Geektown Radio - Tv News, Interviews & Uk Tv Air Dates

After all the fun launching the Geektown Awards last week, we are back to a normal edition of Geektown Radio with all the usual tv, film and gaming chat, plus an exclusive interview with makeup artist Donald Mowat.Donald is well-known for his work on a number of films including 'Spectre', 'Sicario', 'Skyfall', 'Nocturnal Animals', 'Nightcrawler' and '8 Mile' - to name a few, along with working as personal makeup artist for Mark Wahlberg and Daniel Craig.His latest job saw him as makeup department head for 'Blade Runner 2049', where he faced the challenge of honouring Ridley Scott's classic while establishing a new visual world. He’s also recently worked on 'Stronger', starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after losing both his legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.Also On This Week's Show:Matt is back as co-host, so we chat about the games we've been playing, and the tv shows and films we've been watching i

This week's Geektown Radio podcast is another special, as we launch the 6th Annual Geektown Awards!As regular visitors to the site and listeners to the show will know, every year we hold the Geektown Awards, a massive event where you can not only vote for all your favourite shows, films and games, but also be in with a chance of winning our MASSIVE prize package... And this year it's bigger than ever!We not only have the MASSIVE main prize package worth a whopping £750, but also a runner-up prize worth at least £125! To enter, and for the full list of prizes and rules, you just have to head over to geektown.co.uk/geektown-awards and fill out the awards entry form at the bottom. Easy as that!On the show this week, we have not one, but two co-hosts - Ross and Bex, as we chat through the things we chose from the awards long lists, which were then shortened down for the public vote. We reveal which shows we thought should win, but the final choice is up to you, the voting public!The Geektown Awards

Geektown Radio returns once again to the regular show with all the tv & film news you could want, plus the latest UK TV air date info, and an exclusive interview with 'Scandal' cinematographer & director Oliver Bokelberg!Oliver is a German-born and LA-based a cinematographer & director who has worked across a wide range of tv and movies including 'No Ordinary Family', 'My Own Worst Enemy', 'The Bounty Hunter', and 'The Station Agent'. However, his main job for the past 7 years has been as director of photography on the hugely popular Shondaland series 'Scandal', which has just returned to Sky Living for it’s 7th and final season, Wednesday nights at 10pm. We chat to Oliver about creating the look of the show, making the move from being Scandal's cinematographer to directing episodes, and what it’s like working on a such a popular series for so long. We also discuss getting into the industry and some of his other work.Also On This Week's Show:A newly married Ross returned as co

On Geektown Radio this week it's another special edition, due to Dave being away on a super-secret set visit, so we have interviews with two of Hollywood's top Production Designers - Seth Reed and Erik Carlson.We first interviewed Seth Reed last year, where we chatted about his work on 'Supergirl', designing the world of 'The Expanse', and building just about everything in the brilliant 'Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey'. His latest job sees him return to a much more earthly plane as he tackles the monumental task of recreating Bagdad in Texas for National Geographic's 'The Long Road Home'.Based on the New York Times best-selling book by internationally acclaimed journalist Martha Raddatz, The Long Road Home tells the story of the 4th April 2004, when a small platoon of soldiers from the 1st Cavalry Division out of Fort Hood, Texas, was ferociously ambushed in the teeming, maze-like Baghdad suburb of Sadr City - a day that would come to be known in US military annals as “Black Sunday.” To recreate t

We're back after our mini-break to MCM London Comic Con last week, and we are full of tv news, tv premiere date info... and cold in the case of co-host Bex... We do, however, have a fantastic interview with Amber Rose Revah, a lead actress from one of this year's most anticipated new shows - 'The Punisher'.Amber started her on-screen career in 'I Can't Think Straight', which has since become a worldwide cult LGBT movie. She made her TV debut on BBC/HBO Emmy-nominated 'House OF Saddam' in 2008 before performing alongside John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys-Meyers in Luc Besson's 'From Paris With Love' in 2010. Since then she's played the lead role of Vidya Kahn in the BBC’s four-part mystery drama 'What Remains', Mary Magdalene in History Channel's 'The Bible', and had guest lead roles in 'Silent Witness', 'Foyle’s War', and 'Midsummer Murders'. Most recently you may have seen her as Leena Prasad in Channel 4's huge hit drama 'Indian Summers' and as Miranda in NBC'

