VISION ON SOUND

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on May 16th 2021 Episode thirty two of VISION ON SOUND finds LISA PARKER from the ROUND THE ARCHIVES podcast returning to share her insight into three early 1970s BBC HISTORICAL DRAMAS set in the Tudor era. The three series we concentrate on are THE SIX WIVES OF HENRY VIII, ELIZABETH R, and THE SHADOW OF THE TOWER, although we touch upon AN AGE O...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on May 9th 2021 Episode thirty one of VISION ON SOUND finds PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI from THE SHY LIFE PODCAST returning to share his knowledge and wisdom of all manner of REALITY TELEVISION SHOWS, an area about which, I freely admit to knowing very little. So, to make things easy for me, we discuss both BIG BROTHER and its CELEBRITY stablemat...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on May 2nd 2021 Episode thirty of VISION ON SOUND is a little bit of a mish-mash of an episode as, amongst my own nonsense, I introduce TOBY THE DALEK in a new strand THINGS TOBY GUARDS in which I'll be looking at some of the archive TV memorabilia that I've accumulated over the years, which this week is a commentary on me flicking through the pa...

THE ESSAY is an occasional new strand that I've introduced alongside VISION ON SOUND (at least for now), in which I take a particular loosely television-related topic or issue, and attempt to approach it with a slightly more intense eye which I'm hoping still manages to be entertaining and not too dry. Obviously, it may eventually become at least a semi-regular feature of the show, but, as I get a...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on April 25th 2021 Regular contributor WARREN CUMMINGS returns to VISION ON SOUND to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of SPY DRAMAS on television, in a wide-ranging discussion that takes us from ESPIONAGE and RATCATCHERS, via Gerald Flood's chin and Glyn Owen's gravel, through the movie HELL DRIVERS, to shows like DANGER MAN, THE PRISONER,...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on April 18th 2021 SANDY'S BACK! Regular listeners will no doubt have been missing my regular co-host SANDY McGREGOR who recently found he had far less free time for telly viewing, but promised to return. This week we have a long conversation about one of our mutual favourites, the 1990's American cop show HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET, in our usu...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on April 11th 2021 In this episode, I talk to my pal RICK LAWLOR who migrated with his family to Canada around six years ago, and who is now a full citizen. It's a long conversation in which we talk about the many differences between experiencing television in the UK and those of Canada, including the vast number of channels, the strange bombardm...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on April 4th 2021 In another of our loosely themed VISION ON SOUND episodes, I give a lot of (mildly) illuminated thought to the topic of LIGHTHOUSES in TV programmes. We travel with TARA KING from THE AVENGERS to find out that it's ALL DONE WITH MIRRORS, and tussle briefly with THE GIRL WHO WAS DEATH alongside THE PRISONER, and head off - with t...

THE ESSAY is an occasional new strand that I've introduced alongside VISION ON SOUND for now, in which I take a particular television-related topic or issue, and attempt to approach it with a slightly more intense eye which I'm hoping still manages to be entertaining and not too dry. Obviously, it may eventually become at least a semi-regular feature of the show, but, as I get around to writing th...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on March 28th 2021 ANDREW TROWBRIDGE from the ROUND THE ARCHIVES podcast returns to VISION ON SOUND to talk about SCIENCE PROGRAMMES ON TV in a wide-ranging nostalgic conversation which ranges from THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, via HITCH HIKER'S GUIDE, to programmes like COSMOS, TOMORROW'S WORLD, THE COMPUTER PROGRAMME, MAKING THE MOST OF THE MICRO, LIFE...

THE ESSAY is an occasional new strand that I've introduced alongside VISION ON SOUND for now, in which I take a particular television-related topic or issue, and attempt to approach it with a slightly more intense eye which I'm hoping still manages to be entertaining and not too dry. Obviously, it may eventually become at least a semi-regular feature of the show, but, as I get around to writing th...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on March 21st 2021 (theoretically) Regular contributor SANDY McGREGOR returns to VISION ON SOUND to talk about (amongst other things) TEST MATCH CRICKET returning to terrestrial television, INTERPOL CALLING, STAGED, lead actors leaving TV shows, shows he's never heard of that I've been watching on DVD, BLAKE'S 7, and THE BORGIAS, before things se...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on March 14th 2021 Regular contributor PAUL CHANDLER returns to VISION ON SOUND to talk about one of the areas of television viewing he is most enthusiastic about, Australian TV, including PRISONER (CELL BLOCK H); SONS & DAUGHTERS, HOME & AWAY, and, of course NEIGHBOURS, as well as lots of other Australian TV shows like YOUNG DOCTORS that...

