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Bill's Big Bag of OnionsBonus Rewind: SALTY DOG ONIONSSALTY DOG ONIONS are remarkable for their life-enhancing qualities, and have been used to butter souls from ancient Mesopotamia, across medieval marshlands, and even through today’s difficult times.
Sit back and surrender to the splendiferous music and originatively homegrown storytelling, that is Bill’s Big Bag of Onions… Original 100-word stories to enthral and delight.
With Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini2025-05-131h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsOnions does Musicologies, Big Bag #01Thematic streams of thought and music, from the interludes found on the UK radio show ‘Box 39’.
This weeks topics include: alternative Christmas presents, April Fools’ Day, and ’normal service will be resumed short
with Adrian Coen and Bill Lawrance2025-04-2900 min
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 20Cats, Nothing Is As Good As They Say It Is, Adrian Steps Up2025-04-251h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 19Right Dishonourable Lord David Price2025-04-241h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 18Obsolete, Piers, Secret History2025-04-241h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 17Writers, The Lake District, Space2025-04-241h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 16Big & Small, The Future, Babies2025-04-231h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 15Denmark, Money, Winning2025-04-2300 min
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 14Football, East Anglia, Scandal2025-04-231h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 13Plastic, The Hythe, Absurdity, The Old Mill House2025-04-231h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 12Nothing In Particular in no particular order2025-04-231h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 11Change, Cricket, Lord David Price, World Cup2025-04-231h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsBeauty and the Beast OnionsA merchant setting out on a journey to restore his fortune offers to bring gifts for his daughters. While the elder daughters make extravagant requests, the youngest, Beauty, asks only for a rose.
Don’t expect this though. We have far better ideas…
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini2025-04-221h 00
From Colchester To SulawesiThe Limits to BeliefThere are strange goings on at Bahowo Lodge in Indonesia, as the adventures of Phil and Paula continue to shock and delight.2025-04-2219 min
From Colchester To SulawesiDefining NormalityFurther stories about Phil and Paula and the comings and goings at Bahowo Lodge, which has established a name for itself.2025-04-2217 min
From Colchester To SulawesiSinkingPhil and Paula invest in a boat. All does not go according to plan.2025-04-2216 min
From Colchester To SulawesiThe Winning of a BattleAs ever, every bit of good news comes with a bit of bad news.2025-04-2217 min
From Colchester To SulawesiThe Christening of SebastianPhil and Paula become godparents to Sebastian. The struggle over the ownership of their land continues.2025-04-2216 min
From Colchester To SulawesiHolier Than ThouThe adventures of Phil and Paula in Indonesia continue.
Be sure to listen to Series 1 and Series 2 before starting this, Series 3.2025-04-2217 min
From Colchester To SulawesiConcerning Village MattersAlthough Phil and Paula carry on regardless with their new lives, underlying all of it there still lies the matter of Oni, and their documents, and in particular the matter of land ownership.2025-04-1813 min
From Colchester To SulawesiThe Missing DocumentsThe Manado police headquarters is a large, stark, imposing building, the inside of which it’s best not to see, unless your need is great.2025-04-1813 min
From Colchester To SulawesiTo Kill or Not to KillThe text message from Oni is short, and to the point; it says simply ‘Tomorrow I am leaving to work in Surabaya.’ But one thing’s for sure: Oni has no intention of moving to Surabaya, or anywhere else.2025-04-1813 min
From Colchester To SulawesiIn which Ed has a HaircutWhen Bahowo Lodge gets going in its own right, its guests will use the dive centre, and thus will the arrangement continue to be symbiotic.2025-04-1813 min
From Colchester To SulawesiThe Greasy PoleThis is no longer a project on some far distant exotic shore, it’s Phil and Paula’s home, now, and this fact is beginning to find its way into their conscious thoughts.2025-04-1814 min
From Colchester To SulawesiArrivalThe first day of Phil and Paula’s new lives and their new enterprise.2025-04-1814 min
From Colchester To SulawesiSeries 1 DIGESTbefore you begin Series 2, here is an easy to chew digest of Series 1 ‘From Colchester to Sulawesi’…2025-04-181h 00
From Colchester To SulawesiMyth and MagicEvery society has its angels and demons, and Phil and Paula learn more about the local beliefs in their chosen part of Indonesia, and how profound an effect these can have on the people who live there.2025-04-1712 min
From Colchester To SulawesiFamily MattersPhil and Paula turn their thoughts to how they can one day help the people of Bahowo, who have helped them so much with their project, and begin the process of building their swimming pool.2025-04-1713 min
