Seat B1
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago -A regular round-up of upcoming cultural events in Halifax, the capital of Yorkshire's Calder Valley
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Seat B1: Episode 008
October 06, 2019 14:45 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MBIt's a film special for October 2019. Our resident reviewers, Steve Archer, Judy Green and Jeremy Walker discuss the Judy Garland biopic, Judy, the iconic comedy Blackadder (the final episode of which is being shown at Square Chapel Arts Centre as part of the Halifax Great War Weekend), Dawn, a film from the 1920s about the life of Edith Cavell, the Chinese-American film Farewell, Mark Jenkin's Bait, filmed on 16mm film and the new Chris Morris film, The Day Shall Come. Click to view: show ...
Seat B1: Episode 007 - Part Two
September 19, 2019 21:48 - 20 minutes - 27.7 MBHot on the heels of part one, part two of the September 2019 episode of The Halifax Arts Podcast takes a look at three of the town's choirs; the Orange Box Choir, The Halifax Choral Society and The Cube Choir. Click to view: show page on Awesound
Seat B1: Episode 007 - Part One
August 23, 2019 14:45 - 42 minutes - 59 MBTo launch Series 2 of Seat B1: The Halifax Arts Podcast, we have a special two-part podcast to help keep you informed on the cultural comings and goings of Halifax in West Yorkshire. In the second part of episode 007 - available from mid September - we will be looking at some local choirs including The Halifax Choral Society, the world's oldest regularly performing choir. This first part of the podcast, however, is devoted to six films being shown in Halifax during September. Our regular fil...
Seat B1: Episode 006
June 08, 2019 18:26 - 1 hour - 106 MBIn this episode of the podcast we meet the stars of the new Sally Wainwright drama Gentleman Jack at its red carpet premier in Halifax, we interview the acclaimed children's illustrator Nick Sharratt who was recently in town and we chat to Ellie Telford, the upcoming singer-songwriter who is making waves across Yorkshire. In addition, our resident trio of film reviewers - Jeremy, Judy and Steve - discuss the Elton John biopic 'Rocketman', 'Sometimes, Always, Never' starring Bill Nighy, the B...
Seat B1: Gentleman Jack Premiere Special
May 10, 2019 10:54 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MBOn Thursday 9th May, the new BBC/HBO TV series 'Gentleman Jack' that chronicles the life of Halifax's very own Anne Lister was premiered at Square Chapel Arts Centre. Seat B1 was on the red carpet and talked to the writer Sally Wainwright, the stars of the show including Suranne Jones, Natalie Gavin and flower girl Hattie as well as O'Hooley & Tidow's Heidi and Belinda who created the theme song. We also hear from the BBC's Johnny I'Anson who reflects upon the potential impact of the series ...
Seat B1: Episode 005 - Up North Film & TV Festival Special
April 28, 2019 06:34 - 1 hour - 99 MBIn this special episode of the podcast, we focus on film and TV to tie in with the Up North Film & TV Festival taking place at Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax throughout May. We chat to the festival's curator, Dave Garratt and our film reviewers discuss some of the films being shown at the festival; A Taste of Honey (1961), Eaten By Lions (2018), Sightseers (2012), Looking for Eric (2009), Saturday Night & Sunday Morning (1960) and Pond Life (2017). We visit Shibden Hall, former home ...
Seat B1: Episode 005 - Teaser
April 17, 2019 16:11 - 8 minutes - 11.4 MBThe Up North Film & TV Festival is coming to Square Chapel Arts Centre in Halifax in May 2019. The next episode of Seat B1: The Halifax Arts Podcast will be entirely dedicated to the festival and in this teaser extract from the podcast, Dave Garratt, Square Chapel's film programmer and the main man behind the festival talks to Jeremy Walker about what he's got planned. Listen to the full podcast as from the end of April 2019. The festival itself runs from the 3rd to the 29th May. Click ...
Seat B1: Episode 004
March 31, 2019 10:28 - 46 minutes - 63.2 MBRecord Store Saturday at Revo Records and The Piece Hall's Loafers, film (Wild Rose, White Crow, At Eternity's Gate, Out of Blue and Happy as Lazzaro) and the upcoming 'Up North' festival of film and television. Click to view: show page on Awesound
Seat B1: Episode 003
March 02, 2019 08:25 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBThe Halifax Writing Room, IOU's Rear View 360 and film (Capernaum, The Aftermath, Fisherman's Friends, Ray & Liz, Border) Click to view: show page on Awesound
Seat B1: Dean Clough Extra
February 09, 2019 08:56 - 1 hour - 94.2 MBIn episode 002 of Seat B1: The Halifax Arts Podcast we heard from Vic Allen, executive director of the Arts Charity at Dean Clough. To mark the opening of the new exhibitions at Dean Clough on February 9th, this 'extra' podcast allows you to listen to the full tour that Vic gave the podcast. You'll hear not only about those new exhibitions but also about the history of the gallery spaces, the philosophy of Vic and his team and his plans for the future. You'll also meet the artist Doug Binder...
Seat B1: Episode 002
January 30, 2019 21:41 - 47 minutes - 65 MBGig Buddies, The Lantern, Independent Venue Week, film (Mary Queen of Scots, Jellyfish, Vice, Green Book, If Beale Street Could Talk), Rosi Gemmell and The Night School Poets, and a tour of the Dean Clough galleries with Vic Allen Click to view: show page on Awesound
Seat B1: Episode 001
December 31, 2018 18:12 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBA round-up of the big and not-so-big films hitting the big screen in January (Mary Poppins Returns, The Favourite, Juliet Naked, Colette, Stan & Ollie), a tour of the new Women Travellers exhibition at Bankfield Museum with the curator Elinor Camille-Wood and Michael Ainsworth of the Grayston Unity tells us about what's happening in the country's smallest music venue. Click to view: show page on Awesound
Seat B1: Episode 001 - Teaser
November 19, 2018 18:59 - 5 minutes - 8.03 MBSeat B1 is Halifax's new podcast for the arts and culture in and around the capital of Yorkshire's Calder Valley. Theatre, music, film, dance, poetry, exhibitions and more. Tune into this teaser from episode 001 to listen to Square Chapel Arts Centre's Ali Ford discuss the upcoming 'Look Closer' festival with Jeremy Walker. Don't move your dial: the full first episode of Seat B1 will be coming to a podcast provider near you very soon indeed... Click to view: show page on Awesound