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Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsVICTORIA WOOD & DINNERLADIES, THE YOUNG ONES, SATURDAY LIVE, SIR LENNY HENRY, EUROVISION - GEOFF POSNER’S 40 YEARS AT THE TOPIn this landmark edition of BTS, top Producer-Director Geoff Posner looks back upon his joyous TV career at the pioneering sharp-end of British comedy and music, working with the nation’s greatest entertainers. And it’s really all thanks to ‘Ready, Steady Go!’ and Michael Lindsay-Hogg.Support the podcast by becoming a Patron: https://www.patreon.com/BEHINDTHESCENESWITHCOLINEDMONDSColin Edmonds socialsFacebook: colin.edmonds.73Instagram: colinedmondsssmTwitter:@ColinEdmondsSSMWebsite: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/Listen to all episodes of the podcast available on;SpotifyAmazon MusicAudibleApple PodcastsBOOKSBuy Steam, Smoke and MirrorsAvailable at Caffeine NightsAvailable
2025-06-281h 31Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsLIAM GALLAGHER, ALAN PARTRIDGE, MORECAMBE & WISE AND EDGAR WRIGHT – THE INCREDIBLE CAREER OF TOP TV/FILM EDITOR NICK J. WEBBIn the latest edition of Behind the Scenes, we meet Nick J.Webb, the award-winning, ultra-versatile television and filmeditor who, over the past 15 years, has worked on a vast arrayof critically acclaimed music videos, comedy specials andentertainment biographical documentaries including Sammy Davis Jnr., Sparks, Bob Monkhouse and Tommy Cooper.In his own right he's also an accomplished musician andrecording artist with his band “Colourspace Engineering”.To listen to samples from the forthcoming album, here’s thelink:
2025-03-221h 15Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsJASPER CARROTT, SIR PATRICK MOORE, THE QUEEN’S FUNERAL – SCRIPT SUPERVISOR LAURA VINE’S TV LIFEIn this edition of Behind the Scenes we meet one of Britain’s busiest and most versatile television Script Supervisors – Laura Vine. In this candid, laugh-out-loud chat Laura talks about her 30 years at the BBC starting
as Production Secretary, and then the freelance world beyond, working on everything from occasions of state to The Chelsea Flower Show, Carrot Confidential
and The Sky at Night, where she enjoyed Sir Patrick Moore’s little known 5-star culinary skills. Add to that international sport along with modern and Shakespearean
productions at the National and RSC, there’s hardly an aspect of telly she’s no...
2024-11-021h 23Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsMUSIC, OLYMPICS, ROYAL EVENTS, RVPs & MORE – THE AWARD- WINNING TV CAREER OF DIRECTOR RICHARD VALENTINEIn this edition of Behind the Scenes we’re meeting multi-Bafta and Royal Television Society Award Winning Director, one of, if not the most popular and versatile working in British live broadcast entertainment - Richard Valentine. He’s covered everything from Royal Variety Performances and arena concerts, working with major music artists including Harry Styles, Jamie Cullum, Ariana Grande, Beyonce and U2, to major events such as the opening ceremonies of the Olympic Games, Invictus Games, Royal weddings and working on the coverage of the Funeral of Her Majesty the Queen.
Richard’s been non-stop at the top fo...
2024-10-261h 17Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsRED DWARF, LOVEJOY, JASPER CARROT & MUCH MORE – THE TERRIFIC WRITING TALENT OF PAUL ALEXANDERThis edition stars one of the most prolific and versatile, award-winning writers in television and entertainment on both sides of the Atlantic, Mr Paul Alexander. I first met Paul in the ‘80s when he joined the team of Bob’s Full House. Since then, he’s scripted Hollywood films, live action and animated streaming series, penned ratings-winning sitcoms for radio and television, including episodes of “Red Dwarf”, comedy dramas, soaps, comic books, musicals and some of the niftiest one-line gags for our very best comedians. He’s also a Sunday Times best-selling author. Oh. And he stubbornly remains decades younger than...
2024-10-191h 17Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTHE TV EXECUTIVE WHO REDEFINED ENTERTAINMENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC - IN CONVERSATION WITH CLAUDIA ROSENCRANTZIn this edition of Behind the Scenes we chat with Claudia
Rosencrantz. In her ten years as Controller of entertainment at ITV she entirely redefined LE by commissioning genre-busting, ratings-giants such as “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire”, “Britain’s Got Talent”, “Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway”, “The X Factor” and more. Claudia also talks about working with Chris Evans, Sir Elton John as well as her long, award-winning association and close friendship with the genius who was Barry Humphries.
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2024-10-121h 43Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsPOP STARS, TOP STAND UPS, AWARD-WINNING DOCS - TALENT EXEC JENNY DREWETT’S AMAZING 30-YEAR CAREER.In this edition of Behind the Scenes we’re chatting with Jenny Drewett, one of British television’s busiest, most experienced, well-known and best-connected on-screen Talent Executives and Celebrity Producers. In her non-stop 3-decade long career Jenny’s worked extensively in award-winning light entertainment, factual entertainment,
documentaries and music programming. Everything from Top of the Pops and The National Lottery Live to The World’s Most Dangerous Roads and Wife Swap. Not forgetting her casting top comics and looking after Dr. Who’s Jon Pertwee.
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2024-08-241h 12Behind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds‘KRYPTON FACTOR’, VICTORIA WOOD, ‘DEAL OR NO DEAL’ & THE BRITS – THE AMAZING CAREER OF TV EXECUTIVE LESLEY DAVIES.This time on BTSWCE one of the best-known Heads of Production and most experienced Consultants working in the fields of entertainment, drama and events
television Lesley Davies shares her career memories of training at Granada TV via LWT, becoming Head of Production at ITV and Director of International Productions at Warner Brothers, and working with the great Producer-Director Geoff Posner on “Dinner Ladies”. Oh, and she talks about organising the building and completion of an entire, new studio complex from scratch – in 8 weeks!
Now living in Dorset and a passionate bibliophile, Victoria owns and runs on...
2024-08-1758 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsJIMMY GREAVES, HENRY BLOFELD & ITV’S PROFESSIONAL WRESTLING – PART 2 OF THE TV LIFE & TIMES OF TOP PA VICTORIA STURGESS.In this edition of Behind the Scenes, Production Assistant (Script Supervisor) Victoria Sturgess shares more stories of her life and times at the sharp end of British television from the late 1960s through to the early ‘90s taking in her move from music and entertainment to LWT’s Sports Department; which led to her working alongside such production luminaries as John Bromley, Ted Ayling,
Patricia Mordecai and John Scriminger. She recalls the glamour of travelling the globe covering football and boxing, those “tiresome” golf and pool tournaments, the joy of Tarby’s FA Cup Final Celebrity Bar, plus that staple of
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2024-08-101h 01Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsQUEEN’S “BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY”, THE STONES IN HYDE PARK, PLUS DAVID FROST: THE TV CAREER OF P.A. VICTORIA STURGESSThe latest edition of Behind the Scenes features the first of a two-part conversation with London Weekend Television and pop music video Production Assistant (Script
Supervisor), the magnificent Victoria Sturgess.
