Podcast appearances and mentions of Gerald Scarfe

The hardest working man in British comics returns, Tony Esmond guides me through the history of underground comics and some of the legal difficulties they encountered in the early 1970s. The Trials of Nasty Tales is a 1973 British anthology comic that covers one of the court cases in madcap detail, and it features an early appearance by Dave Gibbons.Find Tony at NeverIronAnything.com including our Never Iron Anything episode about Gerald Scarfe, you can buy Tony's own comics at Tribute Press, and listen in to the weekly Awesome Comics Podcast which has recently celebrated 500 episodes. You can find a list of all the upcoming books on the Facebook page, follow the podcast on instagram, Threads, Mastodon, and BlueSky. And email me comments and suggestions to MCBCpodcast@gmail.comMusic used in this episode is Circuit Breaker by the artist Robodub. Click here to listen to the episode online. Or Download here Right click and choose save link as to download to your computer.

This episode Tony is re-joined by the host of the Mega City Book Club Eamonn Clarke to talk about the third cartoonist in their Trilogy (of sorts) the legend that is Gerald Scarfe. This giant of cartooning, animation, stage design and more is discussed in detail. Plus mention of a few cocktails sipped at his London bar.  Not one to be missed.  Don't forget to go listen to some more histories of comics, mostly British ones, at the Mega City Book Club by clicking right here.  Many thanks for listening.  

This podcast is now six! And to celebrate, some Renaissance Disney.The story of Heracles is revered across Greek mythology, but this isn't Heracles. This is Hercules. Same guy, kind of, but this isn't just a retelling of a Greek myth—it's a whole exploration of what makes a true hero; taking some "creative liberties" with the original myth—goodbye tragic backstories, hello superhero narratives (as well as Disney's penchant for merchandise!)Hercules' journey from zero to hero is basically the story of Superman (with a bit of Rocky thrown in for good measure) and the celebrity of Michael Jordan, introducing everything from his quirky sidekick Phil, antagonist Hades, love interest Megara, and the Muses who steal the show with their gospel flair. It's a stark contrast to the serious, more Oscar-bait films that preceded it, like Pocahontas and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.A movie about Hercules isn't really focused on Hercules though, because Hades exists, and Meg is also one of Disney's most complex and interesting heroines. The film's animation style was a bold departure from previous Disney works, merging traditional and modern techniques, taking inspiration from Gerald Scarfe.Hercules is fun, flawed and fascinating, it's timeless and so very late '90s, and only exists so that John Musker and Ron Clements could make the movie they actually really wanted to make instead.... I would love to hear your thoughts on Hercules (1997) !Verbal Diorama is now an award-winning podcast! I won the Best Movie Podcast in the inaugural Ear Worthy Independent Podcast Awards recently. I am beyond thrilled, and hugely grateful to the Ear Worthy team. It means so much to me to be recognised by a fellow indie outlet, and congratulations to all the other winners!CONTACT.... Twitter @verbaldiorama Instagram @verbaldiorama Facebook @verbaldiorama Letterboxd @verbaldiorama Email verbaldiorama [at] gmail [dot] com Website verbaldiorama.comSUPPORT VERBAL DIORAMA....Give this podcast a five-star Rate & Review Join the Patreon | Send a Tip ABOUT VERBAL DIORAMAVerbal Diorama is hosted, produced, edited, researched, recorded and marketed by me, Em | This podcast is hosted by Captivate, try it yourself for free. Theme Music: Verbal Diorama Theme Song. Music by Chloe Enticott - Compositions by Chloe. Lyrics by Chloe Enticott (and me!) Production by Ellis Powell-Bevan of Ewenique StudioPatrons: Claudia, Simon, Laurel, Derek, Cat, Andy, Mike, Luke, Michael, Scott, Brendan, Lisa, Sam, Jack, Dave, Stuart, Nicholas, Zo, Kev, Pete, Heather, Danny, Aly, Stu, Brett, Philip M, Michele, Xenos, Sean, Ryno,...