From Colchester To SulawesiA Place of MagicA birthday is celebrated, Phil and Paula hear tales of magic, which sometimes goes wrong, and of a football match which went bad, and Paula is learning to live with snakes.2025-04-1713 min
From Colchester To SulawesiComplex RelationshipsPhil and Paula learn more about the way of life of the people amongst whom they will soon be living, and how a person may in certain circumstances commit murder most foul with impunity.2025-04-1713 min
From Colchester To SulawesiThe Tree of LifeSince suitable furniture is a scarcity in their part of Indonesia, Phil and Paula must have it made, and find that is this regard they perhaps have all that they need, and closer to home than they would have anticipated.2025-04-1713 min
From Colchester To SulawesiA Matter of TrustIt’s time for Phil and Paula to buy white goods, and to decide who in their immediate circle of Indonesian friends and acquaintances they can trust, and who they cannot.2025-04-1713 min
From Colchester To SulawesiBetween the Old Life and the NewPhil and Paula’s domestic circumstances in England are changing more quickly than they had anticipated, and this prompts them to at last set a date for their final move to Sulawesi.2025-04-1713 min
From Colchester To SulawesiMatters EcclesiasticalPhil and Paula decide that if a church stands in the way of their plans, the best thing to do is to move the church, and Paula gives consideration to the more personal aspects of their soon to begin adventure.2025-04-1713 min
From Colchester To SulawesiOiling The WheelsThe lodge is built, a boat trip very nearly goes badly wrong for Phil, and Paula turns her mind to the somewhat troublesome matter of furniture.2025-04-1714 min
From Colchester To SulawesiThe Naming of SebastianWhilst Paula stays at home and works on obtaining further family approval for the project, an honour is bestowed upon Phil, which he is glad to accept.2025-04-1714 min
From Colchester To SulawesiLosing a FriendPhil says goodbye to a faithful companion, and to take his mind off things Paula persuades him to return to Bahowo, to oversee the last stages of building work, and he will not be going alone.2025-04-1613 min
From Colchester To SulawesiFamily OutingsDespite an enjoyable time being spent with Paula’s family around the highlands and islands of Sulawesi, Phil and Paula return to England with some problems, and with no clear idea how to resolve them2025-04-1614 min
From Colchester To SulawesiA Boundary DisputePhil and Paula arrive in Bahowo to find that the land which they thought they had bought is not theirs in its’ entirety, which presents them with a particular problem.2025-04-1614 min
From Colchester To SulawesiChristmas in BahowoPaula is lost for words, some religious matters are dealt with, not necessarily for the better, and Phil and Paula have a spiritual experience.2025-04-1614 min
From Colchester To SulawesiOf Dolphins and SeahorsesSome construction problems are resolved, and some are not. Phil and Paula begin to think about aesthetics, and begin to doubt their Indonesian partner.2025-04-1615 min
From Colchester To SulawesiOne More WinterFrom all of the uncertainty, a timescale is beginning to emerge, and Paula makes an important and determined decision.2025-04-1614 min
From Colchester To SulawesiContrasting CulturesPhil and Paula get down to some practical, legal and administrative matters pertaining to their future lives, and start to think about furniture.2025-04-1613 min
From Colchester To SulawesiThe Twilight ZonePhil and Paula try to do something sensible, which fails, and Paula goes to America whilst Phil goes back to Indonesia, and is amazed.2025-04-1614 min
From Colchester To SulawesiFirst StonePhil and Paula are introduced to their builder, and in ceremonial manner they see to the first physical manifestation of the building in which they one day hope to live.2025-04-1613 min
From Colchester To SulawesiBack in EnglandDespite receiving mixed reaction from family and friends, Phil and Paula are more determined than ever to begin their perhaps insane project, and make their first and all-important financial commitment.2025-04-1613 min
From Colchester To SulawesiThe VillagePhil and Paula get to better know the village which they one day hope to make their home, and to better understand how this might be possible.2025-04-1613 min
From Colchester To SulawesiFinding BahowoSeeking land in the mountains of Minahassa, Phil and Paula conclude that something is wrong, and in a moment of understanding they realise they are looking in the wrong place.2025-04-1613 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsInternational Guide to Prominent Veteran Onionistas, Part 4This week, Guppy Productions, in cooperation with The Deep State and the Wivenhoe Anti-Boring Society, presents Colne Radio’s International Guide to Prominent Veteran Onionistas, Part 4.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini2025-04-1500 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsInternational Guide to Prominent Veteran Onionistas, Part 3This week, Guppy Productions, in cooperation with the United Nations and the Wivenhoe Festival of Mindfulness, presents Colne Radio’s International Guide to Prominent Veteran Onionistas, Part 3.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini2025-04-151h 00
The Madeline Smith PodcastA Shop Girl in the Swinging SixtiesMaddy walks out of the convent school gates for the last time, and steps into London’s swinging sixties.
