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Episode 20 – An Interview with Chris Beckett
Award-winning science fiction author Chris Beckett joined us to talk about his work. Chris is the author of six novels and dozens of short stories in a career spanning more than 25 years. His novel Dark Eden was the winner of the 2013 Clarke award, while his short fiction collection The Turing Test won the… Continue reading
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Survival Tips for NaNoWriMo
It’s almost here! Evening comes early, and the green summer shades of my village are overthrown by waves of red and gold. Children in dressed as ghosts and ghouls go trick-or-treating around the houses and fireworks light up the night skies. It must be time to write a novel. I first tackled NaNoWriMo in 2005.… Continue reading
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Episode 19 – NaNoWriMo 2017
Before NaNoWriMo 2017 kicks off, we are joined by Cambridge Municipal Liaison Ian Rennie to talk all about the annual 50k novel writing challenge. National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo for short, sees hundreds of thousands of people all over the world attempt to write a 50,000 word novel during the 30 days of November.… Continue reading
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Notes from the Twin Peaks UK Fest Q&A session
Below are some snippets of the Q&A session that closed the 2017 Twin Peaks UK Festival. Comments are largely paraphrased – we had to scribble down answers as quickly as possible, so it’s not a perfect transcript and is certainly not definitive! At the Q&A were cast members Sherilyn Fenn (SF); James Marshall (JM); Amy… Continue reading
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The Tally Ho talks to Michael Pickwoad
Welcome to The Tally Ho, a new podcast about the classic TV series The Prisoner. In this episode, we talk to production designer Michael Pickwoad who worked on the 2009 reimagining of The Prisoner. MICHAEL PICKWOAD is a production designer who has worked on many classic British movies and TV series, including Withnail & I, Poirot and, most… Continue reading
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The Tally Ho talks to Alex Cox
Welcome to The Tally Ho, a new podcast about the classic TV series The Prisoner. In this episode, recorded the day before the 50th anniversary of the show, we talk to legendary film director Alex Cox about this landmark in television history. Direct download: The Tally Ho talks to Alex Cox ALEX COX is the… Continue reading
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The Tally Ho talks to Rick Davy from The Unmutual
Welcome to The Tally Ho, a new podcast about the classic TV series The Prisoner. In this episode, we talked to Rick Davy: fan, writer and all-round expert on The Prisoner. Direct download: The Tally Ho talks to Rick Davy RICK DAVY runs The Unmutual, one of the best online sources of news, interviews and… Continue reading
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The Tally Ho podcast: The Prisoner 50th anniversary interviews (2017)
The Tally Ho is a podcast from Time for Cakes and Ale all about the classic TV show The Prisoner. We started these in 2017 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show, and in 2018 we are doing a full episode-by-episode series of podcasts. To keep up to date follow us on Twitter and… Continue reading
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The Tally Ho talks to Robert Fairclough
Welcome to The Tally Ho, a new podcast about the classic TV series The Prisoner. In this episode, recorded just before the 50th anniversary of the show, we talk to Robert Fairclough. Direct download: The Tally Ho talks to Robert Fairclough ROBERT FAIRCLOUGH is an expert on cult classic television shows with numerous writing, production… Continue reading
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The Tally Ho talks to Nick Briggs and Iain Meadows from Big Finish Productions
Welcome to The Tally Ho, a new podcast about the classic TV series The Prisoner. In this episode, we talk to Nicholas Briggs and Iain Meadows from Big Finish Productions about their Prisoner audiodramas. Nick is showrunner and writer on the series and Iain is the sound designer. Both are huge Prisoner fans and talked… Continue reading
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