Sns Online

The ultimate, compressed, comedic guide to the joy that is...SNS Online! Enjoy some top tickletastic moments from both SNS Online and extracts from our original show that aired every Wednesday evening on RTÉ Pulse, back in the day... All shows available to be heard & downloaded for free on the SNS Online Soundcloud page, or via Mixcloud (by searching for Nick Randell). Convert someone today by giving them a blast of ScratchNSniff, and win an SNS Online novelty tea cosy! I know!! Their lives and yours will never be quite be the same...again! With contributions from Andrew Edward Cullip, Katy Manning, Mark Elliott, Caroline Driscoll, Simon Cowell, Miss Charlotte, Ben Woodward, Steve Green, Toby Hadoke & Rob Brown. SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these s

The ultimate, compressed guide to the joy that is...SNS Online! Featuring extracts to wet your appetite from some of the best interviews in town! All are available to be heard & downloaded for free on the SNS Online Soundcloud page, or via Mixcloud (by searching for Nick Randell). Convert someone today by giving them a blast of ScratchNSniff, and win an SNS Online novelty shower cap. Their lives and yours will never be quite be the same...again! Also features extracts from our original show that aired every Wednesday evening on RTÉ Pulse, back in the day... Check out contributions from Katy Manning, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Peter Tatchell, Alex Goldburg, David Gold, Zarghuna Kargar, Sandy Walsh, Michael Brown, Oliver James Kelly, Andrew Edward Cullip, Emma Stace Darling, Lee Thomas, Mark Loverush Thomas, Ben Woodward, Ricky Philbin, Louise Jameson, Joe Lidster, Mark Elliott, Tom James, Sean Bayles, Gail Renard, Cherylee Houston, Toby Hadoke, Carol Decker, Ben McGarvey, Stewart Willy, Paul Joseph, Tim Benzie, And

T'Pau - The Whole Story... T’Pau’s Carol Decker joins SNS Online in part one (of two) of an extended interview, available here as a free download. Having recently returned to the pop world with a brand new, critically acclaimed album, Pleasure & Pain, complete with UK tour, part one covers T’Pau’s early rise to fame, their quadruple platinum debut album, Bridge of Spies - and beyond - plus the lifestyle that they all enjoyed during that creative musical explosion that was the 1980s. But why did it all stop when it did, and how different has motherhood affected Carol in recent years, as T’Pau once more steps into the limelight..? In a very honest (and funny!) interview, Carol and Nick put the world to rights in a secret location in Henley-on-Thames (a pub), and not only cover T’Pau’s initial glory days, but discuss the wonderful pop culture of the 1980’s onwards (wearing black arm-bands for the demise of Top of the Pops...). Illustrated with T’Pau’s hits and archive material. A show to be enjoyed if you'

"Bond and Bassey go together like Vodka and Martini." SNS Online returnee, Paul Joseph, talks about a special campaign he's involved in to make sure the next Bond song is recorded by the legendary...Dame Shirley Bassey! The campaign includes a video where Paul (and his partner, Tim), visit every Bond film to tell the man himself, "It's got to be Bassey". Check the video here: https://youtu.be/y7lGcBK3ddE SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter(ScratchNTweet). Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

"...an exceptional, essential debut from (Rebecca/director) Johnson, one that should reward her with the attention that she so obviously deserves..." HEYUGUYS (08.05.2015) 4* star rating from The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw. HONEYTRAP is a tragic teen romance, set in Brixton and inspired by true events. It tells the story of 15-year-old Layla, who sets up the boy in love with her to be killed. The film explores the jigsaw of elements which allow gang culture to flourish, but it's also a story on a mythic scale: set in a world with its own kings and queens, a world where obsession and jealousies loom larger than life and where status is survival itself. In the week of its UK release, associate producer, Paul Joseph, joins SNS Online to discuss the diary of this very special production. SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional stand

Andy Cast's unabridged interview for SNS Online, in which he discusses his global human rights campaign, *Holding Hands 4 Equality. HH4E essentially asks everyone to help in making handholding ‘a casual, carefree act for everyone’, and is requesting that people from all around the world send in photos of themselves holding hands with their partners, friends, family – essentially loved ones – regardless of sexuality and race and religion. The campaign is hoping to get the hashtag #HoldingHands trending, and ‘D’ day is the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on May 17th. In this interview, we talk to Andy about the inspiration for the campaign, the groundwork already done and the help that only you and I can give! If you only ever share one show from the SNS Online range - this is it. Make #HoldingHands trend, send your photographs in, wherever you are in the world, and let's all celebrate our diversity. SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to

