{"id":157,"date":"2009-08-12T23:01:11","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T23:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/electricsheepmagazine.wordpress.com\/?p=157"},"modified":"2010-01-28T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-28T14:49:42","slug":"im-ready-for-my-close-up-francis-matthews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/2009\/08\/im-ready-for-my-close-up-francis-matthews\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio: Francis Matthews"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_202\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-202\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/francistemple.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[157]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-202\" title=\"francistemple\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/francistemple-594x334.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Matthew is Paul Temple while Captain Scarlet looks on\" width=\"594\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/francistemple-594x334.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/francistemple-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk\/events\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/francistemple.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-202\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Francis Matthews is Paul Temple while Captain Scarlet looks on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>To coincide with the release of the little known BBC TV adaptation of the <em>Paul Temple<\/em> mysteries on DVD, Alex Fitch and Robin Warren talk to actor Francis Matthews about his career from playing the aforementioned suave mystery writer turned detective to voicing the indestructible puppet <em>Captain Scarlet<\/em> and fighting Christopher Lee&#8217;s <em>Rasputin <\/em>in the underrated Hammer film about <em>The Mad Monk<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>10.30pm Thursday 13\/08\/09, repeated 5pm Friday 14\/08\/09, Resonance 104.4 FM (London) \/ streamed at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.resonancefm.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.resonancefm.com<\/a> \/ podcast online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sci-fi-london.com\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.sci-fi-london.com<\/a> 20\/08\/09.<\/p>\n<p>Links:<br \/>\nWikipedia pages on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Francis_Matthews_(actor)\" target=\"_blank\">Francis Matthews<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Temple\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Temple<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Captain_Scarlet_and_the_Mysterons\" target=\"_blank\">Captain Scarlet<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To coincide with the release of the little known BBC TV adaptation of the <em>Paul Temple<\/em> mysteries on DVD, Alex Fitch and Robin Warren talk to actor Francis 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