Her wonderful adventures begin, with a job as a wide-eyed shop assistant at the famous Biba boutique in trendy Chelsea.
In conversation with Bill Lawrance2025-04-1414 min
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 10Impossible, Power, Team, Happiness2025-04-141h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 9Secrets, 1978, Letters, Dreams, Zeroes2025-04-141h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 8Colchester Tourism Audit, End of the World, Lies, Listeners’ Inquiries2025-04-131h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 7Trains, Art, the Golden Toupees, Puzzles2025-04-131h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 6Colchester Garrison, We Love The C21st, New2025-04-131h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 5The Dutch, Numbers, Britain in 1990, Names2025-04-131h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 4Alter Ego, Reasons to be Cheerful, My Memoir2025-04-1300 min
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 3Bluffer’s Guide, Dial M for Mayhem, Christmas 20202025-04-121h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 2Normal Service, Alternative Xmas, April Fools Day2025-04-121h 00
Bill's Big Bag of MUSICOLOGIESBill's Big Bag of Musicologies 1Dream Destinations, The Broken Olympics, Houseplants, The Inner Child2025-04-121h 00
From Colchester To Sulawesiepisode 1.01 - The MomentPhil and Paula are in Singapore, about to fly home to England. But where is home, really? And could they do a different kind of life?2025-04-1213 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsInternational Guide to Prominent Veteran Onionistas, Part 2This week, Guppy Productions, in cooperation with the United Nations and the European Court of Human Rights, presents Colne Radio’s International Guide to Prominent Veteran Onionistas, Part 2.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini2025-04-081h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsInternational Guide to Prominent Veteran Onionistas, Part 1This week, Guppy Productions, in cooperation with the institutions of the New World Order at the highest level presents Colne Radio’s International Guide to Prominent Veteran Onionistas, Part 1.
with Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini2025-04-071h 00
Box 39episode 182 - WHEN I'M 65 with KATE LAWRANCE“there was a massive glumness across Britian caused by the discovery of austerity, and having to wear cardboard suits and stockings made of gravy”
But that’s all changed now. Older Age is the new Younger age…
with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Kate Lawrance2025-04-061h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsLOVELY ONIONSThis week, all our Onions are truly lovely. And so is the music. Written by the lovely Jake Becker, Angela Cairns, Jenny Miller, Tim Morgan, Pat Blosse, Clare Kemsley, Phil Boast, Harry Voge, Angela Cairns, Ian Hornett , Sophie Drewnogal , Sara Nice, John Dew, Adrian Coen. Bill Lawrance, Daryl Lotterby and Mary-Jane Ng. With the lovely Yvonne Pini and Adrian Coen.2025-04-061h 03
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsONIONS IN THE CITYThis week, Bill brings a bag of boiled Onions to the big city (i.e. bigger than Colchester) to see what all the fuss is about. The ever-growing work-from-home pen-pushing Onion bureaucracy that made this journey possible includes Jo Kerr, Pat Bloss, Kara Black, Ian Hornett, Ruth Hamilton, Sebastian Tombs, Brenda Bonzer, Bill Lawrance, Sue Beer, Tim Morgan, Plum South, John Dew, Susan Low, and Phil Boast. With Yvonne Pini and Adrian Coen.2025-04-051h 00
Box 39The M25, with Bill LawranceIt’s the worlds biggest car park, and made the Rave scene available to anyone with a Ford Cortina and a pocketful of E’s…2025-04-041h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsFIRST ONIONS ON MARSColne Radio has beaten Elon Musk to it! Senior Presenter and Chief Big Baggist, Bill Lawrance, has succeeded in land a large sack of Onions on the planet Mars. Watching all this from Guppy Productions Space Centre in Wivenhoe were Phil Boast, Ruth Hamilton, Sue Beer, Jenny Miller, Pat Blosse, Felicity Fig, Barbara Toucan, Sebastian Tombs, John Dew, Bill Lawrance, Jo Kerr, Clare Kemsley, Angela Cairns, and Melissa Porter. With Yvonne Pini and Adrian Coen.2025-04-041h 00
Box 39Singapore, with Bill LawranceTurn left at Wivenhoe Station, then go about 12000 km south-east and you can’t miss it. Lovely place. Wonderful toilets and so clean.