We developed our On First Listen series so we'd have the opportunity to give a good listen to albums which had somehow gotten past us. Maybe we'd always seen it in the record store and were curious or maybe friends had recommended the album but we never had a chance to listen. Perhaps, like Roger Waters 1984 solo effort The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking, it was both as the distinct cover is a young boys record shopping fantasy and many prog-heads have suggested it's better than The Wall from Roger's former band Pink Floyd. In fact, he brought both concepts to the band in the late 70s - they could pick the one they liked best and the other, Roger would keep for a solo album. While The Wall became a cultural touchstone selling tens of millions of copies around the world, The Pros & Cons was met with a much cooler reception. And while Roger employed the talents of folks who had helped make Pink Floyd's The Wall such a success like artist Gerald Scarfe, he also brought in some preeminent musicians like David Sanborn, Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton. Telling a story in real time of a man dreaming about having an affair, the ambition of Roger Waters for the stage and screen of his idea is epic. However, despite all this help the album didn't sell like a PInk Floyd album and many critics and fans savaged the album as Roger's negative ego trip. Yet some say it's his finest work, in or out of Floyd. To help give us some insight, we brought back friend of the show Lee Dickson who was Eric Clapton's longtime guitar tech. Though his memory is a bit foggy, the stories of how the stage was setup and how the musicians performed this music on-stage are really special and we're so glad to have him back. Where do you come out on this divisive record? Is it an amazing concept or just a bad album? Are any of the songs memorable? We try to figure that out On First Listen. Ugly American Werewolf in London Website Ugly American Werewolf in London Store - Get your Wolf merch and use code 10OFF2023 to save 10%! Visit our sponsor RareVinyl.com and use the code UGLY to save 10%! Twitter Threads Instagram YouTube LInkTree www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We developed our On First Listen series so we'd have the opportunity to give a good listen to albums which had somehow gotten past us. Maybe we'd always seen it in the record store and were curious or maybe friends had recommended the album but we never had a chance to listen. Perhaps, like Roger Waters 1984 solo effort The Pros & Cons of Hitchhiking, it was both as the distinct cover is a young boys record shopping fantasy and many prog-heads have suggested it's better than The Wall from Roger's former band Pink Floyd. In fact, he brought both concepts to the band in the late 70s - they could pick the one they liked best and the other, Roger would keep for a solo album. While The Wall became a cultural touchstone selling tens of millions of copies around the world, The Pros & Cons was met with a much cooler reception. And while Roger employed the talents of folks who had helped make Pink Floyd's The Wall such a success like artist Gerald Scarfe, he also brought in some preeminent musicians like David Sanborn, Michael Kamen and Eric Clapton. Telling a story in real time of a man dreaming about having an affair, the ambition of Roger Waters for the stage and screen of his idea is epic. However, despite all this help the album didn't sell like a PInk Floyd album and many critics and fans savaged the album as Roger's negative ego trip. Yet some say it's his finest work, in or out of Floyd. To help give us some insight, we brought back friend of the show Lee Dickson who was Eric Clapton's longtime guitar tech. Though his memory is a bit foggy, the stories of how the stage was setup and how the musicians performed this music on-stage are really special and we're so glad to have him back. Where do you come out on this divisive record? Is it an amazing concept or just a bad album? Are any of the songs memorable? We try to figure that out On First Listen. Ugly American Werewolf in London Website Ugly American Werewolf in London Store - Get your Wolf merch and use code 10OFF2023 to save 10%! Visit our sponsor RareVinyl.com and use the code UGLY to save 10%! Twitter Threads Instagram YouTube LInkTree www.pantheonpodcasts.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this half of the show, we spend nearly an hour talking about Pink Floyd—The Wall, based on the 1979 album The Wall, by Pink Floyd. It was directed by Alan Parker, with animated segments produced by Gerald Scarfe, based on his artwork for the original album. COMING ATTRACTIONS: Next time, we wrap up the musical films with a view from the fan's perspective. First we start with Almost Famous, a film we've wanted to discuss almost since Episode One. Then it's on to 24-Hour Party People, a truly quirky film from 2002 about the early days of New Wave music. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/wordsandmovies/support

AKA The Rule of Cool (feat. Those Wires) In episode 59 of ANOTHER TIME, MACLEOD!, Robs Daniel (Twitter: @rob_a_daniel) and Wallis (@robertmwallis) are joined by Jon Melville (@jon_melville), author of A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander (@akindofmagicbook) to discuss the penultimate scene of Highlander, in which Connor MacLeod receives The Prize. Topics include cel animation, from Sleeping Beauty to Gerald Scarfe; the various ghosts and ghouls that can be seen floating about; exploding windows(!); muscle memory vs demonic possession; Doritos ads and Raiders of the Lost Ark; and celebrating Roxanne Hart, whose love story with Christopher Lambert was a victim of the edit. Jon's latest book, Local Hero: Making a Scottish Classic (@localherobook) is now available for purchase.

