Shows
6-minute Stories"Open Mouth, Insert Footlong Garden Hose" by Nick Sipe — You durn foolWaves of hot lava washed down my throat, past my lungs, and hit my stomach like an acid avalanche.By day, Nick Sipe works as a mild-mannered IT manager for a Fortune 150 company. By night, he mostly recovers from the workday, but occasionally finds time to write. He enjoys writing Twilight Zone-style short stories, mostly horror and light sci-fi. Nick is currently shopping his debut novel, “Midnight Springs,” to literary agents. “Midnight Springs” is the first in a planned horror-Western series that sends classic monsters (think Frankenstein, Van Helsing, the Wolfman) to the Wild We...
2026-01-2107 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 11 - Limahl80s pop favourite, Limahl, talks to Nick about chart success, band betrayal and launching his own successful solo career. His brand new track, a cover of the iconic 1971 America track, Horse With No Name, is released on all platforms on 25.03.25.
http://www.limahl.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially...
2025-03-1731 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 11 - Julian SmithBritain's Got Talent finalist, saxophonist, Julian Smith, joins Nick Randell to discuss his rise to fame, and his brand new album, Being With You.
https://juliansmithsax.co.uk/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page...
2025-03-0936 min6-minute Stories"Open Mouth, Insert Footlong Garden Hose" by Nick Sipe — You durn foolWaves of hot lava washed down my throat, past my lungs, and hit my stomach like an acid avalanche.By day, Nick Sipe works as a mild-mannered IT manager for a Fortune 150 company. By night, he mostly recovers from the workday, but occasionally finds time to write. He enjoys writing Twilight Zone-style short stories, mostly horror and light sci-fi. Nick is currently shopping his debut novel, “Midnight Springs,” to literary agents. “Midnight Springs” is the first in a planned horror-Western series that sends classic monsters (think Frankenstein, Van Helsing, the Wolfman) to the Wild We...
2025-03-0207 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 11 Bitesized - Daividh CampbellNick chats to Daividh Campbell about his brand new Christmas single, It's Christmas Time.
https://realmusichype.com/strange-world-music-daividh-campbell-its-christmas-time/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHR6zhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQkDLd2SREHzBX8ZBVW164KcgyyB4yooz4vZQ2E55gY6mqN-biIBV2eP-g_aem_WBQWjxGowdjr5k3aaxbJqA
https://www.transradiouk.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising...
2024-12-2218 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 11 - Sarah McGuinnessNick chats to multitalented Emmy/Bafta nominated Sarah McGuinness about her Christmas 'Double A Side', working with Suzi Izzard and creating a nurturing space for artists in Ireland.
https://sarahmcguinness.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS...
2024-12-2027 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 11 - Jeff WayneComposer, Jeff Wayne, speaks to Nick about his incredible and varied career to date.
https://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/#signup
https://musicalsontour.co.uk/jeff-waynes-the-war-of-the-worlds-alive-on-stage/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).
Big...
2024-12-2043 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 - Françoise PascalNick's guest is a French/Maurishun born actress, singer, dancer, fashion model, radio personality AND producer, and is as iconic as they come. With a veritable rollercoaster of a career spanning over 50 years, she’s worked with some of the all time greats of both British cinema & television. From shows such as Mind Your Language, BBC Play Of The Month, Private Lives, Coronation St, The Brothers, as well as film roles including There’s A Girl In My Soup, Burke & Hare & The Iron Rose plus notable theatre work in LA, she’s been a highly respected staple of the acting frater...
2024-11-0238 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 - Paul PottsAcclaimed international opera tenor, Paul Potts, chats to Nick about his incredible rise to fame, via a certain ITV show back in 2007 called Britain's Got Talent...
Illustrated with the music of Paul Potts.
Website
https://www.paulpottsofficial.com/
One Chance film trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlelQ3ZwqU
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your...
2024-10-1534 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 - Steve SteinmanAfter his appearance 30 years ago on Stars In Their Eyes performing as Meat Loaf, Steve Steinman has developed a wide array of original tracks in tribute of his hero, and has gone on the road extensively, touring with his band, starring in the Meat Loaf story, Anything For Love (at The London Palladium and elsewhere) and creating his own rock opera, Vampires Rock.
Nick caught up with him to discuss his debut album, Take A Leap Of Faith, and life on the road.
Illustrated with the music of Steve Steinman.
Website
https://stevesteinmanproductions.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an...
2024-09-2640 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 Bitesized - Shaneeka SimonSinging when sad, singing when happy, singing for freedom.
Shaneeka Simon was 5 yrs old when she first witnessed domestic violence. The painful memory of her father abusing her mother followed her throughout her life and has since become one of many catalysts for her unique musical expression.
Nick chats to Shaneeka about her forthcoming album.
Underground Railroad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-D8Cef0WaQ
Solid Air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRvZ8iXiNqM
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space...
2024-09-1119 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 Bitesized - Pretty Good, Not BadActor, Ellen Toland, speaks to Nick Randell about her new one woman stage show, Pretty Good, Not Bad, that deals with the seismic fall out of sexual assault. Based on real events. From Aug 12th - 24th 2024 at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Aug 12th-17th 9:55 am The SpaceUK Stephenson
Aug 19th-24th 10:45 am The SpaceUK Haldane
https://www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2024/pretty-good-not-bad
IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6705362/
Thanks to Shark Party Media.
www.sharkpartymedia.com/
Music: Onycs - Eden
Licence: Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNQ6vKZ5ogEZ0tM2TvxLhQA
...
2024-08-0913 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 Bitesized - Solve Along A Murder She WroteTim Benzie talks to Nick Randell about his popular crime solving interactive comedy show that is evolving into an international cult classic - Solve Along A Murder She Wrote, featuring that irrepressible authoress/sleuth herself, Jessica Fletcher, AKA Dame Angela Lansbury!
Edinburgh Fringe 2024 details
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/solve-along-a-murder-she-wrote
Website
https://www.solvealongamurdershewrote.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share...
2024-08-0112 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 Bitesized - Alexa, PlayNew York playwright, actor, VO Artist and audiobook narrator, Alexa Elmy, joins Nick Randell to discuss her one woman play, 'Alexa, Play', that she's now taking to this year's Edinburgh Fringe. Her show is a high energy response to the global abuse of the name ‘Alexa’. And our real live human being Alexa is fighting back!
Dates: August 12-17
Showtime: 14:55
Where: Venue 29: Paradise in the Vault - The Annexe, 11 Merchant Street, EH1 2QD
EdFringe Link: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/alexa-play
Website
https://www.alexaelmy.com/
Thanks to Shark Party Media
https://www.sharkpartymedia.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an e...