As Series 2 of SNS Online continues, we're also allowing ourselves the chance to explore further subjects in SNS Online 'Bitesized'. The *Holding Hands 4 Equality campaign is a perfect example, harkening back to our LBGT community days on dance music station, RTÉ Pulse. HH4E essentially asks everyone to help in making handholding ‘a casual, carefree act for everyone’, and is requesting that people from all around the world send in photos of themselves holding hands with their partners, friends, family – essentially loved ones – regardless of sexuality and race and religion. The campaign is hoping to get the hashtag #HoldingHands trending, and ‘D’ day is the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia on May 17th. In this interview, we talk to campaign founder, Southampton resident, Andy Cast, about the inspiration for the campaign, the groundwork already done and the help that only you and I can give! If you only ever share one show from the SNS Online range - this is it. Make #HoldingHan

In the second of our two Manchester bound shows, SNS Online caught up with actress, Cherylee Houston, to talk all things Izzy Armstrong from hit soap Coronation Street, Maz from BBC Radio 4's Tinsel Girl, Dorothy from BBC Three's I'm With Stupid, plus her day-to-day life dealing with type 3 *Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. Confined to a wheelchair she maybe, but Cherylee is clearly unbound by her ambitions in the acting world and beyond - proving that you can do anything if you set your mind to it. Oh, and her song choices totally rock. That's Cherylee Houston, in conversation with Nick Randell, for SNS Online. SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer

"McGarvey is a young singer/songwriter with that rarest of things in the genre; imagination." – Clash "Epic, otherworldly sounds in an intimate show, with digital trickery framing trad folk singer-songwritery fare." - The Guardian "McGarvey has locked himself away in his bedroom and crafted songs of true otherworldly magic and splendour." - Manchester Evening News "A haunting take on modern folk." - Red Online In this, the first of two Manchester based SNS Onlines, Nick Randell visits locally-based alternative songwriter/producer, *Ben McGarvey, AKA Minute Taker, to talk about his musical inspirations, his song writing process and that indefinable creative 'spark' that goes into developing and releasing his own particular brand of music. With many examples of Minute Taker’s work taken from his first two critically acclaimed albums, Too Busy Framing and Last Things, plus an exclusive/live performance from Ben, this is a show to be enjoyed by both fans and newcomers alike! SNS Online continues to offer a

"Sandy Walsh is a faultless performer with the audience rapport and generosity of delivery of the greatest of her profession..." The Scotsman Sandy Walsh is not only an actress and singer but also BBC World Service broadcaster. She is a well known voice to millions of people throughout the world as a presenter on Good Books, Children of Courage and more. Her interviewees have included Baroness Barbara Castle, Terry Whaite, John Banville, and Benjamin Zefaniah. She also co presented the first interactive programme on the World Service, the Sony award winning Newstalk. As an actor she starred as matriarch Francis Marsden in Emmerdale for over a year, Barbara in the iconic series Peep Show and Mrs Lyons and Mrs Johnstone in Blood Brothers in the West End. Her collaboration with writers and musicians has resulted in four one woman shows which have received critical acclaim both in London and Edinburgh. One of them received a coveted Fringe First and the others five star reviews. Sandy's interview will be

We take a short pause from our current run to help celebrate LGBT History Month. LGBT History Month focuses on the celebration and recognition of LGBT people and culture, past and present, to give educators scope to talk about the bigger picture of LGBT experience - in which LGBT people were the agents of change rather than just victims of prejudice. In 2012, when ScratchNSniff was a community programme for the LGBT community (broadcast on national radio outlet, RTÉ), we produced two programmes featuring two extraordinary people who, time and time again, deliberately placed themselves in the firing line to help change occur in this country, and beyond. For the first time on Soundcloud, these shows are available to listen online or free to download. Our aim is to add to the repository of LGBT experience during this month of celebrations and study… Our second show features LGBT activist, Peter Tatchell… * “A strong, inspiring story about the magnificent international human rights campaigner, Peter Tatchell.

