Mike Bennett
@mikebennett.bsky.social
Author and podcaster of the Underwood and Flinch vampire saga. Wexford, Ireland.
I have a new dog photography account on Instagram. I'm TheWexfordPhoDOGrapher. Well worth following if you like photos of dogs 📷🐶❤️
November 18, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I have a new dog photography account on Instagram. I'm TheWexfordPhoDOGrapher. Well worth following if you like photos of dogs 📷🐶❤️
I took this last year. Can't remember the name of the pooch, but she was a very good girl 📷
#dogsofbluesky #bnwdogs #bnwphotography
#dogsofbluesky #bnwdogs #bnwphotography
October 3, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I took this last year. Can't remember the name of the pooch, but she was a very good girl 📷
#dogsofbluesky #bnwdogs #bnwphotography
#dogsofbluesky #bnwdogs #bnwphotography
Reposted by Mike Bennett
A big storm, named Floris by the UK Met Office, is heading our way over the coming days and is likely to bring unseasonably strong winds, writes Environment Correspondent George Lee.
Storm Floris predicted to be exceptionally strong
Ahead of the arrival of the unseasonable Storm Floris, Environment Correspondent George Lee examines the occurrence and impacts of such weather events in the summer period.
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August 2, 2025 at 10:03 AM
A big storm, named Floris by the UK Met Office, is heading our way over the coming days and is likely to bring unseasonably strong winds, writes Environment Correspondent George Lee.
Nicky Rackard statue, Wexford Town, Ireland.
#photography #bnwphotography #ireland #wexford #bnwmood #blancoynegro #nikon #monochrome
#photography #bnwphotography #ireland #wexford #bnwmood #blancoynegro #nikon #monochrome
July 12, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Nicky Rackard statue, Wexford Town, Ireland.
#photography #bnwphotography #ireland #wexford #bnwmood #blancoynegro #nikon #monochrome
#photography #bnwphotography #ireland #wexford #bnwmood #blancoynegro #nikon #monochrome
The circus is in town. Not my thing, but it looks nice.
#bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography
#bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography
July 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The circus is in town. Not my thing, but it looks nice.
#bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography
#bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography
Three BnW triptychs. Wide-Medium-Tight around Wexford Town, Ireland 📷
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#bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography
July 6, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Three BnW triptychs. Wide-Medium-Tight around Wexford Town, Ireland 📷
#bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography
#bnwphotography #photographyireland #photography
📣 New Podcast! "Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 12" on @Spreaker
Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 12
Claire Redmond finally tracks down the elusive London Vampire - but the truth she uncovers is darker than she ever imagined.
Mike Bennett's Underwood and Flinch at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mikebennett
Music:
Hitman Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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July 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
📣 New Podcast! "Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 12" on @Spreaker
📣 New Podcast! "Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 11" on @Spreaker
Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 11
Huzzah! A double episode! Two episodes of the original Patreon podcast of Underwood and Flinch Underground in one podcast.
Mike Bennett's Underwood and Flinch at Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/mikebennett
Music:
Hitman Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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June 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
📣 New Podcast! "Underwood and Flinch 6: Episode 11" on @Spreaker
June 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's done at last. 55 pages of U&F TV pilot, finished. I've sent it to my producer pal and now await his ruthless assessment. But till then, I'm shagged sideways by the process. I could quite happily never set eyes on the thing again 😅
May 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
It's done at last. 55 pages of U&F TV pilot, finished. I've sent it to my producer pal and now await his ruthless assessment. But till then, I'm shagged sideways by the process. I could quite happily never set eyes on the thing again 😅
Converting the Word doc of the pilot into industry-standard script format & watching in horror as my page count rises way beyond the allotted 50 pages. When I'm done, I reckon it'll be closer to 100. I guess that's when the serious editing starts. To cut to the marrow what's already cut to the bone.
May 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Converting the Word doc of the pilot into industry-standard script format & watching in horror as my page count rises way beyond the allotted 50 pages. When I'm done, I reckon it'll be closer to 100. I guess that's when the serious editing starts. To cut to the marrow what's already cut to the bone.
Just completed the second edit of the third version of the U&F pilot script. It's good. I'm happy with it. Next stage is formatting it into script format, when I'll learn how over the page count I am 😄 Doh! in advance.
May 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Just completed the second edit of the third version of the U&F pilot script. It's good. I'm happy with it. Next stage is formatting it into script format, when I'll learn how over the page count I am 😄 Doh! in advance.
Just finished first full draft of the the U&F pilot. It needs revisions, but I think it's a winner. It closes with resurrection over, Lydia leads David through cellar door, looks back at death of Ana, smiles, closes door to black. Then, if I get my way, this song: open.spotify.com/track/3FjGKU...
Regicide
New Candys · Regicide · Song · 2025
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May 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Just finished first full draft of the the U&F pilot. It needs revisions, but I think it's a winner. It closes with resurrection over, Lydia leads David through cellar door, looks back at death of Ana, smiles, closes door to black. Then, if I get my way, this song: open.spotify.com/track/3FjGKU...