2024-07-3108 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 Bitesized - TidesActor, Joe Dennis, talks to Nick Randell about his brand new one man show, Tides, that deals with his very own personal experiences of Autism.
Show information
https://camdenfringe.com/events/tides/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the...
2024-07-3013 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 Bitesized - Sarah Hester Ross Is What?Las Vegas stand up sensation, Sarah Hester Ross, joins Nick Randell to discuss all things #EdFringe, and her brand new show, Sarah Hester Ross Is What?
Known for her 3 million followers online and uproarious Las Vegas Residency. As seen on Apple TV, Amazon Prime and of course, social media.
Ticket Link: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sarah-hester-ross-is-what
Venue: Just The Tonic - Nucleus - Atomic
Address: 140 Pleasance, Edinburgh EHB 9RR
Time: All shows at 2:30pm / 14:30
Show Dates: Aug 2-4, 7, 9-11, 14, 16-18
Website
https://www.sarahhesterross.com/
Thanks to Shark Party Media.
https://www.sharkpartymedia.com/
SNS Online continues to offer...
2024-07-2922 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 10 - Preston D BarnesNick Randell welcomes past and present listeners alike to SNS’s 10th online series, with this in-depth chat to British Army veteran turned pop star, Preston D Barnes. Since graduating from television’s The Voice he has made Nominee for Best Country Singer of the Year & Best UK Country Radio Song of this year, working with Grammy Award Winning Steve Dorff - with three subsequent singles all hitting the No.1 spot in the Country Music Charts.
Featuring the music of Preston D Barnes.
Website
https://www.prestondbarnes.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free...
2023-12-0957 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 9 - My Last Two Brain CellsTom Hazeldon and Joe Pike talk to Nick Randell about their new brain storming absurdist show that's hitting the Edinburgh Fringe this season! But will there be knob gags?
https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/my-last-two-brain-cells
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-4-the-fringe-at-70
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-4-the-fringe-at-70-pt-2
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social...
2023-08-0115 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 9 - An Actor's Alphabet'This is the best book on acting and being an actor I've read… Julie Hesmondhalgh is the mentor/best friend/guide we all need in these troubled times' - Paul Chahidi
Julie Hesmondhalgh talks to Nick Randell about her new book, An Actor's Alphabet.
https://www.nickhernbooks.co.uk/an-actors-alphabet
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lo...
2022-12-1531 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 8 - Golden Age Theatre CompanyAward winning Golden Age Theatre Company returns with eighteen new monologues about love, death, revenge and other - to quote the company themselves - 'serious matters'.
Company creator and writer of all output to date, Ian Dixon Potter, speaks to Nick about this brand new run post Lockdown, featuring nine double bills at the Hen & Chickens Theatre in Highbury.
30th June - 10th July 2021 7.30pm
Website/Tickets
https://www.goldenagetheatre.com/
YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC69yoyYSB-FPbMo9AzqZxog
Past shows featuring Golden Age Theatre
https://www.snsonlineshow.com/3-good-king-richard/
https://www.snsonlineshow.com/3-boy-stroke-girl/
https://soundcloud.com...
2021-06-2725 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 8 - Right Said FredIconic pop duo, Richard and Fred Fairbrass, AKA Right Said Fred, join Nick Randell to discuss their musical highlights, a brand new single - My Inner Light Is Love - and their hopes for future gigs. They're also not shy in coming forward about their thoughts on the Covid epidemic, and how it's so far been handled by those in power..!
https://rightsaidfred.com/
https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to...
2021-05-2752 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 7 - Tony CowardsAward winning stand up sensation, Tony Cowards, joins Nick Randell on the SNS chaise longue to chat all things...tittertastic!
http://www.tonycowards.co.uk/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).
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2021-02-2736 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 7 - Max RestainoMulti instrumentalist singer/songwriter, Max Restaino, talks to Nick Randell about his music and numerous live tours; also collaborating with the likes of Gary Barlow, amongst others.
Featuring the music of Max Restaino.
https://www.maxrestaino.com/
Thanks go to Debbie Greenburg.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is...
2021-01-3159 min
SNS OnlineCC Blooper ReelAs a regular part of Corona Chronicles, presenter Nick Randell reads a bulletin of the latest world news at the end of each show (mainly for pandemic related “archive” purposes - unless people download the same day). But as newsreading is not the most natural skill for Nick, he can often be heard late into the night staggering and slathering his way through a paltry 3 minutes of news items, over a 20 minute recording session...
So, enjoy this slice of outtakes from a recent bulletin, although you might need earplugs for the language..!
2020-07-2404 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 7 - Lord Michael Cashman CBEWe begin a brand new series of SNS Online with a true hero of British and European politics, as well as a well loved stage and screen actor, Lord Michael Cashman CBE.
https://www.stonewall.org.uk/support-stonewall
A donation has been given to Stonewall.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as...
2020-02-201h 32
SNS OnlineSNS Online Yearbook 2019SNS Online proudly present our very first bumper packed Yearbook, showcasing some of the very best highlights from Series 6, and featuring a veritable cornucopia of special guests from the world of arts and entertainment! We also turn the spotlight on some important life related issues, including mental health, race, LGBTQ+ and disability.
Brimming with hilarious anecdotes, career highs/lows and those all important life changing moments, SNS Online's 2019 Yearbook is the perfect opportunity to get acquainted with what we do and allow yourself to graze through Series 6's 20 shows, enjoying some truly wonderful moments via our many special guests.
Featuring...
2020-01-312h 20
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - Postcard ProductionsSam Forsdike, Creative Director of Postcard Productions, joins Nick Randell in the studio to talk about his co-created/award winning film agency that specialises in innovative and thought-provoking content - content that in turn promotes social awareness.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please...
2019-12-2222 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - Bearmouth"Ambitious and darkly brilliant... provocative, tender, claustrophobic and epic. It blew my mind." - Kiran Millwood Hargrave
"Liz Hyder is a writer of true courage." - David Almond
"A dazzling fable of oppression and hope." - Financial Times
"Set in an intense, darkly claustrophobic subterranean world and told in a distinctive first-person dialect, Hyder takes on big themes of oppression, justice and resistance in an ambitious, memorable debut." - One to Watch, The Bookseller, June 2019
The Times | Children’s Book of the Year
The Times | The 50 best books of 2019
Financial Times | Best books of 2019: Young adult
Novelist, Liz Hyder, joins SN...
2019-11-2932 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - The 39 StepsWe take a train ride to DANGER as we investigate the mysterious meaning behind...THE 39 STEPS!
Helping us in our journey to the unknown are members of Blackbox Theatre Company - who are hoping to provide some answers - namely writer/director, Chris Hawley and actor, David McCulloch.
