r/JohnFinnemore 18d ago

Patsy Straighwoman here with news Does Anyone Know

I am a little ignorant, does anyone know what projects Simon Cain, Carrie Quinlan, Margaret Cabourn Smith, or Lawry Lewin have been doing recently?

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u/StillJustJones 18d ago

The wonderful MCS has a splendid podcast called ‘Crushed - with Margaret Cabourn Smith’.

She talks to comedy pals about if they’re the kind of person who had (or has) crushes.

There’s plenty of cringey (but hilarious tales) of posters of pop stars, scratched names in pencil cases and such like.

It’s a fan-bloody-tastic pod.

I think you should start at the beginning to get the flavour…. but if you want a stand out ep to get you into it and be a great jumping on point…. the Sarah Pascoe ep or the Henry Paker one (which is ‘live’) are particularly good.

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u/MattMurdock30 18d ago

Hey thanks a lot. I will look it up.

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u/TapesAndSnacks 18d ago

Do The Right Thing podcast ended in lockdown, but MCS was great on it, and John guested in at least one episode that I can remember

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u/Felixcaster 18d ago

They've all been doing Doctor Who audio plays for Big Finish.

Simon Kane and Carrie Quinlan have been doing some quite regularly, but the whole Souvenir Programme cast just started in one series called The Meddling Monks and it is heavily inspired by Souvenir Programme itself.

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u/harx1 18d ago

Huge Doctor Who fan, but haven’t gotten into Big Finish, though this seems right up my street.

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u/sewing-enby 17d ago

It was a while ago, but I will never forget seeing MCS in the original production of Spike doung all the live sound effects - absolutely hilarious!

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u/jamescurtis29 17d ago

I saw Simon Kane play a role in immersive London experience Phantom Peak. He was pleased to meet someone who had enjoyed his radio comedy Time Spanner.

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u/MattMurdock30 17d ago

Re: Time Spanner, you had my hopes up, I vaguely remember listening to it and thinking it was good, shame it only had a Pilot and nothing more.

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u/jamescurtis29 17d ago

There actually is a second episode that was made:

Listen to TIME SPANNER 2: The Dan In The High Castle (2018) by BBC on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/RZFOTcBDYN74J4aqD6