This Week on Talking Television: Classic British Shows of the Fifties, Sixties and Seventies

Some of the longest-running shows in TV history are programs that not only ran for just one or two seasons, but were made that way by design: shows like Secret Agent, The Prisoner, The Persuaders, Thunderbirds and many other series produced for British television by Sir Lew Grade and ITC. Though made in the U.K., these shows were marketed throughout the world, including the United States, where they remain wildly popular on cable, tape and DVD. We’ll talk about these shows and more this week on Talking Television, when our guest will be Robert Sellers, author of Cult TV: The Golden Age of ITC, an informative yet fun history of British television from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s. Join Frankie Montiforte and me this Tuesday, August 28, beginning at 10:30 pm ET, 7:30 pm PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org.

Ed Robertson
www.edrobertson.com

Some more kind words about Thirty Years of The Rockford Files

My thanks to Steven Thompson for this review:

http://booksteveslibrary.blogspot.com/2007/04/thirty-years-of-rockford-files.html

and to Blogging Authors for this review, which was picked up by a number of sites, including USA Today:

http://asp.usatoday.com/community/othervoices/default.aspx?bbPostId=CzE1N3e5NZxgPB4vpD0UWd0xxBAkjLcQmP5cTB2Udo9cSpCmO&req=blogburst&tag=news

Ed Robertson
www.edrobertson.com

Interview with Patrick Warburton

Been enjoying the reruns of Rules of Engagement on Monday nights this month on CBS, and am looking forward to new episodes when the new season starts in September. 

Now as some of you may know, I had the pleasure of interviewing series star Patrick Warburton a few weeks back about his work on Rules, Seinfeld, Underdog and his two upcoming indy releases.  He’s a very nice man, not to mention very funny. Here’s the link to our conversation in case you missed it:

http://thewavemag.com/printarticle.php?articleid=26313

All best,

Ed Robertson
www.edrobertson.com

Some kind words about Thirty Years of The Rockford Files

My thanks to Matt Barry:

http://filmreel.blogspot.com/search/label/the%20rockford%20files

Rogues and Vagabonds: World radio premiere, August 7 on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org

Though best known to American audiences for his many roles on television, including Lt. Philip Gerard on The Fugitive and Dr. Victor Bergman on Space: 1999, Barry Morse was also a steady fixture on radio in the U.K., Canada and U.S. for over 30 years. Among his many credits, he starred as Hamlet on BBC Radio, played the title character in the popular British radio show Send for Paul Temple, and hosted and starred in countless theatrical radio productions for the CBC, including his own long-running show, A Touch of Greasepaint.

Barry recently went back to his radio roots in Rogues and Vagabonds: A Theatrical Scrapbook, an original 60-minute production in which he recreates about a half-dozen performances from A Touch of Greasepaint, including ”The Man Who Killed Lincoln,” “Charles Dickens: Would-Be Actor,” “The Actor in Old Age,” plus performances from Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw. Co-written by Barry and his late wife, Sydney Sturgess, and co-produced by Anthony Wynn and Robert E. Wood, it’s a delightful look at theatrical history as well as an audio treat.

Join us this Tuesday, August 7 at 10:30 pm ET, 7:30 pm PT for the world radio premiere of Rogues and Vagabonds on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org. We then invite you to join Tony, Robert, Dave White and me for a 30-minute discussion of the program immediately following the broadcast.

Ed Robertson www.edrobertson.com