Blackbox's innovative retelling of John Bucham's classic novel is running until 7th December 2019 - check their below website out for this and all future productions.
https://blackboxtheatrecompany.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space...
2019-11-1528 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - Paul BurstonNovelist, journalist, LGBTQ activist and all round talented Mister, Paul Burston, joins Nick Randell on the SNS chaise lounge to talk about his career, including his brand new novel, The Closer I Get. Fully illustrated.
Features The Soundtrack of your Life.
Book narration by Anthony Townsend and Jenny Horrocks.
Thanks to Paul Thomas.
https://www.paulburston.com/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download...
2019-11-141h 20
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - Armistead MaupinTales of the City writing legend, Armistead Maupin, invites us to his new London home to discuss his life and work - which currently involves a major UK tour, a brand new Tales novel and avoiding a certain Donald Trump...
Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of Your Life.
https://www.armisteadmaupin.com/
Narrator: Anthony Townsend
Female voice: Dev Joshi
Male voice: Mike Brunner
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are...
2019-10-291h 28
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - Marion MarshallThe quintessential English rose of radio broadcasting, Marion Marshall, is leaving the BBC after close to 40 years! Marion also happens to be the voice of SNS Online, so we couldn't let her leave without making a right royal fuss!
Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of your Life.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media...
2019-10-1516 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - Michael ArmstrongMusician/singer/songwriter, Michael Armstrong, joins Nick Randell in the SNS studio to chat about his life's passion and to play some tunes live and unplugged.
Armstrong has performed with some of the biggest names in the business over the years, spending some of it on tour headlining his own shows - as well as appearing as a special guest on major tours with Vonda Shepard, T’Pau, Leo Sayer, Beverley Craven, Dean Friedman & The Hollies’ Peter Howarth. He has also collaborated and worked alongside massive global stars including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Cliff Richard, Mark Knopfler, Glenn Fry, Chris de B...
2019-09-071h 19
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - ParaPride 2019We head to the iconic Royal Vauxhall Tavern in South East London to experience the very first *ParaPride, and talk to organisers and Pride goers alike - all here to mark a very historic occasion in the LGBTQ calendar.
*A donation has been made to ParaPride.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media...
2019-08-2435 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - Dame Esther Rantzen DBEToday we are invited to the home of a true television icon, multi award winning Dame Esther Rantzen, to talk about her incredible and enduring career in investigative journalism, as well as her two 'light bulb moments' - the creation of *Childline and *The Silverline.
Fully illustrated. Features The Soundtrack of your Life.
https://www.childline.org.uk/
https://www.thesilverline.org.uk/
*A donation has been given to Childline & The Silverline.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent...
2019-07-271h 03
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - Brad WolfeIn an feature length SNS, we speak to Melbourne based musician - also singer/songwriter - Brad Wolfe, about his eclectic sound and the influences behind some of his tracks.
Fully illustrated with the music of Brad Wolfe.
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/bradwolfemusic/
Instagram
https://www.inst4gram.com/u/bigbradwolf_music
The team from A.T.L.A.S.
Brad - Brad Wolfe
Tarkis - Fiona Fairmaner
Little Jimmy - James Luff
Professor McDougal - Derek Clarke
Zeldor/Android - Nick Randell
Continuity - Stewart Willy
Wildris Anytime - Katy Manning
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic...
2019-06-141h 50
SNS OnlineSNS Online Website PromoSNS Online has a brand new website! Listen in for more details.
Your One Stop Shop to all things...SNS!
https://www.snsonlineshow.com/
Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X
EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.
2019-06-1401 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - Vincent RiverSNS Online returnee, Louise Jameson, embraces the challenging role of Anita in Philip Ridley's Vincent River, running at the Trafalgar Studios until 22.07.19. We speak to both Jameson, Thomas Mahy (Davey) and director, Robert Chevara - as well as the view from the audience via the play's press night (21.07.19).
Top recommendation from SNS Online.
Tickets
https://www.atgtickets.com/shows/vincent-river/trafalgar-studios/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making...
2019-05-2215 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - Romeo & JulietWe spotlight a bold re-imagining of Shakespeare's most famous play, Romeo & Juliet, via Southampton's Curious Pheasant Theatre.
Sports reporter: Nick Cavell.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).
With thanks to Andy...
2019-05-1523 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - The Stranger On The BridgePostcard Productions' Sam Forsdike and Lizzie Minnion talk about Katie Hims' The Stranger on the Bridge, based on the real life story of Jonny Benjamin MBE, and transformed into a play. Features a spotlight on the opening night at the Salisbury Playhouse on 02/05/19.
A further run at Bristol's Tobacco Factory begins Tues 14th - Sat 18th May at 7.30pm.
https://www.tobaccofactorytheatres.com/shows/the-stranger-on-the-bridge/
Also features 'The Edge of Waterloo Bridge', written by Jonny and read by Anthony Townsend/produced by SNS Online.
http://postcard-productions.com/
Our show with Jonny.
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-6-jonny-benjamin-mbe
The Samaritans (UK 24...
2019-05-0426 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - Ali & DahliaWe speak to Tariq Jordan about his incredible debut play, Ali & Dehlia, a Palestinian-Israeli love story set against the backdrop of the Israeli conflict. It's a story of love, sacrifice, and redemption that explores the loss of innocence, the longing for lost homelands, and the political forces that shape our lives.
We also speak to the cast, as well as getting the view from the audience.
Highly recommended - runs until April 14th 2019 at The Pleasance Theatre in London.
Directed by multiple award-winner Kerry Kyriacos Michael MBE.
https://www.pleasance.co.uk/event/ali-and-dahlia#overview
SNS Online continues to offer...
2019-04-0320 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - Lynda La Plante CBEWe join multi award winning script writing legend, Lynda La Plante CBE*, at her home in London, to talk in depth about her incredible career to date.
Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of your Life.
Website
http://lyndalaplante.com/
*Lynda La Plante was made a CBE in 2008 for services to Literature, Drama and Charity. She is a member of The Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame, and is the only lay person to be made a fellow of The Forensic Science Society. For her work on Prime Suspect she received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Mini Series (1993, 1994), as well as...
2019-03-291h 06
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - Mickey FisherFrom spec script to showrunner - Amblin Entertainment's Mickey Fisher tells us his extraordinary story.
Fully illustrated. Features The Soundtrack of Your Life.
Mickey's blog
https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/mickey-fisher-on-writing-selling-and-producing-a-tv-pilot-spec-script-6c714fab8ff3?fbclid=IwAR3QxeVW8vsSu7iqb1A0Cz2A-7KN0Hb8ciVD5QGadUioeE5ECyPPUtmK_Cw
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media...