In a career which started in the late 1960s she worked extensively with legendary director Bruce Gowers on innumerable LWT series, travelling the world with David Frost, and filming Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody” video.
Victoria’s early career also involved working with Producer-Director Mike Mansfield covering so many iconic pop performances including the Blind Faith and Rolling Stones 1969 concerts in Hyde Park. She also kindly chats about her love...
2024-08-031h 08Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFROM NOEL’S HOUSE PARTY TO NARRATING INTERNATIONAL AWARD-WINNING BOOKS – MEET ACTOR KARL JENKINSONIn this often laugh-out-loud edition of Behind the Scenes we’re chatting with actor Karl Jenkinson. In a 40-year career, he was regularly involved in the funniest Noel’s House Party ‘Gotcha’ set-ups while also appearing in top British TV series Eastenders, The Bill and Inspector Morse. These days Karl’s also become a top voice artist and a much in-demand international multi-award-winning book narrator for novels and best-selling true crime biographies.
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2024-06-011h 12Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsMEET THE INDIANA JONES OF LOST TV - ARCHIVE PRODUCER ROBERT HEADINGIf you’re a fan of classic and vintage television, you’ll probably think Robert Heading has enjoyed the best of jobs, because he’s one of Britain’s foremost TV documentary Archive Producers. Which means for the past 25 years he’s been paid to put his feet up and watch thousands of hours of old telly shows. And for the most part he’s specialised in comedy and light entertainment. A regular behind the scenes name on the credit roller of Channel 5’s “When stuff Goes Horribly Wrong” series, along with retrospective specials celebrating Peter Kay, Tommy Cooper, Victoria Wood, Ric...
2024-05-261h 03Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsBBC RADIO, EUROVISION & D-DAY – THE NONSTOP CAREER OF CONDUCTOR AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR MIKE DIXONMike returns to chat about his time on Eurovision, Friday Night is Music Night at the BBC and preparing for his latest live WW2 Special Commemorative Event, marking the 80th anniversary of D-Day. And there’s more than a mention of his top selling autobiography “Turn Around And Take A Bow – My Musical Life”.
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2024-05-1850 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTONY HANCOCK CENTENARY SPECIAL WITH HIS GREAT NEICE LUCYIn Birmingham, on the 12th of May 1924, the performer who was to become one of Britain’s finest comic actors Tony Hancock was born. Across the 1950s and early 1960s, with his phenomenally successful, award-winning
radio and television series, Tony was the most famous voice and then face in broadcast entertainment. The streets would empty when Hancock was on the air. To mark the centenary of Tony Hancock’s birth, our BTSWCE guest this time is the closest living relative to “The Lad Himself”. She is the keeper and curator
of the Hancock Archive and guardian of Tony’s legacy. An...
2024-05-1138 minBehind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds“FROM BLITZ TO GLITZ” – NEW AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JESS CONRAD OBE WITH FRIEND & CO- WRITER TV’S SIMON WITHINGTONThis time on BTSWCE we’re chatting with TV Executive Producer and King of Saturday Nights on Channel 5, Simon Withington, about his role in putting together the newly published autobiography of his best friend, actor, singer and showbiz personality - Jess Conrad OBE. The book is called “From Blitz to Glitz” and Simon talks about the collaborative writing process, his diligent research and gives us a tantalising flavour of the colourful anecdotes and vivid memories that Jess recalls from his astonishing, non-stop 70-year career in the spotlight. Diana Dors, The Krays, Cilla Black and Roger Moore are just a few of the...
2024-02-2455 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsSTEVE WRIGHT MBE 1954-2024 - A SPECIAL TRIBUTE FROM CLOSE FRIEND MARK WELLSThis week we lost one of the most famous and best-loved personalities in the history of British broadcasting – Steve Wright.
For almost half a century on BBC Radio Steve lifted the nation’s spirits with his energetic, anarchic style, breathless enthusiasm, relentless creativity and instantly recognisable voice. In this often emotional but frequently laughter-filled Special Behind The Scenes Salute, Steve’s close friend Mark Wells shares his memories, along with some amazing, exclusive revelations in this heart-warming Tribute to the Great Man - Steve Wright MBE.
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2024-02-171h 03Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTHE EXPLOSIVE, STAR-STUDDED CAREER OF SPECIAL EFFECTS GENIUS ANDY MCVEANIn a 35-year career he’s created special effects for glamorous Formula 1 car launches, top dramas such as ‘Dr Who’ and ‘The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and every major ratings-winning comedy and entertainment series. If anything’s squashed, set alight, or exploded on our screens, it's usually Andy’s skilful handiwork.
A Royal Television Society Lifetime Achievement Award winner, Andy talks about his new venture as a sculptor, based in rural Hampshire along and shares his memories of working with the biggest stars on British TV including Spike Milligan, Paul Daniels and Jeremy Clarkson. Oh, and there’s al...
2024-01-201h 12Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsEXCLUSIVE BOB MONKHOUSE ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: ABIGAIL MONKHOUSE TALKS ABOUT HER DADHard to believe but it’s been 20 years to the day since we lost the British comedian, writer, actor, game show host and all-round polymath Bob Monkhouse. In this Special Edition of Behind the Scenes we’re marking the anniversary by chatting with Bob’s daughter, Abigail Monkhouse. What was it like growing up with a father who was one of the most recognisable faces in the country – and with family friends who were the biggest stars in film and TV? Abigail exclusively shares her fondest personal recollections of Bob and her mission to sustain the memory of her remarkab...
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My 70's TV ChildhoodWill it get a laugh? Remembering Bob Monkhouse with Colin Edmonds.Hello, and welcome back to "My 70s TV Childhood." In this very special edition, we take a moment to remember the late, greatly missed Bob Monkhouse, who passed away 20 years ago this week.Bob Monkhouse was a central figure in my TV childhood memories, from "The Golden Shot" to "Celebrity Squares" and "Sunday Nights at the London Palladium." His remarkable ability to capture our attention and entertain us was truly exceptional. To commemorate Bob's legacy, we're joined by a special guest, Colin Edmonds, a seasoned professional in the television industry. Colin began his journey in comedy at 16...
2023-12-2636 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTHE QUEEN’S FUNERAL, THE KING’S CORONATION & MORE MEMORIES OF A BBC CAMERA OPERATOR - NIGEL SAUNDERS PART 2Camera operator/Camera Supervisor Nigel Saunders takes us Behind the Scenes once again with more memories of his non-stop 45-year career in British television. The perils and pitfalls of working on live shows, top rated Light Entertainment and covering the biggest Royal events of the last decade – plus the finest directors, performers and warm-up artists in the industry.
