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Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska

We have all our ducks in a row for this episode, discussing an album, a film and a program available on streaming.

After the success of The River Bruce Springsteen was burnt out and frustrated. Wanting to avoid the difficult studio production process of the previous two albums, the boss retreated to a secluded property and invested in a fairly new invention - a four track portastudio. What emerged was one of the iconic albums of the 20th century.

We talk about the creative process, his struggle to fully realise his ambition, and the deep connection all three presenters feel to this album.

We include the recent Nebraska 82: Expanded edition, the biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere, and the performance at the Count Basie theatre.

If you don't like Springsteen, Darren has some advice for you.

Listen to Bruce Sprigsteen's Nebraska

Links to this episode:


Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska '82 Expanded Trailer

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Trailer

Warren Zanes - Deliver Me From Nowhere Book Review

Bruce Springsteen's discography

Watch Bruce Springsteen - Atlantic City

The Boss and The Beeston Street Band website

Pointer Sisters - Fire

Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By The Light

Here is Phil's longer more detailed review of Time to Play: Films by Jacques Rozier, a long desired box set from Radiance Films.



Time to Play at the Radiance Films Shop

May Recommendations

It's a beautiful spring here in the UK so why not draw the curtains and get into some music, films and streaming?

The full team have plenty of recommendations, in fact so many we had to trim a couple of things. This includes a review by Phil of Time to Play: Films by Jacques Rozier, a long desired box set from Radiance Films.

So we have made a bonus episode of the full review, available on Kevin's 5282 blog.

And remember, ACME products come with a full lifetime guarantee.

Listen to May Recommendations

Links to this episode

Film & Home Media

Sunlight trailer

Time to Play: Films by Jacques Rozier

Casually Radical: Three Films by Jacques Rozier

The Drama on IMDB

Room Temperature on IMDB

Dennis Cooper blog

Ketchup Entertainment: Coyote vs. ACME Official Trailer

The Gaze: The hidden world of LOONEY TUNES background art on YouTube

Music

Ali Whitton - Between the Forest and the Trees on Bandcamp

Listen to Bob Corritore and Friends - Ernestine Blues

Bill Frisell - In My Dreams (Live)

Ringo Starr - Long Long Road video

Holly Humberstone - Cruel World video

Ike White RSD

Ike White discogs

Guttersnipe on Bandcamp

Rural Tapes: Oneiric

Max Cooper Site; Ebb & Flow on YouTube and Live at the Acropolis on YouTube

Streaming

The Pitt trailer

Margo's Got Money Troubles trailer

The Gong Show Vault on YouTube

Gong This Book

Art

Pauline Boty website

Biography review

Ken Russell's Pop Goes the Easel

Pauline Boty: I Am the Sixties

Festival

Africa Oye

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Hosts Kevin Petch, Rob Wood, Melanie Delaney, Phil Todd and David Benn.
Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.
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Meep Meep.

A brief chat Dave, Kevin and Rob had about Hauntology. Was it really scary, the 70s? Plus Freudians get the Rob treatment.

Hauntology 2

We return to Hauntology, the cultural phenomenon where some people feel that the media of their 1970s childhoods was decidedly weird.

The team ask who wanted to scare children, and why? Dave suggests there are four foundational 'truths' underpinning Hauntological content; the paranormal is real, the occult is real, UFOs are real and the end is nigh. Dave, Rob and Kevin discuss how these fringe ideas migrated to the main stream.

They then consider three writers whose content is at the heart of Haunted books, TV and film.

The episode rounds off looking at modern responses to the subject.

All this in just over an hour.

There is so much we could not cover, but just like The Daleks, Hauntology will be back.

Listen to Hauntology II

Listen to Hauntology I

The Background

The Child and the Family by Donald Winnicott

Radicals in UK Teaching

Neil Postman The Disappearance of Childhood

Blavatsky and Theosophy

The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

Atomic and Cold War

The Creatives

Trevor Preston

Roger Price

Dr Christopher Evans

John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris

Recommendations

Drew Mullholland: Three Antennas in a Quarry

Scarred for Life: Scarred for Life The Album (Volume 1)

One Key Magic: Worldly Noise And Electronic Atmospheres

Boards of Canada

Matt Berry: TV Themes

Burial: Ghost Hardware

The Stone Tapes

BBC: Life On Mars

BBC Sounds: The Lovecraft Investigations

BBC Sounds: The Dark Is Rising

Handspan album inspired by the book

Scarfolk

Additional music not mentioned in episode

1
The Hardy Tree: Stagdale EP 1
Frances Castle’s accompanying music for her Stagdale graphic novel.
A TV composer recalls their school recorder practice and hires a new-fangled drum machine to create backing music for a childrens series set in 1973 tangentially involving Nazis, buried treasure and rural angst.
Theres an equally affecting EP 2, where two lives separated by three decades becoming increasingly entwinned. Frances recalls her 70s north London childhood, recalling the nearby 2nd world war anti aircraft battery position, and seeing contemporary bomb shelters being uncovered then filled in on the high street.

