I don't really write on here much these days as most of my traffic and interactions come from Twitter and Facebook but in true old school style, I thought I'd write a blog post.
2022 saw no regular podcast series in the Autumn as has been the case for the last few years. This was due to two reasons, firstly my mental health had taken a bit of a bad turn and I just didn't want to overload myself with projects and work. Secondly I actually found it very difficult to get anyone on board to take part. With lockdowns somewhat over, everyone is playing catchup and is busy I guess!
So what does 2023 bring, well the first week of January was certainly a busy one with a lot of anniversary's. Firstly we had CITV's 40th anniversary, fans of CITV will remember that in 2003 and 2013 that there were big celebrations on TV to mark the 20th and 30th. However, disappointingly (but not surprisingly) there was nothing this time around. So it was up to the nostalgia anoraks to do something, I was really busy with another project so just quickly chucked together a compilation of idents. However HalfbrickVHS did a week of clips from his VHS collection, so do check out that.
Tots TV hit 30 years on January 4th and I had nothing really planned for it, I was just going to do a post on my social media feeds with some photos. I am still in touch with Robin Stevens (who played Tom) after our Rosie and Jim chat a while ago. We managed to organise a video call and this is what was created...
The big anniversary for me was the 30th of Zzzap! I had spent a month or so working on it nearly everyday and wanted to cram as much material as I could. The end product was this 25 minute documentary which I am incredibly chuffed has been well received by fans and production crew. Even if it does feature a cameo from me doing some terrible Zzzap! style acting!
The future of the podcast is still a bit uncertain. I have a few irons in fires currently about potential interviewees. I am finding that my wish list is getting shorter and everyones way more busy than 2 years ago. So it may be a case that interviews are more sporadic instead of a series. I'm going to see what I can get recorded in the next 2-3 months and go from there.