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2023-12-161h 22Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFROM OSCAR PETERSON TO GORDON THE GOPHER - TV CAMERA SUPERVISOR NIGEL SAUNDERS’ 45-YEAR CAREERThis time on Behind the Scenes Nigel Saunders chats about his life as a camera operator and Camera Supervisor, beginning at the BBC and working with most of the great names of television including the much-missed Roger Fenna, Stuart MacDonald and
Yvonne Littlewood. Royal events, children’s TV and light entertainment, including live Millennium show mishaps, Noel’s House Party mayhem, plus playing the piano for Barry Manilow, Nigel’s glorious and vivid recollections make for a joyous listen. (I do say ‘wow’ rather a lot…)
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2023-12-021h 30Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsMICHAEL PALIN, ROY CASTLE, SIR RALPH RICHARDSON – PART 2 OF VISION MIXER CAROL ABBOT’S TV LIFEAs promised, here’s Part 2 of top British TV Vision Mixer Carol Abbott’s Behind the Scenes Podcast in which she chats about bringing up family while holding down a high-pressure, full-time, irregular-hours job at the sharp of TV. Carol shares her memories of rushing to the Old Vic to work with Sir Ralph Richardson while she was still dressed as a bridesmaid, her involvement in the 1974 multi award-winning Horizon drama-documentary ‘Joey’ and how, while filming ‘Ripping Yarns’, almost sharing a bathroom with Michael Palin. She also fondly recalls ‘Records Breakers’ with Roy Castle and Cheryl Baker along with last-minute call...
2023-11-111h 09Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFROM THE YOUNG ONES & RED DWARF TO COME DANCING AND TOP OF THE POPS – TV MEMORIES OF ANNA STANILANDTaking us Behind the Scenes this time: one of the most admired, versatile and experienced British television Production Assistants/Script Supervisors to have ever graced a studio control room or gallery - Anna Staniland. Anna shares her memories of an astonishing 40-year career at the BBC and in the freelance world, including live broadcasts, music specials and entertainment series. She’s worked with legendary producers Paul Jackson, Ed Bye and Geoff Posner, and her broad range of experience includes everything from Come Dancing to President Reagan’s state visit. With recollections of Denis Norden, Sir Terry Wogan - and what it l...
2023-11-051h 24Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsONLY FOOLS & HORSES, NOEL’S HOUSE PARTY, TOP GEAR, Q.I. AND MUCH MORE – TOP TV VISION MIXER CAROL ABBOTTThis time we’re going Behind the Scenes with one of the most experienced and accomplished Vision Mixers working in television – Carol Abbott. Carol’s name has rolled up on our screens at the end of most of the major TV light entertainment shows of the past 40 years. Quizzes, chat shows, situation comedies, music, variety galas, not forgetting live Royal and national occasions, there’s nothing to which this supremely talented professional cannot turn her hand – or fingers. The funeral of Princess Diana, Tops of the Pops, The League of Gentlemen are just a part of Carol’s amazing career.
2023-10-161h 23Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFROM DIRECTING GOING LIVE AND THE BIG BREAKFAST TO DEATH IN PARADISE AND VERA – THE MAGNIFICENTLY VERSATILE CLAIRE WINYARDIn this episode of Behind the Scenes we meet one of the busiest Directors working in British television - Claire Winyard.
Just off the back of wrapping her latest episode of the hit detective series ‘Vera’, Claire talks about what it’s like at the helm of one of ITV’s most popular shows, beginning her career at the BBC, directing all manner of multi-camera studio entertainment such as ‘Top of the Pops’, ‘The National Lottery Live’, and ‘Today with Des and Mel’ alongside myriad location dramas including ‘Eastenders’, ‘London’s Burning’, ‘Casualty’, ‘Our Girl’, ‘Call the Midwife’ and ‘Death in Paradise’. Didn’t...
2023-10-0751 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTV KING OF SATURDAY NIGHTS PAUL DANIELS, STRICTLY COME DANCING ROYALTY &; THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE – THE MAGICAL WORLD OF DEBBIE McGEEThis time on Behind the Scenes, TV presenter, performer and personality, also the Honorary Vice Present of the Magic Circle, Debbie McGee, reflects on an action-packed show business career, including her life and times with the country’s most famous stage and television magician Paul Daniels, along with what it takes to reach the Grand Final of Strictly Come Dancing and to be selected as an official National Treasure for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee parade.
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2023-07-291h 16Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsSHOWBIZ, COMEDY, LIFE AFTER THE BBC – THE THOUGHTS OF BROADCASTER JOHN FOSTERIn this episode of Behind the Scenes we’re chatting once again with John Foster - radio broadcaster, disc jockey and voice artist who is one of the most experienced in the industry.
In a non-stop 30-year career in local and national radio, including BBC Radio 5 Live, he’s interviewed almost every major international actor and entertainer from either side of the Atlantic - a joy for someone with such a passion for comedy coupled with an unrivalled knowledge of showbiz history.
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2023-07-151h 10Behind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds‘AMERICAN IDOL’, ‘WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE’ – MEGA TV DESIGNER ANDY WALMSLEY’S CAREER AT THE TOPThis time on Behind the Scenes we’re back to United States to chat with Andy Walmsley, the busiest and most successful designer in the history of theatre and television. He’s designed more Las Vegas spectaculars than anyone else and was the youngest scenic designer ever to work in the West End, on Broadway and in television. His name, along with his company A1 Sets, has been seen on TV credits the world-over winning design awards for comedy, variety, music and chat shows, not forgetting the biggest blockbusters on television, “Who Wants To be A Millionaire”, “American Idol” and “America...
2023-05-201h 30Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTHE CHALLENGES & TRIUMPHS OF A BBC TV CHANNEL CONTROLLER – MULTI BAFTA WINNING KAY BENBOWThis time on Behind the Scenes we are in the company of a former BBC Television Channel Controller. Between 2010 and 2017 Kay Benbow was the top flight commissioning exec at the heart and helm of the pre-school children’s network CBeebies. In those seven years she navigated the channel through dramatic shake-ups within the BBC, changes in viewer habits and into the new highly competitive, digital age, resulting CBeebies winning 5 BAFTA Awards for Channel of the Year.
Kay chats about setting up the CBeebies Arts portfolio which introduced the under 6 age group to the joys of ballet, classical mu...
2023-05-131h 07Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFEATURE LENGTH L.A. SPECIAL - INTERNATIONAL TV MEGA PRODUCER JEFF THACKER!In this gala edition of Behind the Scenes we chat with one of the most successful ever television entertainment Producers, on both sides of the Atlantic. In the U.K, as ITV’s Head of Music Programming, he oversaw international television spectaculars starring most of the biggest global star names including Sir Elton John, Luciano Pavarotti and Cher, while Executive Producing highly rated music special editions of An Audience With… as well as many a Royal Variety Performance. Since moving to the U.S. 20 years ago, he’s become one of the busiest Executive Producers on network television’s blockbus...
2023-04-292h 03Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsBACK BY POPULAR DEMAND – A TV LEGEND!Keith Lascelles returns to captivate us with further fascinating Behind the Scenes revelations, stories and recollections from his 40-year career as one of the most experienced and best-loved Floor Managers and Production Managers in British Television. Royal Variety Performances, Diana Ross, Liberace and more memories of Keith’s life and times in the personal company of TV icon and pioneer Noele Gordon.
