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Creative Roots - with T. C. Roberts-Finn

12 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -

T.C Roberts-Finn chats to different media and creative industry people, discussing their life, career and everything in-between. Bridging the gap between young creatives and industry professionals.

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Episodes

Ep 12 - Marcus Bronzy

May 14, 2022 14:53 - 33 minutes - 46.7 MB

Tom talks with presenter and podcaster; Marcus Bronzy. They discuss how Marcus first got into presenting, figuring out his path at school and university, his creative hot take, and one of their favourite shows - Mortimer and Whitehouse gone fishing. Marcus links - @MarcusBronzy http://www.marcusbronzy.com/ @howtokillanhour Tom links - @TomCFinn https://linktr.ee/tomcfinn Graphics - @_studiofig_ Music - Danny Young

Ep 11 - Seán Ferrick

January 25, 2022 16:58 - 46 minutes - 63.4 MB

 Tom talks with writer, author, presenter and podcaster; Seán Ferrick. In this episode, they discuss star trek, working at whatculuture, writing, dyslexia, and star trek. You will also get to hear Seán's creative hot take!  Seán links - https://twitter.com/seanferrick?s=20 Tom links - @TomCFinn https://linktr.ee/tomcfinn Graphics - @_studiofig_ Music - Danny Young

Ep 10 - Eva Riley

March 07, 2020 14:32 - 1 hour - 92.5 MB

Tom Finn speaks to Writer/Director Eva Riley. Eva has written and directed a number of short films, including a short drama called Diagnosis, starring Charlotte Spencer for the BBC, and has more recently written and directed her first feature, Perfect 10. They discuss all that, as well as her early life, breaking down writing and directing a film from start to finish, and her thoughts on becoming a mother while maintaining her career. Eva links - www.evariley.com/ vimeo.com/evariley twit...

Ep 9 - Wesley Strong

January 31, 2020 15:02 - 56 minutes - 78.1 MB

Tom Finn speaks to singer/songwriter/rapper and alternative hip hop musician Wesley Strong. Tom and Wesley actually grew up in the same area, and although we were in similar circles, they never had actually met until this recording. They discuss growing up and being a creative in a small town, reasons for moving out of those small towns and to the city, discovering their taste for hip hop through video games, plus Tom lay's down some pretty sweet spongebob facts… Wesley links - www.faceboo...

Ep 8 - Alan O'Duffy

December 13, 2019 10:37 - 48 minutes - 66.6 MB

Tom Finn speaks to sound mixer and recordist Alan O'Duffy, having worked on 150+ TV Dramas and 19+ Feature Films, he has also recorded & mixed three US Number 1 Albums and worked with artists such as the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. They discussed that, how he started in the business, working on and mixing the original Jesus Christ Super Star Album, while also giving lots of insight and advice for new and upcoming creatives. Alan stuff - alanoduffy.com/ www.discogs.com...

Ep 7 - Scarlett Turner

October 31, 2019 20:46 - 1 hour - 86.2 MB

Scarlett is the director of Fulled Dance Theatre - A queer/queer ally physical theatre performance company based in Leicester. We talk about that, Scarlett's journey with their gender and sexuality, growing up in an all girls school in south London, contemporary dance and their experience performing at the Edinburgh fringe. Social media - twitter.com/TomCFinn?lang=en-gb www.instagram.com/tom_c_finn/?hl=en www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvSmiY4uW7FCIj86Uqa4cA Music by Danny Young - punkowski...

Ep 6 - Natalie Reid

October 08, 2019 13:36 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MB

Natalie is a VFX Producer for Dneg (formally known as double negative), a VFX studio based in London that create visual effects for TV and Film. Natalie has been involved in many projects, including - Ex Machina - Free Fire- Altered Carbon - and Sherlock The Abominable Bride - which she won an Emmy for….We discuss that, the benefits of visual effects for TV and film and the criticism that it receives...I also ask a question that I thought I would never ask...if that last clickbaity tag line d...

Ep 5 - Jon Blyth

September 03, 2019 17:14 - 59 minutes - 81.1 MB

Tom Finn talks to Jon Blyth. Jon is a writer and critic, he wrote for various computer and video game magazines, including PC ZONE, official Xbox Magazine, Eurogamer and IGN. He currently runs a pub in Nottingham called King William the fourth, or the King Billy, as well as being one of the members of The Regular Features Podcast. They discuss all of that, as well as Jon's early life, Impostor Syndrome and an unfortunate end to a Regular Features live show. Jon Blyth - twitter.com/disappoin...

Ep 4 - David R Morgan

August 15, 2019 08:52 - 1 hour - 105 MB

 Tom Finn talks to writer, poet and teacher, David R Morgan. David wrote pieces and reviews for NME back in the 70s, multiple children's books including blooming cats in 1993 and Spilling the beans on Boudicca in 2000. He has also written a whole load of poetry books. We talk about all that, as well as his upbringing, life as an only child, lord of the rings, and working at Fairfield psychiatric hospital. David R Morgan - www.youtube.com/channel/UCmSMyxoSbzMeR1leR8bC7-w Social media - twitte...

Ep 3 - Dan Starkey

August 02, 2019 16:50 - 55 minutes - 75.7 MB

 Tom Finn speaks to actor Dan Starkey. Dan is probably best known for his role as Sontaran Strax on Doctor Who, he has numerous appearances on Class Dismissed and Wizards vs Aliens for CBBC. You might have recently seen him appearing on Good Omens and Years and years. They discuss all of that, as well as acting under heavy prosthetic, comedy improv and the benefits of restricted height. Dan Starkey - twitter.com/standarkley?lang=en Social media - twitter.com/TomCFinn?lang=en-gb www.ins...

Ep 2 - Graham Duff

July 24, 2019 10:57 - 1 hour - 85.3 MB

 Tom Finn speaks to writer, actor and producer Graham Duff. Graham has many projects, including Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible (2001)and Ideal (2005-2011). They discuss his life and career, including his appearance on Harry Potter. Graham Duff - www.grahamduff.co.uk/ Social media - twitter.com/TomCFinn?lang=en-gb www.instagram.com/tom_c_finn/?hl=en www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvSmiY4uW7FCIj86Uqa4cA Music by Danny Young - punkowskirecords.bandcamp.com/album/no-m…y0HryPEC8w Music by L...

Ep 1 - David McGillivray

June 23, 2019 15:30 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MB

 Tom Finn speaks to David McGillivray about his life and career as a writer, actor, producer, playwright and critic, his working relationship with Julian Clary and the art of bluffing. Social media - twitter.com/TomCFinn?lang=en-gb www.instagram.com/tom_c_finn/?hl=en www.youtube.com/channel/UCSvSmiY4uW7FCIj86Uqa4cA Music by Luke Perrett - @lukeperrettfilms Graphics by Toby Morgan - www.facebook.com/tobymorgandesign/ 

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