2
David Boulter: St Ann’s

Paul Wellers’ Stanley Road is an album with Hauntological themes dealing with love and loss and a dark cloud the sun just about kept at bay.
Likewise David Boulters mostly instrumental album concerns his love and melancholy for his street, in a part of Nottingham which changed rapidly in the 1960s and 70s. The rain was either arriving or leaving, the sun too bright to watch TV so you shut it out, and the new exciting homes were quickly suffering from national decline. What those homes replaced, old terraces with outside loos and ice inside the windows, were still talked about fondly. Your gran lived round the corner, everyone had a job.
All this is nicely captured in thirteen simple elegant tracks, with guitar, bass, recorder and toned down electronics.

3
Black Channels: Two Knocks For Yes
Proper scary. Poltergiests. Oscillators. Spoken word testament to the eerie and frightening.
One of only two releases from this radiophonic group, and anyone who has followed BBCs Uncanny and all that orbits it will be on familiar although not necessarily happy territory.

4
The Sodality of Shadows: Phantom Cities
Beats driven music for what sounds like the TV theme for a security services up against something uncanny drama. This time in the early 90s, in a weirdly derelict docklands. Time travel? Alternate history, in which Callaghan called the election at the right time and easily beat Thatcher? Whichever, it was an early role for Andrew Lincoln and The Sodality of Shadows get to grips with the half realities of any great city. Especially one prone to fog, temporal instability and the questionable relevance of a secret society that meets in Abingdon Grove.

5
Micro Moon: Figure in a Landscape
After the previous recommendations, something to lull you into an uneasy sense of calm. Electro acoustic psychogeography. Landscapes empty of people but not memory.

Bob Fishers The Haunted Generation

David Bowie Part One

Kevin has been practicing at making a podcast for this very episode. Because we begin our 6 part appreciation of singer, songwriter and cultural masterpiece Mr David Bowie. We will discuss, from a fans point of view, the albums he created throughout his career. In this episode we talk about early musical progression, the TWO self named albums, Space Oddity of course and finish with The Man Who Sold The World.

In four episodes time we will pick up with Hunky Dory.

Listen to David Bowie Part One

Links mentioned in episode:

David Bowie Wikipedia

Listen to The Konrads

Davie Jones and The King-Bees - Liza Jane

Davie Jones and The King-Bees - Louie, Louie Go Home

The Manish Boys - I Pity The Fool

The Manish Boys - Take My Tip

Davy Jones with The Lower Third - You've Got A Habit Of Leaving

David Bowie with The Lower Third - Can't Help Thinking About Me

David Bowie - Do Anything You Say

David Bowie - I Dig Everything

David Bowie (1967 album) Wikipedia

David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome

David Bowie - Come And Buy My Toys

Billy Fury - Silly Boy Blue Cover

Peter Noone - Oh You Pretty Things Cover

David Bowie - Let Me Sleep Beside You

David Bowie - Karma Man

David Bowie - In The Heat Of The Morning

David Bowie - London Bye Ta-Ta

Watch the David Bowie - Love You Till Tuesday Film (9 videos)

David Bowie (1969 Album) Wikipedia

David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World Wikipedia

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Presented by Kevin Petch, Melanie Delaney, Phil Todd and David Benn.
Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.
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Chuck Norris Films and TV

If there was a Hollywood Walk of Kick Ass, Chuck Norris would have two fists planted in the cement. His films focus on martial arts, high octane action and don't bother much with introspection, romance or the multiverse. So not all bad. What is his legacy? How do his films compare to the big budget major studio fare of Schwarzenegger and Stallone? And just how did Norris become an internet meme sensation?

Discussing all this and more, we even recommend a Chuck Norris film you could watch with the family, especially if your family enjoy seeing stuff getting blown up and bad guys getting kicked through doors.