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2023-04-081h 09Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsPAUL O’GRADY MBE 1955-2023 – A SPECIAL TRIBUTEIn this 2-hour Special Edition, former ITV Controller of Entertainment Mark Wells, along with actress, comedy writer and performer Jayne Tunnicliffe share their personal Behind the Scenes memories of one of Britain’s greatest entertainers and biggest personalities – a true Man of the People and comic genius - Paul O’Grady.
Mark, the Executive Producer who oversaw Paul’s golden entertainment years at ITV and Jayne, a close friend from those early days of Lily Savage who worked extensively with the great man, recall their remarkable times on stage and screen with the nation’s best-loved and now, sadly...
2023-04-011h 46Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFROM TV GLAMOUR & GLITZ TO BRITAIN’S BRAINIEST QUIZ – the incredible career of Exec Producer Peter Gwyn.This time on Behind the Scenes our guest is one of British television’s most experienced Executive Producers who, for the last 3 decades, has overseen the nation’s best-loved and longest-running intellectual quiz programme University Challenge along with, more recently, Channel 4’s perennially popular word challenge hit, Countdown. Peter began his career on glitzy light entertainment at the BBC and Granada starring Cilla Black, Lily Savage and Bob Monkhouse. Along the way he was also involved in putting together Coronation Street Anniversary Specials and that spectacular singing talent series Stars In Their Eyes. Peter’s fascinating, laid back and dryly hi...
2023-03-2557 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsSTAND UP COMEDY DIRECTOR– Paul Wheeler - his career filled with laughter and musicFor decades Paul’s been at the helm of the U.K.’s sharpest, long-running comedy shows “Live at the Apollo” and “Have I Got News For You?”. And if you look at the credits at the end of giant specials with Lee Mack, Dara O'Briain, Jason Manford, John Bishop, Frank Skinner and Russell Brand – you’ll see this gentleman has worked with every major comic of the past 30 years. Prepare to be surprised and uplifted when you listen to the versatile, spiritual Paul Wheeler.
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2023-03-181h 09Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsSir Elton John, Rudolf Nureyev, Shirley MacLaine & his own on-screen portrayal in ITVX’s drama “Nolly” – the TV life of Keith LascellesThis time we go Behind the Scenes with a television Floor Manager turned Production Manager Keith Lascelles, who shares his recollections of a 40-year non-stop career at ATV, BBC and LWT working on innumerable Royal Variety Performances along with An Audience With…, Tiswas, Bullseye, Spitting Image and The Golden Shot. He also tells how his close friendship with soap superstar and national favorite Noele Gordon was so much more than we see in the new 3-part series ITVX drama “Nolly”.
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2023-03-111h 09Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsSPECIAL EDITION – fond memories of a British entertainment superstar Des O’Connor CBE, shared by his great friend and personal assistant Nick FoxIn mid-November of 2020 we lost one of the best-loved, most versatile and talented entertainers the U.K. has ever produced – Des O’Connor.
Des was one of the biggest names in British show business. With his variety and quiz series and ratings-topping chat shows, he was a permanent face on British television screens for more than 50 years. As a solo artiste, Des gave more than a thousand performances at The London Palladium. As a singer, he released 36 albums and scored 2 number-one hits.
His final long-running hit entertainment series “Today with Des & Mel” redefined lunchtime TV. He even...
2022-11-261h 28Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsMemories of Max Bygraves, Larry Grayson and Bernard Manning – the remarkable career of singer Gilly HamiltonThis time we go Behind the Scenes with the fearless, highly talented singer Gilly Hamilton, whose career spanned 3 decades and encompassed the halcyon days of show business and variety. As a key member of the pop-music close-harmony trio The Kaye Sisters she appeared alongside most of the major entertainment stars of the 1970s through to the 1990s. Supporting Max Bygraves, the Kayes appeared in the 1978 Royal Variety, shared a long-running residency in London’s West End and performed regularly on many of Max’s top-rated television series
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2022-10-0858 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsBBC, IMG and everything from football to Formula 1 – the unstoppable career of international Sports TV Executive Charles BalchinTaking us Behind the Scenes this time is one of the most experienced, versatile and senior international sports executives in television. For the past 13 years he has held various senior roles at IMG Productions the globe’s leading sports and events company and he now is their advisor on special projects.
Beginning his career at the BBC, he rose to the role of Senior Producer on Grandstand, Sportsnight and Match of the Day, while also covering every major sporting occasion including Grand Nationals, football, athletics and rugby World Cups, along with Commonwealth and Olympic Games.
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2022-09-101h 01Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsAlmost everything from Strictly Come Dancing to The Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral – the amazing TV career of Script Supervisor Annie McDougallThis time on Behind the Scenes we meet one of the most experienced and versatile Script Supervisors in British television, the legendary Annie McDougall. In a non-stop career at the top that has spanned more than 40 years, she has worked on quiz, entertainment, variety, game and air shows, not to mention TVam. But I just have. Nowadays, Annie’s the go-to Script Supervisor for any major live show, Royal event or State occasion. She’s just finished working on the Commonwealth Games and right now she’s gearing up for her 12 series of the biggest, most glamorous show on Britis...
2022-08-2758 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Live Aid to Noel’s House Party & The Generation Game to Mock the Week – the 40-year career of TV Vision Mixer Kathryn RandallOur guest this time is Kathryn Randall (latterly Edmonds) who, for the past 40 years, was one of television’s busiest Vision Mixers, specialising in the U.K.’s most popular music and light entertainment shows. At the BBC she was trained to cover all manner of genres: sport, news programmes, drama, sitcoms and children’s output along with national occasions and world-wide events including the funeral of Princess Diana. For the past 10 years she has also been training the next generation of Vision Mixers at the internationally renowned NFTS The National Film and Television School.
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Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsLeslie Bricusse, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Brian May – just a few of the music legends associated with Maestro Mike DixonOur Behind the Scenes guest this time is a composer, pianist and music director who has enjoyed a 40 year award winning career working with the most famous performers and conducting some of the biggest orchestras in the world.
Mike Dixon has helped launch many of the great modern productions in the West End and on Broadway. He is the go-to-guy for Dame Shirley Bassey, Lionel Richie, Sir Tom Jones, in fact it’s probably quicker to list those who don't have him on speed dial. He’s also worked with a raft of high-profile comic names including Brad...
2022-06-2555 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsPresidents Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandella along with every sports hero in the last 50 years – the radio career of Garry RichardsonThis time we go Behind the Scenes with one of the great voices of BBC radio - an award-winning sports journalist, who The Spectator magazine described as ‘one of the best broadcasters in the country - The Poet Laurate of Sport’. Garry’s remarkable career has spanned half a century, making him the longest serving member on Radio 4’s flagship “Today Programme”. In that time he’s reported on 5 Olympics, interviewed all the famous of international sport, including George Best, Denis Law, Tommy Docherty and Muhammed Ali. A great aficionado of comedy, Garry never misses the chance to slip in a quick qui...
