What's the most controversial reality show ever made? The 2007 Dutch show De Grote Donorshow is right up there, and this time on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, Kate and I chat to @joemyerscough.bsky.social all about it. Listen & subscribe here - pod.link/1743063174

This time on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, Director and Series Producer @stevecoots.bsky.social talks about his inspiration, Stephen Spielberg's iconic E.T. The Extra Terrestrial. Also includes talk of Brian Cox and a brain in a bucket. Listen here - pod.link/1743063174

Is AI going to take your TV job? This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social we find out the surprising answer. Kate and I talk to filmmaker and Deep Fusion Films CEO Benjamin Field about what AI is, how it works, how it can help you and whether you should be worried. Listen here- pod.link/1743063174

What's the craziest thing that's happened to you while working in TV? That's the question we're asking in the final episode of series 2 of @tortoisepod.bsky.social. From diving in sewage to nearly killing the talent, it's a bit of a rollercoaster.
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Our live podcast at @ri-science.bsky.social is out now! It's a fun peek behind the curtains of the TV years of the RI Christmas Lectures, with @helenczerski.bsky.social, @hughmontgomery.bsky.social David Dugan, David Coleman and Andy Marmery. Listen & subscribe here - pod.link/1743063174

Tonight at @ri-science.bsky.social we're talking about the TV years of the Royal Institution Xmas Lectures; their impact, legacy, and what it takes to put them together. Joining me & Kate Dooley on stage - @helenczerski.bsky.social, Hugh Montgomery, David Dugan, David Coleman and Andy Marmery

This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, @Dooley101 and I are joined by Executive Producer & former BBC Horizon editor @SteveJCrabtree to talk about his inspiration, the 1981 BBC series The Deceivers with Jeremy Beadle. Listen now to find out how Stan Lee made him cry - pod.link/1743063174

In this week's episode of @tortoisepod.bsky.social, Kate and I visit @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social to talk to Robert Sternberg about his inspiration - the 1984 BBC Horizon episode Professor Bonner & the Slime Molds. Listen & subscribe here pod.link/1743063174

The @tortoisepod.bsky.social live recording at @ri-science.bsky.social at has moved to 14 April. If you're interested in how TV is made or how the Christmas Lectures are put together, come along! With guests @helenczerski.bsky.social and Windfall Films founder David Dugan. Tickets: shorturl.at/Qgp5o

This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, presenter Dallas Campbell joins me and Kate to talk about @channel4tv.bsky.social's mind-bending series Reality on the Rocks. Hosted by the one-of-a-kind Ken Campbell, it's an exploration of quantum physics like no other. Listen & subscribe- pod.link/1743063174

This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, Kate and I talk to award-winning director Sophie Robinson about the film that inspired her - the 1987 Paul Hamann masterpiece Fourteen Days in May, featuring the tireless work of Clive Stafford-Smith. Listen here - pod.link/1743063174

Kate and I are back for 2025 with a new episode of @tortoisepod.bsky.social. We're talking to wildlife wizard James Manisty about the 1996 bug film Microcosmos, and discuss the technical and ethical challenges of filming bugs. Listen here - pod.link/1743063174

It's Christmas Eve and Kate Dooley and I have had too much sherry, so instead of the usual science & wildlife chat on
@tortoisepod.bsky.social we're talking to past guests about their favourite Christmas films. Plus... news of our first ever LIVE SHOW! Merry Christmas! pod.link/1743063174

This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, Kate & I talk to Simon Winchcombe about the show that launched his career - Jeremy Clarkson's barnstorming Great Britons episode on Brunel. We also celebrate the genius of James Burke and chat about changing careers in your 30s. Listen here: pod.link/1743063174

This week on @tortoisepod.bsky.social, Kate Dooley and I welcome Mariana Kneppers to talk about the science megaseries @MythBusters. We discuss the challenges of starting out in TV and ask whether TV has become too risk averse. With thanks to Talesmith for hosting. pod.link/1743063174