Listen to Chuck Norris Films and TV here

Links to this episode

Chuck Norris Wikipedia

The Way of the Dragon Trailer

Missing in Action: The Beginning Trailer

Missing in Action Trailer

Braddock: Missing in Action 3 Trailer

The Delta Force Trailer

Code of Silence

Walker, Texas Ranger TV Series Trailer

Interview with Arsenio Hall

Obituary


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Hosts Kevin Petch, Rob Wood and David Benn.
Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.
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Interview with Gary C Williams

It's been 14 years since singer-songwriter Gary C Williams released his last single, Three Cheers For the Underdog, as Mr Gary C. But with the release of new music in March, his future is looking bright.

Gary joined us in the 5282 studio recently to discuss his early days as a musician in bands, his influences, solo career, and the prolonged search for a title that truly captures the spirit of his upcoming mini‑album.

Listen to the interview

Links to Gary C Williams

Listen to Gary C Williams - Freckly Jill

Listen to Gary C Williams - You're Not As Lonely (As You Say You Are)

Gary C Williams on YouTube

Facebook

Bandcamp

Linktree

Watch Paul Sykes at Large

April Recommendations
Your monthly delve into all that's culturally unmissable is back! Here's our comprehensive look at the best in music, film, streaming and even a book review, from Rob, Phil, Dave and Kevin.

With Project Hail Mary filling the mainstream slot, Bi Gan's Resurrection occupying the fringe, and a look at The Rise and Fall of the Madchester scene, we also dig deep into folk, jazz, blues and alternative, with the likes of Holly Golightly, Katherine Priddy, Eric Bibb, Miles Davis, Willow and Gorillaz. Plus much more!

Just don't ask Dave about the 10-gallon hat in the corner of the studio, which might have been left behind after our feature on Spaghetti Westerns. Or in another universe, it might be Dave's way of telling us he's finally embracing Country Music.


Listen to April Recommendations


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Hosts Kevin Petch, Rob Wood, Phil Todd and David Benn.
Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.
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Links to this episode:

Music

Katherine Priddy Wikipedia

Listen to Katherine Priddy - These Frightening Machines

Eric Bibb - One Mississippi

Willow - Petal Rock Black

Gorillaz - The Mountain

Miles Davis – The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel 1965

Luiz Bonfa - Introspection

Listen to Luiz Bonfa - Introspection

Luiz Bonfa - Jacaranda

Listen to Luiz Bonfa - Jacaranda

Holly Golightly - Look Like Trouble

Passepartout Duo

Bonus. 'Internet Sensation' Angine de Poitrine live KEXP

Polypores - There Are Other Worlds

Film & Home Media

Project Hail Mary

Larry Cohen - Special Effects

Larry Cohen - Special Effects Trailer

Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued

Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued Trailer

By Design

By Design trailer

Resurrection

Resurrection Trailer

Streaming

Marshals - A Yellowstone Story Trailer

Holiday Granger wikipedia

The Capture - Series 1 Trailer

Scarpetta Trailer

Jet Lag: The Game Season 17

The Rise and Fall of Madchester on BBC Sounds

Watch 24 Hour Party People

Books

Marguerite Duras - My Cinema

Obits

Chuck Norris

Rob Grant

Eliane Radigue

Poggi & Vinel
Our most fringe topic. Our longest episode. A deep dive into the output of French film-making duo Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel. We discuss their student work, shorts and feature films and explore their influences, techniques and message. We dig deep into that last one as their work is mysterious, opaque and open to interpretation.

Thanks to Phil Todd for suggesting the topic. It's the most fun we have had trying to pronounce French titles.

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/poggivinel

Links to this episode:

Caroline Poggi

Jonathan Vinel

Chiens (Caroline Poggi, 2013)

After School Knife Fight (Poggi & Vinel, 2017)

Finite Rants #6 Bébé Colère (Baby Anger) (Poggi & Vinel, 2020)

International Incoherence Manifesto


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Hosts Kevin Petch, Phil Todd and David Benn.

Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.

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Spaghetti Westerns
We discuss the golden age of this iconic genre, from the early sixties to the mid seventies. Featuring gritty unshaven central characters who might be a bad guy in an American western, but is more ambiguous, often facing down bandits or true villains, sometimes accompanied by a comedic foil. Can the panel agree on one definitive film?

And why did Dave confuse Cyber Punk with Steam Punk?

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/spaghetti-westerns

Links to this episode:

The Dollars Trilogy

Once Upon a Time in the West

Django

Sartana

Ringo

Sabata

They Call Me Trinity

Trinity is Still My Name

Four of the Apocalypse

My Name is Nobody

The Spaghetti Western Database

Review of Alex Cox's book on Spaghetti Westerns


We make no revenue from links or recommendations.