2022-06-111h 21Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Jeremy Clarkson and Stephen Mulhern to Warwick Davis and RuPaul – the spectacular career of TV Executive Adeel AminiThis time we go Behind the Scenes with Adeel Amini who, back in 2015, was named as one of Broadcast magazine’s Under-30 Hotshots. Now, 7 years on, he’s a Senior Studio Entertainment Producer who’s overseen all manner of highly popular ratings winners including the revamped series of “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire”, “Catchphrase”, “Celebrity Squares”, “Blind Date” and more recently the hit quiz “Lingo”. He’s also worked on sharp, live comedy series including “The Last Leg” and “The Nightly Show”. Out of the studio he is the founder of the TV-industry working group ‘Coalition For Change’, he also sits on the board of BAFTA and 4...
2022-05-2957 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Chris Evans via Harry Hill and Sir Bruce Forsyth to Paul Sinha - the star-studded, multi-skilled career of TV Producer Grant PhilpottGrant Philpott is a British television comedy and light entertainment producer whose very first job was writing Q-cards for Bob Monkhouse on “The Big Breakfast”. 25 years later his career came full circle when he was one of the Edit Producers on “Bob Monkhouse: The Million Joke Man”, the UKtv documentary series which celebrated Bob’s life and career. He’s interviewed Sir Bruce Forsyth and Terry Gilliam, worked on series such as “Tarrant on TV”, “TV Nightmares” and “Harry Hill’s TV Burp”, and produced shows starring Seann Walsh, David Walliams and Griff Rhys Jones.
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2022-05-2157 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom comedy’s Paul Whitehouse, Kelsey Grammer & Red Dwarf to Queen’s Brian May – the TV life of top executive Simon Lupton.This time we chat with the magnificent Simon Lupton, one of the most experienced comedy producers currently working in television. In an award-winning 25-year career Simon’s headed up series starring Paul Whitehouse & Harry Enfield, Matt Horne and James Corden, along with British sitcoms ‘My Family’ and ‘Red Dwarf’. Plus he’s worked with Hollywood legends Rutger Hauer and Kelsey Grammer; commissioned the 3-part UKtv documentary series Bob Monkhouse: the Million Joke Man – and for any international television production concerning the rock group Queen, Simon Lupton is the band’s go-to guy.
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2022-05-071h 06Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Chris Tarrant, via Ainsley Harriot and Noel Edmonds, to Michael Parkinson – the career of TV warm up star & comedian Ray TurnerThis time on Behind the Scenes we power on through a few technical difficulties to chat with Ray Turner, a comic who has been entertaining audiences for thirty-five years. He cut his comedy teeth working clubs and theatres before establishing himself as one of the principal and most versatile studio warm up artists working in light entertainment television; ranked alongside legends Bill Martin, Jeff Stephenson, Ted Robbins and the great Bobby Bragg. For years he was an integral member of the teams that made landmark series such as “Noel’s House Party”, “Today with Des and Mel” and the entire run...
2022-04-2357 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTerry Wogan, Ken Bruce, Chris Evans, Dolly Parton – former BBC Radio 2 travel reporter Lynn Bowles on working with the greatsBBC Radio 2 listener favourite and former travel news reporter Lynn Bowles recalls her 18 laughter-filled years working on the radio ratings blockbuster Breakfast Show with the much-missed great man himself Sir Terry Wogan, then with that iconic whirlwind of the wireless Chris Evans. Not forgetting, how could we, her joyous banter with the reigning King of the Airwaves – the magnificent Mr Ken Bruce. Since leaving R2, Lynn continues to host her own Sunday 3pm-5pm music and chat show on BBC Radio Wales, regularly attracting star name guests and record audiences. Lynn tells how she broke into radio, shares her fon...
2022-04-021h 02Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Nicholas Roeg to Martin Clunes: the incredible career of ad guru turned top British TV sitcom writer, Paul Mendelson.How does a lawyer turned top advertising executive become one of the most successful television writers on TV creating award nominated comedy series and dramas. This week’s Behind the Scenes guest has done just that. In addition to creating the long-running BBC tv series “May to December” and “My Hero”, plus the American animated comedy “Neigbours From Hell”, he also penned the critically acclaimed “Losing It”. Now he’s a best-selling comic novelist with Hollywood producers knocking at his door. Meet the unstoppable Paul Mendelson.
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2022-03-261h 10Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsJohn Wayne, Pavarotti and Muhammed Ali – just some of the legends directed by Royston MayohIt’s part 2 of our Behind the Scenes chat with the true National Treasure of British television light entertainment, Royston Mayoh! His pioneering non-stop career has spanned six decades heading up the most popular high-profile L.E shows on our screens. Not forgetting his new career in front of the cameras starring in the hit ITV ratings winner “Off Their Rockers”. Roy’s remarkable life story and his memories as a Producer/Director are nothing less than a first hand, eye witness account of the history of British television.
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2022-03-191h 07Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTommy Cooper, Kenny Everett, Hughie Green, Michael Barrymore & so many more – the incredible career of Royston MayohIn the first of a 2-part chat we go Behind the Scenes with the most experienced and pioneering professionals still working in British
television. This gentleman started in TV in 1957 sweeping the studio floor. In a 60- year career he went on to become a multi-camera director and producer of comedy and quiz shows, magic specials, lifestyle and awards programs, and TV commercials. And now he’s a professional actor! Meet the Godfather of British Light Entertainment television – Royston Mayoh.
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2022-03-121h 13Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsBarry Cryer OBE 1935-2022This week we go Behind the Scenes with scriptwriter Brian Leveson, author-broadcaster Louis Barfe and comedy Consultant Alan Nixon, who reflect on the incredible career of Barry Cryer and share their fond, personal memories of the great man who recently died, leaving an unparalleled legacy of entertainment as a performer, writer and raconteur, and a vast unfillable void in British showbusiness. Let’s raise a collective glass and say “Thank you for the laughter, Barry!”
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2022-02-121h 09Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsRod Stewart, Elton John & Tom Jones – some of the superstars who’ve worked with International TV Exec Producer/Director Jonathan GlazierThis time we go Behind the Scenes with Producer, Director, Former BBC Departmental Head, Format Creator, Consultant and international TV Executive Jonathan Glazier. From his first television job in the Sound Department at ATV Elstree to more recently overseeing multi-million dollar productions in the Middle East, Asia and New Zealand, Jonathan recalls his unstoppably versatile 40-year career. To mention Stars In Their Eyes and You’ve Been Framed at Granada, via Gladiators and An Audience with… at LWT, plus the BBC’s The Generation Game, The Weakest Link and The Chair with John McEnroe is to merely scratch the surfac...
