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The Gerry Anderson PodcastPod 320: Stand By For Action Behind The Scenes | Space 1999Standby for action! No, really! This week's podcast features the first of a two part look behind the scenes of the hugely successful concert in Birmingham!Richard takes a look at a classic Anderson collection (including the controversial blue Thunderbird 2), has a peak behind the curtain at rehearsals for Deadly Concerto featuring Nicholas Briggs, Marc Silk, Jules De Jongh, Wayne Forester and Jon Culshaw, and chats to intrepid Anderfans before they hit the auditorium.Meanwhile, there's news of a new Thunderbirds cosplay and we share the first of this year's Marine Minutes featuring your favourite...2024-07-291h 07
Tales & Tea with Nanny BeaHunting for Eggs, an Easter StoryWhen Pete, Jude and Maggie set out to go fishing, they found what they'd hoped for and then so much more.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-03-2810 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Butterfly and the BeetleThe bold bright butterfly dreamt of soaring to the stars, but that would never be possible about the quiet little beetle.Support the show2022-03-2106 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Birds, the Bees, the Bugs and the FleasFor years the creatures of this planet have been concerned about climate change. But now they're doing something about it.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-03-1409 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaMolly Left Her Dolly on the Trolley, CarMolly was enjoying an outing in the city, San Francisco to be exact, where trolley cars are trugged up and roll down the lumpy, bumpy streets. Her mother had told her that very morning, ‘Don’t take your dolly, you might just leave her on the trolley, car. ‘ But Molly always took her doll, everywhere and up until today had never left her behind.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-03-0712 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Tale of Samuel WhiskersThe classic Roly-poly rat tale from Miss Potter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-02-2819 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Selfish GiantWhen the big man had such a little heart his garden was Winter all year round. But one day, one boy changed all that.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-02-2112 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaLlama, Llama, DingoWhen Hector the Peruvian llama ends up in a field of Welsh lamb, he thinks his dreams of being a singer are shattered but it's surprising what you can find even on a hilltop in Wales.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-02-1411 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaWhere's Bob the Cat?Nate and Claus the mouse loved their house with the lazy dog ironically named Sparky and their ever missing cat named Bob. But it turns out Bob had his eye on them the whole time.Support the show2022-02-0711 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaDuck Out of WaterEdwin lived in a cast iron bath in the city of Bath it just so happens. Good thing Edwin was a duck. Edwin had a charmed life of bobbing in bubbles until one day he didn’t.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-01-3112 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Most Curious MothOscar is more curious than the other moth boys, he wants to live like the butterflies do.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-01-2407 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaWalk a Mile in their ShoesChloe had Mary Janes and Chukka Boots, some winkle-pickers and plimsolls too. But that wasn’t nearly enough, she also had; hunter green wellington boots, wooden clogs and elevator shoes, kitten heels, peeped toes, penny loafers and some names nobody knows. And let’s not forget her flip flops, duckbills, driving moccasins and espadrilles.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-01-1809 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaDaniel and the Disappearing SpanielSome days are grey days not just on the outside but on the in, deep down to your very core. Well this was the case for Daniel but that was about to change.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2022-01-1010 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaShine on You Crazy Glow WormThere was a glow worm who'd squirm like a worm, she’d wiggle and she’d turn but no matter what she did, no matter what you called her, she would never and could never be an actual worm. Support the show2022-01-0312 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Nativity StorySome stories are worth telling again...Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-12-1914 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaFrederick the Most Fickle of PicklesAlthough he came out a fickle pickle, it wasn't until his babysitters spent some time with him. They identified is fickly pickles and conveniently from that point on were unavailable each time the family needed a sitter.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-12-1309 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaDave the Reluctant Cowboy's Last RodeoOn the first of December, The Reluctant Cowboy headed off into the sunset. We follow his trail after his early adventures and onto some more, always more for a man who came to known as The Legend.Support the show2021-12-0608 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaToys in the AtticWhen Charlotte and Oscar fell asleep in the attic, they were covered in cobwebs and dust, seemingly forgotten, forever.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-11-2910 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaPumpkin Patch PixieWhen the Pumpkin Patch Pixie goes missing, the prairie dogs go looking and find something they never expected.Support the show2021-11-2211 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaCody the Wandering CoyoteCody wandered to the big broad plains of Wyoming, homestead country, where every buffalo, bear or bison was claiming and carving out a home for himself. This was the Wild West, only not west so much, but definitely wild.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-11-1510 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaPolar Bear on Thin IceEveryone was going absobloominglutely nuts at the Chicago Zoo when big polar bears made little ones, Nuki and Suki. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-11-0810 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaMr Grimstone's GardenNo one wanted to go to Mr Grimstone's garden with its strange smells and odd goings on. A permanent waft of smoke chugged out of a rickety old shed like a massive beast was contained within but trying not to be. And then there were the bats, I can't forget the bats.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-11-0113 min
