VISION ON SOUND

Mar 09 2025 244 ep. 58 mins 38

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ADVENTURES IN TWENTIETH CENTURY TELEVISION... AND BEYOND...!Where the television of the past… …becomes the conversation of the present.Join us as we take a nostalgic journey through the television vaults, and my guests and I investigate, discover, enjoy, and chat about a whole world of televisual delights, with some occasional nonsense thrown in from time-to-time.

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VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 231 - TX MARCH 9 2025

Mar 09 2025 59 mins

PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI returns to give me a little bit of encouragement.First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on March 9th 2025.At the start of this year I will admit to feeling very fed up, and I spent a lot of time wondering about the future of VISION ON SOUND, and about whether it even had a future, to be honest, or whether the time had come to jack all of thi

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 230 - TX MARCH 2 2025

Mar 02 2025 59 mins

THE WAR GAMES in BLACK AND WHITEFirst broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on March 2nd 2025.Shortly before Christmas, prior to it being shown in a very different version, Michael Herbert roped in his pal BRENDAN NOBLE from THE SENSE SPHERE PODCAST to talk all about the epic ten-part 1969 DOCTOR WHO story THE WAR GAMES which was written by TERRANCE DICKS and the subject of

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 229 - TX FEBRUARY 23 2025

Feb 23 2025 59 mins

DR TOM MAY on PLAY FOR TODAYFirst broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 23rd 2025.This week I’m joined by another new voice for the show, DOCTOR TOM MAY from NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY who I was put in touch with because he’s written his PhD thesis all about the BBC’s long running drama series PLAY FOR TODAY which ran throughout the 1970s and well into the ear

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 228 - TX FEBRUARY 16 2025

Feb 16 2025 59 mins

PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI on the part location plays in his TV enjoyment.First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 16th 2025.This week PAUL CHANDLER, THE SHY YETI himself returns to talk about a subject that he himself suggested, which is all about the locations used on television series, and how much of an effect filming in real places has upon his own enjo

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 227 - TX FEBRUARY 9 2025

Feb 09 2025 59 mins

WARREN CUMMINGS on our shared cultural TV heritage. First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 9th 2025. This week we welcome back WARREN CUMMINGS for another of those television themed conversations that we like to have that can take us practically anywhere from the prompt I set us up with. This week I’d been fretting somewhat about my cultural life in te

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 226 - TX FEBRUARY 2 2025

Feb 02 2025 59 mins

ADAM HENLEY talks about his TV history and THE WEST WING First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on February 2nd 2025. This week we welcome a new voice to VISION ON SOUND, that of ADAM HENLEY, an archive television fan who I first met when he offered to help out with some of my technical support when I was recording our live show on stage at WHOOVERVILLE in Derby last

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 225 - TX JANUARY 26 2025

Jan 26 2025 59 mins

BEN BAKER urges everyone to "KISS YOUR TELEVISION" First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 26th 2025. This week we welcome back BEN BAKER to VISION ON SOUND and not just, he assures me, because he’s got a new book out. He has got a new book out, of course, but that’s not the only thing we talk about, although, given that it’s all about precisely the s

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 224 - TX JANUARY 19 2025

Jan 19 2025 58 mins

SANDY McGREGOR talks about VACUUMING COMPLETELY NUDE IN PARADISE. First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 19th 2025. It’s perhaps a bit of a strange one this week, or maybe it’s just a bit of an obscure one. Anyway, our old pal SANDY McGREGOR got in touch and told me that he really fancied talking about VACUUMING COMPLETELY NUDE IN PARADISE, which seeme

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 223 - TX JANUARY 12 2025

Jan 12 2025 59 mins

MICHAEL HERBERT talks about THE CHANGES First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 12th 2025. Way back in 1974, children’s television legend ANNA HOME, as part of her commitment to producing challenging and interesting drama serials intended for older children, wrote an adaptation of a trilogy of books written by PETER DICKINSON (The Weathermonger, Hartsease

VISION ON SOUND EPISODE 222 - TX JANUARY 5 2025

Jan 05 2025 59 mins

Just before Christmas, LISA PARKER joined me to talk about her recent TV viewing. First broadcast on FAB RADIO INTERNATIONAL at 19:00 on January 5th 2025. As we reach the moment when the decorations are supposed to be coming down and are being packed away as yet another festive season reaches its inevitable conclusion, we’ve just got time to welcome back LISA PARKER for a chat