The Book of Beasts to launch at the Festival of Fantastic Films

The Book of Beasts will be officially launched on Sunday 22nd October, 2023 at the Festival of Film in Manchester. Based at the Pendulum Hotel in the city centre the festival has partnered with the publishers Headpress and will include a special panel discussion on Nigel Kneale’s 1976 folk horror anthology series, and episode screenings on the big screen. I will be present and part of the panel discussion and I will also be signing books on sale at the Headpress store at the venue.

The really exciting news is that the festival has managed to persuade Jane Wymark (Jo in the Beasts episode Baby) to also attend and be on the panel. I am absolutely delighted by this and incredibly excited.

If you plan to attend please come along, say hello and maybe buy a copy of the book.
Details of the festival can be found here https://fantastic-films.uk/

Quatermass Returns to Alexander Palace

To mark the 70th anniversary of Nigel Kneale's The Quatermass Experiment being broadcast live from studios at Alexander Palace, London the series will be bought back to life with a unique live reading of Kneale's original scripts. 

The performance, starring Mark Gatiss as Professor Quatermass, will take place on 5th September. Other cast members include Scott Arthur, Toby Hadoke and Carrie Thompson. The event is produced by Jon Dear in association with Hermetic Arts. 

For more details and tickets visit https://www.alexandrapalace.com/whats-on/the-quatermass-experiment/

Buddyboy in the TV Times

 The episode Buddyboy was featured in the ATV edition of TV Times for the dates 23rd to 29th October 1976. 

The episode was listed as being transmitted on Friday 29th October and was accompanied by a portrait shot of Pamela Moiseiwitsch and another for Martin Shaw.