Andy Murray
@mrgeetsromo.bsky.social
Hairy ne'er-do-well. Would-be good egg. Pillock.
Nigel Kneale / Russell T Davies biographer.
New social media platform, same great content.
Est. 1972.
Nigel Kneale / Russell T Davies biographer.
New social media platform, same great content.
Est. 1972.
End of an era today in Manchester: last day of work at HOME for my pal Garry Watson, who started as a projectionist at Cornerhouse just over forty years ago - the last man standing from the opening of the original venue. Cheers, Garry!
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
End of an era today in Manchester: last day of work at HOME for my pal Garry Watson, who started as a projectionist at Cornerhouse just over forty years ago - the last man standing from the opening of the original venue. Cheers, Garry!
Top action shots of
@dannyrobins.bsky.social,
as taken by my pal Garry Watson on the first night of the current Uncanny tour!
@dannyrobins.bsky.social,
as taken by my pal Garry Watson on the first night of the current Uncanny tour!
October 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Top action shots of
@dannyrobins.bsky.social,
as taken by my pal Garry Watson on the first night of the current Uncanny tour!
@dannyrobins.bsky.social,
as taken by my pal Garry Watson on the first night of the current Uncanny tour!
Presumably from the makers of TRON: FEKC and TRON: GIRSL
October 20, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Presumably from the makers of TRON: FEKC and TRON: GIRSL
If it’s not Marti Pellow I’m not interested
October 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
If it’s not Marti Pellow I’m not interested
A Mancunian cultural milestone: it was forty years ago today that the late, lamented Cornerhouse arts centre officially opened its doors.
October 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A Mancunian cultural milestone: it was forty years ago today that the late, lamented Cornerhouse arts centre officially opened its doors.
So nearly the Jamie Oliver / Fall collab we’ve all been waiting for
September 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So nearly the Jamie Oliver / Fall collab we’ve all been waiting for
I’ve booked for this mighty fine charity comedy night in Manchester - why don’t you?
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July 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
I’ve booked for this mighty fine charity comedy night in Manchester - why don’t you?
www.seetickets.com/event/a-love...
www.seetickets.com/event/a-love...
It's the 72nd anniversary of TV landmark The Quatermass Experiment, and if you only buy two books this year about Quatermass and Nigel Kneale, buy @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's (and mine, obviously).
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July 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It's the 72nd anniversary of TV landmark The Quatermass Experiment, and if you only buy two books this year about Quatermass and Nigel Kneale, buy @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's (and mine, obviously).
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The face I'm submitting to Bluesky for verification.
July 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The face I'm submitting to Bluesky for verification.
Next week - Monday 14 July - I’ll be introducing a screening of the sparkling new 4K remaster of Quatermass 2 with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social at HOME in Manchester. Be there or be infiltrated by aliens at the highest level!
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July 7, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Next week - Monday 14 July - I’ll be introducing a screening of the sparkling new 4K remaster of Quatermass 2 with @tobyhadoke.bsky.social at HOME in Manchester. Be there or be infiltrated by aliens at the highest level!
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In 2019, the full score of The Stone Tape was released on green vinyl as part of Record Store Day.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
In 2019, the full score of The Stone Tape was released on green vinyl as part of Record Store Day.
#stonetapelive
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The distinctive score for The Stone Tape – sound and recording being key to the whole play, of course – was created by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop, specifically Glynis Jones in collaboration with Workshop head Desmond Briscoe.
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June 20, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The distinctive score for The Stone Tape – sound and recording being key to the whole play, of course – was created by the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop, specifically Glynis Jones in collaboration with Workshop head Desmond Briscoe.
#stonetapelive
#stonetapelive
A remake of The Stone Tape for BBC2 was planned in 2012, to be written by Matthew Graham (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes) and directed by Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio,
In Fabric, Flux Gourmet).
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In Fabric, Flux Gourmet).
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June 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
A remake of The Stone Tape for BBC2 was planned in 2012, to be written by Matthew Graham (Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes) and directed by Peter Strickland (Berberian Sound Studio,
In Fabric, Flux Gourmet).
#stonetapelive
In Fabric, Flux Gourmet).
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In 2018, actor Hattie Morahan, Andrew's half-sister, appeared as Lady Lavinia Hassall in the BBC Radio 4 remake of The Road..
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June 20, 2025 at 10:01 PM
In 2018, actor Hattie Morahan, Andrew's half-sister, appeared as Lady Lavinia Hassall in the BBC Radio 4 remake of The Road..
