Time for Cakes and Ale

Podcast featuring geeky ramblings with Becks & Eeson, and also home to "Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee", a Twin Peaks podcast, and "The Tally Ho", a Prisoner podcast


Other Appearances

We have also appeared or been mentioned on some of our favourite websites, blogs and podcasts. These are listed below with links in the titles:

The Movie Palace podcast classic film recommendations: “Hell Drivers”, 16/07/2019
To celebrate their first birthday, The Movie Palace invited back a whole host of previous guests to recommend classic films to their listeners. We took the opportunity to put forward the wonderful 1957 British noir thriller/trucking action film Hell Drivers starring Stanley Baker and Patrick McGoohan and you can listen to us talk about it at 28:08.

Eastercon 2019: Getting Started In Podcasting Panel,  19/4/2019
We were on a panel at Eastercon 2019 (“Get started with podcasting”) and the moderator Chad Dixon kindly recorded the session.

Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast: Episode 182 – The Black as Midnight on a Moonless Late Night Show w/ Scott Ryan, 24/12/2018
In the excellent Twin Peaks Unwrapped 2018 compilation show, there’s an advert from sponsor Fireman’s Hardware (around the 5 minute mark in the episode). Those folks seem might familiar!

The Movie Palace podcast: “The Maltese Falcon”, 26/11/2018
We were delighted to appear as guests on The Movie Palace to discuss the film noir classic The Maltese Falcon as part of their ‘Noirvember’ podcast series.

The Eternal Village – Seattle, 9/9/2018
We appeared via video link at The Eternal Village The Prisoner convention in Seattle to take part in a panel Q&A about Prisoner Events and Community, reviewed here.

The Tech Behind: Podcasts – Interview with “Time for Cakes and Ale”, 12/8/2018
We were interviewed by Peter Horgan from Jeppstones for the new “The Tech Behind” blog series to chat about the story behind our podcasts, and the tech we use to make them happen.

Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast: Episode 157 – The Prisoner at 50 with Chris Rodley and TFCAA, 1/6/2018
We joined Ben and Bryon on their wonderful Twin Peaks podcast to talk about The Prisoner and our Tally Ho podcast, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first US broadcast of the television show.

The Unmutual: “Tally Ho podcast returns”, 20/2/2018
Details of our Tally Ho podcast episodes, covering the The Prisoner episode-by-episode, were announced on the excellent The Unmutual Website – the biggest online resource for fans of The Prisoner, Danger Man and Patrick McGoohan. These episodes are collected HERE!

Chris Beckett: Time for Cakes and Ale: Podcast Interview, 2/11/2017
Chris appeared on our Time for Cakes and Ale podcast to discuss his writing career, and his new book America City, and mentioned it on his blog

We Are Cult: Podcast Of The Week: ‘Time For Cakes And Ale’, 13/10/2017
We were featured as the Podcast of the Week on the excellent We Are Cult website, dedicated to film, TV, music, and all things cult.

The Unmutual: “Tally Ho!”, 2/10/2017
Details of our Tally Ho podcast episodes, released to coincide with the 50th anniversary of The Prisoner were announced on the excellent The Unmutual Website – the biggest online resource for fans of The Prisoner, Danger Man and Patrick McGoohan. These episodes are collected HERE!

Neil Williamson: The Things That Happened in Helsinki, 19/8/2017
Neil appeared on our Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee podcast for A Slice of Pie, discussing Twin Peaks Season 3 and mentioned it in his write-up of Worldcon 2017 in Helsinki.

Chris Butler: A Slice of Pie, 15/8/2017
Chris appeared on our Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee podcast for A Slice of Pie, discussing Twin Peaks Season 3 and mentioned it on his blog.

Listening Post Alpha: a Twin Peaks podcast crossover with Bickering Peaks, 3/7/2017
During the mid-season week-long haiatus of Twin Peaks The Return, we got together with Lindsay and Aidan of the Canadian Twin Peaks podcast Bickering Peaks for a special 2-part episode looking at the forces of good and evil within the show. Part 1 was released on our Time for Cherry Pie and Coffee podcast and Part 2 on the Bickering Peaks podcast.

Chris Butler: Time for Cakes and Ale, 21/4/2017
Chris appeared on our Time for Cakes and Ale podcast to discuss short fiction in the SF&F genre at Eastercon 2017 and mentioned it on his blog.