Where politics and pop culture collide. Every month journalist Emma Burnell and Professor Steve Fielding discuss the way politics is interpreted through popular culture.
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Summer, 1989, somewhere in deepest darkest England. Mockery Manor is a theme park where people disappear, and it's up to a pair of chaotic teenage twins to catch a killer. British Podcast Awards 'Best Fiction' Nominee 2020. If you like Hot Fuzz, Scream, and Only Murders In The Building, then Mockery Manor is for you. Mockery Manor is a full-cast production best enjoyed using headphones.
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thecreport/subscribe In a world overwrought with fake news and propaganda by a biased media monopolized by six media corporations, The C Report emerges as an America First news show sifting through the aggregate to bring people around America and the world a different view that is independent, fair and patriotic.
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This month Steve and Emma discuss Brian and Maggie - the 2 part TV drama about the interview that - according to the drama at least - led to the fall of Margaret Thatcher. We ask if long-form interviews really are dead? If TV interviews really were as good as the nostalgia would have it and if arch-Thatcerite Brian Walden really did bring down his …
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This month instead of getting festive, Emma and Steve round off the year looking at the 1954 BBC adaptation of 1984. A dystopian tale of hopelessness and the triumph of evil. Merry Christmas!The Zeitgeist Tapes tarafından oluşturuldu
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The Matty Tapes - 3 - Christmas 1996
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13:30The Matty Tapes - Episode 3. Christmas 1996. Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman & Laurence Owen Music, Sound Design and Editing by Laurence Owen Laurence Owen - Matty, Dr Zecker, additional voices Lindsay Sharman - Margot, Dr Tallow Beth Eyre - Nurse Debbie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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The Matty Tapes - 2 - Christmas 1991
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12:22The Matty Tapes - Episode 2. Christmas 1991. Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman & Laurence Owen Music, Sound Design and Editing by Laurence Owen Laurence Owen - Matty, Jenkins, Dr Zecker, additional voices Lindsay Sharman - Dr Tallow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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The Matty Tapes - 1 - Christmas 1990
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12:50The Matty Tapes - Episode 1. Christmas 1990. Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman & Laurence Owen Music, Sound Design and Editing by Laurence Owen Laurence Owen - Matty, Jenkins, Dr Zecker, additional voices Lindsay Sharman - Dr Tallow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Mockery Minis 2: In Omnia Paratus
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49:50It's the second episode of MOCKERY MINIS: TALES FROM THE MANOR. Mockery Minis is a series of narrated stories that delve into the history and wider lore of Mockery Manor - the theme park, the house, and the land. The second episode, In Omnia Paratus, transports the listener back to 1932. Teenage shipping heiress Nancy Rose-Dowling follows her tromb…
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This month - in the wake of the US election and the defeat of Kamala Harris - Steve and Emma look at The Contender (2000). This is a film that is posited as a liberal feel-good film about making a woman the Vice President under unusual circumstances. It might be 'of its time' or it might be - as Emma argues - a timeless liberal man's idea of what a…
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Pledge to support Mockery Manor: The Murder Mystery Game on Kickstarter! Hello listeners! It's Laurence and Lindsay LongCat here to tell you about our how we're raising funds RIGHT NOW to make “Mockery Manor: the Murder Mystery Game!” That's right, we're making a game for you to play at home, based in and around Mockery Manor theme park. The game i…
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Mockery Minis 1: Misadventure At Mockery Lake
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52:42Long Cat Media presents a new Mockery Manor miniseries... MOCKERY MINIS: TALES FROM THE MANOR Mockery Minis is a series of narrated stories that delve into the history and wider lore of Mockery Manor - the theme park, the house, and the land. The first episode, Misadventure at Mockery Lake, takes the listener back to the notorious UK heatwave of 19…
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Introducing: Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica - Season 4
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30:43Magenta and Bernard are here to tell you about their OG podcast... Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica. Season 4 is releasing now, and it's very different to previous seasons, so if you've not listened in for a while, you might want to listen to this! Subscribe to Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc…
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In this episode Emma and Steve discuss 1988 film Running on Empty. Described by Steve as a 'Hallmark film for terrorists' the film follows the Pope family as the evade the police living in suburban domestic bliss - but only for short periods at a time. Directed by Sidney Lumet and starring River Phoenix, Judd Hirsh, Christine Lahti and Martha Plimp…
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The Pickwick Papers election
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32:40This month it’s another election special! Emma and Steve discuss the chapter about the election in Charles Dickens’ Pickwick Papers. Those who know Emma (and especially those who studied with her) will know that she tried to read the whole book once and gave up halfway through with a lifelong aversion to Dickens. But here we talk about the interest…
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This month, Emma and Steve are joined by comedian, writer, director and comedy trainer Logan Murray to talk about Trevor Griffith's Comedians. Originally written in 1975 and translated for TV as a Play For Today the show follows a group of men looking to become successful club comedians as they do their final showcase in front of an audience. The p…
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Mockery Manor meets... Midst!
