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A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idiosyncratic sex life, and his father’s dementia, to the same affectionate scrutiny. My Family: The Memoir is David Baddiel’s candid examination of his childhood, family and memory offering a twisted love letter to his parents.

Legendary sitcom director James Burrows has spent five decades making America laugh. Here listeners will find never-revealed stories behind the casting of the dozens of great sitcoms he directed, as well as details as to how these memorable shows were created, how they got on the air, and how the cast and crew continued to develop and grow. Burrows also examines his own challenges, career victories, and defeats, and provides advice for aspiring directors, writers, and actors.

Fine On Acting is a must-listen for the aspiring and seasoned actor alike. In an ever-changing industry landscape, Fine's groundbreaking approach continues to make the craft accessible by covering the essentials: Common Mistakes, Auditions & Self-Tapes, Rehearsal Exercises, Script Analysis, Stage Acting vs. On-Camera Acting, and much more. In this book, actors will find valuable advice for overcoming nerves, memorizing lines, troubleshooting challenging situations in rehearsal and role preparation, and how to become what Fine calls the "Total Actor".

Emmy Award-winning actor Jeff Daniels brings his iconic career to life in Alive & Well Enough, a captivating audio-only adventure produced with his son, Ben.

In this essential guide to acting, internationally renowned directing coach Judith Weston demonstrates what constitutes a good performance, what actors want from a director, and what directors do wrong. She also goes over script analysis and preparation and how actors work, and she shares important and helpful insights into the director/actor relationship.

We all love stories. But why do we tell them? And why do all stories function in an eerily similar way? John Yorke, creator of the BBC Writers' Academy, has brought a vast array of drama to British screens. Here he takes us on a journey to the heart of storytelling, revealing that there truly is a unifying shape to narrative forms - one that echoes the fairytale journey into the woods and, like any great art, comes from deep within. From ancient myths to big-budget blockbusters, he gets to the root of the stories that are all around us, every day.

From the beginning of time, there have been many monumental questions that have perplexed the human race such as: Why are we here? What is the meaning of life? And... Who’s on first?

Tony Hancock stars with Sid James and Kenneth Williams in the legendary BBC Radio comedy series. Created by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson in 1954, Hancock’s Half Hour was the radio vehicle that made Tony Hancock a household name. Each week listeners would be admitted to the sometimes fantastical, sometimes mundane life of “the lad ‘imself”. Aided and abetted by Sid James, Andrée Melly, Bill Kerr, and Kenneth Williams, Hancock would enter into the spirit of each episode with characteristic dolefulness.

A Recorded Books Audio Original production of songs and stories performed by Dolly herself, Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics goes beyond the glitz, glamour, and rhinestones to the warmth, heart, and soul of a treasured pop-culture icon.

This podcast features free audio guitar lessons taught by Desi Serna, author of Fretboard Theory and Guitar Theory For Dummies. Learn how scales, chords, progressions, modes, and more get applied to the fretboard and familiar songs. Hear how to best get your playing skills in order. Begin to improvise and compose. Understand why your favorite songs sound so good. ➝ What do you specifically need to do in order to play guitar better? Visit the GuitarMusicTheory.com website to get FREE custom video instruction calibrated to your current level. Discover how to progressively play and sound ...

The Hey Bolstad Comedy Podcast is the audio only version of the Hey Bolstad Comedy Tonight Show, hosted by Kris Bolstad. This show is a combination of open mic stand up comedy and a tonight show complete with a host and live band. Our goal is to uplift, highlight, and showcase comics of all experience levels, from the first timer to those with more experience.Each episode is filmed with a live audience at Sam's Burger Joint & Music Hall in San Antonio, Texas. In addition to our live show filmed at Sam's, we will also be producing the occasional podcast centric recording where Kris will sit ...

UANRADIO PRESENTS-Memoirs Of A Mangy Texan.Join us for PG rated material that is family safe but still darker in tone to promote discussions after these stories are over.They say everything’s bigger in Texas — including the fleas, the burritos, and the egos of stray cats. But none of them hold a candle to me: Shep, a 14-year-old German Shepherd with a patchy coat, a sharper tongue than a rattlesnake, and zero patience for nonsense. I wasn’t always a lone drifter sniffing my way through San Antonio’s back alleys and barbacoa stands. I had a home once.A name etched on a shiny tag. ...

Third Coast Radio is a radio broadcast brought to you by Jackson Indie Music Week and Mississippi Public Broadcasting. The show features Brad "Kamikaze" Franklin and "The Cool Kids" discussing music industry and cultural news in Mississippi and interviewing local artists from across the state. The show is made available every Monday morning.Email your clean, radio-friendly, mp3 tracks to thirdcoastradioms@gmail.comListen to the Pick 3 Spotify Playlist - updated weekly to include each show's Pick 3!You can listen to the Live Broadcast every Saturday from 5-7 pm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...

Il podcast di Acido Critico è esattamente quello che dice il nome: Acido Critico, ovvero Alex Isabelle e Mattia Bulgarelli, parlano a ruota libera, di digressione in digressione, partendo ogni volta da una parola-chiave, nerdando a tutto spiano.La cultura "alta" e la cultura pop/nerd si mescolano e si rispecchiano l'una nell'altra in un podcast che è un vero caleidoscopio mentale, mentre si va a tutta velocità da un argomento all'altro, come una pallina da flipper nei nostri cervelli, o come un'auto in derapata col freno a mano che si infila nei vicoli chiamati digressioni... e pazienza se ...

A podcast delving into the vast world of dance, speaking to artists about their individual journeys. Come along for the ride!

A random murder in a public park. An artist wracked by fantastical and haunting dreams. A police inspector confronting the depraved rites of a voodoo cult. Intrepid sailors pitted against a diabolical monstrosity risen from the bottom of the sea. And one man, doomed to understand that such things foretell madness and the end of mankind.

Operation Chastise was one of the most extraordinary episodes of the Second World War, yet it has also become one of the most misunderstood. Max Hastings tells the gripping story of the Dambusters raid, from the invention of the bouncing bomb to the moonlit cockpits of young pilots flying at treetop height through lethal enemy fire. But Hastings also challenges what we think we know about the Dambusters, bringing to light the difficult truths that have often been left out of the legend.

Barney and Cathy. Evan and Fiona. David and Alice. Three couples who have beaten the odds and stayed married - but is that simply because they haven’t got around to divorcing yet? In these three series, we follow this group of friends throughout weekends away and tricky date nights, weddings and funerals, Christmas celebrations and counselling sessions - all of which give them plenty of opportunity for flirting, fighting, competitiveness and reprehensible behaviour. We listen in to their innermost thoughts, feelings and motivations as they break the fourth wall.

This witty and unexpected show brings you toponyms, abbreviations, euphemisms, old words, new words, cockney rhyming slang and Greek gobbledegook. Find out the meaning of words like giff-gaff, knock-knobbler and buckfitches; the difference between French marbles, French velvet and the French ache; hear the glorious poetry of the English language, as practiced from writers varying from William Shakespeare to Vanilla Ice; and spend time laughing and learning with some of the finest Wordaholics in the business.

Sheltered is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi sitcom, starring Gemma Whelan, Sindhu Vee, Rufus Hound and Marek Larwood. It’s been centuries since Armageddon and no one has ever left the bunker that has sustained what remains of civilised human life.... When innocent simpleton Gary and social climber Veronica are sent to explore the world outside, they soon regret ever leaving the safety, soft furnishings and quilted toilet paper of Fallout Shelter 7421.