{"id":2383,"date":"2008-01-04T16:04:45","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T15:04:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/news\/?p=85"},"modified":"2014-12-10T07:47:40","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T06:47:40","slug":"reality-check-podcasts-on-sci-fi-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2008\/01\/reality-check-podcasts-on-sci-fi-london\/","title":{"rendered":"REALITY CHECK PODCASTS ON SCI-FI LONDON"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2910\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/alex-fitch-corner.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2383]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/alex-fitch-corner-594x374.jpg\" alt=\"alex-fitch-corner\" width=\"594\" height=\"374\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2910\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/alex-fitch-corner-594x374.jpg 594w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/alex-fitch-corner-300x189.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/alex-fitch-corner.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Fitch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Check out Electric Sheep&#8217;s collaborator Alex Fitch&#8217;s podcasts on Sci-Fi London:<\/p>\n<p>Episode 1: The Smoking Cabinet<br \/>\nAlex Fitch talks to curators Claire Cook, Simone Pyne and Kate Grove about the Curzon&#8217;s Burlesque season of silent cinema, live acts and talks which featured an eclectic mix of Edwardian titillation, melodrama (The Blue Angel) and circus performers.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 2: Nostalgia and Cult TV<br \/>\nTwo interviews recorded at last summer&#8217;s Cult TV Weekender: Alex talks to actor Philip Glenister (DCI Gene Hunt) and writer Matthew Graham about &#8220;Life on Mars&#8221; \/ &#8220;Ashes to ashes&#8221; and to Alan Shubrook, writer of the coffee table book &#8220;21 Century FX&#8221; about his time working on &#8220;Thunderbirds&#8221; in the 1960s.<\/p>\n<p>Episode 3: Other Cinema DVDs<br \/>\nAlex talks to Noel Lawrence, founder of the &#8220;Other Cinema&#8221; DVD label about their range of esoteric \/ underground movies and collections of short films such as &#8221; The Net &#8211; The Unabomber, LSD and the internet&#8221;, &#8220;Experiments in Terror&#8221;, &#8220;Decasia&#8221; and &#8220;Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Episode 4: M.R.James&#8217; Ghost stories at Christmas<br \/>\nAlex talks to Dexter O&#8217;Neil, head of Fantom Films, a new company that have been producing cult CD and DVD releases over the last year or so, including a new range of M.R. James audio books featuring the best of his &#8220;Tales of the Supernatural&#8221; read by the likes of Geoffrey Bayldon. 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