We present to you the mother of all rock ‘n roll crossover episodes. The other two boys from the Guillotine Press podcast—Bryan Brooks and Josh Heath—join Horror Host Trav and Producer Kate to give the HMF treatment to the 1982 film “Pink Floyd: The Wall,” directed by Alan Parker and Gerald Scarfe. We get deep into these trippy, tragic themes. Listen in and let us take you to therapy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/horror-fying-my-friends/support

This week, Finn, Uther & returning guest Ben MacGougan watch Alan Parker, Gerald Scarfe & Roger Waters' 'Pink Floyd's The Wall' (1982), a musical about growing up in the shadow of World War II, and Doug & Rob Walker's 'Nostalgia Critic's The Wall' (2019), a musical about not knowing a single fucking thing about how to review things.Some of the other films mentioned: 'Histoire(s) du Cinema', 'Neil Breen 5 Feature Film Retrospective', 'Drive My Car', 'Memoria', implicitly 'Suspiria' (2018), 'Saving Private Ryan', 'The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps', 'Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure', 'Super Mario Bros.', 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit', 'Spawn', 'The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle', 'Tommy', 'Rock N Roll High School', The High Schools 'Musical', 'A Hard Day's Night', 'Quadrophenia', 'Help', 'Blubberella', 'Gummo', implicitlly 'Titane', 'Robocop', 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', 'Naked', 'Folding Ideas: Nostalgia Critic and The Wall', 'Shoah', 'A Brighter, Summer Day', 'Spirited Away', 'Your Name', 'Weathering with You', 'Song of the Sea', 'Prince of Egypt', 'An American Tail: Fievel Goes West', 'We're Back - A Dinosaur's Story', 'Balto' 'The Time Machine', 'Mars Needs Moms', 'Kickassia', 'Suburban Knights', 'To Boldly Flee', 'Batman Forever', 'Batman & Robin', 'The Royal Tenenbaums', 'The Killing of a Sacred Deer', 'Clueless', 'Yesterday', 'Birdemic', 'Men in Black II', 'The Amazing Bulk', 'Drive', 'Speed', 'Gravity', 'The Tree of Life', '2001: A Space Odyssey', '2010: The Year We Make Contact', The Planets 'of the Apes', 'Koyaanisqatsi', 'Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!', 'The Power of the Dog', 'Cousins', 'How to Meet Girls from a Distance', and 'Annette'. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hey you! It's time for Pop Screen to tackle one of the earliest, most expensive and most flamboyant product of the 1980s crossover between music video and cinema: Pink Floyd - The Wall. Based closely on Roger Waters's semi-autobiographical songs, director Alan Parker and animator Gerald Scarfe produced an epic fantasy of isolation, trauma, totalitarianism and grief that caused no less a figure than Steven Spielberg to mutter "what the f*** was that?" at its Cannes premiere. This week, we're bringing the boys back home as Graham and Aidan reconvene to tackle this iconic and iconoclastic work. Topics include the album's original reception, Pink Floyd's status in the post-punk era, the unexpected cameos in the 'Young Lust' scene and the influence of Syd Barrett on the film's central character Pink, played by Bob Geldof. If you listen all the way through, there's even a cliffhanger ending... Pop Screen is taking a fortnight's break from free episodes, but you can catch our next Patreon exclusive episode by donating here. Backers also get access to our other movie podcast Director's Lottery, which just dropped an episode about Nicholas Meyer. Follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to find out when we're back, and what we'll be doing... #popscreen #moviereviews #pinkfloyd #thewall #rogerwaters #bobgeldof #geraldscarfe #alanparker #sydbarrett #conceptalbum #progrock

Antony is joined by Jcrash and podcast debutante Filippo to discuss Alan Parker's film adaptation of the Roger Waters-driven concept album by Pink Floyd. Among other things, we discuss the many themes of the film, our own experiences of state education, the film's animation by Gerald Scarfe and finally the incredible music that drives it all. Hope you enjoy it! 'Film Gold' is on all the main podcast platforms. Feedback to contrafib2001@gmail.com Facebook page- https://www.facebook.com/filmgoldpod Twitter- @FilmGold75 links 'Making of' documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfnnIo-pC8 Antony's music https://antonyrotunno.bandcamp.com Antony's John Lennon podcast https://soundcloud.com/glassonionjlpod/tracks Jcrash's music and film analysis channel https://www.youtube.com/user/Jcrashinthecar Filippo's art website (his instagram is @filippofrancocci) https://filippofrancocci.wixsite.com/artist Filippo's music channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD99skUs3XOsmWKi_P2DrmQ

