Kangazang - Excerpt No.1 from the audio experience read by Doctor Who's Colin Baker

Marc Read talks to Newcastle Radio about his latest book New Stars For Old

Marc Read fuses historical fact with dramatic fiction in this fresh interpretation of astronomy. Bringing the history of astronomy to dramatic life through the eyes of figures such as Aristotle, Galileo and the mind of Sir Isaac Newton this popular science book is both entertaining and factual. New Stars for Old will appeal to fans of popular science, philosophy, historical biography and astronomy. In this podcast, Marc talks to Newcastle Radio presenter Jonathan Miles. The latest title from Candy Jar Books is now available via http://www.candyjarbooks.co.uk, Amazon and all good retailers.

Candy Jar's Podcast

en-usSeptember 16, 2013

Episode 7 - Eileen Younghusband - One Woman's War - Men I Have Known

Eileen Younghusband was born in London in 1921. After her wartime service in the WAAF, she had a successful career in hotel management and catering, taking on the male establishment of the industry. She also ran a variety of businesses, from selling herbs to Fortnum & Mason to supplying thousands of tons of scrap metal for a company in Spain. At the age of 87, she graduated from the Open University as one of its Students of the Year. Eileen lives in Wales, where she remains an active campaigner on health and education issues. She gives regular talks on the role of Radar in World War Two and the work of the Filter Room.

Candy Jar's Podcast

en-usFebruary 22, 2013

Entire First Episode of Kangzang! the audio experience featuring Colin Baker!

First published in 2008, Kangazang! gained increasing attention which prompted a natural progression into the audio book genre. With a little help from Torchwood’s Claire Cage, Colin Baker uses a multitude of personas and accents to recount the story of Jeff Spooner – an ordinary bloke who, discovering that his local barber is in fact an alien, is taken on a journey across the universe to a land of warrior space hoppers and evil overlords. The intriguing and zany Kangazang! Universe is portrayed perfectly by the actor famous for creating the most flamboyant and colourful of all the Doctors. Kangazang! is now available in audiobook format as a special edition 3 CD Disc plus bonus DVD available to buy online. The DVD contains a wealth of extras, including Colin Baker discussing his career and love of sci-fi.

en-usJune 20, 2012

Episode 5 - Kangazang! Trailer

First published in 2008, Kangazang! gained increasing attention which prompted a natural progression into the audio book genre. With a little help from Torchwood’s Claire Cage, Colin Baker uses a multitude of personas and accents to recount the story of Jeff Spooner – an ordinary bloke who, discovering that his local barber is in fact an alien, is taken on a journey across the universe to a land of warrior space hoppers and evil overlords. The intriguing and zany Kangazang! Universe is portrayed perfectly by the actor famous for creating the most flamboyant and colourful of all the Doctors. Kangazang! is now available in audiobook format as a special edition 3 CD Disc plus bonus DVD available to buy online. The DVD contains a wealth of extras, including Colin Baker discussing his career and love of sci-fi.

en-usJune 15, 2012

Episode 4 - Kangazang! author Terry Cooper talks about Douglas Adams

Douglas Adams (1952 – 2001) is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television series, several stage plays, comics, a computer game, and in 2005 a feature film. Adams also wrote Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (1987) and The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul (1988), and co-wrote The Meaning of Liff (1983), Last Chance to See (1990), and three stories for the television series Doctor Who. Author Terry Cooper talks about the huge impact Adams had on his career and how he was inspired to write the comedy Kangazang! as a tribute to the late, great writer.

en-usJune 15, 2012

Kangazang! - Excerpt No. 3 from the audio experience read by Doctor Who's Colin Baker

Kangazang! is an out of this world sci-fi comedy written by Welsh author Terry Cooper. Earthling Jeff Spooner accepts an offer to explore the galaxy with his barber, Ray Scump. The pair are thrown into a non-stop adventure as they embark on a quest to find the fabled Universal Remote – avoiding danger, doom and embarrassing situations as they go. Aided by two badly-programmed robots and an army of warrior spacehoppers, our heroes duck, dive and try to dodge the biggest threats in the galaxy: Overlord Kelvin of Skragg, the terminally dreary Emo people and Queen Shelley – a bald, cannibalistic Amazon who has a score to settle from way back... Kangazang! is now available in audiobook format as a special edition 3 CD Disc plus bonus DVD available to buy online. The DVD contains a wealth of extras, including Colin Baker discussing his career and love of sci-fi.

en-usJune 14, 2012

Kangazang - Excerpt No. 2 from the audio experience read by Doctor Who's Colin Baker

Kangazang! is an out of this world sci-fi comedy written by Welsh author Terry Cooper. Earthling Jeff Spooner accepts an offer to explore the galaxy with his barber, Ray Scump. The pair are thrown into a non-stop adventure as they embark on a quest to find the fabled Universal Remote – avoiding danger, doom and embarrassing situations as they go. Aided by two badly-programmed robots and an army of warrior spacehoppers, our heroes duck, dive and try to dodge the biggest threats in the galaxy: Overlord Kelvin of Skragg, the terminally dreary Emo people and Queen Shelley – a bald, cannibalistic Amazon who has a score to settle from way back... Kangazang! is now available in audiobook format as a special edition 3 CD Disc plus bonus DVD available to buy online. The DVD contains a wealth of extras, including Colin Baker discussing his career and love of sci-fi.

en-usJune 14, 2012