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We spotlight a gala performance of Ian Kershaw's The Greatest Play In The History Of The World at The Royal Exchange in Manchester, performed by Julie Hesmondhalgh and directed by Raz Shaw. The play has already garnered much attention at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, and looks set to have a long life in the years ahead - a play about life and love and time. The performance on 26.09.18 was in honou...

Trail of 'The Five Debaters', featuring past guests, Katy Manning, Paul Joseph, Gail Renard and Andy Cast, on how things, including their own lives, have changed in the last 10 years. A lively debate covering #MeToo, Operation Yewtree, Brexit, Veganism, Trump, environmental issues inc. plastic waste, the first female Doctor Who, #LGBTQ issues, technology inc. smart phones/Alexa/Seri and much more....

To help celebrate 10 years of both 'ScratchNSniff' on RTÉ Pulse and 'SNS Online', we revisit some of our favourite guests from past shows, to find out what they've been up to since featuring. Part 1 of 2 - this show based in Manchester, to catch all our friends in the North. Fully illustrated. Guests featured are Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ben 'Minute Taker' McGarvey, Toby Hadoke, Paul Condon, Daniel Lia...

To help celebrate 10 years of a show that began on Irish national radio back in October 2008 (before evolving into the online incarnation we know today), four past guests and one presenter have been removed from their rightful places in time and space to assemble in the SNS Online studio and reflect on how things, including their own lives, have changed in the last 10 years. It's a lively debate c...

Following on from our interview with legendary Blue Peter Editor, Biddy Baxter MBE, we are proud to help celebrate the iconic show's 60th birthday, by focusing on how it is today! Nick Randell heads up to Salford to watch a show being produced, whilst speaking to presenters, Lindsey Russell, Radzi Chinyanganya, as well as current Editor, Ewan Vinniecombe. Many thanks to Ewan and the whole Blue Pet...

We talk to Alex Oliver, stand-up comedian and talent spotting guru to talk about BBC Introducing, and why they've decided to pitch up at this year's Trunchonbury music festival in Norfolk. SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest profes...

'Uncanny, mesmerising, difficult & sublime' (The Quietus) 'Strange & wonderful glory' (The Wire) We're on location with radiophonic musicians, Howlround, at Iklectik in Waterloo, to catch the premiere of their new film, A Creak In Time, directed by Steven McInerney. Our in-depth interview with Howlround available here https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-howlround You...

'Uncanny, mesmerising, difficult & sublime' (The Quietus) 'Strange & wonderful glory' (The Wire) Those magicians of radiophonic sound, Howlround - as represented by founder member, Robin The Fog - join SNS Online to discuss the extraordinary lengths they go to create the most incredible, outer-worldly sounds and music. Illustrated with the music of Howlround. A Bitesized companion show to this, 'O...

Thinking of going to this year's Trunchonbury? Then why not check out our roving microphone to hear the word from the field, with SNS Online's raving Nick Randell! Trailer features extracts from our two part Trunchonbury special, available to be heard here or via free download. Trunchonbury website https://www.trunchonburyfestival.com/ SNS Online Series 5 - Trunchonbury Pt 1 https://soundcloud.com...

SNS Online goes on location to Norfolk, to discover it's biggest and best secret...Trunchonbury! Part two (of two) of an in-depth, fully illustrated exploration of one of the best - and friendliest - festivals currently in the UK. Features interviews with Jeramiah Ferrari, Sam and the Womp, Dodgy, Rivers, Doris Brendel, The Tapi Project, Dick York and the Originals, OmniVibes, Hydra Lerna, Odder S...

SNS Online goes on location to Norfolk, to discover it's biggest and best secret...Trunchonbury! Part one (of two) of an in-depth, fully illustrated exploration of one of the best - and friendliest - festivals currently in the UK. Features interviews with Jeramiah Ferrari, Sam and the Womp, Dodgy, Rivers, Doris Brendel, The Tapi Project, Dick York and the Originals, OmniVibes, Hydra Lerna, Odder S...

In the fourth of our "Rise Up, Women" season, children's author, Carolyn Robertson, joins Nick Randell in the SNS studio to talk about her range of picture books for the under 5's. To purchase Two Mums https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Mums-Ms-Carolyn-Robertson/dp/0993115357/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0993115357&pd_rd_r=e404b8ce-809f-11e8-a268-9b2d29030f7d&pd_rd_w=Bz7bW&pd_rd_wg=7vj2d&pf_rd...

