The irreplaceable Carol Decker returns to kick off our very first show of Series 8! She's launching a brand new single, Guess Who's Sorry Now, as well as having a right royal winge about Covid - and Lockdown!

https://www.tpau.co.uk/

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/


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SNS Online Bitesized Series 8 - Guess Who's Sorry Now

Iconic pop duo, Richard and Fred Fairbrass, AKA Right Said Fred, join Nick Randell to discuss their musical highlights, a brand new single - My Inner Light Is Love - and their hopes for future gigs. They're also not shy in coming forward about their thoughts on the Covid epidemic, and how it's so far been handled by those in power..!

https://rightsaidfred.com/

https://www.gov.uk/coronavirus

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SNS Online Series 8 - Right Said Fred

SNS's Jaded Kid returns with a flourish to celebrate the first anniversary of his own record label, Systamatik Music, in an exclusive set recorded especially for ScratchNSniff! That and a bonus track, In Control, that was played out by Dubfire last year in Space/Ibiza, plus news updates (including a brand new compilation album, Ibiza Summer Tech, featuring some of the best artists featured on Systamatik Music), this is a FREE downloadable show NOT to be missed! 

A companion show to Tom James - also avalable on Soundcloud as a free download.

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SNS Online Series 1 - Jaded Kid(Music Set)

The utterly fabulous Stephanie Beacham joins SNS Online to discuss her incredible and enduring career to date - spotlighting some of the many female driven shows she has starred in, including Tenko, Connie, Bad Girls and 80s super soaps, Dynasty and The Colbys, where arguably she played her most famous and iconic role to date, Sable Colby.

Features The Soundtrack Of Your Life.

Website
https://www.stephaniebeacham.net/

Remembering Paul Condon. 
#BeMoreBeacham

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SNS Online Series 8 - Stephanie Beacham

We speak to SNS Online returnee, David McCulloch, about his self penned satire - Ay Up, Hitler! - that begins a  tour of  Bristol, Southampton and London theatres in September.

Gamma Ray Theatre/tickets
https://www.gammaraytheatre.com/book-tickets

Two Actors Walk Into A Bar podcast
https://linktr.ee/TwoActorsPodcast

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SNS Online Bitesized Series 8 - Ay Up, Hitler!

Musician/singer, abstract painter, poetry/lyric writer, actress AND haut chocolat maker, *Emma Stace Darling, joins Nick Randell for an hour of conversation and music! And as with all our previous shows, this is available via Soundcloud as a free download. 

*For more on Emma, check out her Facebook 'Like' page (Emma Stace Darling - over 39,000 followers so far), emmastacedarling.com, Youtube for her music (Emma Stace Darling) and lulu.com for her two poetry books, Girl On Fire and Jzabagodighee...

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Thanks to Paul Thomas.

UPDATE: Emma's brand new, third collection of poetry, The Sin of the Siren, is now available via this link. http://www.lulu.com/shop/emma-stace-darling/the-sin-of-the-siren/paperback/product-22437925.html

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SNS Online Series 1 - Emma Stace Darling

To help celebrate 50 years of travel in time and space, ScratchNSniff proudly presents an actress who has featured prominently in a truly golden era of BBC television's 'Doctor Who' - and one of the few who has since returned to the modern Whoniverse as the same character. In show one of two, actress and writer, Katy Manning, talks about her early days, her relationship with her sports journalist dad, JL Manning, her almost fatal car crash when she was 16...and to drama school and beyond - including her time as everybody's favourite UNIT agent, Josephine Grant - in a show about a Time Lord that has broken all world records. 

Show two - What Katy Did Next - is available here https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-4-2-what-katy-did. And if you're a Doctor Who fan, do check out our interview with Leela herself (also from Tenko/Bergerac/EastEnders/Doc Martin), Louise Jameson! https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-no-1-final-louise

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SNS Online Series 1 - Katy Manning (What Katy Did)

The unstoppable Katy Manning returns in a bumper packed SNS Online, free to download at your leisure! In part two of Katy's autobiographical romp through her life, we tour Sydney, Melbourne and New York - enjoying her television and theatre successes along the way in a series of hilarious and memorable anecdotes - before arriving in London via rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe with Me and Jezebel (a one woman play about Hollywood legend, Bette Davis). Her life long friendship with Liza Minnelli - including the truth behind 'that' Ruby Wax interview - is discussed, as well as her enduring relationship with Australian icon, Barry Crocker. That plus a magnificent return to Doctor Who via The Sarah Jane Adventures & Big Finish Productions, a music choice you will not be expecting, and hopes for the future, this is a show NOT to be missed! 