Thank you Barry.2025-04-0300 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsFELICITY FIG ONIONSThis week’s show is given over in its entirety to an anthology of delicious Onions cultivated by the enigmatic Felicity Fig for which she was paid at a bulk rate and not per Onion so that Bill could pocket his usual weekly bung in full. With Yvonne Pini and Adrian Coen.2025-04-031h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsONIONS OUT OF BALANCEThere’s certainly one thing that everyone can agree about the seminal 1982 film “Koyaanisqatsi” - a Native American word meaning ‘life out of balance’ - featuring only stunning visual images and mesmerizing motion picture sequences: no words, no characters, and no narrative…we can all agree that there could NEVER EVER be a radio version of the film. Except, there now is. This show features the music of Phillip Glass and Onions Out Of Balance written by Clare Kemsley, Ruth Hamilton, Sue Beer, Jo Kerr, Angela Cairns, Jenny Miller, Phil Boast, Bill Lawrance, Pat Blosse, Ian Hornett, Tim Morgan and John Dew...2025-04-021h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsAESOP’S ONIONSAesop loved, and knew, his onions, writing over a thousand fables about the Allium Cepa, as well as running the first burger bar in the whole of ancient Athens that served fried onion rings. In celebration of the ancient storyteller, who also made theworld’s first Onion based anti-perspirant, here are a whole bunch of Onions in one of Bills Big Bags, with each linked mysteriously, yet appositely, to the old Greek Fabulist himself. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini2025-04-011h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsTRIPPY ONIONSFeaturing 100-word scarcely-a-story offerings written by: Sarah Freely, Pamela Ennis, Amy L. Bethke, Jo Coldwell, B.A. Williams, Iqbal, Zavinia Orlossky, Jake Becker, Marianne Rossant, Giorgio Adalopoulos, Santian Vataj, John Davis, Kathy Fish, Jeelan, JSP Jacobs, Carol Ennis, Harry Voge, Steve Gow, Nil Yeshil, Yvonne Pini, and Michael Micky-Lidis. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini2025-03-3100 min
Box 39BONUS - CERITA SEKOLAH BAHOWO 1This episode is entirely in Indonesian.
With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, The Baroness Janet Fookes, Phil Boast, Paula Larcher, Sebastian & Cicha, and the children of Bahowo School2025-03-3017 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsENOUGH ONIONS?In this show, our Onionistas seemed to be unsure of whether the theme was ‘Isn’t This World Enough?’ …or… ‘Aren’t These Onions Enough?’ Either way, the answers are.“yes” and “no”, respectively, although this may not be made clear by the content of the show. Featuring 100-word scarcely-a-story offerings written by: Sue Beer, Susan Low, Clare Kemsley, Jenny Miller, Angela Cairns, Jo Kerr, Daphne Button, Lis Edwards, Paul Hooper, Pat Blosse, Tim Morgan, Ian Hornett, Adrian Coen, John Dew, Phil Boast,Minnie Ardo, and Jim Crimm. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini2025-03-301h 00
Box 39BONUS - CERITA SEKOLAH BAHOWO 2This episode is entirely in Indonesian.
Once again with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, The Baroness Janet Fookes, Phil Boast, Paula Larcher, Sebastian & Cicha, and the children of Bahowo School2025-03-2913 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsAGEING ONIONSIn this show, our intrepid a-hundred-word’s-all-you’re-getting Onionistas try cogitating such things as the bleak prospects of a decrepit highwayman, besieging Troy in your 70s (metaphorically, of course) and the indignity of hair sprouting from all orifices. Featuring teeny-weeny micro-fictions written by Clare Kemsley, Sue Beer, Phil Boast, John Dew, Pat Blosse, Rob Lewis, Paul Hooper, Toni Peers, Susan Low, Lily Matthews, Eli Rose, Kara Black, Verity James. Jim Crimm, and Tim Morgan. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini2025-03-291h 00
Box 39BONUS - CERITA SEKOLAH BAHOWO 3This episode is entirely in Indonesian.
