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Andy podding
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Writing a huge new tome on the BBC’s Survivors (1975-77). Pods: Down the Line - a Secret Army podcast; An A to Z of UK TV Drama; World Enough & Time (Doctor Who); Eurovision Queens. Writer of books on Tenko & Secret Army 🏳️‍🌈 Work: andypriestner.bsky.social
In this month’s Down the Line AJ interviews the wonderful Hazel McBride who played Madeleine Duclos in #SecretArmy

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September 6, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Also great in I Claudius where he had to play up to John Hurt’s Caligula
August 6, 2025 at 7:19 PM
We review Series 2: Episode 6 - Scorpion in which Brandt’s wife Erika visits Brussels and Van Broecken is engaged to identify a fake evader www.podbean.com/wlei/pb-6a9q... #SecretArmy @secretarmypod.bsky.social
August 2, 2025 at 7:38 AM
On Sunday we will be recording our review of the #SecretArmy episode Weekend in which two American evaders cause problems for Lifeline and the Van Broeckens meet with tragedy. Please let me and @secretarmypod.bsky.social know your thoughts…
July 18, 2025 at 9:36 PM
All 5 of our #Eurovision2025 preview episodes are now out. You can listen to them wherever you get podcasts!

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May 9, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Join your #EurovisionQueens for the first of 5 episodes previewing this year’s #Eurovision Song Contest in #Basel. This time: the first half of Semi-Final 1.
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April 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Sad to hear that the unassuming and beautiful actor Damien Thomas has died, best known for playing the cunning Father Alvito in the original Shogun and suave wheeler-dealer in Tenko. I got to know him pretty well and he was a completely lovely guy.
April 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
March 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM


Listen to our review of all the songs in the #Mello final. Will Mans or Klara make it through to #Eurovision2025 or can Kaj aka the sauna boys do it? on.soundcloud.com/xZLToSSTbSXc...

#Eurovision #Mello2025 #Melodifestivalen #Melfest #Melfest2025 #Kaj #Sweden #MansZelmerlow
March 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Your #EurovisionQueens preview Dansk Melodi Grand Prix - Denmark’s national selection show. We pick our 4 favourites and assess their chances at #Eurovision in #Basel podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
February 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Soon on ‘Down the Line: a Secret Army podcast’ we will be reviewing Trapped - the one in which Monique is shot and Lifeline must mount a daring rescue before Kessler arrives. It also introduces the enigmatic Madeleine Duclos. Please reply with your thoughts on this episode…
February 17, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Anna Sahlene all the way in #EestiLaul #Estonia tonight #Eurovision (and not just because we keep chatting with her!). Listen to our episode about the Estonian national final from your #EurovisionQueens here: on.soundcloud.com/WDizpQ6k9mWd... Vote no 11 tonight!
February 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
A new #EurovisionQueens podcast is out - previewing the songs and performers in the #Lithuania #Eurovision national selection #Eurovizija - join us for our latest episode! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
February 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
So the live performances of the #Eurosong #IRE #RTE #Eurovision should have shaken things up! Us #EurovisionQueens are now behind #SamanthaMumba
February 7, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Another new episode of #EurovisionQueens in which we preview the #Iceland national selection #Songvakeppnin and play our top 5 songs: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e... #Eurovision2025 #Basel #ESC25
January 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Sad to hear that Charles Kay has died. I was lucky enough to spend a day with him and Gayle Hunnicutt - interviewing them about their roles in Fall of Eagles. He was generous, kind-hearted and mischievous too. Brilliant in I Claudius, Fortunes of War and Edge of Darkness too.
January 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Spent a hugely enjoyable 80 minutes watching a 1968 Thames TV adaptation of Uncle Silas starring Lucy Fleming (from #Survivors). Made 56 years ago (!) but fast-paced, well acted and mostly filmed on location. Highly recommended! youtu.be/VfBfF9_tiSo?...
January 6, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Please share… an exclusive new interview with Secret Army’s Juliet Hammond-Hill about her entire career: this year’s Christmas episode of ‘Down the Line - a Secret Army podcast’ is now available. #secretarmy #blakes7 #onlyfoolsandhorses www.podbean.com/ew/pb-96c2h-...
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December 25, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Please share… Happy Christmas Eve from an A to Z of UK TV Drama. Today, in the style of those bumper length non-Christmassy old TV specials, we’re off to Crete for ‘Who Pays the Ferryman?’🎄 ☀️ 🇬🇷 on.soundcloud.com/25fgKn9P5jqK... @hwam.bsky.social #BBC #oldtv #archive #podcast
December 24, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Tomorrow @hwam.bsky.social and I leave wintry England behind for sun-soaked Crete as we review Michael J. Bird’s ‘Who Pays the Ferryman?’ for An A to Z of UK TV Drama #podcast #archivetv #television #oldtv #jackhedley #bettyarvaniti #pariencecollier #lallaward #gareththomas #sallyknyvette
December 23, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Just watched Fanny Cradock preparing for a Cheese and Wine party. Other than the various cheesy messes constructed we enjoyed meeting her dog Mademoiselle Lolita Saltina Cradock.
December 17, 2024 at 9:42 PM
And yes she talks about that kiss!
December 13, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Please share… coming on Christmas Day from the Down the Line podcast: an exclusive new interview with Juliette Hammond (formerly Juliet Hammond-Hill) talking not only about #SecretArmy but also her roles in #Blakes7 #OnlyFoolsandHorses and #DarkTowers
December 13, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Lovely recording session with AJ @secretarmypod.bsky.social this morning. So good to be reviewing Series 2 of #SecretArmy at long last. Tomorrow our Series 1 review episode drops. Thanks, as ever, for your support! www.podbean.com/wlpi/pbblog-...
December 6, 2024 at 3:30 PM
On Friday @secretarmypod.bsky.social and I will record our review of the #SecretArmy episode Russian Roulette (the one with the two Russians and Kessler’s Garden Party). We’ll read out any comments you send on the pod. Thank you! #oldTV #archiveTV #podcasts
December 3, 2024 at 9:53 AM