Hosts Kevin Petch, Rob Wood and David Benn.

Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.

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5282 MARCH RECOMMENDATIONS
Our first recommendations of this series and it's full to the brim with opinions. Kevin discusses music including Sleaford Mods and the latest Wuthering Heights soundtrack, Phil reports on his trip to the Rotterdam Film Festival, and Rob discusses streaming offerings including BBC's Waiting for the Out.

Dave manages to pronounce Debbie Harry but not Frog Scouts. Understandable in our opinion.

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/march-recommendations

Links to Episode 3:

Phil

Bayeté Umbra Zindiko – Seeking Other Beauty

Scott Foust Obituary

Anti-Naturals
Hot Enough For You
Lost At Sea

International Rotterdam Film Festival Website

Sound of Falling
The Blue Elephant
Tetsuya Maruyama

Dead Man's Wire

Snake Milkers and the Miserable Lady

Kevin

Sleaford Mods - The Demise of Planet X

A Tribute to the King of Zydeco - Various Artists

B.B. Kings Blues Summit 100 - Joe Bonamassa & Guests

Hen Ogledd - Discombobulated

Kula Shaker - Wormslayer

Kula Shaker - Wormslayer Film

Charli xcx - Wuthering Heights Companion Album

Charli xcx - House ft. John Cale (Music Video)

Hamnet Trailer

Under Salt Marsh Trailer

Small Prophets Trailer

Rob

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Trailer

Waiting for the Out Trailer

The Muppet Show Trailer

Dave

Mandy, Indiana 2nd album urgh

THE GLASS CAGE – Where Did The Sunshine Go?

Victor Kossakovsky Architecton

Outrageous BBC iPlayer (not necessarily available in all territories)

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Hosts Kevin Petch, Rob Wood, Phil Todd and David Benn.

Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.

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HandMade Films: The George Harrison Years
It starts with Monty Python's Life of Brian. Ends with Nuns on the Run. And in between is just over a decade which sees a resurgence in British film-making and rise and then retreat of a small innovative film production company. All made possible by a Beatle, with a passion for new talent, small productions and very silly gags.

Kevin, Dave then Rob present their favourite HandMade items. And then discuss other notable films and George's legacy.

And make no mistake, no one here is particularly naughty.

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/handmade-films-the-george-harrison-years

Links to films mentioned:

Monty Python's Life of Brian

The Long Good Friday

Withnail and I

Time Bandits

A Private Function

Mona Lisa

Track 29

The Raggedy Rawney

An Accidental Studio: The Story of HandMade Films

We make no revenue from links or recommendations.

Hosts Kevin Petch, Rob Wood and David Benn.

Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.

Lou Reed's Solo Albums
In this AI enhanced podsperience (you can tell it's going well straight away) we start our new season with an appreciation of Lou Reed. Beloved by many musicians, given massive lee way by the labels, and in tabloid terms known as the bloke from The Velvets, we pick up where The Velvet Underground left off, and discuss Lou's solo albums.

As we do, we touch on mental health, addiction, Drella, fame and obscurity.

Lou was a unique individual and musician, and we can confidently say he created a lasting creative legacy.

Just a shame he punched David in the face, and not Andy.

Apologies if you heard our previous glitchy version. Kevin is sending Dave on a glitch awareness course.

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/lou-reeds-solo-albums


Links to further information on Lou Reed albums. An asterisk denotes highly recommended.

Lou Reed Wikipedia Biography

Lou Reed Debut Solo Album Review

*Transformer Review

*Berlin Review

* Sally Can't Dance

Metal Machine Music

*Coney Island Baby

Rock and Roll Heart

* Street Hassle

The Bells Review

*Growing Up in Public

*The Blue Mask

Legendary Hearts

New Sensations Review

Mistrial

*New York Deluxe Review

Songs for Drella with John Cale

*Magic and Loss

Set the Twilight Reeling

Ecstasy Review

The Raven Review

Hudson River Wind Meditations

Lulu: Lou Reed with Metallica Review

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Hosts Kevin Petch and David Benn.

Produced by Kevin Petch for Out of Left Field.

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5282 Sixth Day of Christmas Pt B: Films

2025 Recommendations Part Deux. In this our final episode of the year both Kevin and Phil discuss their films of the year.

And we close with a late but heartfelt obituary for actor Udo Kier, who passed away in November.