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The Stone Tape first aired on Christmas Day 1972. It's an odd coincidence that, 12 years later, Christopher Morahan's son Andrew, by then a successful 26 year-old pop promo director, made the memorable video for Wham!'s Last Christmas.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The Stone Tape first aired on Christmas Day 1972. It's an odd coincidence that, 12 years later, Christopher Morahan's son Andrew, by then a successful 26 year-old pop promo director, made the memorable video for Wham!'s Last Christmas.
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The Stone Tape (working title: Breakthrough), was commissioned by Christopher Morahan in his capacity as the BBC's Head of Plays. He'd worked with Kneale before, having directed The Road in 1963 and a remake of Kneale's adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four in 1965.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:57 PM
The Stone Tape (working title: Breakthrough), was commissioned by Christopher Morahan in his capacity as the BBC's Head of Plays. He'd worked with Kneale before, having directed The Road in 1963 and a remake of Kneale's adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four in 1965.
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In October 2018, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a remake of The Road, adapted by our very own @tobyhadoke.bsky.social.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
In October 2018, BBC Radio 4 broadcast a remake of The Road, adapted by our very own @tobyhadoke.bsky.social.
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Sir Timothy was played by James Maxwell, who went on to become one of the founding artistic directors of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. He died in 1995. (If you're #teambeliever, his ghost is now said to haunt the Royal Exchange.)
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June 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Sir Timothy was played by James Maxwell, who went on to become one of the founding artistic directors of Manchester's Royal Exchange Theatre. He died in 1995. (If you're #teambeliever, his ghost is now said to haunt the Royal Exchange.)
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One night, an unlikely team - sceptical Gideon Cobb and believer Sir Timothy Hassall – head into the woods to investigate using the very latest equipment...
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June 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
One night, an unlikely team - sceptical Gideon Cobb and believer Sir Timothy Hassall – head into the woods to investigate using the very latest equipment...
#stonetapelive
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Kneale's lost 1963 TV play The Road was another precursor to The Stone Tape. Set in 1770, it centres on the supposed haunting of woods in England.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Kneale's lost 1963 TV play The Road was another precursor to The Stone Tape. Set in 1770, it centres on the supposed haunting of woods in England.
#stonetapelive
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There's plenty to mark Quatermass and the Pit out as a precursor to The Stone Tape, not least a psychically-sensitive female scientist and a revealing search through ancient parish records.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
There's plenty to mark Quatermass and the Pit out as a precursor to The Stone Tape, not least a psychically-sensitive female scientist and a revealing search through ancient parish records.
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The 1958-9 BBC TV serial Quatermass and the Pit, one of Kneale's most celebrated works, is a major example of the writer exploring science in conflict with the supernatural.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
The 1958-9 BBC TV serial Quatermass and the Pit, one of Kneale's most celebrated works, is a major example of the writer exploring science in conflict with the supernatural.
#stonetapelive
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Both The Patter of Tiny Feet and You Must Listen feature teams of professionals in a contemporary setting, faced with the issue of a haunting.
The original version of You Must Listen is now lost, but it was remade for BBC Radio 4 by @bafflegabble.bsky.social in September 2023.
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The original version of You Must Listen is now lost, but it was remade for BBC Radio 4 by @bafflegabble.bsky.social in September 2023.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Both The Patter of Tiny Feet and You Must Listen feature teams of professionals in a contemporary setting, faced with the issue of a haunting.
The original version of You Must Listen is now lost, but it was remade for BBC Radio 4 by @bafflegabble.bsky.social in September 2023.
#stonetapelive
The original version of You Must Listen is now lost, but it was remade for BBC Radio 4 by @bafflegabble.bsky.social in September 2023.
#stonetapelive
Kneale's 1952 radio play You Must Listen also feels like a prototype for The Stone Tape, with telephone engineers tackling the issue of a solicitor's faulty phone line. (SPOILER: the fault is that it's haunted.)
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June 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Kneale's 1952 radio play You Must Listen also feels like a prototype for The Stone Tape, with telephone engineers tackling the issue of a solicitor's faulty phone line. (SPOILER: the fault is that it's haunted.)
#stonetapelive
#stonetapelive
Long out of print, Tomato Cain and Other Stories was finally reissued by @commapress.bsky.social in 2022.
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June 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Long out of print, Tomato Cain and Other Stories was finally reissued by @commapress.bsky.social in 2022.
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