We take a short pause from our current run to help celebrate LGBT History Month. LGBT History Month focuses on the celebration and recognition of LGBT people and culture, past and present, to give educators scope to talk about the bigger picture of LGBT experience - in which LGBT people were the agents of change rather than just victims of prejudice. In 2012, when ScratchNSniff was a community programme for the LGBT community (broadcast on national radio outlet, RTÉ), we produced two programmes featuring two extraordinary people who, time and time again, deliberately placed themselves in the firing line to help change occur in this country, and beyond. For the first time on Soundcloud, these shows are available to listen online or free to download. Our aim is to add to the repository of LGBT experience during this month of celebrations and study… Our first show features 80 year old gay campaigner, Michael Brown… “Jewish. Gay. And born in 1932. The odds were stacked against Michael Brown, in a world then b

There’s A Playwright In My Soup! Nick Randell joins multi-award winning playwright, author, script writer and actor, Terence Frisby, at his home in West London, to chew the fat and talk about his successful career to date. There’s A Girl In My Soup, his long-running comedy that opened in 1966 at the Gielgud Theatre (formerly The Globe), ran for over 1,000 performances, before becoming a worldwide smash hit with long runs on Broadway, Paris (with Gérard Depardieu), Berlin, Stockholm, Sydney, Rome (starring the Italian singer-songwriter-actor, Domenico Modugno) and more. His script of the successful 1970 film (which starred Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn)won the Writer’s Guild of Great Britain Award in 1970 for Best British Comedy Screenplay. But was Terence ultimately happy with what ended up on screen? A charming and candid interview, covering… Television - Adam Adamant/Lucky Fella/That’s Love (the last of which won the Gold Award for Comedy at the 1991 Houston International Film Festival). Theatre - Ther

“Very, very funny” – The Guardian “Likeable, self-deprecating and armed with impeccable timing” – The Dubliner “A comedy genius” – Metro "Eddie Izzard fused with the wrath of Tony Hancock" - SNS Online Actor, writer, stand-up comedian and champion of BBC Television's Doctor Who, Toby Hadoke, joins Nick Randell on the SNS Online chaise longue for an hour of chortle and chat, music and mirth, caves and monsters and plenty more timey wimey escapism! But will Toby take the ultimate challenge when offered a rare chance to sit in a certain infamous black chair? (No, not the plastic one the Master used to kill McDermott in Terror of the Autons...) Yes, Doctor Who Mastermind...is calling! *Toby also talks openly about his ongoing battle with the skin condition, psoriasis, which he describes as eczema for middle class people. "Will Toby escape the time trap? What is the secret of the Paradon Spheres? Will Final Score ever finish so we can watch Doctor Who?" With a liberal side order of Geek Chic, how could

SNS Online returns for a brand new regular run of free downloadable shows, featuring one to one interviews with people from the arts. These shows will be released on a regular basis and feature actors, musicians/DJs, stand up comedians, writers and more! *Our first show is a tie in with Russell T Davies' fantastic new Channel 4 gay comedy/drama, Cucumber, featuring one of the show's stars, multi-award winning actress, Julie Hesmondhalgh. Probably best known for her portrayal of transexual, Hayley Cropper, in Coronation Street for over 16 years, we caught up with Julie at the Royal Court Theatre just before Christmas to talk Corrie, Cucumber, innovative theatre and much more. All that and Julie's music choice too, which is an unexpected joy..! That's SNS Online, in the company of Julie Hesmondhalgh, available now via Soundcloud or free download for your future pleasure. SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all likeminded people out there in cyber-sp

A teaser of Julie Hesmondhalgh's exclusive interview with SNS Online, due for release later in January in conjunction with Russell T Davies' fantastic new Channel 4 gay comedy/drama, Cucumber... EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

In this extract from a forthcoming SNS Online, former Coronation Street star, Julie Hesmondhalgh, talks about God Bless The Child, a new play about education by Molly Davies. The play also stars Amanda Abbington, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Ony Uhiara and a cast of eight year olds, and opens at the Royal Court Theatre - Jerwood Theatre Upstairs - on 19 November 2014, following previews from 12 November (& booking to 20 December 2014). The play is directed by Vicky Featherstone. Julie's complete interview will be released as part of a brand new season of SNS Online in the new year. [Many thanks to Julie Hesmondhalgh & The Royal Court] EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

Simon Growl's Z Factor team put Andy, the man of a dozen voices, under the spotlight. But will Andy pass the audition, and, more importantly, will his bunny rabbit survive..? Originally heard on ScratchNSniff/RTÉ Pulse (18.05.11). EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

'The Gays' hit the airways with a funky rendition of a jazz song from 1928 by Harry Warren and Mort Dixon, that became a popular Tin Pan Alley hit of the period - Nagasaki! As originally heard on ScratchNSniff/RTÉ Pulse (18.05.11). EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

The Doctor and Jo crash land on the terrifying planet of Metabelis 4. But is it canon? Jo Grant/Giant Earth Worm/Wildris Anytime/Katy - Katy Manning The Doctor/Nick - Nick Randell Hear Katy's full 2 part interview here https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/what-katy-did-the-katy-manning https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-4-2-what-katy-did EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.