2022-02-051h 16Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFreddie Starr, Des O'Connor tonight, John Sullivan & horror films – the scriptwriting success story of Alan Wightman.This time we go Behind The Scenes with incredibly prolific and hugely versatile scriptwriter Alan Wightman, who chats about his long and non-stop career in movies and light entertainment. Alan shares memories of his friend John Sullivan (Only Fools & Horses), his time penning gags for top turns Jimmy Tarbuck, Jeff Stevenson and Des O’Connor, plus landing the job of producing the highest rating LE show on BBC Television Wales. Then there’s the matter of ghost-writing Freddie Starr’s autobiography! Alan also gives an eyewitness account of standing in the wings of Her Majesty’s Theatre on the night To...
2022-01-291h 16Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsRitchie Blackmore, Bad Manners, Judge Dread – Another Rock’n’roller Coaster Ride With Garry BushellIt’s the third in our trilogy of our scandalous glimpses Behind the Scenes of the music industry and Fleet Street with author, TV critic, punk band front man and show business journalist Garry Bushell. On the music front Garry shares wild stories of guitar legend Ritchie Blackmore, Judge Dread and Bad Manners. He also talks about landing in trouble by TV Exec Nigel Lythgoe and surviving a close call with Lenny McLean and Roy Shaw. Oh. And how do you get banned from every Butlins holiday camp for life? I let Garry explain…
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2022-01-2256 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsDes O’connor, Ant & Dec, Tony Robinson, Denis Norden and The Globe-Trotting TV life of Sean KnealeThis time Behind the Scenes goes international, chatting with top TV executive Sean Kneale in Sydney, Australia. Former LWT Producer Sean reflects on his years working in the UK with most of Britain’s high-profile performers before travelling the world to oversee the production of the biggest television franchises on the planet. The Masked Singer. The X Factor. And Mongolia’s Got Talent? You bet it has!
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2022-01-2257 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsOnly Fools & Horses, Gladiators, Michael Mcintyre and The Goes Wrong Show – The Incredible Career of TV Exec Adrian PeggProduction Manager of most of the top Entertainment ratings-winners over the last 40 years, Adrian Pegg looks back on his role on the early series of BBC sitcom mega hit Only Fools & Horses and how he helped set up ITV’s hugely successful arena spectacular, Gladiators. Adrian also talks about Noel’s House Party, working with Michael McIntyre and his recent move to Producing the award-winning comedy The Goes Wrong Show. Not forgetting his selfless work encouraging and advising young people starting their careers in television.
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2022-01-151h 06Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsStarting 2022 in style with TV clip Show King - TV executive Simon WithingtonAward-winning Showbiz Simon chats about his glamorous 30 year career starting as a TV Production Graduate in Manchester and his appearances on screen, to heading up an entire channel, earning Producer credits on the last 2 Royal weddings and as the driving force casting and compiling some of the popular clip shows on British television. Simon also talks about producing comedy icon Griff Rhys Jones, meeting queen of the silver screen Nanette Newman and learning from the master of “It’ll Be Alright On The Night”, the legendary Denis Norden. Oh, and his vast wardrobe of glitzy jackets might get a mentio...
2022-01-011h 05Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsLooking back at Behind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds 2021We’re finishing 2021 on a high, reflecting on some of the fascinating guests who’ve graced the microphone on our Behind The Scenes podcast over the past year - and a look forward to what’s coming up. A massive thank you to all the masterful talents who shared with their amazing, never before heard memories of working in TV, radio and on stage – and to you for your incredible support!
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2021-12-3123 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsPamela Anderson, Cilla Black, stars of Neighbours – the hilarious, glamorous Panto legend Pete PriceIn this special Christmas cracker we’re chatting about, and celebrating, that Great British theatrical tradition – Pantomime – in the company of a Master of the Craft and the King of the Dames, Pete Price. Comedian, actor, columnist, multi-award-winning radio and television personality and Liverpool’s finest ambassador, Pete shares his often outrageous and frequently raucous Behind the Scenes recollections of 30 years of panto. Oh-yes-he-does. Dammit! There. I said it…
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2021-12-1852 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTV Producer-Director and actor Paul Giddings on working with comedy greats Seth MacFarlane, Larry Grayson, Les Dawson and Bob MonkhouseInternational Producer-Director Paul Giddings tells how his television training in the BBC’s Children’s Department led to a career making shows celebrating Family Guy, Star Wars, Les Dawson and Bob Monkhouse, what it was like treading in the footsteps of Larry Grayson and starting a second career as an actor on stage and screen.
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2021-12-111h 04Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsTop TV prompt operator Penny Swiergon on big British shows such as Strictly Come Dancing and The Weakest Link, and the biggest names including Peter Kay, Jamie Oliver and Anne RobinsonFrom the depths of the Oxfordshire countryside, during a rare break in her relentless schedule, high profile Portaprompt operator, the magnificent Penny Swiergon, chats about her role Behind the Scenes on British Saturday night television’s entertainment ratings giant Strictly Come Dancing, and shares the joy of what it’s really like to be relied upon by TV legends, including Sir Bruce Forsyth and Donny Osmond. Penny also talks about Comic Relief, Children in Need, the BAFTAs and the perils of standing outdoors in a farmyard prompting Gordon Ramsay.
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2021-11-2755 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Bob Monkhouse, John Cleese and Sir Roger Moore to appearing on Top Gear – the incredible career of radio host and master interviewer John FosterTaking us Behind the Scenes this week is former BBC Tees and BBC Radio 5 Live broadcaster John Foster. With his trademark easy eloquence and illustrated with historic clips, John shares stories of his fascinating and remarkable lifetime behind the microphone: from a tenacious teenage presenter landing an interview with Bob Monkhouse, to scooping one of the last major radio appearances made by Sir Roger Moore. With almost every major British and Hollywood performer having guested on his daily shows, and appearing worldwide on Top Gear, John also tells what it was really like at the centre of major and...
2021-11-201h 04Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom operating cameras to directing them – top LE executive Mick Thomas on working with Cilla, Ant & Dec, Jonathan Ross, Bradley Walsh and Barbra Streisand.Taking us Behind the Scenes this week is one of British television’s busiest and most experienced entertainment directors. Mick Thomas charts his incredible TV career from Ravensbourne College and LWT to directing the RVP, Comic Relief and the most successful quiz shows currently on our screens. Oh. And Mick also ‘reveals’ what happened to him at the opening of EuroDisney.
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2021-11-121h 08Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsGraham Norton, Ant & Dec, Cilla Black and Radio Caroline – the amazing world of top TV Sound Supervisor Rob AshardIn this week’s Behind the Scenes, audio wizard Rob Ashard chats about master mixing the sound desk on The Graham Norton Show, The Last Leg, Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway and the hundreds of other programmes with which he has been associated over the last 30 plus years. We reminisce about LWT’s Blind Date, Gladiators, Live from Her Majesty’s, The Brian Conley Show and ‘saving the day on Saturday Night Live’. Not his words, but director Ian Hamilton’s. We also learn how Rob spends his spare time behind the mic at the Santa Pod Raceway and spinning t...
