Giles Booth ⁽¹²⁾

Time for a post on the inspirations for series 8 of Listen with Other, TOMORROW NEVER KNOWS. The title, obvs, is from the song where The Beatles invented The Chemical Brothers, but the story itself was inspired by a trip to Alnwick in 2013. The…

A little post on the inspirations behind series 7 of Listen with Other: Hello World. The main story was inspired by the very real history of Victorian transatlantic telegraphy and Wildman Whitehouse passing excessive currents through the early cable. Those first transatlantic cables didn't land…

A quick look at the genesis and inspiration of series 6 of Listen with Other, 'Esprit de Corpse.' First up, unusually, I did an intro explaining who I originally wanted to play each role. This story has been hanging around a long, long time. In…

This is the fourth post in a series, a look at inspirations in the fourth Listen with Other story, 'The Curious Case of Room 623'. First up, why 623? As a child whenever we stayed in a big hotel, it always seemed to be room…

Third post in my behind-the-episodes series, this time a look at the inspirations and Easter eggs in series 3 of Listen with Other, 'The Ring O'Bells.' First up, yes my mother really did buy the entire contents of a corner shop that was closing down,…