This week we have a special edition of Geektown Radio featuring two interviews from MCM London Comic Con last weekend!The first interview is with Manu Bennett, star of 'Arrow' and 'The Shannara Chronicles'. The New Zealand actor first came to our attention playing Crixus in Starz epic drama 'Spartacus', but has since gone on to play Azog, king of the Orcs, in 'The Hobbit' trilogy, the druid Allanon in 'Shannara' and has recently returned as Deathstroke in 'Arrow'. It the interview he talks about his thoughts on the recently announced 'Deathstroke' movie, some of his motivations behind his characterisation of Crixus, and making up spells for Allanon with some... interesting... origins!The second interview on the this week's show is with Anthony Lemke, star of the sadly cancelled series 'Dark Matter'. This is Anthony's first Comic-Con interview since the cancellation, so he gives us his thoughts on what happened, along with the state of the Canadian tv industry in general. He also chat's abo

We're back with another show packed full of tv news, air date info, and an exclusive interview the movie director and editor Kevin Tent.Kevin is an Oscar-nominated editor who is making his directorial debut on the upcoming film 'Crash Pad', starring Christina Applegate, Domhnall Gleeson, Thomas Haden Church and Nina Dobrev. The comedy, which is currently screening on the festival circuit, is the story of a man thinks he has found true love with an older woman until he finds out she is married and using him to get revenge on her husband.He’s also recently re-teamed with long-time collaborator Alexander Payne, to edit his latest movie 'Downsizing' (UK release date 19 January 2018), which stars Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz and Kristen Wiig, and is based on the idea that scientists have decided the best way to save the planet from overpopulation is to ask people to voluntarily shrink themselves down to being 5 inches tall.Also On This Week's Show:Chris returns for his second appearance on the show, so we chat

With Autumn tv season now in full swing, Geektown Radio returns to help you navigate all the new and returning shows you should be watching as the nights get darker. This week we also bring you an exclusive interview with 'Arrow' cinematographer Bruce Worrall! Veteran Cinematographer Bruce Worrall as started his film career at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, graduating with Honours. From there he moved to London to study at London International Film School, earning a Distinction in Cinematography. Since then he has worked throughout Europe and North America on Commercials, Music Videos, Television, Documentaries and Feature Films. His latest job is as the new Cinematographer on the DC show ‘Arrow’ which returns to our screens this Thursday, 19th October 2017 at 8pm on Sky 1. We talk about what it's like joining such a massive franchise, shooting complex fight sequences, and (as heroes like Arrow tend to work in the dark), dealing with all those night shoots! Also On This Week's Sh

As we hurtle into the Autumn tv season, Geektown Radio is back with another podcast show bringing you the latest TV news and UK TV premiere date info, plus an exclusive interview with 'DC's Legends Of Tomorrow' Cinematographer Mahlon Todd Williams! Award-winning, Canadian native, Mahlon Todd Williams is one of the two cinematographers on 'DC’s Legends of Tomorrow', which returns to returns to Sky 1 from Wednesday, 18th October 2017 at 8pm. We first interviewed him last November, but with Season 3 just around the corner, we thought it would be a good time to catch up and see how things had changed over the past year. He discusses working within the Arrowverse, what our Legends will be getting up to in the new season, and a little about his brilliant artwork, which you can see over on his Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/mahloncinematography/ Also On This Week's Show: A very jetlagged Bex returns to the show, so we catch up with her adventures abroad, plus the latest tv shows and films we've be

Geektown Radio returns with another podcast show full of all the latest TV news and premiere date info, and another exclusive interview, this week with actor & writer Daniel Lawrence Taylor. You may know Daniel from ITV2’s ‘Cockroaches’, ‘Tracey Ullman's Show’ or the fabulous ‘Uncle’ where he played Sam’s boyfriend Bruce. He now returns to ITV2 with ‘Timewasters’, a brilliant and hilarious new comedy starting Monday, 9 October 2017 at 10pm.  The series follows a struggling four-piece South London jazz band who travel back in time to the 1920’s via a urine-sodden lift in a dilapidated block of flats. Stuck in the past after their ‘time machine’ is destroyed, the gang decide to explore, before quickly discovering that being young and black in the Jazz Age is a lot less genteel and a lot more shady than Downton Abbey had led them to believe.    The time travelling friends are Daniel Lawrence Taylor ('Cockroaches', 'Uncle') who plays Nick and also wrote the series, Kadiff Kirwan ('Chewing Gum', 'Crims'), w