2021-11-061h 09Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsWorking with the great figures of history, plus Sir David Jason and Sir Ridley Scott - the remarkable career of documentary film-maker, John Naylor.In this week’s episode, multi-talented and innately modest John Naylor, opens up about his incredible 20-year television career behind the scenes as a history documentary film-maker for Discovery, Yesterday and the History Channel. A cameraman, director, fight and stunt co-ordinator, armourer and weapons adviser, additionally, John’s a consultant, specialising in Egyptian, Greek and Roman warfare. He’s worked on Time Team, Scrapheap Challenge and Timewatch. Also a master prop maker, we hear how, with his son Sam, John once built an entire Tardis console from scratch in less than 3 days - and recently designed and opened a brand...
2021-10-2359 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsPuppets to the Palladium, Cilla to I’m A Celebrity, Michael Parkinson to Miss World – the award-winning career of entertainment Producer-Director Ian HamiltonThis week British Academy Award-winning television executive Ian Hamilton chats about his early fascination with show business which took him from watching Sunday Night At The London Palladium as a youngster, to producing and directing Live From The Palladium, 30 years later. We also hear what it was like working with Michael Parkinson, Cilla Black, Paul Daniels - and directing News at Ten in his spare time. Also, what was it really like in the Australian jungle during that first pioneering series of I’m A Celebrity – Get Me Out of Here!?
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2021-10-161h 13Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Universal & Hammer film horrors to Neil Gaiman & Stephen King - crowd-pleasing entertainer Joe Pasquale returns to talk about his writing, paintings & passion for all things fantasy & horrorMaking a welcome return to Behind the Scenes, Joe discusses how a shocking childhood accident gave him the determination to conquer his fears, led to a life-long love of horror films and literature, testing his expertise on BBC TV’s Mastermind, and inspired his new careers as an artist, painter and best-selling author of chilling and macabre short stories
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2021-09-111h 11Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Larry Grayson and Danny La Rue to Sir Terry Wogan and other Royalty – BBC TV Producer/Director Kevin Bishop’s stellar careerIn this week’s episode, one of British light entertainment television’s most successful and prolific ratings winners, Producer/Director Kevin Bishop, chats about heading up Eurovisions, Royal Variety Performances, and his many other incredible achievements during a 35-year career working with the great and the good (and occasionally me) at the BBC.
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2021-09-0457 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsLiverpool legend Pete Price fondly remembers Cilla Black, Tommy Cooper, Spike Milligan and Bob MonkhouseThis week one of Merseyside's finest ambassadors, hilarious raconteur and comedian Pete Price, chats about his love for Liverpool and show business, the Cavern Club, The Shakespeare Cabaret Theatre and New Faces, along with his friendship with some of the biggest stars in entertainment. Not forgetting those triumphant and sometimes traumatic years hosting his iconic, award-winning, late-night internationally acclaimed radio talk show.
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2021-08-211h 20Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsScandals, scoops, sackings and secrets of the media – Garry Bushell’s back to dish the dirt.In this week’s episode, the writer of the longest running newspaper column in Fleet Street, TV critic and entertainment/music editor, the unstoppable Garry Bushell returns, this time taking us behind the scenes of his journalism and broadcasting careers, his relentless work schedule and tells why, after 35 years of Bushell on the Box, it might be time to move on.
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2021-08-141h 04Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsSir Ken Dodd, Chris Tarrant and It’s A Royal Knockout – the variety-filled career of comedy writer, producer and biographer , Tony Nicholson.In this week’s episode, Tony Nicholson takes us Behind the Scenes of his 40 year show business career, writing, researching and producing some of the most entertaining shows on TV, and penning the best-selling biographies of comedy icons Larry Grayson and Sir Ken Dodd.
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2021-08-071h 07Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsAlways a crowd-pleaser – from working with Barry Manilow, Jimmy Tarbuck and Freddie Starr, the life of stand-up comedian Jeff Stevenson.This week on the podcast, Colin chats with one of entertainment’s hardest-working, most experienced stand-up comics, Jeff Stevenson, who takes us Behind The Scenes talking about his incredible career in comedy; his early TV success, changing with the times and how a return to acting (45 years after his screen debut in ‘Bugsy Malone’) has recently won him international film awards and serious critical acclaim.
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2021-07-311h 01Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsBehind the Scenes – episode 25! Who’d have thought..?In this milestone episode, Mark Edmonds returns to prompt Colin to share more recollections of Bob Monkhouse, reflect on the BTS stories so far and remember the fun times with the great Tom O’Connor.
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2021-07-2446 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsEarly starts with Sir Terry Wogan and Ken Bruce, plus the good and not so good times at the BBC - 40 years behind the mic with Charles Nove.In this week’s episode, Scala Radio’s brilliant breakfast show host and former BBC Radio 2 broadcasting stalwart Charles Nove takes us Behind The Scenes on Wake Up To Wogan, The National Lottery Live, the famous tongue-twisting Radio 4 Shipping Forecast and a whole lot more.
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2021-07-181h 19Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsDr Jonathan Miller and David Croft - the legends who mentored the TV career of Charles GarlandThis week on the podcast, Colin chats with former ballet dancer and award-winning restaurateur turned television director/ producer Charles Garland, discussing the magician Paul Daniels, TV game shows, “Oh, Dr. Beeching!”, editing “Dad’s Army” and why he left the BBC to became a novelist.
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2021-07-111h 01Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsMark Wells: Part 2 – The Prince’s Trust, The Royal Variety Performance plus stand-up comedy Monarchy: Bob Monkhouse, Les Dawson and Joan RiversIn this week’s episode, former L.E. Controller at I.T.V. Mark Wells picks up from where we left off: working with Princes Charles, Harry and William, getting a ‘put down’ from Prince Philip, and moving on to definitive documentaries featuring many of the best-loved stars in British comedy.
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2021-07-021h 22Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsCue the music – West End conductor and M.D. Mike Dixon on working with Dame Shirley Bassey, Queen’s Brian May, plus Lord Lloyd Webber and Ronnie WoodThis week on the podcast, Colin’s on the dais with the Maestro, top Musical Director Mike Dixon, talking about “We Will Rock You” and “Aspects of Love”, playing Glastonbury, and rubbing shoulders with Patrick Stewart, Leslie Bricusse and Dame Julie Andrews.
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2021-06-251h 05Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsLife at the top in Light Entertainment – Mark Wells on The Brits, Bob Monkhouse and much else besides.In this week’s episode, former Controller of Entertainment at Carlton and ITV Mark Wells takes us on a Behind the Scenes tour of his remarkable 30-year television career. From his first role a researcher on Gloria Hunniford’s LWT series Sunday Sunday, to heading up the biggest entertainment department in TV, and prompting memories of the brilliant Paul O'Grady, Michael Parkinson, Des O’Connor, Jeremy Beadle, Cilla Black, The National Lottery and Top of the Pops.
