CULT TV INSIDER
22 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 14 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingNews, Reviews and Interviews about classic and new extraordinary fictional television from www.CultTVinsider.com
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Cult TV Insider - May 2010 - Director Chris Atkins talks about Star Suckers
April 25, 2010 09:44SHOW NOTES: WELCOME TO THE NEW SEASON OF THE CULT TV INSIDER - Back after far too long away! We start with an interview with Director Chris Atkins, whose documentaries challenge your view of the world. The most controversial film of the year, Starsuckers is a hilarious and shocking exposé of the celebrity obsessed media. Director Chris Atkins – BAFTA-nominated for Taking Liberties – uncovers the reasons for our addiction to fame and blows the lid on the people who deal it out. The fil...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 17
July 30, 2007 16:17SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our seventeenth edition of the Cult TV Insider, a double-length special after our two month hiatus Included in this bumper issue of news are the following: The new Spock in the JJ Abrams take on Star Trek has been cast – and it’s someone we know from Heroes. But hold on – Leonard Nimoy is also playing Spock in the new movie! Life on Mars (USA) finally finds its Sam Tyler, and a Director from Studio 60 and The West Wing will be helming the pilot. Heroes gets a spin...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 16
May 19, 2007 16:47SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our sixteenth edition of the Cult TV Insider, a double-length special... 1 min 05 secs: AMERICAN TV NEWS - Loads of Brits and Aussies are getting starring roles in new American series coming this Autumn, including The Bionic Woman and The Sarah Connor Chronicles. We look at what ABC, CBS and FOX have on their new production slates, and which series they have put out to pasture. Bad news for fans of Jericho, though. 16 mins 05 secs: BLAKE’S 7 AUDIO ADVENTURES INTER...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 15
April 29, 2007 14:40SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our fifteenth edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 05 secs: UK TV NEWS. Sky One commission another Terry Pratchett production with David Jason, and Martin Freeman relies on some magic for his next TV role. 3 mins 35 secs: BRAND NEW GUESTS FOR THE CULT TV FESTIVAL WEEKENDER. Great news for fans of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Logan’s Run, Planet of the Apes, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, SeaQuest 2032, Land of the Lost and Garrison’s Gorillas who like to s...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 14
April 17, 2007 18:12SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our fourteenth edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 00 secs: NEW US TV NEWS. Who is taking over from James Caan on Las Vegas? Clue – he won’t be allowed his red Ferrari! Glenn Close to star in new legal TV series. The Smallville cast member who will become the new Flash Gordon. 9 mins 25 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF THE WEEK. K Juno performs Fighter in the Screen for us. 14 mins 55 secs: BIG SCREEN ADAPTIONS. News on Speed Racer, The Incredible Hulk, The Green A...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 13
April 09, 2007 18:05SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our thirteenth edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 00 secs: APPRECIATORS ROUNDTABLE – Part 1. Your host Alex J Geairns is joined by Stephen Brown, John Wilkinson, Lynn Simpson and Sarah Geairns to discuss the first two episodes of the new season of Doctor Who, as well as ask whether television is actually being dumbed down by television executives. For information on this year’s Cult TV Festival Weekender, visit www.cult.tv. 20 mins 00 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF T...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 12
April 02, 2007 22:02SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our twelfth edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 05 secs: US TV NEWS. Reimagined Battlestar Galactica gets a full fourth season and a straight to DVD special. New Kevin Sorbo projects, and a big screen Green Hornet. 11 mins 25 secs: CULT TV WEEKENDER CELEBRITY NEWS. Jared Martin from Fantastic Journey, Dallas and War of The Worlds, James Morrison from '24' and Space: Above And Beyond, and the Life On Mars creator, writer and Executive Producer Matthew Graham are ...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 11
March 26, 2007 16:54SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our eleventh edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 10 secs: TORCHWOOD ROUNDTABLE – PART 1. The first part of our special edition of the Cult TV Insider, where we focus on the scripting of TORCHWOOD. Our guests are: BRIAN MINCHIN is a Script Editor in BBC Wales Drama. Currently working on the "Torchwood", he has also been Script Editor on "Belonging", plus a 30 minute drama by Cath Tregenna "Stick or Twist", and other TV and Radio programmes. Originally from Aberystw...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 10
March 18, 2007 22:45SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our tenth edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 00 secs: NEW USA TV PROJECT NEWS. Something new for David Duchovny, Eliza Dushku and Christina Applegate, a quartet of new Futurama straight-to-DVD movies, a possible new direction for Veronica Mars, and a new revamp of The Saint is on the horizon. 19 mins 10 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF THE WEEK. Stefani Stevens sings Picture This for us. 23 mins 45 secs: WHAT’S WHAT TO WATCH. Noted ornithologist Helen Baker takes us thr...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 9
March 13, 2007 20:50SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our ninth edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 00 secs: US NEW PROJECT NEWS. The American version of The Thick Of It gets a star from Huff, news of a Grey’s Anatomy spin-off, news on Painkiller Jane and The Sarah Connor Chronicles, more Star Trek movie news, and what some of the stars of the new version of Mansfield Park will be doing next. 9 mins 05 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF THE WEEK. John Romano plays TV SONG for us. 12 mins 25 secs: WHAT’S WHAT TO WATCH. Justin ...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 8
March 04, 2007 21:57SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our eighth edition of the Cult TV Insider. Full details of Cult TV's Festival Weekender can be found at www.cult.tv. 1 min 00 secs: UPDATE ON THE NEW STAR TREK MOVIE. Director and release date confirmed, plus news of a Get Smart movie. 2 mins 35 secs: INTERNATIONAL RATINGS NEWS. Things are looking grim for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, but Heroes still on the up. 5 mins 50 secs: NEW TV PROJECTS STATESIDE. A new Spiderman cartoon, and William Baldwin and James Bro...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 7
February 26, 2007 17:18SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our seventh edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 20 secs: ALL CHANGE AGAIN FOR THE CULT TV WEEKENDER. Bungling builders lead to Cult TV moving to Oxfordshire. 8 mins 30 secs: GUIDED TOUR OF HEYTHROP PARK. We lift the lid on how we go about choosing a new venue, and unearth the secrets of the new Cult TV venue for October. Find out how we ensure our attendee priorities are looked after as much as possible wherever we go. See the pictures at www.cult.tv. 22 mins 3...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 6
February 18, 2007 21:20SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our sixth edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 00 secs: GOSSIP ON STAR TREK XI. When is the film going to be released, and who is going to be directing and starring? 2 mins 20 secs: INTERNATIONAL RATINGS NEWS. How Lost is doing in the UK and USA, and you’ll be surprised where it is a bigger hit! Plus Heroes continues to pummel the opposition. 6 mins 55 secs: NEW SERIES STATESIDE. An ex-Eastender to become the new Bionic Woman, a Nip/Tuck creator gets a big deal, ...