Bonus feature: Interviewer, Nick Randell, gets a once in a life time chance to travel through space and time with Katy himself during this interview. But is it canon? 

Part 1 of this interview, What Katy Did, can be heard here... https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/what-katy-did-the-katy-manning

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Look out for us on Facebook (SNS Online), Twitter (ScratchNTweet), Soundcloud (SNS Online) and Mixcloud (Nick Randell).

For Katy Manning...
Twitter (@ManningOfficial), official website (www.katymanning.com).

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SNS Online Series 1 - Katy Manning (What Katy Did Next)

Celebrated opera soprano, Ellen Williams, joins SNS Online for some conversation and song.

Website
https://www.ellenwilliams.co.uk/

World In Union
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTQB_L4rDd8

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SNS Online Series 9 - Ellen Williams

Nick Randell welcomes past and present listeners alike to SNS’s 10th online series, with this in-depth chat to British Army veteran turned pop star, Preston D Barnes. Since graduating from television’s The Voice he has made Nominee for Best Country Singer of the Year & Best UK Country Radio Song of this year, working with Grammy Award Winning Steve Dorff - with three subsequent singles all hitting the No.1 spot in the Country Music Charts.

Featuring the music of Preston D Barnes.

Website
https://www.prestondbarnes.com/

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SNS Online Series 10 - Preston D Barnes

Las Vegas stand up sensation, Sarah Hester Ross, joins Nick Randell to discuss all things #EdFringe, and her brand new show, Sarah Hester Ross Is What?

Known for her 3 million followers online and uproarious Las Vegas Residency. As seen on Apple TV, Amazon Prime and of course, social media.

Ticket Link: https://tickets.edfringe.com/whats-on/sarah-hester-ross-is-what 
Venue: Just The Tonic - Nucleus - Atomic
Address: 140 Pleasance, Edinburgh EHB 9RR
Time: All shows at 2:30pm / 14:30
Show Dates: Aug 2-4, 7, 9-11, 14, 16-18 

Website
https://www.sarahhesterross.com/

Thanks to Shark Party Media.
https://www.sharkpartymedia.com/

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SNS Online Series 10 Bitesized - Sarah Hester Ross Is What?

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 - There’s A Girl In My Soup/Kisses On A Postcard (a musical - telling of his experiences as an evacuee as a 7-year-old from London to Cornwall during World War Two), Rough Justice (gripping courtroom drama starring Tom Conti about the fall-out from the death of a brain-damaged baby).

Radio - It’s Not Fair And Don’t Be Late (from which Kisses On A Postcard derives - won The Giles Cooper Award for BBC Radio Four and was broadcast no less than ten times in a few months on both BBC Radio 4 and BBC World Service).

Print - Kisses On A Postcard/Outrageous Fortune (*an autobiographical story about his fifteen years as a litigant-in-person in the High Court following his spectacularly awful divorce and custody battle).

Frisby has also worked extensively for 40 years as actor, director and producer.

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*A donation has been made to Families Need Fathers

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SNS Online Series 2 - Terence Frisby

Singing when sad, singing when happy, singing for freedom.

Shaneeka Simon was 5 yrs old when she first witnessed domestic violence. The painful memory of her father abusing her mother followed her throughout her life and has since become one of many catalysts for her unique musical expression. 

Nick chats to Shaneeka about her forthcoming album.

Underground Railroad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-D8Cef0WaQ

Solid Air
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRvZ8iXiNqM

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SNS Online Series 10 Bitesized - Shaneeka Simon

After his appearance 30 years ago on Stars In Their Eyes performing as Meat Loaf, Steve Steinman has developed a wide array of original tracks in tribute of his hero, and has gone on the road extensively, touring with his band, starring in the Meat Loaf story, Anything For Love (at The London Palladium and elsewhere) and creating his own rock opera, Vampires Rock.

Nick caught up with him to discuss his debut album, Take A Leap Of Faith, and life on the road.

