019 - There Will Be Hippos (feat. Mark Bonnar)

This week, it's personal. Mark Bonnar joins to share with us the history of Scottish New Towns -- more specifically, the art of Scottish New Towns and his father's art in Glenrothes during his tenure as a Town Artist in particular. What follows is a heartfelt and hilarious discussion on public art and the importance of art to the human psyche as a whole. 

Our lovely guest, Mark Bonnar

Mark & his dad, Stan, at the hippos

Stan Bonnar, returns to the hippos in Glenrothes (Meet You At The Hippos doc) - Video

Dundee Pyramid and Canopies by Stan Bonnar

Glasgow murals mentioned: Billy Connolly, Girl w/ magnifying glass, daffodil girl

Ben Wilson, Muswell Hill chewing gum artist

Chewing gum paintings (one, two)

Jim Bachor, Chicago pothole mosaics

Pothole mosaics (one, two)



The Rig trailer - Video

Litvinenko trailer - Video

Scotland from the Sky trailer (doc Adam mentions) - Video

Buy Rob Delaney's book A Heart that Works

More on Mark:

Mark is an award-winning, ubiquitous Scottish actor known for a host of roles incl. Shetland, Operation Mincemeat (for which he was nominated for a Scottish BAFTA), Guilt, Catastrophe and truly an ungodly amount of other credits. His latest projects include, Litvinenko, a miniseries on the death of Alexander Litvinenko (ep. 1 available now on Amazon) and The Rig which premieres this Friday, January 6 on Amazon Prime Video.

Watch The Rig

Watch Litvinenko

Follow Mark @Mark_Bonnar on IG and Twitter

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CREDITS:

Original Theme: Tyler Collins aka “Two Metre Man”
Additional Music: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz
Producers: Kathleen Mueller Mason & Natalie Younger

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