2019-03-051h 03
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 6 - Soon Gone: A Windrush ChronicleSoon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle is a brand new series beginning on Sunday 17th February on BBC Four.
Some of the finest British actors, writers and directors, each with a personal connection to the Windrush legacy, tell the story of the Afro-Caribbean community in modern-day Britain, through a series of fifteen minute monologues.
The first monologue, 'Eunice', is written by SNS Online returnee, Carmen Harris. Carmen joins us to talk about this very significant time in British history, and expand on her episode that launches the series.
"Can love overcome fear? Can Perseverance overcome ignorance and racism? What does it...
2019-02-1316 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - The Edge Of Waterloo Bridge"The Edge of Waterloo Bridge", written by Jonny Benjamin MBE.
https://jonnybenjamin.co.uk/
Read by Anthony Townsend.
https://soundcloud.com/kiwi-fruit
Produced by SNS Online.
SNS Online's interview with Jonny.
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-6-jonny-benjamin-mbe
From "The Stranger on the Bridge", written by Jonny Benjamin MBE.
https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jonny-benjamin/the-stranger-on-the-bridge/9781509846429
Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X
EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.
2019-02-0702 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - Jonny Benjamin MBEWe speak to Jonny Benjamin MBE, a prolific mental health campaigner who was close to taking his own life on Waterloo Bridge in 2008, until a stranger - Neil Laybourn - talked him around. It's an incredibly powerful and heartwarming story, which Jonny and Neil now share around the globe to help promote good mental health.
Released during Children's Mental Health Week and #TimeToTalkDay - 07.02.19.
Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of Your Life.
Poetry read by Anthony Townsend.
https://soundcloud.com/kiwi-fruit
"The Edge of Waterloo Bridge"
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-6-the-edge-of-waterloo-bridge
The Samaritans (UK 24 hour telephone) - 116 123
Jonny's Website
...
2019-02-061h 25
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 6 - John ChallisWe kick off our 6th online series with family favourite, John Challis -
known in equal measure as Monty Stains from Benidorm and Boycie from Only Fools and Horses/The Green Green Grass! There's plenty of other work to investigate too - including his extensive range of theatre and television roles, featuring - amongst others - a star villainous turn in Doctor Who!
We take up the story at the Kenton Theatre in Henley-On-Thames, where John is just about to tread the ol' boards in his sell out one man hit, Being Boycie. Enjoy!
Recorded at the Kenton Theatre, Henley-On-Thames...
2019-01-221h 05
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - A Christmas Carol!A CHRISTMAS CAROL!
An expanded version of Carol Decker's recent festive interview with SNS Online (that featured in part 2 of our Collective Catch Up series). Here we get more music and chat for all T'Pau/Carol fans, including a focus on what some consider to be T'Pau's lost album of the late 90s, Red. We also ponder on some rather colourful language that Carol used during an addition of The Chase recently, that turned the air blue!!
Fully illustrated.
Listen to Run and watch the video, directed by Carol's daughter, Scarlett.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9xotJzH350
HAPPY 10...
2018-12-3054 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Collective Catch Ups Pt 2 ~ The Best Of The RestTo help celebrate 10 years of both 'ScratchNSniff' on RTÉ Pulse and 'SNS Online', we revisit some of our favourite guests from past shows, to find out what they've been up to since featuring.
Part 2 of 2 - with a distinctly festive flavour. Fully illustrated.
Guests featured are singer/songwriter, Carol Decker, script writer, Joe Lidster, DJ/musician, Tom James, vocal coach, Elspeth Morrison and electro/funk outfit, The Winachi Tribe.
HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY, SNS!! X :-)
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These s...
2018-12-231h 40
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Happy 10th Birthday, SNS!With music by SNS Online returnee, Minute Taker, we listen to a selection of well wishers - who have all featured in previous shows - wishing SNS a very happy 10th birthday!
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the...
2018-12-2306 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - The Return of Jaded KidAs part of our 10 year celebrations, we doff our cap to a previous guest and regular contributor of his very own music - DJ and musician, Jaded Kid. With special permission, we play out his set mixed for Norfolk's Trunchonbury festival. Enjoy!
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is...
2018-12-2322 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - SNS RevealedThe tables are turned this week as guest returnee, Mark Elliott, takes over the reigns as interviewer to talk to Nick Randell about 10 years of ScratchNSniff, including the making of the show and his plans for its future.
Fully illustrated, with extracts from 10 years of the SNS brand.
In celebration of 10 years of ScratchNSniff.
Our extended trailer.
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-4-showcase-extended-trailer
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are...
2018-12-1531 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 5 - The Greatest Play In The History Of The WorldWe spotlight a gala performance of Ian Kershaw's The Greatest Play In The History Of The World at The Royal Exchange in Manchester, performed by Julie Hesmondhalgh and directed by Raz Shaw. The play has already garnered much attention at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, and looks set to have a long life in the years ahead - a play about life and love and time.
The performance on 26.09.18 was in honour of Tommy Stott, a local resident who helped raise over £25,000 for cancer charities, before he died of the disease.
A donation has been given to Maggie's Centre.
SNS Online c...
2018-11-2822 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Trail: The Five DebatersTrail of 'The Five Debaters', featuring past guests, Katy Manning, Paul Joseph, Gail Renard and Andy Cast, on how things, including their own lives, have changed in the last 10 years. A lively debate covering #MeToo, Operation Yewtree, Brexit, Veganism, Trump, environmental issues inc. plastic waste, the first female Doctor Who, #LGBTQ issues, technology inc. smart phones/Alexa/Seri and much more. Presenter, Nick Randell, throws his script away and tries to join in.
It's the best dinner party conversation you could possibly hope to eavesdrop on!
Link to show
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-the-five-debaters
HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY, SNS!! X...
2018-11-1801 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Collective Catch Ups Pt 1 ~ Our Friends In The NorthTo help celebrate 10 years of both 'ScratchNSniff' on RTÉ Pulse and 'SNS Online', we revisit some of our favourite guests from past shows, to find out what they've been up to since featuring.
Part 1 of 2 - this show based in Manchester, to catch all our friends in the North. Fully illustrated.
Guests featured are Julie Hesmondhalgh, Ben 'Minute Taker' McGarvey, Toby Hadoke, Paul Condon, Daniel Liam Glyn and Cherylee Houston. With music by Puppet Rebellion.
HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY, SNS!! X :-)
Our original show with...
Julie Hesmondhalgh
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-2-julie-hesmondhalgh
Ben McGarvey (Minute Taker)
https://soundcloud.com/s...
