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MAG Roundtable - Making of Season 5

Season 5

In the first of our post-series bonuses, Community Manager Anil sits down with the writer, showrunner, producer and soundscape editor of The Magnus Archives to discuss how Season 5 came together amidst a year of some upheaval...


Featuring: Anil Godigamuwe, Jonathan Sims, Alexander J. Newall, Lowri Ann Davies and Elizabeth Moffatt


Content warnings:

  • Spoilers up to and including Episode 200
  • Explicit language
  • Discussion of: apocalypse & hellscapes, COVID-19 pandemic
  • Mentions of: anxiety & stress, hospitals, falling, fictional death, prisons


Transcripts:

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Edited this week by Nico Vettese, Elizabeth Moffatt & Jeffrey Nils Gardner


Produced by Lowri Ann Davies


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