Tag Archives: Public Service Broadcasting

January to June 2017 – the writewyattuk review: the first six months …

Posted on December 22, 2017 by writewyattuk

Blue Aeroplanes frontman Gerard Langley on the band’s early days: “When we started out, we got out of Bristol as much as we could, but would often be third on the bill, playing without a soundcheck. We thought we’d just run … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Abba, Alex Neilson, alt-J, Andy Bell, Benny Andersson, Blondie, Blue Aeroplanes, Brendan Cole, Brian Epstein, Bruce Foxton, Captain Beefheart, Carl Magnus Palm, Chris Stein, Del Amitri, Den Davis, Denny Walley, Doug Perkins and the Spectaculars, Dunfermline, Erasure, Frank Zappa, From The Jam, Gerard Langley, Gus Unger-Hamilton, Howard Jones, Ian Hunter, J Willgoose Esq, James Taylor, James Taylor Quartet, John McNally, John Peel, Jose Jacobs, Justin Currie, Katrina and the Waves, Katrina Leskanich, Leo Sayer, Lloyd Cole, Manic Street Preachers, Michael Buble, Mott the Hoople, Neil Sheasby, Orange Juice, paul weller, Public Service Broadcasting, Richard Jobson, Ron Mael, Ron Sexsmith, Rose McDowall, Runshaw College, Russell Hastings, Simon Barber, Sparks, Stone Foundation, Strawberry Switchblade, Strictly Come Dancing, The Chesterfields, The Clash, The Jam, The Searchers, The Skids, Trembling Bells, Vince Clarke | Leave a comment

Mary Casio’s 2017 space odyssey – checking in with Hannah Peel

Posted on September 14, 2017 by writewyattuk

Space – the final frontier. But in this case we’re talking the voyage of Mary Casio rather than Star Trek’s Captain James T. Kirk, boldly going where no woman has gone before – via a garden shed in Yorkshire. Last … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Anna Karenina, Barnsley, brass bands, Cassiopeia, Craigavon, Daphne Oram, Delia Derbyshire, Dobcross, electronica, Hannah Peel, Liverpool, Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, Liverpool Philharmonic, Mary Casio, Public Service Broadcasting, The Magnetic North, Tubular Bells, Tubular Brass | 2 Comments

Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley

Posted on July 24, 2017 by writewyattuk

I’ve mentioned on these pages before a love of archive documentary films, the British Film Institute restoring, reissuing and reminding us of so many inspirational cinematic moments in recent years, not least treasures from the pioneering GPO Film Unit and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged 9Bach, A Letter for Wales, Beaufort Male Choir, BFI, British Transport Films, Camera Obscura, Donald Houston, Every Valley, GPO Film Unit, Haiku Salut, Idris Davies, J Willgoose Esq, James Dean Bradfield, Manic Street Preachers, Night Mail, Norman Prouting, Public Service Broadcasting, Richard Burton, South Wales, The Magnetic North, Wrigglesworth | Leave a comment

Valley high – back in touch with Public Service Broadcasting’s J. Willgoose Esq.

Posted on April 14, 2017 by writewyattuk

Commercial success doesn’t seem to have changed the pseudonymous J.Wilgoose Esq. Unless of course his excuse of not picking up his phone straight away as he was ‘carrying a cup of tea into the studio’ is shorthand for some rock’n’roll … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged 9Bach, Beaufort Male Choir, Camera Obscura, coalmining, Ebbw Vale, Every Valley, Haiku Salut, Inform Educate Entertain, J Willgoose Esq, James Dean Bradfield, Lisa Jên Brown, Manic Street Preachers, miners' strike, Public Service Broadcasting, South Wales, The Race for Space, Tracyanne Campbell | 4 Comments

