Comments on: An Interview, By Timothy!

By: matt c

matt c — Thu, 25 May 2006 02:34:31 +0000

Shameless plug department: if you like BBC7 and the Goons you might like Offramp: http://offrampaudio.blogspot.com/

By: harry b

harry b — Tue, 23 May 2006 22:11:44 +0000

r.clayton…. Thanks.

That is FANTASTIC.

By: r. clayton

r. clayton — Tue, 23 May 2006 19:46:17 +0000

www.soapdetectives.com has some Paul Temple mp3s in the archives: the Alex , Van Dyke and Spencer Affairs and the Gilbert Case.

By: Kieran Healy

Kieran Healy — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:15:02 +0000

Yeah, I’m afraid I’m in the BBC7 demographic, too. And I’m not even middle-aged, or English. Christ. At least I find the Goons unlistenable.

By: harry b

harry b — Mon, 22 May 2006 19:04:24 +0000

Kate, they're all completely self-contained, in a world that never really changes (very like agatha christie in that way). Of course, you have to listen to all 8 episodes of each story in order. Most of the dramas have been lost or, in some cases, were never even recorded; with one exception only the Peter Coke/Marjorie Westbury stories survive. The exception is Paul Temple Intervenes which sits on my shelf waiting for the summer, when I can listen to it while doing some minor house project.

By: Kate Nepveu

Kate Nepveu — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:59:40 +0000

I’ve really been enjoying the classic Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers radio plays, but wasn’t sure whether the Paul Temple plays could be jumped into anywhere (something about the descriptions of the recent ones has suggested they were very late episodes). Perhaps I shall have to start trying them.

BBC 4 also has plays and readings available on the Internet as well.

By: harry b

harry b — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:23:38 +0000

I’ve long wondered why they don’t have simple donations button on the BBC7 website, visible only from overseas IP addresses. I realise they are not able to ask money from license-holders, but I’d cheerfully donate, expecially if it could be designated for the production of radio drama.

By: blatherskite

blatherskite — Mon, 22 May 2006 18:14:14 +0000

I have to agree about BBC7. It has too much great stuff. From it I’ve heard some incredible shows—mainly comedy such as People Like Us, On the Hour , Delve Special, Flight of the Conchords, Knowing Me, Knowing You … the list goes on and on.

There is almost zero decent radio comedy in the States. Marc Maron has a little, and I suppose some of the morning zoo types and their ilk are “comedic” in the abstract, if unfunny when I hear them.

I “tape” many shows (not just comedy, but mainly that) and convert to MP3 for my portable player. What a great resource it is to get this incredible material for free. Though when I was in London recently I did shell out for several CD sets to give some money back to the BBC.

During my trip to London I even attended a BBC radio show taping (a strange thing to be a tourist for, I know). Several people asked me how I heard BBC stuff and I mentioned BBC7. None of my interlocutors seemed to have heard of it.

Their loss. Though I did thank them for coughing up their license fees so I could enjoy it.