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Geektown Radio is a weekly entertainment podcast, which looks at all the latest TV & Film News, hosts interviews with people in the tv industry, and gives you the latest TV show UK air dates. It also includes our Geektown - Behind The Scenes podcast, which features interviews with people from across the tv, film and gaming industries. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 15h ago ·  Bonus

    Geektown Talks To… ‘The Avengers’ Author David Crichton About Classic ’60s TV Series

    This week, Dave chats with author David Crichton about his new novel, ‘The Avengers: Death in Downing Street’, which returns John Steed and Emma Peel to the wonderfully stylish and eccentric world of the classic 1960s television series. And, just to avoid any confusion following the latest ‘Avengers: Doomsday’ trailer, we are talking bowler hats and leather catsuits here, not Marvel superheroes. David and Dave also have a little history together, having worked at the same design agency in a previous life. They discuss David’s journey from account handler to published author, and how a lockdown writing project eventually became the first completely original Steed and Peel adventure in decades. The conversation explores the surprisingly complicated road to getting a new ‘Avengers’ story approved, the challenge of capturing the unmistakable voices and chemistry of Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg, and translating such a visually distinctive television series onto the page. They also chat about weaving real history into the wonderfully peculiar world of ‘The Avengers’, whether the series could ever be successfully revived for television, and what David would like to do next. Plus, there are detours into ‘Doctor Who’, Korean television, ‘Reacher’, tie-in novels and the full-size Dalek occupying David’s office. ‘The Avengers: Death in Downing Street’ is available now in paperback and ebook, published by Titan Books. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Geektown Talks To… ‘The Avengers’ Author David Crichton About Classic ’60s TV Series

  2. 3d ago ·  Bonus

    Geekstorians: Wearing The Franchise | How Cosplay Became Franchise Visibility

    Cosplay began as something gloriously handmade: fans turning up in costumes because they loved a story enough to carry it into the room. But somewhere between the early science fiction masquerades, Star Wars armour builds, convention photo galleries, viral cosplay, professional creators and the rise of organisations like the 501st Legion, something shifted. The costume was no longer just a costume. It became proof that a franchise mattered. In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave looks at how cosplay grew from fan-made performance into one of the most visible forms of franchise culture, and how the work fans do for love became increasingly useful to the companies standing nearby. Not because anyone sent a memo. Because fandom built something too powerful to ignore. For more geeky news, reviews, interviews, and air dates, head to Geektown.co.uk. You can also listen to Geektown Radio, our weekly podcast covering the latest in TV, film, and gaming. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Geekstorians: Wearing The Franchise | How Cosplay Became Franchise Visibility

  3. Jul 16 ·  Bonus

    Geektown Talks To Boris Mojsovski: I Will Find You, Titans, 12 Monkeys, Rabbit Hole & More

    In this episode of Geektown Talks To, Dave chats with cinematographer, director and filmmaker Boris Mojsovski, whose work includes Netflix’s Harlan Coben thriller ‘I Will Find You’, along with ‘Rabbit Hole’, ‘12 Monkeys’, ‘Titans’, ‘The Lost Symbol’, ‘The Madness’ and more. Boris talks about growing up around film sets, initially trying not to follow the family path into filmmaking, and how photography, writing and directing eventually pulled him back behind the camera. He also discusses the unusual position of being both a cinematographer and director on long-form television, and how that helps shape the visual identity of a series. We then dive into ‘I Will Find You’, exploring how Boris and the creative team built the show’s tense, grounded visual language, from its prison-set opening to the wider mystery that follows. He talks about creating a “visual manifesto” for the series, the challenge of making something feel real while still delivering thriller-level drama, and why the “geography of a face” can be one of the most powerful tools in visual storytelling. The conversation also moves into some of Boris’s other genre work, including the paranoia of ‘Rabbit Hole’, the time-travel complexity of ‘12 Monkeys’, and the superhero world of DC’s ‘Titans’. Plus, Boris teases his own upcoming film ‘Foreign Tongue’, talks about recent projects including ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’ and ‘Into the Deep Blue’, and reveals the classic films he wishes he could have made himself. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Geektown Talks To Boris Mojsovski: I Will Find You, Titans, 12 Monkeys, Rabbit Hole & More

  4. Jul 14 ·  Bonus

    Geekstorians: Middle-Earth, Inc. | How Peter Jackson Built The Impossible & What The Machine Did Next

    This week on Geekstorians, we travel to Middle-earth, not as tourists, but as slightly suspicious historians with a map, a torch, and some concerns about licensing agreements. In 1998, Peter Jackson walked into New Line Cinema with a fantasy epic most of Hollywood considered impossible. What followed became one of cinema’s great gambles: three films, shot back-to-back, built in New Zealand by artists, craftspeople, performers, technicians, and people who apparently did not believe sleep was legally required. But this episode is not just about how The Lord of the Rings became a miracle. It’s about what happened after the miracle. Because once Middle-earth proved it could be enormous, prestigious, beloved, and wildly profitable, it stopped being only a story. It became territory. A machine. A place where skipped chapters, side roads, appendices, rights deals, and strange little corners of Tolkien’s world could all become valuable. From Jackson’s impossible pitch, to Weta’s handmade craft, to Oscar glory, to The Hobbit, The Rings of Power, and the modern hunt for whatever Middle-earth still has left to give, this is the story of what happens when a beloved world becomes too successful to leave alone. This is Middle-Earth, Inc. For more geeky news, reviews, interviews, and air dates, head to Geektown.co.uk. You can also listen to Geektown Radio, our weekly podcast covering the latest in TV, film, and gaming. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Geekstorians: Middle-Earth, Inc. | How Peter Jackson Built The Impossible & What The Machine Did Next