The Gerry Anderson PodcastPod 177: Jules de Jongh as Atlanta ShoreTHIS WEEK: Jules de Jongh discusses the underrated New Captain Scarlet, playing Harmony Angel, and overcoming obstacles in the production process. Moving to the present day, she talks about filling Lois Maxwell's shoes by voicing Atlanta in the new Stingray audio adventures Operation Icecap and (coming soon) Monster from the Deep! This episode is also packed with joyful and heartfelt tributes to the recently departed Denise Bryer. So, join us, won't you? For the Gerry Anderson Podcast!01:07 It's the Gerry Anderson Podcast!4:38 FAB Facts13:00 The Podsteron Facebook Group!17:20 The Gerry Anderson...2021-11-011h 32The Gerry Anderson PodcastTeaser: Pod 177 of the Gerry Anderson PodcastJules de Jongh talks about collaborating with Gerry Anderson, Jamie does a Mysteron impression, Chris Dale pays tribute to Denise Bryer, and Derek Meddings brings it home with a FAB Fact! All this and even more GUBBINS and GOODNESS in this week's Gerry Anderson Podcast!andr.sn/podcast2021-10-3100 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaBe More DogMany have heard of what experts call the Jurassic period but have you heard of what fewer experts, probably none at all, call the Dogonian period. In this Dogonian period, life was similar to how it is now, except dogs ruled the world and they didn’t have wi fi.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-10-2514 min
The Gerry Anderson PodcastPod 176: Jules de Jongh AKA Lieutenant GreenJules de Jongh joined the Anderson voice actor family in 2005 with New Captain Scarlet where she played Lieutenant Green! Recently, she's returned to the fold with her amazing Atlanta Shore voice in Stingray: Operation Icecap. In this episode of the Gerry Anderson Podcast, Jules relates some stories from her early years of training in California, her voice-over career from Star Wars: Battlefront to Thomas the Tank Engine, and a look behind the scenes of NCS! You won't want to miss this spectacular interview!01:07 It is the Gerry Anderson Podcast!3:50 FAB Facts happen here!10:20...2021-10-251h 26The Gerry Anderson PodcastTeaser: Pod 176 of the Gerry AndersonJules de Jongh talks voices! The Randomiser is under pressure and so is Randomiser-in-Chief Christopher Dale (neé Dalek)! Plus there's FAB Facts, feedback from our listeners, and some Gerry Anderson News! Subscribe and you will never miss an episode!andr.sn/podcast2021-10-2400 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaSpace Cat and the Falling StarWhen stars fall , they fall fast so catching one takes special skills, diligent dedication and a very long pole with a huge hooky bit on one end.Support the show2021-10-1816 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThere's a Mouse in the House of GodWhen Squidge decides to break away from the Mousetown Five and go solo, he finds being a one mouse band a lonely life, that was until the bells of St Bruno, Basil and Boris called out to him.Support the show2021-10-1116 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Sky is FallingIt is amazing where your imagination can take you. For Penny Hen it went from wondering to worrying in this almost familiar tale.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-10-0410 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Last Gnome StandingA little man can make a big impact and no one more so than Lampy. Nearly 200 years ago, when we used horses instead of cars and posted letters instead of memes, Lampy was minding his own business in the lush German countryside when a Lord came to town, not ‘the’ Lord but ‘a’ Lord, Sir Charles in fact.Support the show2021-09-2712 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaRibbert CroakermyerRibbert heard her swishing gown announcing her arrival, Princess Willamoana wore a ball gown and tiara everywhere she went, to make sure everyone knew she was a princess. 'Well what do we have here? A suitable suitor perhaps?’ she said as she reached towards Ribbert. Ribbert wiggled and slipped from her grip. Hoping his hopping would get him to safety. Support the show2021-09-2010 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Wolf That Didn't Cry BoyA hairy tale of the unexpected.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-09-1313 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Prodigal PenguinPax and Percival were born into the good life, with a good father. And not your ordinary father but an Emperor. They had ice cream sundaes each Sunday and frozen yogurt on Fridays. All they could want was theirs but that wasn't enough for Pax.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-09-0610 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaBruce the Moose Got Loose...Again!A wild story of an unexpected but most appreciated visitor.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-08-3011 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaVacuum Bag CityThe itsy bitsy spider was busy building her empire when, zhuuuush, she was sucked into a whole new world.Support the show2021-08-2309 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Creative Center Cats Kitty and Smokey know how to keep customers coming back for more; the orange stripped Pete the postal cat once he’s done with his rounds, Betty that wild tabby who’ll never be caught, then there’s the brown and gold stripey one, the all white but one ear one, the cat with three legs, the cat with more than nine lives. They come for the music, they stay for the vibe. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-08-1610 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaPiddle, Paddle and Tattle; Polliwog AdventuresThe life of a polliwog might seem rather dull, just floating around until your legs pop out, bobbing along until your arms come through, but life is what you make it and these three little polliwogs had adventures galore.