On Geektown Radio this week, we have all the usual TV new and air date info, plus we're all about the gaming, as we head over to EGX and take a look at the latest game releases and previews! If that wasn't enough, we also have an exclusive interview with Jeremy Nathan Tisser, the composer behind the music for best-selling VR game 'Raw Data'! Jeremy Nathan Tisser is a composer for film & television, but has really been focused on video game work recently, especially in VR games. Like a lot of kids, he started off playing the piano, but when his mum noticed he was a hyper kid who loved to tap on everything, she asked if he would like to switch to drums. Jeremy found his passion as a drummer, first studying rock – then moving into jazz and funk, playing in bands all throughout school. However, his big break came whilst in college, where he ended up scoring a VR project and making friends with Palmer Luckey and James Iliff. If you don’t know those names, Palmer Luckey is one of the founders of Oculus VR, an

Geektown Radio returns for another week of tv news, film chat, and all the latest UK premiere date info you could need. Plus we have an exclusive interview with 'O.J.: Made In America' Composer Gary Lionelli. 3 times Emmy-winning composer Gary Lionelli has had a fairly diverse career. He started out working on cartoons such as 'Tom & Jerry', and 'Dexter's Laboratory' before a major gear shift into scoring documentaries. His most notable recent work was the groundbreaking documentary ‘O.J.: Made in America’ which not only picked up multiple Emmys but also an Oscar, due to it being released as a seven-and-a-half-hour film as well as a tv series! Ezra Edelman's extraordinary documentary revisits and redefines everything about the O.J. Simpson case, from the bronco chase, through the trial, and the aftermath following the verdict. Gary's equally extraordinary score for the series/film morphs in and out of different musical genres, from bluesy film noir, to string quartets, to electronica, so we discuss how

On this week's Geektown Radio, we have all the latest TV news and UK air date info, plus we're all about Channel 4's amazing new show 'Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams', which airs on Sunday, 17th September 2017. Co-host Bex and I got to see two episodes of the series, so you can hear us discuss with *no spoilers* what we thought, plus we got to interview two of the men behind this epic project - Michael Dinner & Ronald D. Moore! Michael Dinner is an Emmy winning writer/director/producer whose work includes 'The Wonder Years', 'Chicago Hope', 'Justified', and 'Sneaky Pete'. Geek legend Ronald D. Moore has written on various ‘Star Trek’ series, was responsible for the ‘Battlestar Galactica’ reboot, and bringing ‘Outlander’ to screen. The pair have now teamed up on the brilliant anthology series ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams’, and we got to talk to them about tackling such a massive project, interpreting Dick’s work, and where the show may go from here. Also On This Week's Show: Bex and I catch up w

In a very special show this week, we not only bring you all the latest tv news and UK air date information, but we also have a brand new co-host, and an interview with Sarit Klein, the brilliant makeup designer behind the Marvel/Netflix superhero shows! Sarit is a New York based makeup artist who has worked in tv & films such as 'Nurse Jackie', 'Necessary Roughness', 'The Smurfs' and 'Unforgettable'. However, over the last few years, her work has mainly consisted of making the stars of the Marvel/Netflix shows look fabulous (or more likely covered in bruises.) She’s been Makeup Department Head for 'Daredevil', 'Jessica Jones', 'Luke Cage', 'Iron Fist', 'The Defenders', and is currently working on 'Jessica Jones' Season 2. So we talk to her about what it’s like working in the MCU, working with the legendary Sigourney Weaver, and how on earth they manage to keep makeup continuity on a show where most of the characters routinely have the crap kicked out of them! Also On This Week's Show: New co-host Chris

I hope you all enjoyed a fabulous Bank Holiday Weekend! Now we're all heading back to work (and school), why not pop on some Geektown Radio to help sooth those commuting blues! This week we have all the usual tv, gaming and film chat, plus an interview with film director Chris Bouchard! Chris Bouchard is a British film director based in London. He’s currently promoting the US release of the movie ‘London’s Finest’ (known as ‘Hackney’s Finest’ on its UK release). Sirus is a Hackney courier controller who likes to make a little extra cash on the side. Asif is an Afghan illegal immigrant trafficking heroin through London for his uncle. Together with some small-time Welsh-Jamaican dealers, they get caught in an elaborate trap set by two police detectives working 'off the books' on a private vendetta to take them out using a hired Russian gang. The other film he’s known for is the crowdsourced YouTube hit ‘The Hunt For Gollum’, a The Lord of the Rings short film which became a breakout success online, gaining ov