2018-11-141h 17
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - The Five DebatersTo help celebrate 10 years of a show that began on Irish national radio back in October 2008 (before evolving into the online incarnation we know today), four past guests and one presenter have been removed from their rightful places in time and space to assemble in the SNS Online studio and reflect on how things, including their own lives, have changed in the last 10 years. It's a lively debate covering #MeToo, Operation Yewtree, Brexit, Veganism, Trump, environmental issues inc. plastic waste, the first female Doctor Who, #LGBTQ issues, technology inc. smart phones/Alexa/Seri and much more. Presenter, Nick Randell, throws...
2018-10-211h 07
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Happy 60th Birthday, Blue Peter!Following on from our interview with legendary Blue Peter Editor, Biddy Baxter MBE, we are proud to help celebrate the iconic show's 60th birthday, by focusing on how it is today! Nick Randell heads up to Salford to watch a show being produced, whilst speaking to presenters, Lindsey Russell, Radzi Chinyanganya, as well as current Editor, Ewan Vinniecombe.
Many thanks to Ewan and the whole Blue Peter team at BBC Salford.
HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY, BLUE PETER! XXX
Episode focused on was 'Blue Peter 27.10.18 Sports Badge Finale'
Dedicated to the memory of John Noakes - Blue Peter's first daredevil.
Thanks to...
2018-10-1644 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 5 - BBC IntroducingWe talk to Alex Oliver, stand-up comedian and talent spotting guru to talk about BBC Introducing, and why they've decided to pitch up at this year's Trunchonbury music festival in Norfolk.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS...
2018-09-2607 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 5 - On Location With Howlround'Uncanny, mesmerising, difficult & sublime' (The Quietus)
'Strange & wonderful glory' (The Wire)
We're on location with radiophonic musicians, Howlround, at Iklectik in Waterloo, to catch the premiere of their new film, A Creak In Time, directed by Steven McInerney.
Our in-depth interview with Howlround available here
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-howlround
Youtube link to trailer/A Creak In Time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyXGD-IXqsc
Howlround/Robin The Fog website
https://robinthefog.com/howlround/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These...
2018-09-1519 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Howlround'Uncanny, mesmerising, difficult & sublime' (The Quietus)
'Strange & wonderful glory' (The Wire)
Those magicians of radiophonic sound, Howlround - as represented by founder member, Robin The Fog - join SNS Online to discuss the extraordinary lengths they go to create the most incredible, outer-worldly sounds and music.
Illustrated with the music of Howlround.
A Bitesized companion show to this, 'On Location With Howlround', is available here
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-bitesized-series-5-on-location-with-howlround
Howlround/Robin The Fog Website
https://robinthefog.com/howlround/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people...
2018-09-1549 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 5 - Trunchonbury's Roving Microphone!Thinking of going to this year's Trunchonbury? Then why not check out our roving microphone to hear the word from the field, with SNS Online's raving Nick Randell! Trailer features extracts from our two part Trunchonbury special, available to be heard here or via free download.
Trunchonbury website
https://www.trunchonburyfestival.com/
SNS Online Series 5 - Trunchonbury Pt 1
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-trunchonbury
SNS Online Series 5 - Trunchonbury Pt 2
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-trunchonbury-pt-2
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space...
2018-08-0108 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Trunchonbury Pt 2SNS Online goes on location to Norfolk, to discover it's biggest and best secret...Trunchonbury! Part two (of two) of an in-depth, fully illustrated exploration of one of the best - and friendliest - festivals currently in the UK. Features interviews with Jeramiah Ferrari, Sam and the Womp, Dodgy, Rivers, Doris Brendel, The Tapi Project, Dick York and the Originals, OmniVibes, Hydra Lerna, Odder Seas and many, many more.
Trunchonbury website
https://www.trunchonburyfestival.com/
SNS Online Series 5 - Trunchonbury Pt 1
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-trunchonbury
SNS Online Bitesized Series 5 - Trunchonbury's Roving Microphone!
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-bitesized-series-5...
2018-08-0143 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Trunchonbury Pt 1SNS Online goes on location to Norfolk, to discover it's biggest and best secret...Trunchonbury! Part one (of two) of an in-depth, fully illustrated exploration of one of the best - and friendliest - festivals currently in the UK. Features interviews with Jeramiah Ferrari, Sam and the Womp, Dodgy, Rivers, Doris Brendel, The Tapi Project, Dick York and the Originals, OmniVibes, Hydra Lerna, Odder Seas and many, many more.
SNS Online Series 5 - Trunchonbury Pt 2
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-trunchonbury-pt-2
SNS Online Bitesized Series 5 - Trunchonbury's Roving Microphone!
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-bitesized-series-5-trunchonbury-s-roving-microphone
SNS Online continues to offer...
2018-07-2653 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 5 - "Rise Up, Women!" Carolyn RobertsonIn the fourth of our "Rise Up, Women" season, children's author, Carolyn Robertson, joins Nick Randell in the SNS studio to talk about her range of picture books for the under 5's.
To purchase Two Mums
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Mums-Ms-Carolyn-Robertson/dp/0993115357/ref=pd_sim_14_4?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0993115357&pd_rd_r=e404b8ce-809f-11e8-a268-9b2d29030f7d&pd_rd_w=Bz7bW&pd_rd_wg=7vj2d&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_p=3274180622111699416&pf_rd_r=YNFMF79SRK9MWZFG2T0Q&pf_rd...
2018-07-0519 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - "Rise Up, Women!" Biddy Baxter MBEIn celebration of 60 glorious years of what is officially the most popular children's programme of all time, BAFTA award winning Blue Peter Editor, Biddy Baxter MBE, joins Nick Randell in the studio to talk in-depth about a show that was only intended to run for six weeks as a summer filler!
Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of Your Life.
Blue Peter letters read out by Derek Clark, Neva Missirian, Nathan Dodd, Charlotte Dodd, Dominic Delargy, Sarah Crawley, Sylvia Delargy Crawley, Nick Delargy Crawley, Victoria Hastings, Nishtat Ladha, Mike Regaard, Hala Hindawi, Tom Burchell, Gwenllian Glyn, Fiona Fairmaner, Danny Cox, Kathy...
2018-06-241h 21
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - "Rise Up, Women!" The Remarkable Lives of the SuffragettesIn the second of our special season of shows celebrating both International Women's Day and 100 years of partial voting rights for women in the UK, author and historian, Diane Atkinson, joins us to discuss her brand new book, Rise Up, Women! The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes.
Narrator/voice of the Suffragettes - Marion Marshall.
King George V - Nick Cavell.
The March of the Women - Ethel Smyth/Cicely Hamilton.
Music by Arn Andersson
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Arn+Andersson
To purchase Rise up, Women! -
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=diane+...