CULT TV INSIDER – ISSUE 5
February 11, 2007 17:07SHOW NOTES. 1 min 30 secs: WHEDON SHOWN THE DOOR ON WONDER WOMAN. The rumours were true, Joss has moved on from invisible planes and bullet-defying bracelets. 2mins 55 Secs: IS JJ DIRECTING THE NEXT STAR TREK? The mystery deepens as no-one’s sure if Mr Abrams is or isn’t. 3 mins 25 secs: SAAVIK TO PLAY DAWN FRENCH! - plus other American pilot news. 6 mins 10 secs: UK TV NEWS – Channel 4’s history of television and UK society, plus Who’s got a Life On Mars cast member? 7 mins 45 secs: ...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 4
February 04, 2007 19:04SHOW NOTES. All the news and reviews any television appreciator will ever need! Content of the show this week as follows: 1 min 20 secs: STATESIDE TV NEWS – the trends in commissioning this year and news of the American version of Life on Mars. 10 mins 05 secs: WHEDON’S WONDER WOMAN UNDER PRESSURE – how come the studio in charge is buying a different script to that by Joss? 11mins 25 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF THE WEEK. We present hard rock roots music from TJR, this tune is called Peace,...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 3
January 28, 2007 18:11SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our third edition of the Cult TV Insider. 1 min 20 secs: STATESIDE NEW TV SERIES. The Riches with Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver, plus Drive with Nathan Fillion from Firefly. 8mins 30 secs: WHAT’S WHAT TO WATCH. Mark Crick, the Logistics Director for the Cult TV Festival Weekender, gives us the lowdown on what he makes time for in his TV week. The Cult TV Forums can be found at www.culttv.info. 22 mins 10 secs: TAX BREAKS FOR BRITISH TELLY PRODUCTIONS? Will the ...
CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 2
January 21, 2007 19:34SHOW NOTES Settling in to our format, we get down to our standard half-hour running time, and have our first interview. We have something for everyone this time out, including stuff about Lost, 24 and Return of The Saint. 1 min 10 secs: IS LOST LOST? A network executive comes to the show’s defence. 2 mins 10 secs: GOLDEN GLOBES 2007 – the television-orientated awards results. 3 mins 55 secs: “24” RETURNS - on both sides of the Atlantic. 6 mins 00 secs: MORE AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNC...
PRESENTING CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE ONE
January 14, 2007 23:15We're ready to roll! The 50 minute double-episode first programme of CULT TV INSIDER has been completed. As this is our "pilot", then it is nowhere near what the regular series will end up being - so, we're not making a big fuss about this issue, but we hope you'll enjoy it and find out something you didn't know already by listening in... You can find it at the following location: www.culttv.net/podcast/CTVInsider150107.mp3 SHOW NOTES Here's your guide to what you can find in the first ...
INTRODUCING YOUR HOST
January 05, 2007 20:19Okay, so you want to know who one of the hosts of CULT TV INSIDER is? Well, of course, it has to be Alex J Geairns ... but here's some clues as to why he might seem so familiar... http://www.myheritage.com CULT TV INSIDER - News, Reviews and Interviews in the worlds of extraordinary fictional television - Details at www.CultTVinsider.com
THE COUNTDOWN BEGINS
January 03, 2007 17:15We get ever closer to recording - which is scheduled to happen this weekend - trialling all the equipment, getting things to work as they should and so forth. And then, well, we'll see... There are a huge number of books out and about on podcasting, and a whole host of new ones scheduled for release in the next few months. It would seem that we really are on the cusp of something big which is taking off in a BIG way. The great thing is that no-one's doing it the way that we are aiming to,...
NEW YEAR, NEW IDEAS
January 02, 2007 12:12The possibilities that podcasting open up as a new way to keep in touch with Cult TV's supporters has just come into sharp focus. As Basil Fawlty would say, it was a case of missing the bleedin' obvious in terms of being able to relay all the latest news, pepper in some reviews of the latest TV as well as DVD releases, run a few prize competitions aside from those on our website, and give a little more background to the trials and tribulations of running a charity benefit convention in our s...
LOST WITHOUT LOST
November 22, 2006 10:08Okay, so it would be boring to go on about how PC WORLD have still not remedied the problem with my laptop. It's now beyond a joke, and it was interesting to see that Computing Which? magazine have basically noted what I had suspected all along - don't have a service contract with them if you ever want a faulty PC to work properly after their meddling. Meanwhile, I had what I think was a "form" email around the other day, moaning that TV series LOST had moved to Sky One. Thought I'd duplic...