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2021-06-181h 08Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsCreating comedy from situations – a conversation with award winning sitcom writer Brian LevesonThis week on the podcast, Colin chats with multi award-winning situation comedy creator Brian Leveson – for thirty years one of the leading laughter makers Behind the Scenes on British television.
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2021-06-121h 05Behind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds40 years in showbusiness - it’s the return of TV producer and entertainer Roger Edwards.In this week’s episode, Colin welcomes back Roger Edwards, with more hilarious anecdotes about his life and times, the showbiz characters he encountered - and how his work for charity took him to Her Majesty The Queen’s Buckingham Palace garden party.
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2021-06-041h 31Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Paul O' Grady & Peter Kay to Coronation Street & so much more – the very epitome of versatility Jayne Tunnicliffe.This week on the podcast, Colin chats with entertainer, stand-up comedian, poet, musician, painter, artist, designer, handicraft expert, actress – actually, it’s quicker just to say “the sassy, smart and super-talented Jayne Tunnicliffe”.
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2021-05-221h 27Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsSurviving Ozzy Osbourne & serenaded by Ronnie Kray – the extraordinary life of Garry BushellIn this week’s episode novelist, music historian and journalist Garry chats about his death-defying tours with Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden and The Specials along with his love of Ska, Reggae and Punk; his friendship with Dale Winton and his encounters with Ronnie Kray. And that’s not even the half of it!
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2021-05-151h 10Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsThe famous voice of Strictly Come Dancing and The National Lottery - a chat with Alan DedicoatThis week on the podcast I talk about Sir Tel, the wireless and reading the news with the famous voice of Strictly Come Dancing "The Judges have their scores!" and the National Lottery "Let's release those Big Money Balls!" - the vocal legend Alan Dedicoat.
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2021-05-081h 12Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsA Special Agent With A Royal ConnectionIn this week’s episode, Colin talks about the Mob’s Las Vegas, TV’s Royal Variety Performance and the man involved with both, his friend and agent of 35 years, Peter Prichard O.B.E.
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2021-05-0151 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsInternational producer and game show guru - tales from TV around the worldThis week Colin chats with jet-setting TV producer and game show guru Howard Huntridge, talking about his career overseeing the best gameshows in the world, and making stars of Dale Winton and Paul Daniels.
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2021-04-241h 03Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsA Legacy of Laughter – Talking Comedy With Rising Comic Talent Matt BraggThis week Colin chats with one of the brightest, new young performers on the stand-up circuit, Matt Bragg, and remembers the incredible career of his late Dad: much-loved comedian, entertainer and, behind the scenes, the doyen of TV warm-up artists Bobby Bragg.
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2021-04-171h 11Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom The Comedians in the 1970s to Britain’s Got Talent in 2020John Orchard is a pianist, composer and show business historian. In this week’s episode, he shares his remarkable experiences behind the scenes and on the screen via the stage of the London Palladium. Last year he earned 4 big green ticks from the judges on Britain’s Got Talent…
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2021-04-1058 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsGladiators versus Ice Warriors - from the hottest hit to a frozen waste.In this week’s episode Colin talks about rising to TV’s Ultimate Challenge – but skates over a desperate flop.
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2021-04-0347 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsAn Interview with Les Dennis – the triumphs and trials of a lifetime on TVIn this week’s episode, Colin enjoys an in-depth, insightful and inspiring conversation with one of Britain’s most enduring and endearing entertainers – Les Dennis. We go behind the scenes of his long career path from New Faces, via sketch comedy and Family Fortunes, to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
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2021-03-271h 15Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsCentral TV – Fortunes made and a Bullseye hit, as witnessed by Roger EdwardsIn this week’s episode, Colin chats with one of entertainment’s most experienced and creative behind the scenes brains, Roger Edwards, who reveals what it was really like to work on Central TV’s cult hit favourites Family Fortunes and Bullseye.
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2021-03-1348 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsDes O'Connor - A Singing, Smiling, Shining StarIn this week's episode, Colin shares his fond memories of working closely with British entertainer and television icon, the late Des O'Connor CBE.
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2021-03-0649 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsAn Interview with Joe Pasquale – The Voice Behind The LaughterIn this week’s episode, Colin conducts a revealing, in-depth conversation with one of British entertainment’s most enduring and popular personalities: comedian, actor, artist, author - and a whole lot more. The fascinating Joe Pasquale.
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2021-02-271h 00Behind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsSir Terry Wogan - the Titan of BroadcastingIn this week’s episode, Colin remembers his many happy times working with the British’s best-loved radio and TV personality – that broadcasting legend, Sir Terry Wogan.
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2021-02-2047 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsLadies Night - the Great and the Glam of British TelevisionIn this week's episode, Colin talks about his time working with some of the nation's most high profile female performers and presenters. From Cilla Black to Davina McCall, via Ulrika Jonsson and Gloria Hunniford: who he got on with - and who he didn't.
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2021-02-1337 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsPaul Daniels - More than just MagicIn this week's episode, Colin talks about his life and times in the company of the great British entertainer, game show host, master magician and winner of the Golden Rose of Montreux - Paul Daniels.
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2021-02-0637 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsBob Monkhouse - A Life in ComedyIn this week's episode, Colin talks about his long working association - and friendship - with British TV and comedy legend Bob Monkhouse OBE.
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2021-01-3047 minBehind the Scenes with Colin EdmondsFrom Paddington to the PalladiumHow does a working-class boy from Paddington with no show business connections manage to become one of the UK's busiest and most successful television comedy writers?
Colin chats about his career working with Sir Terry Wogan, Paul Daniels, Jimmy Tarbuck, Des O'Connor, Paul O'Grady and, of course, Bob Monkhouse.
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2021-01-2332 min
Beyond The Title24 - Colin Edmonds - In ConversationIn conversation with celebrated Comedy Writer and Novelist, Colin Edmonds who has worked with the cream of British Entertainment in a long and distinguished career including Bob Monkhouse, Les Dawson and Terry Wogan.
To find out more information about this and my other interviews, please go to my website:
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2017-12-1200 min
John Hannam Meets - Isle of Wight RadioJohn Hannam Meets Colin Edmonds, Mike Dixon and Dick FiddyJune 10 John talks to top scriptwriter COLIN EDMONDS, West End and TV musical director MIKE DIXON and TV expert DICK FIDDY, from the BFI. They are all helping a young cerebral palsy sufferer, JOSH BARRY, present a documentary called Follow The Money, the story of the light entertainment agents. #MrsHendersonPresents #BFI #JoshBarry #westend #musical
2016-06-1057 min
Notebook on Cities and CulturePodcasting philosophically: Philosophy Bites' David EdmondsColin Marshall talks to David Edmonds, co-host with Nigel Warburton of the popular philosophy podcast Philosophy Bites. Edmonds and Warburton have also collaborated on a new book, Philosophy Bites: 25 Philosophers on 25 Intriguing Subjects. The text features conversations from the podcast, including Peter Singer on animal rights, Alain de Botton on architecture, Adrian Moore on infinity, and Barry Smith on wine.
2011-01-2300 min