus live questions from our panel audience, questionable wardrobe choices, and some other unquestionably good stuff!

In this episode we review our week at the Tolkien Societies 50th anniversary event - Tolkien2019.We sat through talks, presentations, orchestras and an open mic night so you didnt have to! Stick with us as we recall the event 'There and back again'. With the latest news from the star studded LotR on Prime panel that was put together to debate the topic and talks and artwork from Tom Shippey, Brian Sibley, Alan Lee & Ted Nasmuth its a good one!Credit to:Tolkien 2019 - https://www.tolkien2019.com/Tolkien Society - https://www.tolkiensociety.org/@TolkienGuide - https://twitter.com/TolkienGuide@The_Tolkienist - https://twitter.com/The_TolkienistAnd many many more......As always you can support the podcast by: Follow us on twitter: https://twitter.com/loreoftheringJoin our Discord community -- Lore of the Rings DiscordSupport the show (https://twitter.com/loreofthering)

An ecological fable about a perfect society which terrified children when it was first animated. Matthew Sweet reads Richard Adams' classic as a new version arrives on UK TV screens. He's joined by Dr Diana Bell, conservation biologist at UEA; Victoria Dickenson, author of Rabbit, a cultural history of rabbits; Brian Sibley, adaptor of the novel for a radio version and New Generation Thinker Lisa Mullen to debate rabbits both real and fictional. First published in 1972, Adams' novel follows rabbits escaping the destruction of their warren. Adams said that he told the tale to his daughters on car journeys and he rejected comparisons with the Bible tale of Moses and other religious symbolism. What do portrayals of rabbits in literature and film, from Peter Rabbit to Bugs Bunny, tell us about our own society? Matthew Sweet remembers being scared by the first animated film released in 1978. Now a new one from BBC TV and Netflix features the voices of James McAvoy, John Boyega and Gemma Arterton. Producer: Harry Parker

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough braves the fearsome heffalumps as she steps into the world of AA Milne. There's no secret about the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh. Thousands of people flock to the Ashdown Forest in East Sussex every year to track down Christopher Robin's tree and play Pooh Sticks. In his autobiography, Christopher Robin Milne wrote of a brief but blissful childhood spent amongst the trees with his battered teddy bear. Pooh's forest and the Ashdown Forest are, he wrote, identical. The writer, Brian Sibley, joins Eleanor for a walk through the forest and an appreciation of one of the saddest endings in literature. Christopher knows he has to leave his friends and return to school. That's enough to drive many adult readers to tears but Brian believes there will always be a boy and his bear sharing adventures in the 100 Acre Wood. Producer: Alasdair Cross

Support The Bookening here! What's this??? An episode of The Lookening!!!! Aka our heroes are reviewing a movie. What is said movie you ask? It's Shadowlands. According to our pals at Wikipedia, "Shadowlands is a 1993 British biographical drama film about the relationship between Irish academic C. S. Lewis and American poet Joy Davidman, her death from cancer, and how this challenged Lewis's Christian faith. It is directed by Richard Attenborough with a screenplay by William Nicholson based on his 1985 television film and 1989 stage play of the same name. The 1985 script began life as I Call It Joy written for Thames Television by Brian Sibley and Norman Stone. Sibley later wrote the book, Shadowlands: The True Story of C. S. Lewis and Joy Davidman." Here's some things that happen in this episode: 00:30 Our heroes are the coolest 06:23 Pig Latin Donor Shout-outs 11:00 Semi-colons are; the worst 12:15 Shadowlands is a movie we are discussing! 14:29 Things happened in this movie 15:36 Ugly crying 19:03 A Grief Observed 21:22 Lost! 24:32 Baggage check 26:13 Things the movie got wrong 32:03 Britishness prettified 33:58 British acting vs. Method acting 38:27 Offensive American Stereotypes 41:21 Why did Lewis fall in love with Joy? This movie has no clue 43:37 Quotable Lewis vs. Real Lewis 48:37 CS Lewis wrap-up 55:28 The Not-So-Great Divorce★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This week on StoryWeb: Richard Attenborough’s film Shadowlands. “The pain then is part of the happiness now. That’s the deal.” So says Joy Lewis to her husband, Jack, as they are enjoying their honeymoon in Herefordshire, England’s Golden Valley. Joy’s terminal cancer is in a brief remission, and Joy and Jack are reveling in their love and in their precious time together. Jack is better known to the world as C.S. Lewis, the author of a series of books on Christian theology as well as the famous Chronicles of Narnia children’s books. Joy’s line – about the inextricable intermingling of pain and happiness, sorrow and joy – comes near the end of Richard Attenborough’s film Shadowlands, which tells the unlikely love story between American poet Joy Davidman Gresham and the Oxford University professor C.S. Lewis. The screenplay was written by William Nicholson, based on his stage play of the same name. Nicholson’s work was influenced in part by Douglas Gresham’s book Lenten Lands: My Childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis. A staid and confirmed bachelor, Jack – as he is known to his friends – has lived throughout his adult life with his brother, Warnie, also a staid and confirmed bachelor. They have friendly but distant relationships with the other professors at Oxford (virtually all men). They tutor students, dine at the university, smoke their pipes in convivial pubs, sip sherry in the evenings at their quiet home, maintained for them by their housekeeper, Mrs. Young. When Joy Gresham appears on the scene, she arrives in full living color. “Anybody here called Lewis?” she practically shouts at the hotel when she goes to meet Jack and Warnie for the first time. Jack will never be quite the same after meeting Joy. It takes him an inordinately long time to realize he’s in love with Joy – much longer than it takes the viewer to see his growing feelings for her. It is a delight to see their love and tenderness for each other unfold, especially to see Jack succumb to this late-in-life explosion of feeling, unsettling his predictable, safe life. To learn more about C.S. Lewis, visit the official C.S. Lewis website, which includes a timeline of Lewis’s life. At the C.S. Lewis Foundation website, you can tour Lewis’s home (known as The Kilns) and explore a walking tour of Oxford. An interesting chapter of Lewis’s life is explored in Colin Duriez’s book Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship. You may be particularly interested in Lewis’s book A Grief Observed, which was written under a pseudonym and which tells of his struggle to come to terms with Joy’s death. To learn more about Joy Davidman (also known as Joy Gresham), a remarkable writer in her own right, you can visit the Wikipedia page on her and the Modern American Poetry page on her work. A biography of Davidman and an overview of her work can also be found at the C.S. Lewis Institute website. You might also want to read Lyle Dorsett’s biography of her, And God Came In: The Extraordinary Story of Joy Davidman, and Abigail Santamaria’s biography, Joy: Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis. Shadowlands is very much worth watching, starring Anthony Hopkins as C.S. Lewis and Debra Winger as Joy Gresham. You can explore Jack and Joy’s story even more fully by reading Brian Sibley’s book Through the Shadowlands: The Love Story of C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidman. I first saw the film when it came out in 1993 – and the line about the marriage of pain and happiness has stayed with me these many years since. I watched the film again last week and was as deeply moved again as I had been the first time I heard those words. As the film ends, we witness Jack – the famed C.S. Lewis – transformed from the boy who chose safety in response to loss to the man who chooses suffering – the price for a great and true love. “Why love if losing hurts so much?” Jack asks at the end of the film. That’s the deal – joy and sorrow, love and loss – all bound up together, no having one without the other. “The pain now is part of the happiness then.” Visit thestoryweb.com/Attenborough for links to all these resources and to watch the clip from Shadowlands in which Joy and Jack talk together during their honeymoon in the Golden Valley.  