  5. Jul 8 ·  Bonus

    Geekstorians: The Anime Crossing | How Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, Ghibli & Crunchyroll Took Anime Mainstream

    Anime did not cross into Western culture in one clean movement. It arrived in fragments, through edited TV dubs, bootleg tapes, playground obsessions, fansubs, late-night downloads, and eventually legal streaming platforms. In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave picks up where Season One’s ‘The Anime Underground’ left off, following anime’s journey from cult import to global mainstream force. We begin at the 2003 Academy Awards, where Spirited Away won Best Animated Feature without sanding itself down for Hollywood. From there, we rewind to the late 90s, when Dragon Ball Z exploded on Toonami and taught a generation of viewers to expect serialised storytelling, consequences, cliffhangers, and men screaming in fields until the landscape reconsidered its options. Then came Pokémon, a franchise that became so massive, so quickly, that many Western children did not even think of it as anime. It was just Saturday morning television, playground trading, Game Boy link cables, and the dangerous social power of a shiny Charizard. The episode also looks at Studio Ghibli’s very different crossing: a studio that refused to compromise, resisted Western editing, and eventually saw Spirited Away become the first Japanese film to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. Finally, we move into the digital era, where fansubs, piracy, simulcasts, and Crunchyroll transformed anime distribution. What began as a fan-built workaround became part of the legal streaming infrastructure. The underground became the industry. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Geekstorians: The Anime Crossing | How Dragon Ball Z, Pokémon, Ghibli & Crunchyroll Took Anime Mainstream

  6. Jul 1 ·  Bonus

    Geekstorians: The Pixel Economy | How Gaming Became The World’s Biggest Entertainment Industry

    Video games didn’t just become bigger than film, music and TV. They became places people went, watched, gathered, spent money, and built memories inside. In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave from Geektown looks at how gaming quietly became the largest entertainment industry on Earth, and why nobody really announced it. The story begins in April 2020, when millions of people attended Travis Scott’s Astronomical concert inside Fortnite. To some, it looked like a clever pandemic workaround. But for players, this was not a sudden novelty. Fortnite had already become a venue, a stage, a social space, and a place where culture could happen. From there, we trace the rise of the pixel economy: the fragmented numbers that made gaming’s scale strangely hard to see, the smartphone turning play into an everyday habit, the rise of streaming and esports, and the transformation of games from products into persistent worlds. Because somewhere along the way, games stopped being things you played and became places you went. This week’s episode explores how gaming became bigger than film, music and television without a single cultural handover moment, why mobile gaming changed everything, how streaming turned games into something people watched as well as played, why esports made gaming visible at arena scale, and how Minecraft, Fortnite and Roblox changed the idea of what a game could be. For more from Geektown, including TV, film and gaming news, reviews, interviews, and Geektown Radio, head to Geektown.co.uk. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Geekstorians: The Pixel Economy | How Gaming Became The World’s Biggest Entertainment Industry

  7. Jun 24 ·  Bonus

    Geekstorians: The Geek Shall Inherit | How Geek Culture Became A Market Segment – S3E2

    In this episode of Geekstorians, Dave looks at the strange five-year window when geek culture stopped being something fans used to find each other, and became something companies used to find them. Beginning in 2007, the episode follows the moment geek identity moved from comic shops, conventions, video rental shelves and school computer labs into the mainstream marketplace. The iPhone made technology aspirational. Comic-Con became an industry stage. Iron Man and The Dark Knight helped turn superheroes into serious blockbuster business. The Big Bang Theory brought geek references into prime-time sitcom culture. And by 2012, “geek chic” had reached the high street, where thick-framed glasses, superhero bags, science jokes and slogan T-shirts were being sold back to the people who had once used those signals to recognise each other. But visibility is not the same as understanding. The Geek Shall Inherit is about what happens when a subculture wins the room, and then discovers the room has buyers, brand managers, market research, and a rack of novelty T-shirts near the tills. For more on this and plenty of other geeky things, head to Geektown.co.uk. And if you haven’t already, check out Geektown Radio, our weekly podcast covering the latest in TV, film, and gaming news. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Geekstorians: The Geek Shall Inherit | How Geek Culture Became A Market Segment – S3E2

  8. Jun 17 ·  Bonus

    Geekstorians: The House That Iron Man Built | How Kevin Feige Built The MCU Machine

    Season Three of Geekstorians begins with the moment geek culture stopped knocking on the door and started owning the building. In this episode, Dave looks at the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Marvel’s desperate rights situation and the gamble of Iron Man, to Kevin Feige’s phase-planned architecture, the genre trick that kept the films from feeling like a production line, and the extraordinary test of asking audiences to follow a talking raccoon and a sentient tree into space. Then we follow the machine to its greatest achievement: Infinity War and Endgame. Two films that asked audiences to trust more than a decade of storytelling, and somehow delivered an ending that felt earned. But what happens after the perfect ending? This episode also looks at the post-Endgame problem, Disney+, Phase Four, the Kang issue, and Marvel’s attempt to rebuild around Doctor Doom, Robert Downey Jr., the Russo Brothers, the Fantastic Four, and the next great convergence point. Because the MCU’s real superpower was never just spectacle. It was trust. And once you build the house everybody else moves into, the architect has to keep building. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Geekstorians: The House That Iron Man Built | How Kevin Feige Built The MCU Machine
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Geektown Radio is a weekly entertainment podcast, which looks at all the latest TV & Film News, hosts interviews with people in the tv industry, and gives you the latest TV show UK air dates. It also includes our Geektown - Behind The Scenes podcast, which features interviews with people from across the tv, film and gaming industries. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/geektown. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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