The Human Frontier, written and directed by Nick, is out NOW! An epic science fiction story spanning hundreds of years of future history, The Human Frontier is a culture-clash of people from hundreds of years apart coming face to face. It’s also a love story, a story of a struggle for power and a futuristic
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Fantastic review for The Prisoner: Volume Three
Released last month by Big Finish Productions, Volume Three of The Prisoner (written and directed by Nick) might just be the best volume yet… This is a near impossibility; a serial which brings into land one of the best, most obtuse stories of its age. It breaks new ground, it’s uniquely modern and distinctly of
Continue reading »Nicholas Briggs is a Pointless Celebrity on 27th April!
Nicholas Briggs along with India Fisher will be one of the teams in Pointless Celebrities being broadcast on Saturday 27th April, BBC One. Pointless is a general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of. Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman also present this celebrity version
Continue reading »The Martian Invasion of Earth wins Best Audio Drama Award
Big Finish Productions have won a fantastic big audio award – a 2019 New York ‘Audie’ for BEST AUDIO DRAMA. The Audie Awards is the premier awards programme in the United States recognizing distinction in audiobooks and spoken-word entertainment. The winning production, The Martian Invasion of Earth, is a brilliant and terrifying version of HG
Continue reading »100 years since the end of World War One, 11 Nov 2018.
11 November 2018 marks 100 years since the end of World War One. “There are a good many soldiers here back from the front & they liven us up with their blood curdling yarns. It’s cheerful to know though that the first seven years of this war will be the worst.” Extract of letter from
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Bridlit Fringe, 12–16 November 2018 BridLit Fringe offers for your enjoyment written and performed words in a wide range of genres, from the accessible to the experimental. It runs from the 12th to the 16th of November 2018, and aims to complement the popular Bridport Literary Festival which runs the previous week. Giving a platform to
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The fourteenth Bridport Literary Festival – for those who read books and love literature – runs from Sunday 4th–Sunday 11th November 2018. BridLit has expanded greatly over the years and the programme for 2018 is more intriguing and illuminating than ever before. An eclectic mix of writers on a variety of subjects promises to engage
Continue reading »More great reviews for The Benji and Nick Show
You can listen to The Benji and Nick Show podcast here https://nicholasbriggs.com/nbpodcasts/ and on iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, YouTube and other major providers and platforms. If you want to hear ramblings about cult TV and the occasional show review, this is for you! Plus Benji and Nick are just fun to listen to… Laura Vilensky
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Simply superb The reason Sunday has become the day. Fun, Frolics and simply wonderful cult nostalgic reviews of classic film and TV. The two hosts are fantastic Benji Clifford sound designer composer and generally all round first rate bloke talks cult classics with Big Finish’s own Nick Briggs. Can not recommend enough. Laughs, smiles and
Continue reading »From Page to Screen opens today!
The Bridport Arts Centre From Page to Screen Film Festival, celebrating the adaptation of books into films, starts today. Running from Wednesday 11 to Sunday 15 April, the opening films include Don’t Look Now, Vertigo, The Comfort of Strangers and On Chesil Beach. The full film programme and details of all the other events can
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