7 episodes
Script Ramble James Henry and Matthew Graham
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4.2 • 5 Ratings
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Scriptwriters Matthew Graham (Life On Mars, Doctor Who, The Spanish Princess) and James Henry (Smack The Pony, Green Wing) make the most of being in Cornwall during a pandemic by walking (in a socially distanced manner) in the countryside and talking about scriptwriting. Will also include the occasional interview and low-level celebrity gossip.
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Ep 6: Comedy director/producer/writer Saima Ferdows
Featuring Saima Ferdows, comedy director, producer, writer and force behind https://shows.acast.com/creatives-of-colour-podcast, talking about how she got into comedy, directing standup shows, and how scriptwriters can consider issues of diversity at the script level rather than punting it out to the casting director.
Mentioned in the episode:
Standup Sukh Ojla, whose tour begins in September: https://www.sukhojla.com
Screening of The Damned PES United (Weds 18 August): https://riocinema.org.uk/RioCinema.dll/Booking?Booking=TSelectItems.waSelectItemsPrompt.TcsWebMenuItem_0.TcsWebTab_0.TcsPerformance_13618803
September meet-up for Creatives of Colour: https://www.tickettext.co.uk/2FbS8H9q3x -
Ep 5: 'Wilderness' ramble with Dr Neil Fox (Flushing to Mylor)
James (sans Matthew, who's in Bristol) talking with Falmouth School of Film and Television lecturer and Cinematologist podcaster Dr. Neil Fox, about his indie feature 'Wilderness', due out April 5th 2021 on most platforms, accompanied by Bailey the dog. This walk repeats the Flushing to Mylor route that nearly killed both James and Matthew on a previous excursion with less dramatic results apart from the brief appearance of an owl.
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Ep 4: Writing Comedy (Devoran)
Matthew and James walk around the historic Cornish village of Devoran and discuss how comedy scriptwriting differs from straight drama, how many drama writers are able to use comedy to enhance their scripts and how the US and UK scriptwriting systems differ. They are also thanked sarcastically by a lady walking her dogs, encounter some horses, and see a house which may or may not belong to Pierce Brosnan.
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Ep 3: Adaptations, with Emma Frost (Flushing to Mylor)
Matthew and James either travel to Asia Minor to search for the source of the Bosporus, or do the walk from Flushing to Mylor and back again, depending on how cynical you're feeling. With them is Matthews creative and business partner Emma Frost (The White Queen, The Spanish Princess, Jamaica Inn and many others), who talks about the process of adapting literary works to screen, as well as the new production company she's set up with Matthew, 'Watford & Essex'. In the most dramatic excursion yet, only one of the participants remains uninjured by the journey's end...
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Ep 2: Getting Science Fiction onto the screen (Trelissick)
Matthew and James walk around Trelissick, discussing the difficulties in translating the genre of science fiction to screen, including Matthew's experiences with writing episodes of Doctor Who, Star Wars, adapting Arthur C. Clarke and Philip K. Dick as well as original post-apocalyptic series The Last Train, as well as James' experience getting an Akira reference into pre-school CBeebies show Hey Duggee.
Worth noting that a swear has crept into this episode, hence its 'explicit' rating, but it is only the one. -
Ep 1, Pt 2: Mylor to Flushing
On their return journey, fuelled by poached eggs and (decaf) coffee, Matthew and James discuss getting an agent, being eaten by owls, William Friedkin, the greatest script title of all time, and how much we're all going to end up writing about Covid.
Customer Reviews
A Great Podcast About Writing
I love podcasts about writing (I should maybe listen to fewer and spend more time writing) and this one is really charming and full of great insight. The stories told by the hosts James and Matthew allow listeners access to their immense experience and honesty about and understanding of writing, in a way that is funny and engaging. Their rapport and friendship is palpable and makes for an easy listening experience. Their advice is phillosophical and practical and pragmatic.
The recording and context adds so much too. Their descriptions of the Cornish locales where they traipse and talk are a delight, their encounters with other ramblers, and dog walkers, add real sonic flavour to the point where you feel like you tramping along the deep muddy paths right beside them.
Yes, it's brilliant when James falls over (twice!?) in one episode but in that friendly way. It doesn't feel mean to laugh. Nothing about this feels mean, which is rare in what can be a really mean business.
I will be using it in my teaching and listening to all future episodes.
I also really, really want to see James's Boswell series (I thought of Nathan Barley just before he said it).
A brilliant podcast for anyone interested in screenwriting or the creative process in general.