King Champion Sounds – Preston, The Continental

Posted on March 6, 2017 by writewyattuk

There’s something about an unconventional marriage of inspirational music and film that always appeals to me, and I’ve been spoiled for choice on that front of late. In my formative days on the ‘80s London circuit I recall a venue … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Ajay Saggar, Amsterdam, British Sea Power, G.W. Sok, John Peel, King Champion Sounds, King Creosote, Man with a Movie Camera, Preston, Public Service Broadcasting, The Continental, The Magnetic North, Tuff Life Boogie, Ukraine, Vernal Equinox Festival | 2 Comments

Into 2016 … and 103,000 hits can’t be bad

Posted on January 4, 2016 by writewyattuk

As the hands reached midnight on New Year’s Eve, the minions behind the scenes at writewyattuk.com polished off the last of the Irish cream (explaining at least one of those empty bottles that next morning) and got to work on … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Buzzcocks, Cast, Dodgy, Dubious Brothers, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elkie Brooks, Graeme Garden, Gretchen Peters, Happy Mondays, Heaven 17, Ian McNabb, Julian Cope, Mark Radcliffe, Martha reeves, Midge Ure, Mike Harding, Noel Fielding, Public Service Broadcasting, Rick Wakeman, Slade, Smoke Fairies, Squeeze, Status Quo, The Chameleons, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Stranglers, The Undertones, Tom Robinson, Wolf Alice | Leave a comment

The Race for Space by Public Service Broadcasting – a writewyattuk review

Posted on February 20, 2015 by writewyattuk

It was supposedly a happy accident that Public Service Broadcasting stumbled upon correlations between the sublime Everest on their debut LP and a mention of George Mallory’s historic Peak XV explorations while working on their second. Either way, it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Apollo, Everest, Gagarin, NASA, Public Service Broadcasting, Sputnik, The Race for Space, Valentina Tereshkova, Vostok, Willgoose, Wrigglesworth | 4 Comments

Exploring the gravitational pull of Public Service Broadcasting – a writewyattuk interview

Posted on February 13, 2015 by writewyattuk

I’m not alone in my fascination for all things space-related, and was captivated as a child by the later Apollo missions, at least one of which I vaguely recall catching on telly at primary school in the early ’70s. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged British Film Institute, Dr Who, Everest, Gagarin, Kaiser Chiefs, Manic Street Preachers, NASA, New Order, Public Service Broadcasting, Rolling Stones, Sputnik, The Race for Space, Valentina Tereshkova, Willgoose, Wrigglesworth | 4 Comments

Mission accomplished … but the public service beat goes on

Posted on May 9, 2013 by writewyattuk

In which writewyattuk runs the rule over the eagerly-awaited debut LP from Public Service Broadcasting – Inform, Educate, Entertain … and discovers a ready-made classic. It’s always a nervous experience when a band you’ve learned to love during the incubation … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Everest, Inform Educate Entertain, Night Mail, Public Service Broadcasting, ROYGBIV, Signal 30, Spitfire, Willgoose, Wrigglesworth | 3 Comments

Record Store Day – beware the corporate take-over

Posted on April 21, 2013 by writewyattuk

I’LL start with an admission. I tend to buy quite a bit of my back-catalogue from charity shops these days. Then there’s a few I borrow from the library, my young, free and single era replaced by an almost-middle-aged, economical … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Action Records, Bens Collectors Records, Cob Records, David Hepworth, guildford, Ian Rankin, John Peel, paul weller, Pete Paphides, Porthmadog, Preston, Public Service Broadcasting, Records Store Day 2013, Strypes, Wedding Present | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Public Service Broadcasting

January to June 2017 – the writewyattuk review: the first six months …

Mary Casio’s 2017 space odyssey – checking in with Hannah Peel

Public Service Broadcasting – Every Valley

Valley high – back in touch with Public Service Broadcasting’s J. Willgoose Esq.

King Champion Sounds – Preston, The Continental

Into 2016 … and 103,000 hits can’t be bad

The Race for Space by Public Service Broadcasting – a writewyattuk review

Exploring the gravitational pull of Public Service Broadcasting – a writewyattuk interview

Mission accomplished … but the public service beat goes on

Record Store Day – beware the corporate take-over

Recent Posts

Archives

Categories

Meta

Blog Stats