2018-03-3156 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - "Rise Up, Women!" ATA GirlIn our first of six shows in celebration of both International Women's Day and 100 years of partial voting rights for women in the UK, SNS Online returnee, Louise Jameson, waxes lyrical about Big Finish Productions' ATA Girl (devised by Louise herself). ATA Girl is an audio drama inspired by the real women of the *Air Transport Auxiliary during the Second World War. From the UK and beyond, a hundred and sixty eight female pilots, alongside the men, transported a vast range of aircraft from the factories to the squadrons, sometimes flying in perilous weather conditions and without radios or instrument...
2018-03-0927 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Trailer: "Rise Up, Women!"A brand new season of shows from SNS Online, celebrating both International Women's Day and 100 years of partial voting rights for women in the UK.
'Rise Up, Women!' -
Louise Jameson/'ATA Girl' creator
Diane Atkinson/author and historian
Biddy Baxter MBE/Blue Peter editor
Carolyn Robinson/children's author
Nell Burnham/Women's Equality Party
Gail Renard/script writer/Writer's Guild Chair
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit...
2018-03-0702 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 5 - Alex James BrierleySNS Online returns for a fifth series of free, downloadable shows, covering the arts/lifestyle!
In our first show we feature 20 year old musician, Alex James Brierley. Considered to be one of the most exciting new alternative rock artists to emerge in the UK in the last few years, Brierley's blend of emotive lyrics, melodic hooks and complex musical textures has helped to create a refreshing and unique sound. Bolton based Brierley has now been signed up by music producing legend, Steve Levine, with his first EP, 'Listen', now available on all platforms.
Join us for an hour's conversation and...
2018-02-231h 03
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - The Fringe At 70 (Pt 2)The Edinburgh Fringe is the world's largest arts festival, which spans 25 days and features over 50,000 performances of approximately 3,500/4000 shows and events in 300+ venues. It was established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival. The Fringe takes place annually in the month of August.
In one of our most ambitious and feature length projects to date, SNS Online sets sail to Scotland's beautiful capital city, to help celebrate the 70th birthday of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and to cover as many shows as is physically possible to do in a 6 day turnaround! And with only 2 days post production in...
2017-08-201h 08
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - The Fringe At 70 (Pt 1)The Edinburgh Fringe is the world's largest arts festival, which spans 25 days and features over 50,000 performances of approximately 3,500/4000 shows and events in 300+ venues. It was established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival. The Fringe takes place annually in the month of August.
In one of our most ambitious and feature length projects to date, SNS Online sets sail to Scotland's beautiful capital city, to help celebrate the 70th birthday of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and to cover as many shows as is physically possible to do in a 6 day turnaround! And with only 2 days post production in...
2017-08-131h 00
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - The Winachi Tribe"There are just a handful of bands in my life that make me enjoy every song on a single album, and The Winachi Tribe have added themselves to that exclusive list." ~ Los Angeles Times
"As good a band as I have ever worked with, they blew my head off when I first heard their music. They are definitely special in their own inimitable style." ~ Danny Saber (Rolling Stones/Black Grape )
"Pushing the boundaries both musically and culturally to deliver a sound, a style and performance very unique." ~ Louder Than War
"There’s a confidence & power to their live set that at...
2017-07-291h 09
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - Hank MarvinHank Marvin, is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the backing band for Cliff Richard. The Shadows, along with Richard, secured 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, Many leading British and Canadian rock guitarists cite Marvin as an influence on them.
In today's SNS Online, we talk in depth to Marvin about his life and work. Fully illustrated with both the hits of The Shadows, and of Hank's own successful solo career - including extracts from Without A...
2017-06-241h 08
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - Color Theory‘Color Theory’ (def.) - Retro-nostalgic, heartfelt…synthpop!
Color Theory is the musical alter ego of American singer-keyboardist-songwriter, Brian Hazard. With no less than 9 studio albums to his name, a Lennon Award (plus grand prize in the electronic category of The John Lennon Music Contest) and 2.71 million followers on Twitter, Brian is one of the most creative and imaginative musicians in the business. His nods to bands like Depeche Mode, The Pet Shop Boys and OMD are all produced with a fresh, vibrant energy - offering up some very original results, whilst other tracks have their roots in musical theatre - all su...
2017-06-021h 53
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - The Ministry Of PopThe Ministry of Pop is the ultimate bible for all fans of Stock, Aitken and Waterman’s independent ‘Hit Factory’, that dominated the music charts throughout the 1980s.
Author, Pop journalist and ultimate SAW fan, *Mark Elliott, joins SNS Online to talk about the challenges in writing the ultimate guide to their work, whilst also waxing lyrical about the many bands and solo acts that performed under the SAW banner.
Fully illustrated with the music of SAW/archive material.
*Mark has previously been publisher of both Empire and Time Out London. He is also a local councillor for the Borough of Elt...
2017-04-101h 34
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - Jeremy SwiftJeremy Swift is one of the UK’s finest character actors, with roles in The Smoking Room, The Durrells, Gosford Park and the forthcoming Mary Poppins sequel, currently in production, as well as a host of other work on stage and screen.
However, he is probably best known as Septimus Spratt, the long suffering butler of Lady Grantham (Dame Maggie Smith), in the internationally successful Downton Abbey.
But is Master Swift now looking to reinvent himself – as a pop star?!
Well, SNS Online couldn’t resist catching up with Star Man Swift, to talk music, mischief and Mary (Poppins), as well a...
2017-04-0245 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - The Beautiful SecretThe Beautiful Secret are a two piece band comprised of Rachael Hawnt and Ash Cutler. Their brand new, debut album - just released - is a melodic pop/rock affair with theatrical undertones and powerful vocals.
Their first single, What’s Inside, deals with the subject of Autism, and is inspired from Rachael’s own niece, Katie-Rae, who lives day-to-day with the condition. All proceeds of the single will go to *The National Autistic Society, with the release itself timed for World Autism Awareness Week - March 27th to April 2nd 2017.
SNS Online caught up with Rachael and Ash to disc...
2017-03-241h 04
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - Alan YentobMulti award winning BBC broadcaster and former television executive, Alan Yentob, talks in depth about his life and work, and why as yet he hasn't been tempted by a commercial rival. Fully illustrated. Includes the Soundtrack of Your Life. Alan celebrates a special birthday this month, plus almost five decades of service at the BBC.
Free download.
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download...
