BERGCAST - Episode 39 - The Blu Ray Xperiment with Steve Rogers and Simon Guerrier

 

Andy and Jon meet with Steve Rogers from Hammer to discuss the work involved getting the first two Quatermass films out in those stunning box sets released last summer.

And they're also joined by writer/filmmaker Simon Guerrier, whose two part Nigel Kneale documentary straddles both releases.

You can buy the Quatermass films (and much more besides) from Hammer if you visit the Hammer shop here:

https://hammerfilms.com/collections/the-quatermass-collection

 

You can also check out the work of Simon Guerrier:

https://0tralala.blogspot.com/

We're all pretty stoked for his forthcoming biography of Doctor Who scribe Terrance Dicks.

 

As Andy mentions at the end, both he and Jon will join Toby Hadoke and Brontë Schiltz at The Quatermas Event at Derby QUAD on 6 December. Tickets here:

https://www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/thequatermassevent/

Hope to say hello to a few listeners! 

 

Episode 38 - The Spores of Nigel Kneale with Joel Morris

 

Comedy writer and Cunk creator Joel Morris joins Jon and Andy to discuss how Nigel Kneale has infected popluar culture like the spores about to fire from a creature that was once three astronauts.

Joel and writer Will Maclean have a new series of their hit podcast Broken Veil coming soon and you can join them on Patreon to support the venture here:

https://www.patreon.com/brokenveil/collections

Enjoy:

BERGCAST - Episode 37 - Toby's Hadoke's book on The Quatermass Experiment.

 

BERGCAST stalwart Toby Hadoke's long awaited tome is out!

Toby chats to Jon and Andy about its long gestation, the challenge of tenses and how to slay sacred cows respectfully.

BERGCAST - Episode 36 - Brian Cox

 

We're back with a new co-host and an amazing new guest in the shape of the GIANT that is Brian Cox. Andy and Jon talk to Brian about making The Year of the Sex Olympics, how he was cast, why he remains so fond of something from the very beginning of his HUGE career, and the fact he'd really like to play Quatermass some day...

There's also an extended intro to meeting co-host Andy Murray, Nigel Kneale's biographer.

Episode 35 – Quatermass 70, with James Swanton, Toby Hadoke and Hermetic Arts

This episode had an unavoidable delay, but it's worth it, as Jon talks in a round table with spooky dramaturges extraordinary Carrie Thompson and Chris Lincé of Hermetic Arts, the monstrously talented actor James Swanton and BERGCAST's friend and undisputed renaissance man Toby Hadoke about the 70th Anniversary recreation of The Quatermass Experiment that was held in Alexandra Palace in Autumn 2023.

Episode 34 -- Things Recorded in the Walls, feat. Brontë Schiltz

(note: not a picture of Brontë)

It's another episode with a genesis almost as troubled as our Quatermass Conclusion Conclusion. This time, Jon was unable to make our discussion with Gothic expert Brontë Schiltz last November at very short notice, so Howard went it alone for the first time. But then, a bunch of uncontrollable life circumstances leading to a massive upheaval meant that the recording languished in the walls of Howard's laptop for three months. We hope that you feel it's worth the wait, as we discuss the TV studio with horror in its walls, 70s pop pseudoscience and The Tiger Who Came to Tea, along with a whole lot else.

Find Brontë's links here and find BERGCAST in all your usual podcast places.

Episode 33 – Kinvig, feat. Gemma Arrowsmith

It had to happen. It's time for us to deal with the One Nigel Kneale Thing We Don't Particularly Like: Kinvig.

Joining us is comedy writer and performer Gemma Arrowsmith, whose new show Gemma Arrowsmith's Sketched Out has just dropped on BBC Radio 4, and we talk about why the live studio audience is going to find it funnier than we do at home, the wild transformation of situation comedy in the 1980s, and whether sci-fi nerds really have that much of a crossover with UFO fans.

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