Once again, we return for another week of chat about tv shows, films and UK tv air date updates, as Ross joins me for episode 126 of Geektown Radio. This week's guest is the composer of Amazon's excellent series ‘The Man in the High Castle’, which see's Nazi's taking over America... Like that would ever happen... British-born composer Dominic Lewis has been working in the US since 2009, and is based at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control studios in LA. He first started working with film composer John Powell, which led him to him creating additional music on various films including the 2011 Oscar Nominated ‘How to Train your Dragon’. Since then he’s gone on to provide additional music for films such as ‘Kingsman: The Secret Service’, ‘X-Men: First Class’, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’, ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’, and ‘Big Hero 6’. As a composer in his own right, he created the soundtrack to the animated feature ‘Free Birds’, ‘Spooks: The Greater Good’, and is currently working on the 3rd season of Amazon’s

On this week's Geektown Radio, we delve into all the latest tv news, including the 'Orphan Black' finale, 'Atypical', and 'Rick & Morty', we take a look at the latest UK air date information, plus we have an exclusive interview with costume designer Elisabeth Vastola. Elisabeth is a New York based costume designer who has worked in film, opera, theatre, television, and print. She has also been a Guest Lecturer at School of Visual Arts in New York and the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama in Pittsburgh. Her recent work includes ‘The Purge: Election Year’, ‘Hap and Leonard’ starring James Purefoy & Michael Kenneth Williams, and the film ‘Landline’ from fellow New Yorkers Elisabeth Holm & Gillian Robespierre. ‘Landline’ tells the story of two sisters, played by Jenny Slate and Abby Quinn, who find themselves bonding while investigating whether their father (John Turturro) is cheating on their mother (Edie Falco) in ’90s New York City. We talk to Liz about designing for a ‘period drama’ (yes 90’s is c

After a few weeks off, we're back with our regular show to catch you up on all the latest TV news and air date info, plus an exclusive interview with the brilliant production designer, Gary Kordan! We first spoke to Gary around a year ago over Skype, but this time we actually got to speak in person at his lovely creative studio space ‘Muse’ in Studio City, LA. He’s the man behind the scenes for Amazon’s hugely popular kid's drama 'Just Add Magic', the brilliantly funny ‘Teachers’, which airs on Comedy Central UK, and also worked on Chris Hardwick's '@Midnight' and the hilarious 'Key and Peele'. We catch up with him with those current shows, plus a couple of new series yet to land in the UK. 'Nobodies', which comes from Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone, and is a sort of cross between Ricky Gervais’ 'Extras', and Matt LeBlanc’s 'Episodes'. I caught the 1st episode of the show in the US, and it’s brilliantly funny so I hope it makes it over here. He also is working on 'Ghosted', which is sort of X-Files meets

I may be away on holiday this week, but that hasn't stopped me working to bring you a special Geektown Radio podcast, featuring the brilliant actor, Peter Mensah, talking about his new show 'Midnight, Texas'. Peter has been a familiar face on TV and film for a number of years. His impressive list of film credits include 'The Incredible Hulk', '300' and 'Avatar', but he has also featured in some stand out TV performances. On 'Spartacus' he played Doctore/Oenomaus, he appeared in 'True Blood' as Kibwe, and most recently starred in 'Sleepy Hollow' as The Hidden One. Now he returns to our screens in 'Midnight, Texas', which airs on Syfy UK from Thursday, 27th July 2017 at 9pm. Based on the novel series by True Blood's Charlaine Harris, 'Midnight, Texas' stars François Arnaud ('The Borgias') as Manfred, a charming, powerful psychic who can communicate with spirits and finds safety in the small town of Midnight, Texas. There he finds himself surrounding with both human and supernatural allies, who band together t

As we head further into a glorious Summer, we are back this week with co-host Andrew, to talk about all the latest tv & film news, and a brand new interview with the brilliant Cinematographer, Mathias Herndl. Having started as a child actor, it seems Mathias has always been destined to work in film, but it was stumbling across an old Bolex 16mm camera in his father’s basement at the age of 5 which really set his imagination alight. Ever since those early days, it seems a camera has never left his hand. He’s worked as the cinematographer on Sean Bean’s ‘Legends’, ‘Witches of East End’, ‘Flashpoint’, 'Wayward Pines', 'Motive' and, most recently, ‘Genius’. ‘Genius’ was National Geographic's first steps into scripted drama might have seemed like a big gamble, but it was one that paid off, big time, as it’s just been nominated for 10 Emmys in this year's awards. We had a chance for a little chat with Mathias about how he created the unique look for the series, and working with the series exec producer and di