There's no denying the significance of Pink Floyd's album The Wall but what about the artwork behind the music? Anyone who has that album, seen the 1982 movie The Wall or been to the concerts is familiar with that artwork — artwork down by the remarkable British artist Gerald Scarfe. On this episode, we talk to Gerald about his Wall artwork that will be up for sale via the San Francisco Art Exchange (www.SFAE.com) and its owner Jim Hartley. (See photo here the overwhelming amount of art in this collection.)This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

There’s no denying the significance of Pink Floyd’s album The Wall but what about the artwork behind the music? Anyone who has that album, seen the 1982 movie The Wall or been to the concerts is familiar with that artwork — artwork down by the remarkable British artist Gerald Scarfe. On this episode, we talk to Gerald about his Wall artwork that will be up for sale via the San Francisco Art Exchange (www.SFAE.com) and its owner Jim Hartley. (See photo here the overwhelming amount of art in this collection.) This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

There's no denying the significance of Pink Floyd's album The Wall but what about the artwork behind the music? Anyone who has that album, seen the 1982 movie The Wall or been to the concerts is familiar with that artwork — artwork down by the remarkable British artist Gerald Scarfe. On this episode, we talk to Gerald about his Wall artwork that will be up for sale via the San Francisco Art Exchange (www.SFAE.com) and its owner Jim Hartley. (See photo here the overwhelming amount of art in this collection.)This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

There's no denying the significance of Pink Floyd's album The Wall but what about the artwork behind the music? Anyone who has that album, seen the 1982 movie The Wall or been to the concerts is familiar with that artwork — artwork down by the remarkable British artist Gerald Scarfe. On this episode, we talk to Gerald about his Wall artwork that will be up for sale via the San Francisco Art Exchange (www.SFAE.com) and its owner Jim Hartley. (See photo here the overwhelming amount of art in this collection.) This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There’s no denying the significance of Pink Floyd’s album The Wall but what about the artwork behind the music? Anyone who has that album, seen the 1982 movie The Wall or been to the concerts is familiar with that artwork — artwork down by the remarkable British artist Gerald Scarfe. On this episode, we talk to Gerald about his Wall artwork that will be up for sale via the San Francisco Art Exchange (www.SFAE.com) and its owner Jim Hartley. (See photo here the overwhelming amount of art in this collection.) This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

In 2015 Arabella Dorman hung a boat upside down in a Piccadilly church. The boat had been carrying refugees in the eastern Mediterranean, but now it was a piece of art, a symbol of 'exile and desperation' as well as courage and hope. Cartoonist Gerald Scarfe, who reported from Vietnam and Northern Ireland, wants to know if there is a different way to report the news, so here he talks to Arabella about whether her boat worked. The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde

When photographer Paul Conroy was injured during a Syrian rocket attack in 2012, his first thought was probably not how this might change reporting of the war. Two other journalists died in the same attack - Remi Ochlik and Marie Colvin. Paul survived, wrote a book which became the basis for a famous documentary, and then worked as consultant on a major film, A Private War. Does his story represent a more powerful way of understanding the war? Five decades ago Gerald Scarfe went to Asia for The Daily Mail to cover the Vietnam war. He drew it, and here he shares his experiences with Paul as they discuss whether there are different ways to bring back the news. Future programmes in this series to include artist Arabella Dorman. The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde

Caryl Churchill's C21st Bluebeard, the fragility of a glass girl and other myths reworked in 4 new short dramas. Jen Harvie discusses the storytelling on stage of one of Britain's leading dramatists. Hetta Howes looks back at American author Rachel Ingalls who died earlier this year aged 78. Her novel Mrs Caliban depicts a lonely housewife who befriends a sea monster.The German born US based artist Kiki Smith has produced sculptures, tapestries and artworks looking at pain and bodily decay and real and imaginary creatures in bronze, glass, gold and ink for her first solo UK exhibition in a public institution in 20 years. Gerald Scarfe has just published Long Drawn Out Trip: My Life moving from his early days at Punch and Private Eye to his designs for Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Disney’s Hercules. He's also putting together an illustrated coffee table book Scarfe: Sixty Years Of Being Rude which will be published in November. Glass, Kill, Bluebeard, Imp 4 short dramas by Caryl Churchill, directed by James MacDonald run at London's Royal Court Theatre from September 18th - October 12th. Kiki Smith: I Am A Wanderer runs at Modern Art Oxford from September 28th to January 19th 2020. Hetta Howes is a New Generation Thinker on the scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council which puts academic research onto the radio. She presents our podcast New Thinking which showcases new research. You can find past episodes on topics ranging from the philosophy of pregnancy to the links between dentistry and archaeology by signing up for the BBC Arts&Ideas podcast or looking on the Free Thinking website collection New Research. Producer Zahid Warley