Once more with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, The Baroness Janet Fookes, Phil Boast, Paula Larcher, Sebastian & Cicha, and the children of Bahowo School2025-03-2817 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsINTERCONNECTED ONIONSHere are forty four entirely interconnected previously-broadcast Onions that have been outsourced to a Cayman Islands holding company and then leased back to Colne Radio in one of the most audaciously ingenious tax deduction schemes ever seen in British third-tier radio after which the unwitting Onionistas – aside from Bill Lawrance himself, of course – now find that they have not only effectively paid for the inclusion of their own 100-word stories but have also footed the bill for a one-month long “fact finding” trip for Bill and the two voice artists, Yvonne Pini and Adrian Coen, to easily the most Cayman o...2025-03-2800 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsLECHEROUS ONIONSIn this show, our one-hundred-words-is-all-we-write Onionistas trot out scantily described scenarios about neglected guitars, illicit alcohol in Saudi Arabia, and Jane Austen’s outdoor khazi. Featuring remarkably low word quantity scribbling by KT Eden, Jake Becker, Sam Buru, John Dew, Rob Lewis, Phil Boast, Ian Hornett, Maggie Matheson, Tim Aston, Geoffrey Chiswell-Greene, Sue Beer, Bartholomew Crabbs, Brenda Bonzer, Sebastian Tombs, Ruth Hamilton, and Pat Blosse. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini.2025-03-2700 min
Box 39BONUS - CERITA SEKOLAH BAHOWO 4This episode is entirely in Indonesian.
One more time, with Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen, The Baroness Janet Fookes, Phil Boast, Paula Larcher, Sebastian & Cicha, and the children of Bahowo School2025-03-2614 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsMALDIVIAN ONIONSIn this show, our low-word-count Onionistas try tickling tales of autonomous flatulence, uninvited Vikings, and the decline of shipping barges. Featuring suspiciously fleeting screeds written by Ian Crimm, Sam Buru, John Dew, Rob Lewis, Phil Boast, Ian Hornett, Geoffrey Chiswell-Greene, Sue Beer, Bartholomew Crabbs, Brenda Bonzer, Sally Wazey, Ruth Hamilton, Pat Blosse, and Minnie Ardo. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini.2025-03-261h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsREVOLUTIONARY ONIONSIn this show, our rebellious rabble of Onionistas tackle scintillating subjects like inadvertently disinhibited Hamlet, unwelcome expressions of affection, and deceptively named racehorses. Featuring bewilderingly succinct yarns written by Tim Aston, Sue Beer, John Dew, Pat Blosse, Rob Lewis, Susan Low, Ian Hornett, Tim Morgan, Phil Boast, Sebastian Tombs, Ruth Hamilton, Joanne Abberton, Angela Cairns, and Ian Crimm. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini2025-03-251h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsBASQUE ONIONSThese independence-minded onions will always find a way… a lovely listen, and quite unique. Beautiful onions in a warm soup of brilliant stories. There’s nothing more to say… with Adian Coen & Yvonne Pini.2025-03-241h 00
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsREUNION ONIONSIn this show, our motley crew of Onionistas tackle stolid topics like owls, bots, and poo bags. Featuring uncommonly short bits of writing by Angela Cairns, Clare Kemsley, John Dew, Paul Hooper, Sue Beer, Masaki Dew, Lis Edwards, Ian Hornett, Ruth Hamilton, Toni Peers, Harriet Peers, Eli Morrison, Pat Blosse, and Phil Boast. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini.2025-03-2300 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsFLOURESCENT ONIONSIn this show, our doughty troupe of Onionistas tackle weighty topics like magic mushrooms, chronic adultery, and fizzy pop. Featuring unusually brief bits of writing by Rob Lewis, Sue Beer, Pat Blosse, Paul Hooper, Bill Lawrance, Brandon Louis Mayer, Jake Becker, Jenny Miller, Ian Hornett, John Dew, Tim Aston, Clare Kemsley, Ian Sayers and Phil Boast. With Adrian Coen and Yvonne Pini.2025-03-2200 min
Bill's Big Bag of OnionsBIRTHDAY ONIONS“Irene’s Birthday Party” was written and curated by Bill Lawrance. Meet the family as they celebrate Irene’s 100th birthday. With your slice of cake are schemes, secrets, surprises, and a snake. With Adrian Coen & Yvonne Pini2025-03-2000 min
