The Shrewsbury Biscuit Podcast

Join us as we take a walk through Seas of the Moon Too, an art exhibition brought together by Sam Pooley-Stride and Soden Collection. Located at the beautiful, Soulton Hall in Wem. We take a look around, jump in a Land Rover and set off the beautiful Long Barrow where we find out what this beautiful monument is. We then head back up to the main building and speak to Jonathon Soden and Sam to find...

Here are a collection of interviews from the premiere of Izzy Vs Jess at Wellington Orbit. We hear from members of the cast before the film is shown in front of a sold out audience and get that anticipation bottle up for you. Next we hear from the cast and crew directly after the screening. How did it feel seeing themselves up on the big screen? What does it mean to have this feature film out ther...

Join AL as he speaks to the Rocking Horse cast and crew a day before the premiere of Izzy Vs Jess. We're with Gareth Thomas, Christie Kelly and Orla Jones as we discuss the excitement and nerves that comes with waiting for the cinema screening of a film that has been in the works for 8 years. This is great as it is being released the same day as our coverage at the premiere itself, which was scree...

Imagine spending weeks, months, years on writing a book. You go to release it with high expectations and then you are rocked by a global pandemic, the world is closed and you don't get a fair crack at marketing this beautiful creation of yours. Well this is pretty much what happened to today's guest Kevin Horak, recorded at Nerdy Cafe. A good friend of the show, Kevin is back to talk about the 2nd...

In an episode which is a long time in the making, AL is speaking to Carrie Hughes about her hugely anticipated Wellbeing Festival in Shrewsbury. We met up in late 2019 to talk about Wellbeing Festival me and Carrie and then the pandemic well and truly mullered everyone's plans. This year is going to be mega for Shrewsbury, Festivals and events. However this event in particular is has been waiting...

Firstly, this episode is delightful I had so much fun editing it back as I did making it - AL AL is joined by the Morris family who are about to do the one thing so many of us dream of (especially AL with his infatuation of Kevin Costner's "Waterworld" movie) They have sold up and are soon, going to be living on a boat in the Mediterranean.  With 2 adults, 3 kids and the dogs, this is going to be...

Here we have a special, yet emotional episode for you. Joining in with tributes to some very special fallen friends we have special guests. We have Matthew Campbell-Dell, Simon Fisher-Becker and of-course Gareth Thomas from Rocking Horse on the show today. We will be sharing their fond memories of John "Boycie" Challis (Only Fools and Horses), Anna Karen (On The Busses & Eastenders) and good frien...

Finally we get that feature episode with the wonderful Sam Pooley-Stride. This is the 3rd time Sam has been on the show but our conversations are usually short things at events. This time, we get to really talk to Sam and find out what is going on with her. Well, Sam has an amazing exhibition coming up called "Seas of the Moon Too" Which is a really clever name because if you remember a while back...

Here is part one of our coverage of Shropshire Kids Festival which was held at The International Centre in Telford on the 26th February. We spoke to so many amazing people at the festival and had a wonderful time. AL spoke to so many stall holders that were in attendance that we had to split our coverage into 2 parts. Mini Biscuit, Timmy, interviewed some of the children too. Featured in this epis...

Here is the second part of our coverage of Shropshire Kids Festival 2022 at The International Centre in Telford. We have some great interviews here. Al spoke to some more of the stall holders. Mini Biscuit, Timmy, steals the show though with some great interviews himself. Featured on this episode are: Cheer Unleased The Stem Workshop The Girl Guides Natasha from Educating Kids Outdoors Young Max!...

This was recorded just before the floods hit Shrewsbury (2022) Before I get into what this episode is about I want to send my love and well-wishes to everyone effected. Coming to you from the Salopian Bar in Shrewsbury AL is speaking to Shelley Barratt to discuss The Shropshire Ale Trail. We are also joined the the co-owners of the Salopian Bar, Ollie Parry and Kev Rippard. We start off discussing...

AL is joined by co-host Phill Morris to talk to, friend of The Biscuit, Dr Phill Gittins, who is a renown peace builder from Shropshire. Dr Phill is joining us from where he is currently situated in Bloivia, South America. This podcast is not designed to scare, worry or confuse anyone.   The purpose of this podcast is to open up a healthy discussion about how we ourselves can talk about the curren...