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-08-0910 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Boy Who Got Stuck in the JarFreddy Fistolera with his early bird ticket and two weeks allowance, knew exactly where he was headed, the candy stall. They had buttertoes and sneakers, red veins and gob slobbers, every kind of candy you could dream of all on display in giant glass jars.Support the show2021-08-0213 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaCome Sail AwayGrandfather’s study was a place where one didn't touch a thing, not the globe dangling half cocked, not the stuffed Pigeon, the moose or the fox and most definitely not, decidedly not the smallest of ships adrift in a bottle to the left of the mantlepiece clock. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-07-2613 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaBumble JumboTrevor and Stan were a couple of ordinary fleas just looking for a break from the monotony of life, so when Trevor’s uncle offered them two free tickets to paradise, they jumped on it. Well Trevor jumped and Stan kind of staggered, he has an unearthly fear of flying. Support the show2021-07-1909 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Toilet Paper FairyThe Gunndersons seemed like a regular family. They fought over the best seat, cried over their split milk and laughed over any unexpected sounds or smells. It wasn’t until one day, on a Monday that Courtney, the youngest of the Gundunderson gang, realised her family was not what they seemed. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-07-1211 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaMariuccia and the MeatballsOn top of spaghetti all covered in cheese, there were three meatballs 'til somebody sneezed. Make meatballs with Nonna Mariuccia but watch out, they're slippery little suckers!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-07-0510 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaTime Keeps on Slipping into the FutureTime is supposed to slip into the future but not at such a speed. Can one man convince the world and can he do it in time?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-06-2815 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Plight of the Hairless ChihuahuaEdwin was a happy pup, the perfect Chihuahua, if your idea of perfect didn't include hair. An ugly duckling who finally found where he belonged.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-06-2110 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaUber Doober DooIt's Sam's dream to become a vet but he doesn't have the time to make his dream come true. Maybe with a little help from his friends?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-06-1416 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaDarcy the DragonslayerThere was something extraordinary about Darcy, something even Darcy didn't know.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-06-0712 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaMina and the MoonlightersFrom the land of figs and roses, comes an unsuspecting band of creatures.Support the show2021-05-3113 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaCowboy Chicken RanchAs you’d suspect this ranch has cows, it also has chickens but what it doesn’t have, it hasn’t had for a mighty long time.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-05-2410 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaButtercups and Daisy ChainsOne time when the gardener was feeling heady from midday sun, he cut the hedges into a waddle of Penguins looking for an iceberg to float away on, this was quickly cut down once Aunt Blanche caught site of them.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-05-1714 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaHow to Succeed in 6th Grade without Really TryingTiggy was so busy trying to find her 'thing'. She was in The Trampolene Troup, The Myth Buster Group, Mimes and Mimics, Clones and Physics, Eco Warriors, Territorials, The Spelling Bee, Tales (and you guessed it) Tea, just about every game, craft or club you could think of. Support the show2021-05-1010 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaA Rainbow ProductionJust as the curtain goes up, they realise Orange is missing. Will they find her in time? Will the show go on without her? Find the answer to these questions and more in this week's episode with Nanny Bea.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-05-0309 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaTalking TreesA story of Forest who’s in a forest, and is looking for some hope. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-04-2612 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Diary of a Dormouse DetectiveIn Moussissippi the Rat Pack rule, that is until the Mousecapades comes to town. Support the show2021-04-1914 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Tale of Benjamin BunnyBeatrix Potter's classic tale with a tail. Peter Rabbit’s cousin comes to town and mischief follows.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-04-1209 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Mole Who Was Afraid of the LightMarty was a typical mole who discovered that in order to find his future, he must face his fears.Support the show2021-04-0510 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Easter BasketThe Easter story from Myriam's point of view. She was tormented by seven rats until the Nazarene came to town. He not only freed her from the rats, he carried her load and she followed him faithfully to the very end and back. Support the show2021-03-2911 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaBuggins and Gubbins Go to the Flea CircusA teeny, tiny tale of identical twin fleas.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-03-2216 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaDave, the Reluctant CowboyYoung Dave was full of spit and vinegar until he met the perfect antidote, Jet and Blizt, a couple of even ornerier horses. Support the show2021-03-1514 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaSnakes and Snails and Puppy Dog TailsGeorge with a G has a head full of thoughts, he thinks about how the moon hangs on in the sky, how ketchup hangs on in the bottle but mostly he thinks about...well probably better you hear for yourself.Support the show2021-03-0808 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Shrinking GiantIn the hidden land of Antarcticadia lived a very disagreeable giant until one day she met with a fully automatic, never problematic, entirely mechanic laundry facility that didn’t live up to its name.Support the show2021-03-0113 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Story of Doctor DolittleThe great doctor of Puddleby-on-the Marsh preferred the company of the worst animals more than the best people so he learned how to speak their language. In this classic tale we follow his adventures around the world all because he can talk to the animals.Support the show2021-02-2219 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaMessage in a Teeny, Tiny BottleLong ago when the birds were the only ones tweeting and clocks were the only ones tic tocking, there lived a little red robin. All was going to plan until a cuckoo, cuckoo with a higgledy piggledy brain came to visit.