In celebration of 60 glorious years of what is officially the most popular children's programme of all time, BAFTA award winning Blue Peter Editor, Biddy Baxter MBE, joins Nick Randell in the studio to talk in-depth about a show that was only intended to run for six weeks as a summer filler! Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of Your Life. Blue Peter letters read out by Derek Clark, Neva M...

In the second of our special season of shows celebrating both International Women's Day and 100 years of partial voting rights for women in the UK, author and historian, Diane Atkinson, joins us to discuss her brand new book, Rise Up, Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes. Narrator/voice of the Suffragettes - Marion Marshall. King George V - Nick Cavell. The March of the Women - Ethel Sm...

In our first of six shows in celebration of both International Women's Day and 100 years of partial voting rights for women in the UK, SNS Online returnee, Louise Jameson, waxes lyrical about Big Finish Productions' ATA Girl (devised by Louise herself). ATA Girl is an audio drama inspired by the real women of the *Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. From the UK and beyond, a hundr...

A brand new season of shows from SNS Online, celebrating both International Women's Day and 100 years of partial voting rights for women in the UK. 'Rise Up, Women!' - Louise Jameson/'ATA Girl' creator Diane Atkinson/author and historian Biddy Baxter MBE/Blue Peter editor Carolyn Robinson/children's author Nell Burnham/Women's Equality Party Gail Renard/script writer/Writer's Guild Chair SNS Onlin...

SNS Online returns for a fifth series of free, downloadable shows, covering the arts/lifestyle! In our first show we feature 20 year old musician, Alex James Brierley. Considered to be one of the most exciting new alternative rock artists to emerge in the UK in the last few years, Brierley's blend of emotive lyrics, melodic hooks and complex musical textures has helped to create a refreshing and u...

The Edinburgh Fringe is the world's largest arts festival, which spans 25 days and features over 50,000 performances of approximately 3,500/4000 shows and events in 300+ venues. It was established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival. The Fringe takes place annually in the month of August. In one of our most ambitious and feature length projects to date, SNS Online set...

The Edinburgh Fringe is the world's largest arts festival, which spans 25 days and features over 50,000 performances of approximately 3,500/4000 shows and events in 300+ venues. It was established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival. The Fringe takes place annually in the month of August. In one of our most ambitious and feature length projects to date, SNS Online set...

"There are just a handful of bands in my life that make me enjoy every song on a single album, and The Winachi Tribe have added themselves to that exclusive list." ~ Los Angeles Times "As good a band as I have ever worked with, they blew my head off when I first heard their music. They are definitely special in their own inimitable style." ~ Danny Saber (Rolling Stones/Black Grape ) "Pushing the b...

Hank Marvin, is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the backing band for Cliff Richard. The Shadows, along with Richard, secured 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, Many leading British and Canadian rock guitarists cite Marvin as an influence on them....

‘Color Theory’ (def.) - Retro-nostalgic, heartfelt…synthpop! Color Theory is the musical alter ego of American singer-keyboardist-songwriter, Brian Hazard. With no less than 9 studio albums to his name, a Lennon Award (plus grand prize in the electronic category of The John Lennon Music Contest) and 2.71 million followers on Twitter, Brian is one of the most creative and imaginative musicians in t...

The Ministry of Pop is the ultimate bible for all fans of Stock, Aitken and Waterman’s independent ‘Hit Factory’, that dominated the music charts throughout the 1980s. Author, Pop journalist and ultimate SAW fan, *Mark Elliott, joins SNS Online to talk about the challenges in writing the ultimate guide to their work, whilst also waxing lyrical about the many bands and solo acts that performed unde...

Jeremy Swift is one of the UK’s finest character actors, with roles in The Smoking Room, The Durrells, Gosford Park and the forthcoming Mary Poppins sequel, currently in production, as well as a host of other work on stage and screen. However, he is probably best known as Septimus Spratt, the long suffering butler of Lady Grantham (Dame Maggie Smith), in the internationally successful Downton Abbe...

The Beautiful Secret are a two piece band comprised of Rachael Hawnt and Ash Cutler. Their brand new, debut album - just released - is a melodic pop/rock affair with theatrical undertones and powerful vocals. Their first single, What’s Inside, deals with the subject of Autism, and is inspired from Rachael’s own niece, Katie-Rae, who lives day-to-day with the condition. All proceeds of the single w...