CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 15

SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our fifteenth edition of the Cult TV Insider.

1 min 05 secs: UK TV NEWS. Sky One commission another Terry Pratchett production with David Jason, and Martin Freeman relies on some magic for his next TV role.

3 mins 35 secs: BRAND NEW GUESTS FOR THE CULT TV FESTIVAL WEEKENDER. Great news for fans of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Logan’s Run, Planet of the Apes, Farscape, Battlestar Galactica, SeaQuest 2032, Land of the Lost and Garrison’s Gorillas who like to see their favourite stars in person. Cult TV announces SIX brand new guests for the ultimate holiday break for television appreciators, happening 19-22 October 2007 at the Heythrop Park Hotel near Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. It is a charity benefit event organised by unpaid volunteers, by fans for fans, in aid of the Cinema & Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF). Get all the details of the 72 hour non-stop programme and details of onsite accommodation at www.Cult.TV.

These new guests join Ben Miller (Primeval), Matthew Graham (writer & Co-creator of Life on Mars), James Morrison (Bill Buchanan from 24 and McQueen from Space: Above and Beyond), Jared Martin (War of the Worlds, The Fantastic Journey, Dallas), Ike Eisenmann (The Fantastic Journey, Star Trek, Escape from Witch Mountain), Antonio Fargas (Starsky & Hutch), Liz Morgan (Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons), and Stephanie Waring (Hollyoaks, Coronation Street), amongst many others, on the list of those you can meet by joining in at the live Cult TV event this Autumn.

6 mins 45 secs: RATINGS NEWS. We go Stateside and find some bad news for the previously unbeatable Heroes series. And Nathan Fillion of Firefly fame’s new show Drive has been cancelled after just two weeks on air.

10 mins 05 secs: UK DVD RELEASES. All the titles of note getting a release in the UK in May 2007.

12 mins 35 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF THE WEEK. Years of Static play Off in Space for us.

15 mins 40 secs: US TV NEWS. Traveler finally makes it to transmission. Kyle XY gets a second season, Ghost Whisperer anticipates its renewal with additions to its production personnel, has Law & Order reached the end of its natural life, meanwhile things look good for Jericho returning.

28 mins 10 secs: SPIN-OFF NEWS. A special of Robot Chicken devoted to Star Wars, even featuring the voice of George Lucas, more on the spin-off to Grey’s Anatomy, a Spider-man Broadway musical in the works, and which star of Lost is joining the cast of the big screen version of Speed Racer?

For information on this year’s Cult TV Festival Weekender, visit www.cult.tv.

Visit our forums to give your feedback at www.culttv.info.

End credits music comes from Jeff Shields – Podcast Troubadour.

You can download this 15th issue via the following link:

http://www.culttv.net/podcast/CTVInsider015_300407.mp3.

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CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 14

SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our fourteenth edition of the Cult TV Insider.

1 min 00 secs: NEW US TV NEWS. Who is taking over from James Caan on Las Vegas? Clue – he won’t be allowed his red Ferrari! Glenn Close to star in new legal TV series. The Smallville cast member who will become the new Flash Gordon.

9 mins 25 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF THE WEEK. K Juno performs Fighter in the Screen for us.

14 mins 55 secs: BIG SCREEN ADAPTIONS. News on Speed Racer, The Incredible Hulk, The Green Arrow, Get Smart

21 mins 25 secs: AWARDS NEWS. Who won the Peabody Awards, and who is in line for the BAFTA Awards.

25 mins 25 secs: UK ACQUISITIONS. News of new Magic Roundabout, and Ashes To Ashes – the sequel to Life on Mars and the race to be its female lead.

30 mins 50 secs: INSIDER FEEDBACK. We present your views of the Insider so far, and answer your queries.

For information on this year’s Cult TV Festival Weekender, visit www.cult.tv.

Visit our forums to give your feedback at www.culttv.info.

You can download this 14th issue via the following link:

http://www.culttv.net/podcast/CTVInsider014_160407.mp3.

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CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 13

SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our thirteenth edition of the Cult TV Insider.

1 min 00 secs: APPRECIATORS ROUNDTABLE – Part 1. Your host Alex J Geairns is joined by Stephen Brown, John Wilkinson, Lynn Simpson and Sarah Geairns to discuss the first two episodes of the new season of Doctor Who, as well as ask whether television is actually being dumbed down by television executives. For information on this year’s Cult TV Festival Weekender, visit www.cult.tv.

20 mins 00 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF THE WEEK. Comedy group SUDDEN DEATH play CGI for us – an ode to the lack of creativity that computer wizardry can become responsible for.

23 mins 50 secs: APPRECIATORS ROUNDTABLE – Part 2. Our pentagon of grumpy old fans consider extremism in television appreciation, and consider what event organisers can do to stop people getting the wrong idea about what it is to be a media fan.

Visit our forums to give your feedback at www.culttv.info.

You can download this 13th issue via the following link:

http://www.culttv.net/podcast/CTVInsider013_090407.mp3.

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CULT TV INSIDER - ISSUE 12

SHOW NOTES: Welcome to our twelfth edition of the Cult TV Insider.

1 min 05 secs: US TV NEWS. Reimagined Battlestar Galactica gets a full fourth season and a straight to DVD special. New Kevin Sorbo projects, and a big screen Green Hornet.

11 mins 25 secs: CULT TV WEEKENDER CELEBRITY NEWS. Jared Martin from Fantastic Journey, Dallas and War of The Worlds, James Morrison from '24' and Space: Above And Beyond, and the Life On Mars creator, writer and Executive Producer Matthew Graham are amongst the new guests joining us for our live event in Oxfordshire in October – and YOU could be there! Details at www.cult.tv.

15 mins 05 secs: UK TV NEWS. Where will you be able to see Ghost Whisperer Season 2 in the UK, David Tennant teams up with Einstein, Doctor Who holds firm in the ratings, and some of the nominees for the Hugo Awards.

20 mins 15 secs: TV THEMED MUSIC OF THE WEEK. Comedy meisters SUDDEN DEATH play Welcome Back, Doctor for us – a Time Lord inspired ditty.

24 mins 25 secs: WORKS IN PROGRESS. News of the 3rd season of Prison Break, plans for the Supernatural season finale, and Lost to run as a non-stop series next season.

27 mins 35 secs: BRITS ON SCREEN. What’s next for Ricky Gervais, and more telly from Ridley and Tony Scott.

30 mins 15 secs: UK DVD RELEASES FOR APRIL. Includes details of the titles up for grabs in forthcoming competitions at www.cult.tv.

Visit our forums to give your feedback at www.culttv.info.

You can download this twelfth issue via the following link:

http://www.culttv.net/podcast/CTVInsider012_020407.mp3.

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