Podcasts about newzoids

For years, author and satirist Gabby Hutchinson Crouch has scoured the week's news for material to use on the programmes in BBC Radio 4's Friday-night topical slot, ‘Dead Ringers' and ‘Newzoids'. She has also written for ‘Horrible Histories', the Bafta-winning children's series inspired by ‘Blackadder' and ‘Monty Python'. Today she discusses her latest book, the first in a new ‘historical romantasy' series, and is quizzed by a ‘Horrible Histories' enthusiast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our voice says so much about our character, from where we grew up, to our personality and even our job. Which is why through imitation and mimicry, impressionists are able to so fully embody a person, capturing the very essence of who they are. Jon Culshaw is a voice acting legend, known for his comedy excellence in shows like Dead Ringers, Spitting Image and Newzoids. He's also shown his mastery of drama taking on the role of David Bowie in a BBC production. Bringing his A-game, Jon treats us to amazing impressions of multiple famous names, including Boris Johnson, Tony Blair, Joe Biden and Mrs Jump from down the road. In this episode we learn how a voice can give a fully rounded sense of character, even if you remove all other senses, we explain why impressions go beyond comedy and satire, and we're reminded of the importance of surrounding ourselves with brilliant people. var podscribeEmbedVars = { epGuid: 'behindthespine.podbean.com/2f037a82-703e-349c-9a5f-d7e587baa07f', rssUrl: 'https://feed.podbean.com/behindthespine/feed.xml', backgroundColor: 'white', font: undefined, fontColor: undefined, speakerFontColor: undefined, height: '600px', showEditButton: false, showSpeakers: true, showTimestamps: true };

Jon Culshaw is an impressionist and comedian, best known for his work on Dead Ringers since 2000. He has also voiced a number of characters for ITV shows including 2DTV, Spitting Image and Newzoids. But Jon is also an amateur astronomer and scifi buff with a love of everything Gerry Anderson. As well as Jon's recollections, we have an epic Randomiser, FAB Facts, news and a couple of strange interjections.

Ich quäle mich mit Stechmücken herum. Die USA muss mit etwas ganz anderem fertig werden. Viel Spaß beim hören ;-) Link zum erwähnten Clip von NEWZOIDS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f61Q2lDpykQ ______________________ Support: http://Paypal.me/MarcLitz http://patreon.com/Litz

With Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. Jon Culshaw talks about making a career out of impressions, with a repertoire of over 350 voices including John Major, Simon Cowell, Ed Miliband and Patrick Moore. Jon also talks about wanting to take on more serious roles, his fascination with astronomy and love of old cars. Jack Andraka is a pioneering teenage scientist who discovered a way to detect some forms of cancer in their early stages. Now eighteen, he talks about his work, which was initially inspired by the death of a close family friend, and dealing with depression and homophobic bullying. Polish personal trainer Jonas Zimnickas shares his 'My Saturday'. Ninety-three year old listener Heather Beagley remembers the excitement of being on the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary liner in 1936, which travelled from Southampton to New York when she was fourteen. Writer, Director and Choreographer Rajeev Goswami talks about bringing his musical Beyond Bollywood from Mumbai to London's West End. Hotelier and presenter Alex Polizzi shares her Inheritance Tracks: Brindisi from La Traviata and Nina Simone's I Put a Spell on You. Jon Culshaw voices celebrity puppets in Newzoids, available to watch on the ITV Player. Jack Andraka's memoir Breakthrough is out now. Beyond Bollywood is at the Palladium in London until the 27th June. Producer: Claire Bartleet Editor: Karen Dalziel.

As the General Election campaign hots up, two new political satires have been unveiled- ITV's Newzoids and Channel 4's Ballot Monkeys, with the former reuniting some of the vocal and production talent of Spitting Image. Radio 4's Dead Ringers and the Vote Now Show are also back on air, not to mention election specials for satirical stalwarts Rory Bremner, Jack Dee and Charlie Brooker. But despite this crowded market, is satire, as Spectator columnist and satirical author Toby Young would have it, headed for an early grave? Steve is joined by Rory Bremner himself to give satire a health check ahead of the General Election, in discussion with Toby Young and the Assistant Editor of the New Statesman, Helen Lewis.Pay-TV broadcaster Sky has reported a 20% rise in operating profit helped by strong demand across Europe. Operating profit for the nine months to the end of March was £1.025bn, up from £854m a year earlier. Sky UK also posted the highest third quarter rise in users and the lowest churn - customers leaving - in 11 years. Steve Hewlett talks to Director of Mediatique consultancy Mathew Horseman about the reasons behind the strong figures, how a recent merger with Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia has impacted on results, and what Sky UK is doing to keep customer churn so low.And in the latest of our interviews with political parties in the run up to the general election, we hear from Conservative's Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy Ed Vaizey on the parties media policy plans should they win the next election.Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

We discuss ITV's Super Saturday which includes the return of Britain's Got Talent. New BBC3 drama Tatau and ITV's new 'comedies' NewZoids and The Delivery Man.

We discuss ITV's Super Saturday which includes the return of Britain's Got Talent. New BBC3 drama Tatau and ITV's new 'comedies' NewZoids and The Delivery Man.

Though on other sides of an ocean, Stephen and Rob are going to animation events and talking about it to you fine people. There's also a lot of discussion about animation as a whole prompted by the excellent opening title sequence for 'Star vs the Forces of Evil' and a not-as-controversial-as-I-would-have-thought list of the Best Animated Series. CLICK HERE to go to the full blog post & leave a comment! Annotations: (9:55)   Simpsons Pixels animated short picked up as couch gag for Feb 15 (16:14)   Rob went to Matt Groening and Lynda Barry event (42:51)   Steve went to Animex with Martin Bell (49:45)   New puppet show ‘Newzoids’ coming to UK channel ITV (55:18)   'Star vs the Forces of Evil' new Disney XD series (1:04:43)   Free rival to Photoshop (1:15:07)   Best Animated Series list A-Z Check out more of your hosts:Stephen Brooks (@RubberOnion)Rob Yulfo (@RobYulfo)Pat Ryan (@TheBadPatRyan)And please Rate/Review us on iTunes & Rate/Review on Stitcher while you're at it (=