Music, poetry and cartoons. Plus a couple of problems

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Gerald Scarfe, one of our best known artists, caricaturing those in power, and also a production designer for theatre, ballet and opera and designer of animation sequences for Disney's Hercules and Pink Floyd’s The Wall. Liam Charles was the people’s champion of Bake Off 2017, and the youngest contestant in that series. He went from cake sales at sixth form to having his own cookery show, and presenting Bake Off The Professionals within three years. Goldie Puricelli has taught kids with dyslexia, dyspraxia and autism, for over twenty years, she’s also a member of the Magic Circle and incorporates those skills into her teaching work. Helen Zaltzman was an early adopter of the podcast, launching the award winning comedy podcast Answer Me This! with Olly Mann in 2007. In 2015 she began The Allusionist linguistics podcast, which was immediately named iTunes UK's best new podcast. Helen gave up her flat and has spent the last two years touring the world with her live show in which she uses her love of language to unpick gender stereotypes, crime reporting and vegan restaurant menus. We have your thank yous and folk singer Shirley Collins chooses Fantasia on Greensleeves by Ralph Vaughn Williams and A Denying - The Blacksmith performed by Shirley And Dolly Collins Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland

The brain - the final frontier. Radio 4 is setting out on an exploration of the creative mind. Gerald Scarfe's drawings have intrigued and alarmed for more than fifty years but where do his ideas come from? Professor Vincent Walsh of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience has a theory he wants to pursue. Vincent is an expert in the workings of the visual brain; he thinks that two specific areas may be talking to each other in an unexpected way, resulting in recognisable faces being mixed up with recognisable objects, hence Mrs Thatcher as an axe, a handbag, and even a shark. Now, cartoonist and neuroscientist are going to meet. "I for one would be fascinated to know what's going on in my brain - please pursue this," says Gerald Scarfe. The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde.

The political cartoonist Gerald Scarfe discusses Stage and Screen, a new exhibition at House of Illustration of his designs for theatre, rock, opera, ballet and film over the last 30 years, from Orpheus in the Underworld for English National Opera to Pink Floyd's 1982 film The Wall. Maja Lunde, author of the best-selling novel The History of Bees, tells Kirsty why she was inspired to write about these insects whose future is under threat, and how this led her to explore what the world might look like without them.Composer Sally Beamish and librettist David Harsent discuss The Judas Passion, their new oratorio which tells the Passion story from the perspective of Judas Iscariot.And today is the autumn equinox and on Radio 4 we've been marking the turning of the year and the darkening of the days with poems. Live in studio we have the poet Nick Makoha with a poem called The Good Light.

Pink Floyd artist Gerald Scarfe talks about “The Wall” art and his relationship with Roger Waters. Also, Carlos Santana's good vibes and a Jackyl interview. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pink Floyd artist Gerald Scarfe talks about “The Wall” art and his relationship with Roger Waters. Also, Carlos Santana’s good vibes and a Jackyl interview.

This week, we get comfortably numb with Masterpiece Reviews' Nick Freed as we dig into the meat, the pudding, and everything else related to 1982's psychedelic concept album adaptation Pink Floyd: The Wall! Telling the story of Pink (The Boomtown Rats' Bob Geldof) from childhood to adulthood, Roger Waters' adaptation of his own concept album - with the help of director Alan Parker and stunning animation by Gerald Scarfe - leaves us as entertained as we are baffled. Join us as we talk about the meat, the pudding, and everything in between along with our custom cocktail and drinking rules! (Thanks to our sponsor Cards Against Humanity as part of the Chicago Podcast Coop!)