Illustrated with the music of Steve Steinman.

Website
https://stevesteinmanproductions.com/

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SNS Online Series 10 - Steve Steinman

Acclaimed international opera tenor, Paul Potts, chats to Nick about his incredible rise to fame, via a certain ITV show back in 2007 called Britain's Got Talent...

Illustrated with the music of Paul Potts.

Website
https://www.paulpottsofficial.com/

One Chance film trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMlelQ3ZwqU

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SNS Online Series 10 - Paul Potts

Nick's guest is a French/Maurishun born actress, singer, dancer, fashion model, radio personality AND producer, and is as iconic as they come. With a veritable rollercoaster of a career spanning over 50 years, she’s worked with some of the all time greats of both British cinema & television. From shows such as Mind Your Language, BBC Play Of The Month, Private Lives, Coronation St, The Brothers, as well as film roles including There’s A Girl In My Soup, Burke & Hare & The Iron Rose plus notable theatre work in LA, she’s been a highly respected staple of the acting fraternity to both fellow actors & generations of fans. And now she’s back - turning her attention to a brand new play, written by PT Rose, having been tempted back to tread the boards after a 40 year absence. A very warm welcome to the utterly unique and rather wonderful, Françoise Pascal!

Last in the current series.

Play details
https://www.thedraytonarmstheatre.co.uk/ronan-keating

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SNS Online Series 10 - Françoise Pascal

 "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 of interest to all - a rare fusion of disciplines that make for a varied and fascinating career - both as an actor and broadcaster. 

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SNS Online Series 2 - Sandy Walsh

Composer, Jeff Wayne, speaks to Nick about his incredible and varied career to date.

https://www.thewaroftheworlds.com/#signup

https://musicalsontour.co.uk/jeff-waynes-the-war-of-the-worlds-alive-on-stage/

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SNS Online Series 11 - Jeff Wayne

Nick chats to multitalented Emmy/Bafta nominated Sarah McGuinness about her Christmas 'Double A Side', working with Suzi Izzard and creating a nurturing space for artists in Ireland.

https://sarahmcguinness.com/

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SNS Online Series 11 - Sarah McGuinness

Nick chats to Daividh Campbell about his brand new Christmas single, It's Christmas Time.

https://realmusichype.com/strange-world-music-daividh-campbell-its-christmas-time/?fbclid=IwY2xjawHR6zhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHQkDLd2SREHzBX8ZBVW164KcgyyB4yooz4vZQ2E55gY6mqN-biIBV2eP-g_aem_WBQWjxGowdjr5k3aaxbJqA

https://www.transradiouk.com/

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SNS Online Series 11 Bitesized - Daividh Campbell

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.

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*A donation has been made to hh4e.org

http://www.hh4e.org/

FB: Holding Hands 4 Equality
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Website: holdinghands4equality.org

A short version of this piece has been broadcast on BBC Radio Merseyside.

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SNS Online Series 2 - Andy Cast

Britain's Got Talent finalist, saxophonist, Julian Smith, joins Nick Randell to discuss his rise to fame, and his brand new album, Being With You.

https://juliansmithsax.co.uk/

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SNS Online Series 11 - Julian Smith

80s pop favourite, Limahl, talks to Nick about chart success, band betrayal and launching his own successful solo career. His brand new track, a cover of the iconic 1971 America track, Horse With No Name, is released on all platforms on 25.03.25.

http://www.limahl.com/

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SNS Online Series 11 - Limahl

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're a T'Pau/Carol Decker fan, or if you just want to immerse yourselves in that heady era of 80's nostalgia...

Part two available here https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-2-carol-decker-pt-2

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Thanks go to Mike Armstrong and Lisa Davies Promotions.

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SNS Online Series 2 - Carol Decker/T'Pau Pt 1

Author/journalist, Chris Moore, discusses his collaboration with Eileen Parker for the book, Step aside For Royalty, and looks at how Netflix chose to distort facts to grab ratings, in 'The Crown'.

Book Narration by Sandy Walsh.

With thanks to Pippa Gwilliam. 

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SNS Online Series 11 - Step Aside For Netflix

“Afghan women are no longer silent. They are a force for progress. From now on, if we have sons, we will teach them to stand up for girls, and if we have daughters, we will make sure they know their value and remember the struggles of the women before them. Our struggle continues but our hope will not fade.”

