Caustic Comedies
(
02/09/2010)
Before Robert Shearman wrote for
Doctor Who – or wrote books of award-winning short stories – he was best known for his comedies for the stage. His plays trod a fine line between domestic farce and bizarre absurdism, showcasing the lives of ordinary flawed people thrown into impossible and fantastical situations.
Big Finish is proud to present
Caustic Comedies, a selection from his best known work: from the macabre
Easy Laughter, winner of the Sunday Times Playwriting Award, to his sci fi comedy
Binary Dreamers, winner of a Royal National Theatre prize and
Fool to Yourself, directed by Alan Ayckbourn. By turns all seven plays are odd, disturbing, heartbreaking, and very, very funny.
Available in
paperback,
hardback – or as a
special collector's edition. (This beautifully bound A4-sized edition is part of a limited run of 300 signed copies). Each play has a preface written by Rob and boasts a specially commissioned full-page illustration. Plus original cast photos and reproductions of posters from the stage productions throughout.
Caustic Comedies is available for pre-order now.
Bernice Summerfield: Dead and Buried -- Released!
(
01/09/2010)
Finally it's here! Our very first fully animated adventure has been released and... It’s completely free!
Bernice Summerfield: Dead and Buried is a 10-minute animated adventure starring
Lisa Bowerman as the 27th Century Archaeologist
Bernice Summerfield, and
Miles Richardson as
Irving Braxiatel.
While waiting to see what Braxiatel is is planning, Benny goes back to her roots and investigates a previously undiscovered civilisation. It’s not long, however, before she's being pursued through the ruins by an implacable foe.
"
The Bernice Summerfield range has always been a testing ground for new writers, actors and ideas,” says Director and Animator, Alex Mallinson. “
Indeed, the range was Big Finish's first venture back in 1999. So, to celebrate Bernice's eleventh season, we've pushed the boundaries again and produced Big Finish's first animated feature. It's a ten-minute adventure which acts as an introduction not only to the first play of season 11, Resurrecting the Past, but also to the character herself and the range in general.".
For me personally, this started as an exercise to see if it was possible to create a short film. Big Finish is always about doing a lot with limited resources. Everyone worked very hard to make this a success and I'm hugely grateful for their help and encouragement. The real test now though, is whether it's as much fun to watch as it has been to create.”
To go with the animation, there we are giving away five high resolution desktop images and a high-quality version of the the story that can be downloaded and burnt to DVD, all this at
http://bernicesummerfield.co.uk.
Dead and Buried leads directly into
11.01 Bernice Summerfield: Resurrecting the Past. Season 11 is available for pre-order now.
Latest Weekly Podcast
(
30/08/2010)
It's the latest weekly podcast. Presented by
Nick Briggs,
David Richardson and
Paul (Good Lorrrrd!!!)
Spragg, this is a special preview edition with clips and teases for a brace of our September releases:
Cradle of the Snake,
Project Destiny,
The Book of Kells,
Find and Replace.
Download or stream, the choice is yours. The means to do either are down and to the left of this item. Either way, it's freeeeeeee.
Jago and Litefoot Series Two - Episode Details
(
29/08/2010)
Episode information is now available for Series Two of
Jago and Litefoot, which is released in January 2011. The five disc box set sees the return of Christopher Benjamin as Henry Gordon Jago and Trevor Baxter as Professor Litefoot, and the ensemble cast also includes Lisa Bowerman as Ellie, Conrad Asquith as Sergeant Quick and David Collings as Gabriel Sanders
The stories are as follows:
2.1 Litefoot and Sanders
Written by Justin Richards
Directed by Lisa Bowerman
Featuring Chloe Howman
Women are being killed on the streets of London, and the evidence points to it being the work of a vicious vampire. This should be a case for Jago and Litefoot but – to the astonishment of Jago – the esteemed investigators of infernal incidents have gone their separate ways. It’s now a case for Litefoot and Sanders – but Jago isn’t going to go away quietly…
2.2 The Necropolis Express
Written by Mark Morris
Directed by Lisa Bowerman
Featuring Vernon Dobtcheff
Strange things are happening in the pauper’s graveyard at Charnel’s End. There are hideous creatures in the undergrowth, a mysterious light emanating from the church, and something deadly beneath the ground itself. Someone from Litefoot’s past has come back to haunt him, and things may never be the same again…
2.3 The Theatre of Dreams
Written by Jonathan Morris
Directed by Lisa Bowerman
Featuring Duncan Wisbey, Jennie Stoller, Alex Mallinson
“Roll up gentlemen and ladies, roll up! Welcome to Deuteronomy’s Theatre De Fantasie, the show where your dreams come true!”Henry Gordon Jago believes he has made a killer booking for the New Regency Theatre. Unfortunately, he is absolutely correct…
1.4 The Ruthven Inheritance
Written by Andy Lane
Directed by Lisa Bowerman
Featuring Duncan Wisbey and Simon Williams
The pathology skills of Professor Litefoot and Dr Sacker are called upon by Lord Ruthven, who asks them to catalogue a cache of bones beneath his country estate. And so begins the endgame… as a plan long laid come to its glorious fruition.
The series is available for pre-order
now, at a special discount price.
Katy Manning Podcast
(
27/08/2010)
And just before the next of the
Weekly BF Podcast next week (Monday to be precise)... A special, extra bit of podcasting from the Big Finish team.
Nick Briggs and
David Richardson chat to
Katy Manning about her upcoming
Short Trips and about her
Companion Chronicles (as Third Doctor companion
Jo Grant) and, of course, her exciting adventures as the irrepressible
Iris Wildthyme!
Katy is on fine form and there are far too many laughs along the way.
Download or stream this free podcast by using the box slightly to the left of this item. Press the play button to stream, or the 'Podcast' button to go to our Podcast Page, where you can download the mp3.
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