Rob's guest this week is the cartoonist and illustrator Gerald Scarfe

We ask "is there anybody out there?" as we continue the Alan Parker discussions as Simon and Keith are joined by animator Chris Darling to talk about PINK FLOYD THE WALL. We talk about the making of the film, the animation by Gerald Scarfe, Roger Waters involvement, Bob Geldof as an actor and the legacy of this overlooked film. Movie Heaven Movie Hell is a show where filmmakers Simon Aitken (BLOOD + ROSES, POST-ITS, MODERN LOVE) and Keith Eyles (FEAR VIEW, DRIVEN INSANE, CROSSED LINES) go through the A-Z of directors. Simon and Keith talk about their favourite and least favourite film from that director's body of work. Like our Facebook Fanpage at https://www.facebook.com/MovieHeavenMovieHell You can follow Movie Heaven Movie Hell on Twitter at @MovieHeavenHell You can find Simon Aitken's work at http://www.independentrunnings.com You can find Keith Eyles' work at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ4up3c883irE6oA2Vk0T7w

Libby Purves meets cartoonist Gerald Scarfe; former journalist Eimear O'Callaghan; actor Greg Wise and rock climber Ben Moon. Eimear O'Callaghan is a former BBC news editor whose book Belfast Days is based on the diary she kept in 1972 at the height of the Troubles. The book records her and her family's experiences throughout this turbulent year. From the inconvenience of British Army check-points and power cuts to the horror of shootings, bombings and almost 500 killings, her teenage jottings convey a family and community trying to function normally against a background of violence and bloodshed. Belfast Days: A 1972 Teenage Diary is published by Merrion Press. Gerald Scarfe CBE is a political cartoonist. He started drawing for Punch and Private Eye and is now best known for his work in the New Yorker and the Sunday Times. His latest exhibition, Milk Snatcher, The Thatcher Drawings features his cartoons of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. It spans a period of 22 years from her days as a member of the shadow cabinet to her leadership of the Conservative Party, her tenure as prime minister and her political decline. Milk Snatcher, The Thatcher Drawings exhibition is at the Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, Co. Durham. Actor Greg Wise returns to the theatre after an absence of 17 years to star in Brad Fraser's play Kill Me Now. He plays Jake Sturdy, a once successful writer, who now cares for his disabled son, Joey, with the support of a motley crew of friends and family. Greg's acting credits include the films Sense and Sensibility and Effie Gray and his theatre work ranges from Richard II to The Recruiting Officer. Kill Me Now is at the Park Theatre, Finsbury Park, London. In 1990 Ben Moon made rock climbing history with the first ascent of Hubble in the Peak District, now widely recognised as the world's first F9a graded climb. A major figure in the sport climbing movement of the 1980s and the bouldering phenomenon of the 1990s, he fell in love with climbing at seven when he was taken to the Lake District on a family holiday. His story is told in Statement - The Ben Moon Story by Ed Douglas, published by Vertebrate.

Juliette Scarfe from www.bareskin-beauty.uk visits the Phatman Radio Show to chat about Personal Care Products and Cosmetics. Juliette is a lawyer by trade but developed a passion for health and wellness. She works with clients to help them with hormonal, adrenal, and skin issues.When Juliette Scarfe was small, she was obsessed with making lotions and potions from plants in her garden.  Raised in what she describes as an artistic, eccentric family, Juliette is the daughter of a nutritionist and the niece of cartoonist Gerald Scarfe and the actress and cook Jane Asher. Juliette had her own battles with health after becoming a lawyer as she had let herself go. It is by chance she met someone who taught her more about health and cosmetics. She then strted taking better care of herself and formulating her own beauty products which people loved. Vi  

Naomi Alderman, Yossi Mekelberg and Alexander Bodin Saphir join Jason Solomons to discuss the Israeli elections, the Oscars and the Gerald Scarfe cartoon in the Sunday Times

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.

As the Sunday Times political cartoonist for the last forty-two years, Gerald Scarfe CBE has created iconic images of international politics, most famously his notorious caricatures of Margaret Thatcher.

Sue Lawley's castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Renowned for his grotesquely exaggerated portrayals of political figures and issues, he will be talking about his isolated childhood, which was dominated by chronic asthma, and how, with no formal art training, he has now become one of the most eminent artists of our time, branching out from drawing his instantly-recognisable caricatures into the world of theatre, rock and opera.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A title by Capability Brown Luxury: River painting by Turner

Sue Lawley's castaway in Desert Island Discs this week is the satirical cartoonist Gerald Scarfe. Renowned for his grotesquely exaggerated portrayals of political figures and issues, he will be talking about his isolated childhood, which was dominated by chronic asthma, and how, with no formal art training, he has now become one of the most eminent artists of our time, branching out from drawing his instantly-recognisable caricatures into the world of theatre, rock and opera. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Book: A title by Capability Brown Luxury: River painting by Turner