Podcast: The best films of 2006

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Tonight's show: The best films of 2006

It's the end of the year show... Alex Fitch asks various broadcasters and previous guests of I'm ready for my close-up to name their favourite film of the last 12 months. Guests include Emma Smart (BFI), Kim Morgan (Midnight Sex Talk), Kev. F. Sutherland (The Beano), Kai Clear (Film-maker), Grant Rogers (Artist / animator) and Toby Haggith (Head of cinema programming, IWM).

Other links: IWM student film festival
Alex's film reviews

10.30pm Resonance 104.4 FM / streamed at resonancefm.com

Podcast: The current state of Comics

Originally broadcast 19th October 2006: Alex Fitch interviews Kev F Sutherland (comics writer and commentator) about such topics as: Hollywood and the media's fascination with comic books which contrasts with diminishing sales in shops. From appreciation of writers like Alan Moore and Chris Ware in The Guardian to comics based on TV shows and by TV writers, there seems to be cultural awareness of comics, but the question is: how do we get more adults and (more importantly) children reading this great art form again?

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Links: Wikipedia page on Kev F. Sutherland
Kev's own website

Podcast: Whatever happened to Dan Dare, Pilot of the future?

First transmitted on September 14th 2006: Alex Fitch talks to historian Duncan Nott and Kev F. Sutherland, a comics artist and writer about Dare's continuing appeal and cultural legacy...
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Links: The official Dan Dare website
Unofficial fan sites - dan-dare.net & dan-dare.org where you can hear the clips featured in the show in full...
Spaceship Away - the home of new Dan Dare adventures

Tonight's show: The current state of comics

Alex Fitch interviews Kev F Sutherland (comics writer and commentator) about such topics as: Hollywood and the media's fascination with comic books which contrasts with diminishing sales in shops. From appreciation of writers like Alan Moore and Chris Ware in The Guardian to comics based on TV shows and by TV writers, there seems to be cultural awareness of comics, but the question is: how do we get more adults and (more importantly) children reading this great art form again?

10.30pm Resonance 104.4 FM / streamed at resonancefm.com and will be available to podcast here soon after. This site is available both in HTML or as an RSS feed...

Links: Wikipedia page on Kev F. Sutherland
Kev's own website
ComICA events

Tonight's show: Whatever happened to Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future?

As a coda to Resonance's Space Week, tonight's show is about Dan Dare, the lantern jawed comic book hero from the 1950s who, while fondly remembered, has never made it quite as big as his four colour contemporaries or forebears. Alex Fitch talks to historian Duncan Nott and Kev F. Sutherland, a comics artist and writer about Dare's continuing appeal and cultural legacy...

10.30pm Resonance 104.4 FM / streamed at resonancefm.com and will be available to podcast here soon after. This site is available both in HTML or as an RSS feed...

(Sorry for the Godzilla repeat last week. Richard had a lot of Space to cover and Alex started a new job!)