2017-03-111h 26
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - Showcase! (Extended Trailer)Enjoy our brand new extended trailer, featuring guests past, present and even future (well, two, at least!). With bitesized anecdotes and general contributions from Katy Manning, Jeremy Swift, Alan Yentob, Derek Fowlds, Andrew Edward Cullip, Gail Renard, Ann Mitchell, Oliver James Kelly, Carol Decker, Cherylee Houston, Toby Hadoke, Louise Jameson, Sandy Walsh, Michael Brown, Peter Tatchell, Stewart Willy, Terence Frisby, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Emma Stace Darling and Mark Elliott. All individual shows are available to be downloaded for free from the SNS Online Soundcloud page.
Cover art by Andy Lambert (from an original logo by Vaishali Bhatt).
SNS Online continues to...
2017-03-0907 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 4 - Monty & Co!Monty & Co is a brand new online children's television programme, devised by the creative team responsible for Pipkins, the ITV show for under fives which ran for ten successful series (from 1972 - 1981). We are joined In the studio by SNS Online returnee and Bafta award winner, Gail Renard, and actor/puppet master, Nigel Plaskett, to talk about the birth of this new, innovative, and exclusively online project.
Roll up roll up for Monty & Co - you'll love it!
Website
http://www.montyandco.co.uk/
Invest
https://crowdforangels.com/company/Pipkins-Productions-Limited-99
Gail Renard
http://www.gailrenard.com/
Nigel Plaskett
http://nigelplaskitt...
2017-02-0920 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - 60 Years Of The CavernA brand new SNS Online, recorded at the Cavern Club in Liverpool to help celebrate 60 wonderful years of the Mersey Beat.
Featuring guests, *Debbie and Nigel Greenburg.
Fully illustrated/free download.
Debbie's new book, Cavern Club: The Inside Story is now available.
http://jorvikpress.com/books/cavern-club-the-inside-story/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cavern-Club-Inside-Debbie-Greenberg/dp/098637704X
Our Amazon book review...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R18JM8G0W9BBD0/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=098637704X&channel=detail-glance&nodeID=266239&store=books
A shortened version of this piece was broadcast to 12 local BBC radio stations around the country...
2017-01-1342 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 4 - Little Girl (Bells of Christmas)In 1967, the owner of Liverpool's famous Cavern Club (and friend of The Beatles), Alf Geoghegan, wrote and recorded a song for his daughter, Debbie, for Christmas. For close to half a century that song has remained unheard outside of the immediate family.
Several years ago, Debbie and her husband Nigel met singer/songwriter, Michael Armstrong, and they have since become big fans of his music, even organising Michael’s debut album launch at The Cavern Club.
Last year, Debbie presented Michael with a copy of her father's Christmas song, which Michael, along with Warren Bennett, subsequently updated and recorded.
In ou...
2016-12-1813 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 4 - Changing StationsChanging Stations is a crowd funded, 11-track classical-contemporary album by Daniel Liam Glyn, based on the 11 main lines of the London Underground.
Daniel identifies himself as someone who has both Grapheme Colour and Spatial Sequence Synaesthesia; a neurological 'phenomenon' where a person perceives words, letters, shapes, and numbers in colour or sometimes taste and smell. This he has used to his advantage in the creation of his debut album - a truly multi-sensory experience that transports us to all corners of England’s capital city, allowing us to experience the sights, sounds and even smells of London, as well as th...
2016-12-0352 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 4 - Fallen SoldierIn our very first show of Series 4, we speaks to best selling author, Frederick Forsyth CBE, and Royal Opera House soprano, Melissa Alder, about Fallen Soldier - a poem written by Forsyth (with music by Gareth Williams) - sung by Alder. It commemorates all those who have fallen in conflict.
*This special show is in remembrance of all those brave people. As is Fallen Soldier.
For more information on Fallen Soldier, go to www.fallen-soldier.com
To watch the video of Fallen Soldier, click below -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bzbEkwY7aE
A short version of this piece...
2016-11-1212 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 3 - Derek Fowlds Pt 2Derek Fowlds is one of Britain's best loved actors, with a career spanning over 60+ years. He is known by a whole generation of children as 'Mr Derek' from The Basil Brush Show, then as Bernard Woolley, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Administrative Affairs, in Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s biting political satire, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, and finally as Oscar Blaketon, in ITV’s Sunday night family drama, Heartbeat (throughout its eighteen year run). But as Mr Fowlds is keen to point out, these are just three of the many roles he’s played over the ye...
2016-08-1949 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 3 - Derek Fowlds Pt 1Derek Fowlds is one of Britain's best loved actors, with a career spanning over 60+ years. He is known by a whole generation of children as 'Mr Derek' from The Basil Brush Show, then as Bernard Woolley, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister for Administrative Affairs, in Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn’s biting political satire, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, and finally as Oscar Blaketon, in ITV’s Sunday night family drama, Heartbeat (throughout its eighteen year run). But as Mr Fowlds is keen to point out, these are just three of the many roles he’s played over the ye...
2016-07-2856 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 3 - Peter Mabbutt*Peter Mabbutt is the CEO and Director of Studies for the London College of Clinical Hypnosis, where he has been central in the development of the only Masters programme for hypnotherapists currently running in the UK today. He is co-author of the successful Hypnotherapy for Dummies and Self-hypnosis for Dummies, and has also co-authored over 20 research papers on anxiety, tranquilliser dependence, learning and memory.
In the latest SNS Online, we speak at length to Peter about his work, and the help he has given to his many patients over the years. Meanwhile, interviewer, Nick Randell, agrees to undergo hypnosis – in th...
2016-06-0951 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 3 - HH4E 1 Year On (with James Mead)Operations Lead, James Mead, joins Nick in the studio to talk about an amazing first year for Holding Hands 4 Equality, including the production of some fantastic videos that have helped aid promotion of this great cause. Also discussed - the latest 2016 IDAHOBiT Campaign...
Featuring HH4E's latest adopted song, We Are The Night, by Steve Grand.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTsScStbEp8
A wonderful example of James' videos for HH4E...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD2QRi4bDOM
Our interview from last year(full length and abridged) with Campaign Director, Andy Cast...
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-2...
2016-05-1523 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 3 - Thea DownieStand up comedy sensation, Thea Downie, leaves her dignity at the door to chat to Nick Randell...about being a stand up comedy sensation! Illustrated with Thea's work in the London club circuit.
Great for all lovers of stand up comedy, *plus those looking to learn more about it!
*For all Luke Skywalkers out there looking to Yoda up on comedy in the Dagobah system (or possibly Stockton-on-Tees), check this awesome course out...
http://www.londoncomedycourse.com/
Or this...
http://loganmurray.com/stand-up-and-deliver/
SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to...
2016-04-1122 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 3 - Carmen Harris“Pain is inevitable, suffering optional. You were born to discover the Magic in YOU. Allow It!”