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/6-days-of-christmas-2025-films

Links for content mentioned in this episode:

Kevin's Films
Sinners Trailer
I Swear Trailer
Bugonia Trailer
One Battle After Another Trailer
Roofman Trailer
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere Trailer
The Ballad of Wallis Island Trailer
Wicked: For Good Trailer
Weapons Trailer
Together Trailer

Phil's Films
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
Greice
100,000,000,000,000
The Shrouds
Blue Moon
Oh, Canada
The Ice Tower
Reflection in a Dead Diamond
It Was Just An Accident
What Does That Nature Say To You
Lázaro At Night
Contact Lens
Köln 75

Udo Keir
Udo Kier wikipedia

Udo Kier: Swan Song Trailer


We make no revenue from links or recommendations.

Hosts Kevin Petch, Phil Todd, Rob Wood and David Benn.

Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.

Thanks for supporting 5282 and we will return in Feb 2026.

Caution: may contain traces of witches.

5282 Sixth Day of Christmas Pt A - 2025 Music, TV & Streaming

It's a bumper end of year double issue. A bit like getting a Dandy AND a Beano annual. But weirder.

In this Part A, Kevin selects his albums of the year, then Rob offers his TV and streaming recommendations.

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/6-days-of-christmas-2025-music-and-tv

Links to content in this episode:

Kevin's Music:
The Magpie Arc - Gil Brenton
Sam Fender - People Watching
Pulp - More
Soloman's Knot - Bach's Horns
tAngerinecAt - Grief
Wet Leg - Moisterizer
The New Eves - The New Eve Is Rising
Sparks - Mad!
Billy Nomates - Metalhorse
Suede - Antidepressants


Rob's TV and Streaming
Pluribus Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6lzvWby9UE&t=11s
The Last Frontier Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_O7puXja-E
Slow Horses Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9ZJChzPn0U
Mobland: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKGgw7Ob5f4
Fred & Rose West: A British Horror Story Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX18_KDHddg&t=29s

We make no revenue from links or recommendations.

Hosts Kevin Petch, Rob Wood and David Benn.

5282 Fifth Day of Christmas (2025)

Day 5: Doctor Who 3/3

There's no Christmas or New Year Doctor Who, this Festive Season. But fear not! For 5282 have got you covered, as Kevin and fellow Whovian, Chris Hoyle, bring you three episodes of scintillating Doctor Who conversation.

In this third episode, Big Finish, The Projection Room and the future of Doctor Who. Enjoy!

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/6-days-of-christmas-dr-who-part-3

Full links on our blog page at:

https://www.kevinspetchcreative.com/news.html

https://www.bigfinish.com/
The Projection Room: Gene Genius Episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkbDGO_KwCM&t=603s
Episode 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-xEIfEsYWA
Episode 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrenBr6j03Q

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who

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Hosts Kevin Petch and David Benn.

Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.

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5282 Fourth Day of Christmas(2025)

Day 4: Doctor Who 2/3

There's no Christmas or New Year Doctor Who, this Festive Season. But fear not! For 5282 have got you covered, as Kevin and fellow Whovian, Chris Hoyle, bring you three episodes of scintillating Doctor Who conversation.

In this second episode, New Who! Or should that be NuWho? Enjoy!

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/6-days-of-christmas-dr-who-part-2

Doctor Who 2005-2022 https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006q2x0/doctor-who-20052022

The Fifteenth Doctor https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0gglvqn/doctor-who

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Hosts Kevin Petch and David Benn.

Produced by Kevin Petch for Out Of Left Field.

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5282 Third Day of Christmas (2025)

Day 3: Doctor Who 1/3

There's no Christmas or New Year Doctor Who, this Festive Season. But fear not! For 5282 have got you covered, as Kevin and fellow Whovian, Chris Hoyle, bring you three episodes of scintillating Doctor Who conversation.

In this first episode, Classic Who! Enjoy!

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/6-days-of-christmas-dr-who-part-1

Doctor Who 1963-1996: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0ggwr8l/doctor-who-19631996

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5282 Second Day of Christmas (2025)

For our second day of Christmas, Kevin interviews traditional folk multi instrumentalist duo The KImberleys. We recorded in the bar at Crank Studios, Morley, before they performed 'Christmas with The Kimberleys', supported by experimental folk harpist Lauren Moreau.

So there's lot's of 'atmosphere', but we did edit out the coffee machine.

https://shows.acast.com/5282/episodes/6-days-of-christmas-kimberleys-interview

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https://www.thekimberleys.org/

Tam Lin by The Kimberleys Music Video https://youtu.be/8Z9-mmUBSrw?si=87J85Rjb8SXcfnQI