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Category Archives: Entertainment
Crime drama worth listening to
J. Lynn Stapleton A couple of years ago I was listening to an audio series on BBC Radio4 called “Stone” as part of their Afternoon Drama segments. Late to the series as I was, I found it via Audible; the … Continue reading
Posted in Audio Drama, Audio Drama, Commentary, Entertainment, Reviews
Tagged Audio Drama, BBC Radio 4 Drama, Crime Drama, Danny Brocklehurst, DCI Stone, Stone
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My overall impression of the first series of “Gentleman Jack”
So many things to say… J. Lynn Stapleton There are so many things to appreciate about the entirety of Gentleman Jack that I scarcely know where to begin. I’d been massively looking forward to this series since I heard of its … Continue reading
Taking a tour of Emmerdale Village
This past summer I had the good fortune to be able to visit the Emmerdale Village and Studio Experience tours. To back up just a bit, I’ve been a fan of the nearly 46 year old UK soap for six … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Entertainment, Photographs, Television
Tagged Emmerdale, Emmerdale Village Tour, fandom, Fictional Villages, Photography, television, UK Soaps
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Women Direct: Storytelling a changing vision
An interview with actress and director, Cady McClain By J. Lynn Stapleton When under two percent of the top 100 films are directed by women, it is not unreasonable to question the larger issue of ingrained cultural bias against a … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Film, Interviews, Interviews, Television, Webseries
Tagged Actress, Blog, Cady McClain, Director, Documentary, Documentary Series, Film, Interview, Seeing is Believing: Women Direct, television, Web Series
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Call the Midwife – Series 5: Missing Scenes [505-508]
Herein is the second half of the Missing Scenes from series five of “Call The Midwife”. The missing scenes are ones that have been edited out by PBS for their broadcasts, which differ from the full-length broadcasts that the BBC … Continue reading
Call the Midwife – Series 5: Missing Scenes [501-504]
As I had done for the BBC series Last Tango in Halifax, I will be posting the missing scenes that differ from what the BBC airs to what PBS edits. The dialogue written by Heidi Thomas McGann and co-writers . … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Television
Tagged BBC, Call the Midwife, Missing Scenes, Series 5 Missing Scenes
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A Connection from the Past to the Future
An interview with Jason Whelan By J. Lynn Stapleton Some twenty-five plus years ago, I attended Gonzaga Regional High School in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where a group of students (Jason Whelan, Arthur O’Brien, John Rowe, Chris Andrews, and Pat Moran) … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Interviews
Tagged Blur, Connection, Interview, Jason Whelan, Music, Newfoundland, Newfoundland Music
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Interview with Composer Fred Mollin
This is one of my early interviews that I found in one of my desk drawers recently and decided to post online. [Originally published in Fast Forward, the newsletter of the Fredericton Science Fiction Society, June 6, 1996] An Interview … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Interviews
Tagged Beyond Reality, Composer, Forever Knight, Fred Mollin, Friday the 13th: The Series, Interview, Music
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Meeting Nicola Walker
A few months ago I had heard that Nicola Walker (along with the other cast members of the National Theatre) was reprising her role in the Arthur Miller play “A View from the Bridge” on Broadway. I had seen it … Continue reading
A Celtic-Dragon's Blog 
Website changes & life updates
Due to changes with my previous web-hosting company (switching to commercial only accounts), I decided to transfer things over to WP, including the Otalia Virtual Seasons as a separate page from the blog. All of the mini-sodes that were written are … Continue reading →