In the latest SNS Online, former EastEnders script writer, Carmen Harris, joins Nick Randell to talk about her work as a spiritual healer.
Illustrated with archive material and Carmen’s music choices.
Carmen’s book, "Sh*t Happens, Magic Follows (Allow It!)" is available here…
http://www.amazon.com/Happens-Magic-Follows-Allow-Challenges/dp/1782799109
Carmen’s Space for Grace/Heal your Story websites…
http://www.space-for-grace.webs.com/
https://www.healyourstory.co.uk/
"Take the sting out of your suffering – fast!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPvAF34a9xc
SNS...
2016-03-061h 09
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 3 - Dark ShadowsIn our brand new autumn season of shows, SNS Online returnee, Joe (Torchwood/Sarah Jane Adventures/Wizards V Aliens) Lidster, along with fellow scribe, Aaron Lamont, meet Nick Randell in Bow Bell Cemetery (in London's Dickensian East End), for a spooktacular Halloween addition of SNS! Here they discuss the iconic American TV hit, Dark Shadows...and it's magnificant return via *Big Finish Productions!
But is the graveyard itself cursed? Does a witch plan to get over familiar? Will Nick get a bit on the other side? And most importantly, what do Joe and Aaron secretly have in store for our...
2015-10-3136 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 2 - Comedy CapersThe ultimate, compressed, comedic guide to the joy that is...SNS Online! Enjoy some top tickletastic moments from both SNS Online and extracts from our original show that aired every Wednesday evening on RTÉ Pulse, back in the day... All shows available to be heard & downloaded for free on the SNS Online Soundcloud page, or via Mixcloud (by searching for Nick Randell). Convert someone today by giving them a blast of ScratchNSniff, and win an SNS Online novelty tea cosy! I know!! Their lives and yours will never be quite be the same...again!
With contributions from Andrew Edward Cullip, K...
2015-09-1215 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 2 - Your Bluffer's Guide To SNS!The ultimate, compressed guide to the joy that is...SNS Online! Featuring extracts to wet your appetite from some of the best interviews in town! All are available to be heard & downloaded for free on the SNS Online Soundcloud page, or via Mixcloud (by searching for Nick Randell). Convert someone today by giving them a blast of ScratchNSniff, and win an SNS Online novelty shower cap. Their lives and yours will never be quite be the same...again!
Also features extracts from our original show that aired every Wednesday evening on RTÉ Pulse, back in the day...
Check out contributions f...
2015-07-3115 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 2 - Carol Decker/T'Pau Pt 1T'Pau - The Whole Story...
T’Pau’s Carol Decker joins SNS Online in part one (of two) of an extended interview, available here as a free download.
Having recently returned to the pop world with a brand new, critically acclaimed album, Pleasure & Pain, complete with UK tour, part one covers T’Pau’s early rise to fame, their quadruple platinum debut album, Bridge of Spies - and beyond - plus the lifestyle that they all enjoyed during that creative musical explosion that was the 1980s.
But why did it all stop when it did, and how different has motherhood affected...
2015-06-261h 05
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 2 - Cherylee HoustonIn the second of our two Manchester bound shows, SNS Online caught up with actress, Cherylee Houston, to talk all things Izzy Armstrong from hit soap Coronation Street, Maz from BBC Radio 4's Tinsel Girl, Dorothy from BBC Three's I'm With Stupid, plus her day-to-day life dealing with type 3 *Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Confined to a wheelchair she maybe, but Cherylee is clearly unbound by her ambitions in the acting world and beyond - proving that you can do anything if you set your mind to it. Oh, and her song choices totally rock. That's Cherylee Houston, in conversation with Nick Randell...
2015-04-2445 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 2 - Ben McGarvey (Minute Taker)"McGarvey is a young singer/songwriter with that rarest of things in the genre; imagination." – Clash
"Epic, otherworldly sounds in an intimate show, with digital trickery framing trad folk singer-songwritery fare." - The Guardian
"McGarvey has locked himself away in his bedroom and crafted songs of true otherworldly magic and splendour." - Manchester Evening News
"A haunting take on modern folk." - Red Online
In this, the first of two Manchester based SNS Onlines, Nick Randell visits locally-based alternative songwriter/producer, *Ben McGarvey, AKA Minute Taker, to talk about his musical inspirations, his song writing process and that indefinable creative 's...
2015-04-011h 04
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 2 - Terence FrisbyThere’s A Playwright In My Soup!
Nick Randell joins multi-award winning playwright, author, script writer and actor, Terence Frisby, at his home in West London, to chew the fat and talk about his successful career to date.
There’s A Girl In My Soup, his long-running comedy that opened in 1966 at the Gielgud Theatre (formerly The Globe), ran for over 1,000 performances, before becoming a worldwide smash hit with long runs on Broadway, Paris (with Gérard Depardieu), Berlin, Stockholm, Sydney, Rome (starring the Italian singer-songwriter-actor, Domenico Modugno) and more. His script of the successful 1970 film (which starred Peter Sellers and G...
2015-02-131h 04
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 2 - Toby Hadoke“Very, very funny” – The Guardian
“Likeable, self-deprecating and armed with impeccable timing” – The Dubliner
“A comedy genius” – Metro
"Eddie Izzard fused with the wrath of Tony Hancock" - SNS Online
Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and champion of BBC Television's Doctor Who, Toby Hadoke, joins Nick Randell on the SNS Online chaise longue for an hour of chortle and chat, music and mirth, caves and monsters and plenty more timey wimey escapism! But will Toby take the ultimate challenge when offered a rare chance to sit in a certain infamous black chair? (No, not the plastic one the Master used to kill McDermott in...
2015-01-271h 09
SNS OnlineSNS Online Bitesized Series 1 - That Dr Who Sketch with Katy ManningThe Doctor and Jo crash land on the terrifying planet of Metabelis 4. But is it canon?
Jo Grant/Giant Earth Worm/Wildris Anytime/Katy - Katy Manning
The Doctor/Nick - Nick Randell
Hear Katy's full 2 part interview here https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/what-katy-did-the-katy-manning
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-4-2-what-katy-did
EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.
2014-02-2106 min
SNS OnlineSNS Online Series 1 - Katy Manning (What Katy Did Next)The unstoppable Katy Manning returns in a bumper packed SNS Online, free to download at your leisure! In part two of Katy's autobiographical romp through her life, we tour Sydney, Melbourne and New York - enjoying her television and theatre successes along the way in a series of hilarious and memorable anecdotes - before arriving in London via rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe with Me and Jezebel (a one woman play about Hollywood legend, Bette Davis). Her life long friendship with Liza Minnelli - including the truth behind 'that' Ruby Wax interview - is discussed, as well as her...
2014-02-211h 25