Description

This week on The Bugcast: Alex’s theatrical debut, Dave’s a newsreader, Tourettes at the Baftas, Single White Female, and eight tracks of Creative Commons music.

Songs played

• Crystal Candy – Bye My Darling (Sensual Remix) – from Paris, France – source
• Square A Saw – Gravity – from Eschweiler, Germany – source
• Roy Smiles III – A Geordie Farewell – from London, UK – source
• Snowflake – You Promised (feat. Ben Blohowiak, John Jones) – from San Diego, CA – source
• Pierce Murphy – Versailles – from Denver, CO – source
• Igor Pumphonia – Days Go Bye – from St Petersburg, Russia – source
• 45 – The Strangest Day – from Bradford, UK – source
• Morween – Upside Down – from Paris, France – source

Intro: Chris Juergensen – Bug Lips
Outro: Mark Marshall – Man Walking

Topics

• Alex’s theatrical debut – Drama Quadrupled
• Dave becomes a newsreader for Amateur Radio Newsline
• BBC News: Baftas let down Tourette’s Campaigner and actors
• BBC News: Single White Female – Play

Upcoming events

• OggCamp will be on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 April 2026, Manchester UK
• It’s time to start submitting tracks for the Listeners Choice, episode 900 in May.

Announcements

• Please leave us feedback on the music or any of the topics that we’ve discussed.
• There will be no show next week Friday 6 March 2026.
• The next show will be episode 889 which will be streamed live on Friday 13 March 2026 at 21:30-ish UK time (UTC).
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Special thanks go to

• Our supporters!
• The artists for allowing us to play their music.
• Everyone who joined us in the chat room for the live broadcast of this show.
• Internet Archive for hosting the media files
• Yannick (FrenchguyCH) for the use of his Shoutcast server
• PaulT (Radio Els Mussols) for the use of their Icecast server

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