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-02-1509 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Incredible Captain TomSome times it takes 100 years to notice an extraordinary person. Some time it takes just 1 step to make extraordinary change. Go to https://captaintom.org/ to find out more about the incredible Captain Tom.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-02-0809 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaJack and the Jelly BeanstalkThere are many Jacks in the world of well known tales, the nimble one, the friend of Jill, Jack who ate no fat, Jack Horner who merely sat in that corner. But our Jack is a different Jack, not to be confused with the kind and grateful boy who went up the beanstalk either. Our Jack is neither kind nor grateful in fact he’s all together disagreeable. Support the show2021-02-0115 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Interstellar Optic Smeller Radiographic Alien TellerMarly lived on a farm, with some pigs, a couple cows and lots of chickens, there’s always room for chickens. What there wasn’t room for was the space ship she was trying to hide behind the barn when the corn was high, in the silo when the wheat was low and under the bales of hay when the cows weren’t hungry.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-01-2515 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThere's Snow School TodayWhen a snowball the size of the moon falls from the sky, school goes virtual and Seb is bored until a visitor arrives and changes everything.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-01-1811 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Truth FairyCareer crisis for a potential Tooth Fairy. Will Penelope find her destiny in the mouths of babes?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2021-01-1111 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaPeter and his Peck of Pickled PeppersWhy did Peter, a piper by trade, go out and pick those pickled peppers? That’s where the story begins.Support the show2021-01-0410 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaTwas the Night Before ChristmasThe well loved poem with some special visitors to wish you all a Happy, Merry, Jolly Christmas wherever you are and however you spend it.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-12-2104 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Nativity StoryThe story of the baby born to save the world. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-12-1415 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Nutcracker on Christmas EveJust before midnight on Christmas Eve the toys come alive, lead by the fearless Nutcracker against the Mouse King and his army. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-12-0730 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Velveteen RabbitThe classic tale of a little Rabbit stuffed with saw dust wants nothing more than to become Real. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-11-3020 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaTilly the Travelling TurkeyJust as the Macy's Thanksgiving Parade is setting up, Tilly the Turkey makes her escape all the way to Plymouth for a feast that would make the Pilgrim Fathers proud.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-11-2310 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaLighthouses, Levers and LasersA mysterious visitor comes to class which turns into a circus and a city and a salty seaside, all in search of an answer. Where did the mobile phone come from?Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-11-1618 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaPlanet Zid v Planet ZodA young boy named Dibit from planet Zid faces off the giant Grug from Planet Zod with nothing but a sling shot. A familiar story but with flying aliens, feathered sheep and an extra pair of arms.Support the show2020-11-0913 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Wind in the Willows-The RiverbankMole ventures up from underground to find life at its fullest particularly when he meets his new friends Ratty and the river. The first story from the classic tale.Support the show2020-11-0222 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaDr Frankenbeans and His MashupDr Frankenbeans is busy in his laboratory working on what some call an abomination, but he considers a masterpiece that will change the world forever! (well, change mealtimes...occasionally)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-10-2615 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Part 2We continue along the yellow brick road with Dorothy and her friends when they finally meet the Great and Powerful Oz, but is he a whiz of a wiz, if ever a wiz there was? (Part 2 of 2)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-10-1919 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz - Part 1There's no place like home and the Land of Oz proves that. This story is so big it requires two episodes. The concluding episode will be available next week.Support the show2020-10-1215 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaThe Knitted BoyThis boy’s story starts with the king, as do the stories of all the other boys and girls, birds and bees, buds and trees. You see this king created the kingdom, with his own hands. He is not one of those a jack of all trades, no, he’s a master of everyone.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-10-0511 minTales & Tea with Nanny BeaGordon Fox and the Three HaresOne windy winter’s day Gordon Fox stopped at the motorway services for some Doritos and a Diet Coke when off in the distance he saw not one, not two but three hares in matching leather coats.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/NannyBea)2020-09-2714 min