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15. Marcus Lund (Gaz in Threads)
45:29||Season 1, Ep. 15Giss’un! This week we hear from Marcus Lund, who played Gaz in Threads.In the closing scenes of the film, two boys called Gaz and Spike appear in the desolate farm building where Jane is hiding and demand she gives them her dead rabbit. Marcus talks about what it was like behind the scenes of Threads, the film’s destruction of memory and how to find the beauty in life.Read more about what Marcus is up to now:Custodia BorealisCrowdfunder to To establish a Magic & Occult Museum in the NorthCustodia Borealis on Facebook Folk, Myth and Magick on Facebook
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15. The shag, marry or kill of Threads with Dr Vicky McMahon!
01:30:43||Season 1, Ep. 15The Threads podcast is back and it’s the Shag, Marry, or Kill episode!Everyone's favourite Dr Vicky McMahon returns and we each choose a Threads character to shag, to marry and to kill. Who would you choose?
14. Mick Jackson interview (Threads director)
49:56||Season 1, Ep. 14I'm Chas Newkey-Burden and when I set out on this podcast odyssey six months ago, my biggest dream was to interview Mick Jackson, the director of Threads.Well, sometimes dreams come true. The other day I spent an hour chatting to Mick about Threads, his life and much more besides.Enjoy!Follow me on Insta: @AllThatChas
13. Nicholas Meyer (director of The Day After)
52:36||Season 1, Ep. 13The Day After is an American television film depicting the effects of a nuclear war on a small-town community in Kansas. It was broadcast in 1983. In this episode, I speak with the film's director. As well as directing several movies, Nicholas Meyer is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and an author. He talks about Thanksgiving meals with Oppenheimer, stormy times behind the scenes, and why the day after might have saved the world. Follow me on Instagram: @AllThatChas
12. Threads, Thatcher and Sheffield with Catherine Taylor
51:39||Season 1, Ep. 12In this episode, I speak with Catherine Taylor, who was an extra in Threads.She’s written about her experiences on the set in her memoir The Stirrings – Coming of Age in Northern Time. It’s a story about a young woman’s experiences, and about the place and time that shaped her: the north of England in the 1970s and 80s.We chat about the film, its lasting legacy and why it’s a metaphor for Thatcher’s own attack on northern cities like Sheffield.PS - if you were involved in Threads, please get in touch. I'd love to chat!
11. Threads in six scenes with Dr Vicky McMahon
01:46:15||Season 1, Ep. 11It's time for Threads in six scenes with Dr Vicky McMahon.You asked for her to come back and here she is! The magnificent Vicky and me choose three scenes each from this nuclear war film and dive nice and deeply into them. Will your favourite scene be included? Please tell your friends about the pod!
10. My Threads story - Chas Newkey-Burden
12:05||Season 1, Ep. 10‘I was 11 years old and I was trying to build a nuclear bunker.’My previous guests on the pod have been Threads actors, crew members and super fans, but this time you’re getting me. This is my Threads story.