The Madeline Smith podcastsSE02 ep01: 'no regrets'In her first episode of Series 2, Maddy takes a deep dive into:a professional conflict, a difficult director and a cruel situation. And talks straight from the heart about wrong decisions, bad reviews, bad advice and typecasting.in conversation with Bill Lawrance2021-08-1527 min
The Madeline Smith podcastsSE02 ep02: 'theatre stories'in her second episode of Series 2, Maddy takes a deep dive into:the West End theatre, Habeas Corpus, Alec Guinness, The Mousetrap, Donald Sinden - and the perils, pitfalls and pleasures of a long running stage play...2021-08-1525 min
The Madeline Smith podcastsSE02 ep03: 'the Masters of Comedy'in her third episode of Series 2, Maddy takes a deep dive into:childhood acting and first professional comedy roles, studio audiences and canned laughter, funny men being serious - and her Masters of Comedy...in conversation with Bill Lawrance2021-08-1526 min
The Madeline Smith podcastsSE02 ep04: ''changes in comedy'In her fourth episode of Series 2 Maddy takes a deep dive into:mime and silent comedy, modern comedians, the decline of sitcom and the rise of stand-up, Steptoe & Son - and her favourite comedy roles...In conversation with Bill Lawrance2021-08-1515 min
The Madeline Smith podcastsSE02 ep05: 'on location'in this fifth episode of Series 2, Maddy takes a deep dive into:being on location, landlords and leading men, working with animals and bad weather, location catering, extras and stand ins - and the old BBC Television Centre...In conversation with Bill Lawrance2021-08-1527 min
The Madeline Smith podcastsSE02 ep06 'from children's TV to Mastermind'in her sixth episode of Series 2, Maddy takes a deep dive into:working in children's TV, the perils of onscreen nudity, learning lines and first night nerves - and appearing on TV celebrity quiz shows...in conversation with Bill Lawrance2021-08-1524 min
Box 39 - series 1episode 21 - Holding Back the Beers - The Bill Lawrance StoryIn this special episode of Box 39 we tell the story of Bill Lawrance - starting as a fresh faced Pirate Radio jock in the 1960s, moving swiftly up the showbiz ladder to national Radio 1 jock in the 1970s, then prime time telly gameshow host in the 1980s, global influencer in the 1990s, and finally international do-gooder in the new millennium. With contributions from friends, colleagues, businessmen and prison warders who have met him on that journey.
Narrated by Adrian Coen. With Bill Lawrance.2021-02-171h 00
The Madeline Smith podcasts'A shop Girl in the Swinging 60s'In her first podcast, Maddy walks out of the convent school gates for the last time, and steps into London's swinging sixties. Her wonderful adventures begin, with a job as a wide eyed shop assistant at the famous Biba boutique, in trendy Chelsea.
In conversation with Bill Lawrance.2021-02-0714 min
The Madeline Smith podcasts'A Model in Paris'In her second podcast, Maddy adventures continue as, young and naive she begins her new career as a top model in Paris and across Europe. As the Sixties continue to swing, Maddy successfully navigating the pitfalls of an innocent abroad, then lands her first job as an actress in films.
In conversation with Bill Lawrance.2021-02-0713 min
The Madeline Smith podcasts'Hammer horrors'In her third podcast, Maddy makes her mark in a number of popular cult horror classics with the Hammer Film Studios, rising fast to becoming a favourite of directors, producers and audiences. Soon everyone wants Maddy, and a life in comedy beckons.
In conversation with Bill Lawrance.2021-02-0713 min
The Madeline Smith podcasts'Prime Time on the Telly'In her fourth podcast, Maddy becomes takes her first cue in London's TV studios. Quickly becoming a firm favourite with the nations top comedians and comic actors, as well as with prime time television audiences, Maddy is soon the darling of 1970s TV comedy, much loved and much in demand.
In conversation with Bill Lawrance.2021-02-0718 min
The Madeline Smith podcasts'Bond, and Beyond'In her fifth podcast, Maddy is chosen to be that iconic Bond Girl. Evermore in demand, Maddy finds her way onto the West End stage, and beyond, continuing her adventures with familiar faces from across the world of showbusiness.
In conversation with Bill Lawrance.2021-02-0717 min