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40:26We're delighted to be bringing you one of our long-time favourite audio dramas - the wild and wonderful science-fantasy-western Midst. But before that, we sat down with the show's three mysterious creators Xen, Sara and Matt, to have a good old chat about the making of both Midst and Mockery Manor! We've been fans of each others' shows from their v…
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Mr Bates Vs The Post Office
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40:19In this episode Emma and Steve discuss one of the most consequential dramatisations of recent years. Described as 'Kafka meets Ealing Comedy' (Copyright Steve) this ITV drama shown between Christmas and New Year 2023/24 had politicians finally scrabbling to respond to the long-running scandal at the Post Office. David Aaaronovich: The Fatal Flaw in…
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This month, to reflect on the death of Henry Kissinger, Emma and Steve look at 1964 film Fail Safe. Based on the same novel as Dr Strangelove, but definitely not played for laughs this film examines from the inside two sides trying and failing to avoid a nuclear confrontation.The Zeitgeist Tapes tarafından oluşturuldu
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A Midwinter Night's Dream (Mockery Christmas Special 2022)
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40:16Season's greetings! And welcome to 'A Midwinter Night's Dream', a Mockery Christmas Special! This one-off drama occurs between seasons 2 and 3, in the winter of 1994. We made A Midwinter Night's Dream back in 2022, and released it that Christmas for our Ko-Fi patrons, and as a one-off purchase for anyone else. This year we're excited to make it ava…
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Kiss My Zeitgeist #2 - The Music & Writing of Mockery S3
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45:43Buy the Mockery Manor S3 soundtrack album and exclusive art print here! Kiss My Zeitgeist (the culture programme that covers Mockery Manor and no other aspects of culture) is BACK! Lindsay and Laurence sit down to discuss the S3 soundtrack and writing process. What are the hidden meanings behind Clayton's songs? Why are bass guitars such a cool ins…
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S3 E11 - The Mockery Murders (Part 2)
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36:21Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Our sincere thanks to you <3 Read the Transcripts "Means. Motive. Opportunity. Evidence" It's the last episode of S3! Strap in! ------- Written by Lindsay Sharman Directed by Lindsay Sharman and Laurence Owen Music, sound design and editing by Laurence Owen featuring Hayley Evenett as Bette and JJ, Laurence Ow…
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S3 E10 - The Mockery Murders (Part 1)
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32:23Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Our sincere thanks to you <3 Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Bette sent each of the suspects a letter and brought them all to the parlour of the Four Spurs Saloon for a Poirot-style showdown. Sure enough, the currently-comatose Bobby is revealed as the man behind Clayton's many illegitimate k…
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S3 E9 - The Master Puppeteer
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32:08Support Lindsay and Laurence on Ko-fi! Our sincere thanks to you <3 Read the Transcripts Previously on Mockery Manor: Time is running out as the evidence against JJ mounts. JJ, Bette and Parker gather in the parlour at the Four Spurs Saloon to try and figure out whodunnit. JJ is alarmed to hear someone has been in her room and stolen the letter fro…
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Join Paul in his local radio slot for some listener theories as to who killed Clayton Woodrow, and hear Clay's hymnal love song from 1959, Winds Of Heaven. - Written and directed by Lindsay Sharman. Winds Of Heaven written and produced by Laurence Owen, performed by Laurence Owen. Support Long Cat Media on Ko-fi! Learn more about your ad choices. V…
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