I'm now working on version 3 of the pilot. I've completed the cold open/teaser and it's the best - and shortest (so important) - so far. I also bought the Final Draft app so I can format my "final draft" to a professional standard. It's all going well.
May 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I'm now working on version 3 of the pilot. I've completed the cold open/teaser and it's the best - and shortest (so important) - so far. I also bought the Final Draft app so I can format my "final draft" to a professional standard. It's all going well.
Video update on the pilot ...
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youtube.com/shorts/b62gl...
April 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Video update on the pilot ...
youtube.com/shorts/b62gl...
youtube.com/shorts/b62gl...
1/ Pilot V.02. I went through the whole thing so far and finished the scene I've been working on. I now want a "subplot" scene, but I don't think I'm gonna have room. Plan is to get down all I need to get to where I can close with the resurrection itself. If there's room left ...
April 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
1/ Pilot V.02. I went through the whole thing so far and finished the scene I've been working on. I now want a "subplot" scene, but I don't think I'm gonna have room. Plan is to get down all I need to get to where I can close with the resurrection itself. If there's room left ...
Pilot, version 2. Yesterday I did a lot of thinking; dreaming up new ways of telling the story and compressing nearly 24 chapters into one pilot episode. As a result, today I got 85% of another scene down. It's good 👍
April 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Pilot, version 2. Yesterday I did a lot of thinking; dreaming up new ways of telling the story and compressing nearly 24 chapters into one pilot episode. As a result, today I got 85% of another scene down. It's good 👍
Yesterday I got the next scene down. A flashback to the beginning of David's bad day, keeping it as tight, Edgar Wright-type cuts. It's good.
April 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Yesterday I got the next scene down. A flashback to the beginning of David's bad day, keeping it as tight, Edgar Wright-type cuts. It's good.
Just finished dramatising the resurrection scene. It's very faithful to the book, though that'll probably change.
IMHO, as opening scenes go, it's a BLAST!
IMHO, as opening scenes go, it's a BLAST!
April 19, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Just finished dramatising the resurrection scene. It's very faithful to the book, though that'll probably change.
IMHO, as opening scenes go, it's a BLAST!
IMHO, as opening scenes go, it's a BLAST!
Well, I finished my revised pilot, and though I like it, I have to admit, it's not gonna work. I need to grab the viewer by the throat and shake them like a terrier with a rat in its mouth from the opening scene to the end credits. I know how to do it, and I'm going to. Stay tuned.
April 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Well, I finished my revised pilot, and though I like it, I have to admit, it's not gonna work. I need to grab the viewer by the throat and shake them like a terrier with a rat in its mouth from the opening scene to the end credits. I know how to do it, and I'm going to. Stay tuned.
1/ Redrafting. The David AA scene. Completely different now - including David. Without the narrative text, you have to use visual signs to convey information. So, ditch a lot of non-plot-driving talk about being a teacher (what use is that in the later story? Does he give English lessons?) ...
April 15, 2025 at 3:01 PM
1/ Redrafting. The David AA scene. Completely different now - including David. Without the narrative text, you have to use visual signs to convey information. So, ditch a lot of non-plot-driving talk about being a teacher (what use is that in the later story? Does he give English lessons?) ...
47 pages of a 50-page pilot completed in first draft. Now to edit it and fill the remaining 3 pages 🦇
April 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
47 pages of a 50-page pilot completed in first draft. Now to edit it and fill the remaining 3 pages 🦇
Another productive day yesterday. Two scenes done, including another new one with Lydia and Beltran. The first draft is now complete, but as Terry Pratchett said, "the first draft is just you telling the story to yourself." Now the hard bit begins: telling it to TV execs in a way that says "YES 😍!!"
April 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Another productive day yesterday. Two scenes done, including another new one with Lydia and Beltran. The first draft is now complete, but as Terry Pratchett said, "the first draft is just you telling the story to yourself." Now the hard bit begins: telling it to TV execs in a way that says "YES 😍!!"
Yesterday was spent doing the free podcast, but today I was back to the TV pilot. Another brand new scene. David doesn't get blotto drunk, instead, he managed to call Steve, his sponsor. The scene is David, Steve, and Lisa at David's flat. Written with the benefit of having 150 episodes behind me 🦇
April 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Yesterday was spent doing the free podcast, but today I was back to the TV pilot. Another brand new scene. David doesn't get blotto drunk, instead, he managed to call Steve, his sponsor. The scene is David, Steve, and Lisa at David's flat. Written with the benefit of having 150 episodes behind me 🦇
Pilot: Scene 4. First draft done. Original NEW scene. Lydia brings Beltran to Casa Underwood for the first time, introduces Ana, Conchi and John Flinch. Lydia learns from John that their detective has found her long lost brother. It's pretty good 👍
April 7, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Pilot: Scene 4. First draft done. Original NEW scene. Lydia brings Beltran to Casa Underwood for the first time, introduces Ana, Conchi and John Flinch. Lydia learns from John that their detective has found her long lost brother. It's pretty good 👍