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 8 – Quatermass 2 (1957) - Part Two

This episode sees the conclusion of Jon and guest James Goss's look at Hammer's Quatermass 2. 

In a wide-ranging discussion that encompasses everything from Alan Plater to Flesh Gordon, they witnesses the trauma of Sid James being shot in the face (apparently), admire the inventive use of filler text and investigate if this really is the first use of the suffix '2' in a film title. James also tells us about interviewing Nigel Kneale for his student magazine... 

But what we want to know is, is this really Nicholas Courtney? 

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Episode 7 – Quatermass 2 (1957) - Part One

Donlevy's back! This episode sees the first of a two-part chat between Jon and producer and writer James Goss as we look at how he first discovered Quatermass and a slightly wider discussion on Nigel Kneale's influence on Doctor Who (including an interesting conspiracy theory concerning The Invisible Enemy), before we make the two-hour trip from London to Carlisle, via
Hemel Hempstead, to begin our look at Hammer's Quatermass 2 and wonder what Donlevy's Quatermass must be like at the Rocket Group's Christmas Party.

On the way we'll look at how conspiracies must seem efficient, and the terror of charm and the fear of Communist colonisation. Oh, and what actually is Broadhead's first name anyway?

Jon also gives a shameless plug to the BFI's Projecting the Archive strand, and in case you were wondering, the name of the actor James was so impressed with is John Van Eyssen, probably best know for playing Jonathan Harker in Hammer's first Dracula film, in 1958.

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