THE ESSAY is a new strand I'm hoping to introduce to VISION ON SOUND in the near future, in which I take a particular television-related topic or issue, and attempt to approach it with a slightly more intense eye which I'm hoping still manages to be entertaining and not too dry. Obviously, I'm hoping that it will eventually become at least a semi-regular feature of the show, but, as I get around t...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on March 7th 2021 Regular contributor ANDY PRIESTNER returns to VISION ON SOUND to talk about one of his favourite shows from his youth, the Universal Pictures FLASH GORDON serials that used to feature as morning entertainment for a generation of children during the school holidays. PLEASE NOTE - For Copyright reasons, musical content has to be r...

THE ESSAY is a new strand I'm hoping to introduce to VISION ON SOUND in the near future, in which I take a particular television-related topic or issue and attempt to approach it with a slightly more intense eye which I'm hoping still manages to be entertaining and not too dry. Obviously, I'm hoping that it will eventually become at least a semi-regular feature of the show, but I'm putting this on...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 28th 2021 Regular contributor WARREN CUMMINGS returns to VISION ON SOUND to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of POLICE DRAMAS on television, in a wide-ranging discussion that takes us from G F Newman's LAW AND ORDER through DIXON OF DOCK GREEN, BETWEEN THE LINES, LINE OF DUTY, DIAL 999, NO HIDING PLACE, Z CARS, "MURDER ISLAND"...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 21st 2021 We try a whole new recoding technique for this edition of VISION ON SOUND in the sense that we bring together LISA & ANDREW from the ROUND THE ARCHIVES podcast and PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI from THE SHY LIFE podcast for a three-way online streamed meeting to talk - at least initially - about the children's television c...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 14th 2021 Regular co-host SANDY McGREGOR returns with a suggestion that we might talk about THE FIFTY BEST SHOWS OF 2020 as published in THE GUARDIAN newspaper towards the end of last year and so, after I make a few brief reflections on the need to make lists generally, that's what we do. It turns out that, as a fan of older televisio...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 7th 2021 PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI from THE SHY LIFE PODCAST returns to natter about TV comedy and, to a lesser extent, horror shows, in a conversation briefly covering his recent viewing including DEATH TO 2020, SWEET HOME, POSE, THE OFFICE (US), GHOSTS, PAUL MERTON, and HANCOCK'S HALF HOUR. Then HAYDEN GRIBBLE from the DIDDLY DUM...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 31st 2021 Sometimes, television can actually be a force for good, and so it means that it's actually a bit of a charity event on VISION ON SOUND this week as our main guest is MATTHEW RIMMER who is the creator, editor, and driving force behind the TIMESCOPE publications which have been produced in aid of the disability support charity...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 24th 2021 It's an episode of two halves this week in which SANDY and I have a natter about SCANDI NOIR, prompted by watching THE VALHALLA MURDERS recently, but we touch upon series like WALLANDER, THE BRIDGE, and THE KILLING, as well as many others. After this, the second half features a new contributor to the show, but he's someone I'...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 17th 2021 The main guest this week is LISA PARKER who is one half of the team behind the popular ROUND THE ARCHIVES archive television podcast, which is one of the reasons VISION ON SOUND exists at all. As she is here mostly to discuss her television memories, SANDY and I have a brief chat about our more recent viewing which involves m...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 10th 2021 This episode is made up of one long interview with the writer PAUL EBBS in which he talks about the life of a writer generally, television in general, and he also shares a lot of his advice and theories on structure and writing realistic characters.  As well as all that, he spends some time sharing some of his experience...

First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 3rd 2021 SANDY McGREGOR and I have a natter that reflects briefly on watching TV during the Festive Season before moving on to the main topic of the day which involves us reflecting - in no particular order and with no sense of precedence - upon the sad passing of several of the iconic TV performers who we lost over the course of the y...