We have a very special podcast for you today because there is content within the content, it's like a 2 for 1. AL is speaking to one of the most talented DJ's in Shropshire James Lock aka Bassphaze. This is a very relaxed discussion about the life of a DJ.  James talks about his early life who would mix tracks together with some of the earliest mixing software available, subscribe to DJ magazines...

It's late, but it's great. Here is a special announcement from the Rocking Horse crew about their up and coming feature film Izzy Vs Jess which will be release to coincide with Comic Relief. This feature film was going to happen 4 years ago, then it didn't happen and now it's happening again. It's pretty complicated. Luckily we have Rocking Horse gaffer Gareth Thomas, Jess actress Christie Kelly a...

Day Four of our coverage of The Darwin festival brings us to Bear Step Gallery in the heart of Shrewsbury Town. We are hear to listen to a lecture by Bibbs Cameron titled Darwin & HMS Beagle A Journey Of A Lifetime.  Bibbs talks about the very famous voyage on the Beagle, the journey of a lifetime (as titled) where Charles discovered so much that it changed the face of science forever. This lectur...

In this special episode you will get to listen to AL as he gets shown around Shrewsbury School's Darwin collection, courtesy of a tour put together by the school in aid of The Darwin festival. You will hear Dr Robin Brooke-Smith and Naomi Nicholas as they talk you through various areas of the library and context behind some of the exhibits in the archive, including letters and books. This episode...

Here is our second instalment of our coverage of 2022's Darwin Festival. Today we focus on a great lecture by Nigel Hinton titled "Darwin's Life". Recorded in the Hobbs Room at Shrewsbury Library Nigel brings us some interesting information about the life of Charles Darwin. Despite the poor audio this lecture is at least audible so listeners from afar can enjoy Nigel's work. This lecture is Nigel...

Welcome to the first episode of our coverage of The Darwin Festival 2022. Our job as always is to make sure that as many people as possible can enjoy the words of wisdom that will be shared during this week of celebrating Charles Darwin, science and the evolution of many aspects of our lives. We start with a lecture by Darwin Festival founder Jon King the lecture is called "Charles Darwin The Maki...

Imagine a food bank, but for baby items. Things that are well needed by families. That is what Little Stars Baby Bank is and AL is here to talk to founder Leanne Simcoe. A charity that was formed in the height of the pandemic has really set a very positive trend in the way it helps local families. So much so it was named charity of the year by Aico. We are here today to find out how all of this st...

Good friend of the show Mark Fielden joins AL on the Biscuit to talk about the magnificent return of Chords Crush Cancer which takes place at The Inn On The Green on the 5th February. We re-cap what the event is, where it originated from and what it means to Mark and his family. What it was like having to take a year out due to Covid and the effect the break may have had on him and the proceedings...

AL sits to chat with Kyle from KG Theatre. Back in December the Whiteley family went to watch small production pantomime, "Beauty & the Beast" in Sundorne Sports-hall. They had an amazing night, as did the rest of the audience and the cast. We just had to find out more about this project because the community aspect behind this show had such an impact. So here we are, with KG Theatre founder and s...

Here we have another great edition of Horses and Biscuits, a series of podcasts that are following the production of the TV pilot "Karen" This episode concentrates on writing. How does one write the perfect script? What are the processes that go into developing a script from a 1st draft to a final working script? To help us on today's episode Alex Whiteley is joined by Rocking Horse Media's Gareth...

Alex Whiteley is sat with Dan Reid, creator of a fantastic initiative called "Men Walking and talking" a stress free, safe weekly event where guys can meet up, go for a nice walk and talk. There is no obligation to talk about anything in particular but it is a great opportunity to meet like-minded guys, maybe get things off your chest and possibly make new friends. First off we find out a bit abou...

For this instalment of Horses & Biscuits we say goodbye to a major member of the cast of the developing TV pilot "Karen" . AL and Gareth Thomas are speaking to Steph Jerrard, the actress who was supposed to be playing the main role as Karen in the TV pilot "Karen". However, Steph has had to step a way from the project for personal reasons. We are here to find out everything you need to know about...

Recording for the first time with his new mixer, AL brings a new sleek, sexy sounding Biscuit episode. This episode features the brilliant mind that brought you the very touching Christmas video that was released by Original Shrewsbury, it's Mr Aaron Child! Aaron is no stranger to making short, beautiful videos that move people. His work has been featured at many festivals, events and promotions t...