*SNS Online spends an hour in conversation with BBC Afghan journalist and author, Zarghuna Kargar, to talk about the day-to-day struggles faced by women in Afghanistan, the traditions and rituals of Afghan people, and life beyond the Taliban.

Illustrated with archive material.

Abridged extracts from ‘Dear Zari – Hidden Stories from Women in Afghanistan’ read by Marion Marshall.

‘Dear Zari – Hidden Stories from Women in Afghanistan’ can be purchased here… 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dear-Zari-Hidden-Stories-Women-Afghanistan/dp/0701184701

https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/1084931/dear-zari/9780099542186/

'This Woman's work' © Kate Bush/EMI 1988 from the album 'The Sensual World'.

'Molla Mammad Jan' by Farida Mahwash © Mahwash - Radio Kaboul: Hommage Aux Compositeurs Afghans 2003.

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).

Shows currently in preparation...

Puppet Rebellion - Manchester based independent band

Ann Mitchell - actor

Carmen Harris - healer/author/script writer

Thea Downie - stand up comedian

Derek Fowlds - actor

James Mead - Operations Lead/Holding Hands 4 Equality

Peter Mabbutt - hypnotherapist/broadcaster

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

*A donation has been made to http://www.afghanwomensmission.org/

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.



SNS Online Series 3 - Zarghuna Kargar

Hank Marvin, is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows, a group which primarily performed instrumentals and was the backing band for Cliff Richard.  The Shadows, along with Richard, secured 69 UK chart singles from the 1950s to the 2000s, Many leading British and Canadian rock guitarists cite Marvin as an influence on them.

In today's SNS Online, we talk in depth to Marvin about his life and work. Fully illustrated with both the hits of The Shadows, and of Hank's own successful solo career - including extracts from Without A Word, his brand new album.

Free download via Soundcloud.

To purchase Without A Word
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Without-Word-Hank-Marvin/dp/B06XHJFPKM

YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI9umn9y0BwixqV5wRLKbvw

Hank Marvin Gypsy Jazz
https://hankmarvingypsyjazz.com/

Look out for Hank on Facebook at Hank Marvin Music Official.

Our thanks go to ABC Radio Perth/Western Australia.

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).

The Winachi Tribe coming soon.

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

SNS Online Series 4 - Hank Marvin

In celebration of 60 glorious years of what is officially the most popular children's programme of all time, BAFTA award winning Blue Peter Editor, Biddy Baxter MBE, joins Nick Randell in the studio to talk in-depth about a show that was only intended to run for six weeks as a summer filler! 

Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of Your Life.

Blue Peter letters read out by Derek Clark, Neva Missirian, Nathan Dodd, Charlotte Dodd, Dominic Delargy, Sarah Crawley, Sylvia Delargy Crawley, Nick Delargy Crawley, Victoria Hastings, Nishtat Ladha, Mike Regaard, Hala Hindawi, Tom Burchell, Gwenllian Glyn, Fiona Fairmaner, Danny Cox, Kathy Clugston and Marion Marshall.

With thanks to the BBC and Pansombat Suthep.

Also available - "Happy 60th Birthday, Blue Peter!"
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-happy-60th-birthday-blue-peter

Other shows in the "Rise Up, Women!" range -

ATA Girl
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-rise-up-women-ata-girl
The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-5-rise-up-women-the-remarkable-lives-of-the-suffragettes
Carolyn Robertson
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-bitesized-series-5-rise-up-women-carolyn-robertson

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).

A donation has been made to Rights of Women.
rightsofwomen.org.uk/

Other shows currently in preparation...

John Challis - actor
Jonny Benjamin MBE - mental health campaigner
Howlround - radiophonic musicians
Trunchonbury - Norfolk music festival

SNS Online Series 5 -  "Rise Up, Women!"  Biddy Baxter MBE

A CHRISTMAS CAROL!

An expanded version of Carol Decker's recent festive interview with SNS Online (that featured in part 2 of our Collective Catch Up series). Here we get more music and chat for all T'Pau/Carol fans, including a focus on what some consider to be T'Pau's lost album of the late 90s, Red. We also ponder on some rather colourful language that Carol used during an addition of The Chase recently, that turned the air blue!!

Fully illustrated.