In February 1938, the world's first full-length animated feature film went on general release. It was Walt Disney's classic, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and Disney had had to gamble all his money, and take out a loan against his life insurance to finish it. Witness listens back through the archives to some of those who worked on it, and talks to film writer and enthusiast, Brian Sibley, who met many of those involved. Photograph: An illustration from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney from a French book, 1940 (Credit: Apic/Getty Images) (correction: Snow White cost $1.5 million to make, not the figure quoted in the programme)

It's one of the strangest, most complex and frustrating works in Middle English, so when writer Ian Sansom is tasked with coming up with a radio adaptation of William Langland's medieval dream poem 'Piers the Plowman', it presents a bit of a challenge. His producer's solution? To lock Ian away in a Curfew Tower in the Glens of Antrim and challenge him to come up with his adaptation over the course of a weekend, after which time he'll be expected to put on a performance. The 14th century poem - part theological allegory, part social satire - may have eluded scholars for centuries but Ian has help at hand. Aside from three poetry students from Queen's University, renowned medievalist Dr Stephen Kelly will be there to guide him on his quest for salvation. As Ian grapples with the text written in alliterative long lines and framed in a series of dream visions, adaptation expert Brian Sibley will be just a phone call away. Then there's the members of Belfast outfit The Wireless Mystery Theatre who'll be dropping by to bring music and their own distinctive style to Ian's performance. Who knows, it could turn out to be a dream...or it could be a nightmare. Producer: Conor Garrett Sound Design: Jason Martin.

Satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe nominates Walt Disney. Gerald Scarfe spent much of his childhood in his sick bed, so it's not surprising that Disney cartoons and feature films meant so much to him. He can still recall the thrill at the prospect of seeing Pinocchio at the cinema, and then the agony of being lead away again in the rain because the tickets were too expensive. Walt Disney came from a working family. His god-fearing father Elias, said by one writer to have 'hated Capital, and favoured Labour, but really needed to make a buck', found work where he could. So Walt lived a peripatetic childhood, and sought solace in drawing and play acting. Hard times early on did not make Walt frugal with money in adulthood, and despite the huge successes of the golden era of Disney, it was only with the opening of Disneyland that Walt attained any substantial personal wealth. You don't have to look far to find myth surrounding Walt Disney. Even after his death, rumours that his body had been cryogenically frozen spread so widely that they soon slipped into folklore. He had actually been cremated, but the readiness with which the cryogenic claim was accepted perhaps bears witness to a man who was terrified of dying, who believed in the white hope of technology and who, some might say, had been searching all his life for an escape into an immortal, fairytale world. Matthew Parris, Gerald Scarfe and guest experts Brian Sibley and Richard Williams, creator of Roger Rabbit, discuss the life of a complex cultural icon. A man who was seemingly unpretentious, and did not fit the image of movie mogul with his scruffy tweed jacket and awkward demeanour, yet a man who was accused of being a tyrannical egomaniac. The son of a socialist who ended up naming names at the House of Un- American Activities committee. Above all else perhaps though, they discuss the life of a man who strove tirelessly for perfection and who changed the cultural landscape of a little boy called Gerald, and arguably of the world, for ever. Scarfe himself is best known for his classic images lampooning the great and the good of politics, and also in his iconic animation for Pink Floyd's The Wall. He reveals in this programme that he also spent time working on the Disney production Hercules. The producer is Miles Warde.