Listen to Run and watch the video, directed by Carol's daughter, Scarlett.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9xotJzH350

HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY, SNS!! X :-)

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).

Other shows currently in preparation...

John Challis - actor
Jonny Benjamin MBE - mental health campaigner
Lynda La Plante - Crime novelist/script writer

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

SNS Online Series 5 - A Christmas Carol!

We speak to Jonny Benjamin MBE, a prolific mental health campaigner who was close to taking his own life on Waterloo Bridge in 2008, until a stranger - Neil Laybourn - talked him around. It's an incredibly powerful and heartwarming story, which Jonny and Neil now share around the globe to help promote good mental health.

Released during Children's Mental Health Week and #TimeToTalkDay - 07.02.19.

Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of Your Life.

Poetry read by Anthony Townsend.
https://soundcloud.com/kiwi-fruit

"The Edge of Waterloo Bridge"
https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-6-the-edge-of-waterloo-bridge

The Samaritans (UK 24 hour telephone) - 116 123

Jonny's Website
https://jonnybenjamin.co.uk/

Charity: Beyond Shame, Beyond Stigma
https://beyondshamebeyondstigma.co.uk/

A donation has been made to Beyond Shame, Beyond Stigma.

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).

Other shows currently in preparation...

Mickey Fisher - TV script writer/showrunner for Amblin
Dame Esther Rantzen - consumer rights goddess
Brad Wolfe - musician
Lynda La Plante CBE - TV script writer/novelist
Michael Armstrong - musician

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

SNS Online Series 6 - Jonny Benjamin MBE

ScratchNSniff...is BACK! In our first exclusively online show, SNS Online talks to actress, Louise Jameson, about her wonderful TV/theatre career that - so far - spans four decades. With regular starring roles in Doctor Who, Tenko, Bergerac, EastEnders, Doc Martin and many more, Louise talks frankly about her life and her struggle to maintain her profile as an older performer. Illustrated with archive material/music. A warm and heartfelt interview to be enjoyed by all! 

Our 2 part interview with Katy Manning is also available - 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

SNS Online offers an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all likeminded 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).

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.


SNS Online Series 1 - Louise Jameson

Multi instrumentalist singer/songwriter, Max Restaino, talks to Nick Randell about his music and numerous live tours; also collaborating with the likes of Gary Barlow, amongst others. 

Featuring the music of Max Restaino.

https://www.maxrestaino.com/

Thanks go to Debbie Greenburg.

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.

SNS Online Series 7 - Max Restaino

ARTS.   LIFESTYLE.   SNS ONLINE.

- SNS Online started its life as a weekly hour long LGBTQ+ magazine/music show ('ScratchNSniff', hence 'SNS'!) on national Irish dance music station, RTÉ Pulse - running on and off for four years. Since then the show has evolved as an online showcase for actors, musicians, journalists, authors, script writers, stand-up comedians and more - all in the form of in-depth one-to-one interviews - all fully illustrated with archive audio & music. These are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and non-profit making/also unhindered by advertising. Nick himself describes SNS Online as an 'audio love letter' to all who take part. But don't take his word for it - dive in!

- SNS Online's Nick Randell has worked in radio/TV sound for 30 years at the BBC. He has also presented for the BBC World Service - 'Pop Phrases' (a 20 part BBC English series), the UK top ten for the Azeri stream (in English, not Azeri!), radio packages for numerous BBC regions/World Service, and finally, Irish national, RTÉ (four series of weekly hour shows - music/features/guests Weds 7-8pm). 

- TV appearances Blue Peter, Newsround, The One Show (BBC One), Gaytime TV (BBC Two), The Working Life (ITV). 

- Was once described as 'some BBC suit' by The Guardian's Media Monkey, after Nick wrote a letter to Ariel which got misinterpreted. 

- Many other 'ScratchNSniff' shows from its initial RTÉ run are available to be heard via Mixcloud by searching there for SNS Online. 

Website: https://www.snsonlineshow.com/

Facebook: SNS Online
https://www.facebook.com/pages/SNS-Online/191343217557657?ref=hl

Twitter/X: ScratchNTweet
https://twitter.com/ScratchNTweet

Mixcloud: http://www.mixcloud.com/nickrandell1/

Email: snsonlineshow@gmail.com

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

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