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    Look Into My Eyes

    "Funny you should be so tired, so early in the morning..." The Demon Headmaster series of books and TV adaptations has been in continuous publication since 1982. Now two friends will take a fresh look at the series one having only read them recently, and the other having been a fan since they first watched the series in 1998 at the age of 6. We'll explore the themes the books present, the context in which they're written and see what new insights we can draw, reading them now as adults instead of petrified children! Come join us on this journey as we explore the series chapter by chapter and episode by episode. If you'd like to contact us please email feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com
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    Episodes (28)

    Episode 27 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 6 - The Brains

    Episode 27 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 6 - The Brains

    On this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we consider Chapter 6: The Brains. Sadly not a story of the family of geniuses from Tracey Island, but Dinah's first interaction with the other Junior Computer Brain finalists. Throughout we answer questions like, "What's the dark tunnel all about?", "Why does the Headmaster insist on such a dramatic entrance?" and we consider the budding (though short!) romance between Dinah and Camilla, stick around at the end for an easter egg! All this and more on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

    Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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     "Disgruntled Gramaphone" sfxBuzz (https://www.sfxbuzz.com) Licensed under Creative Commons

    "Rome & Juliet TH42" The Boston Symphony Orchestra - 1936 (https://michaelfidler.com/vintage-recordings/tchaikovsky-th42-1936/) Public Domain

    Episode 25 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 4 - North Island

    Episode 25 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 4 - North Island

    In this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we talk about Chapter 4: North Island. Sadly not Dinah and SPLAT's wilderness holiday to New Zealand, but their trip to London to see what's in store for Dinah at the Junior Computer Brain Competition! In the episode we pull the chapter apart somewhat and answer many questions including: how does it seem this chapter predicting the hollow out of local journalism? How far away is London? And HOW DID THE HEADMASTER BUILD A TOWER IN 18 MONTHS? 

    The answers to these and many more baffling questions on this week's Look Into My Eyes!

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    Episode 24 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 3 - The Letter

    Episode 24 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 3 - The Letter

    On this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we consider Chapter 3 - The Letter. We cover themes as diverse as how has Mrs Hunter and Lloyd's relationship changed over the time gap? Why does this chapter feel like the end of the beginning? And why does Mr Hunter get 5 letters a day, and how many of them are going to self-destruct in 30 seconds? 

    The answers to all this and more on this week's Look Into My Eyes!

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    Episode 23 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 2 - Dinah Plays Octopus Dare

    Episode 23 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 2 - Dinah Plays Octopus Dare

    On this week's Look Into My Eyes we talk about Chapter 2 and Dinah's attempts to beat Octopus Dare. We not only talk about the nostalgia of this chapter, remembering computers and computer clubs of yesteryear but also dive deep into the Octopus itself. Why are Harvey and Ingrid the only two unaffected? Where does the Octopus come from? And why is Rosemary so excited for next week's chapter read? All this and more on this week's Look Into My Eyes!

    Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 22 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 1 - The Octopus Game

    Episode 22 | The Prime Minister's Brain - Chapter 1 - The Octopus Game

    We are back for Season 2! And this week we're looking at Chapter 1 of the Prime Minister's Brain (or The Demon Headmaster and the Prime Minister's Brain but that's a bit long!) We talk about what SPLAT have been up to in the last 18 months since the end of the previous book? How the first appearance of the words "The Demon Headmaster" opens a set of chilling possibilities for the coping mechanisms of our heroes. And discuss exactly how do you pronounce Octopus-s-s-s? All this and more on this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes!

    Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

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    References

    Apple's 1984 Macintosh Advert - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rXNpzE1t04

    The 1983 Election - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_United_Kingdom_general_election 

    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 21 | 2023 Christmas Special

    Episode 21 | 2023 Christmas Special

    Merry Christmas To All! Join us today on this very Christmassy edition of Look Into My Eyes, where we indulge in some festive related silliness that we're sure the Headmaster wouldn't approve of. Listen in for Jonathan's FanFiction or Series Fiction Quiz for Rosemary, Rosemary's selection of What Ifs for Jonathan, and a few reflections on making the podcast so far. And who knows there might even be some gifts and easter eggs thrown in too.

    We both at Look Into My Eyes want to send our thanks to everyone who's listened this last year and we can't wait to continue this on into 2024 and beyond!

    Photo of your hosts in our Eddy Hair T-Shirts:

    Rosemary and Jonathan standing in a kitchen wearing Eddy Hair Show green t-shirts

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    "Christmas Magic Music (Positive Magical Fantastic Fairytale Christmas and New Year Music)" Audiorezout (https://www.youtube.com/@audiorezout)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike 4.0 International License
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    "Tell A Christmas Story (Inspiring Happy Christmas Background Music" juqboxmusic (https://www.youtube.com/@juqboxmusic) 
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    "Silent Night" Scott Holmes Music (https://scottholmesmusic.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
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    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 

     

    Episode 20 | The Demon Headmaster - Season Finale

    Episode 20 | The Demon Headmaster - Season Finale

    This week it's our final episode of Season 1, in which we talk about the entire book and TV Adaptation together, it's our longest episode yet! Within we consider each of the main characters and talk about their development while trying to synthesise everything together a discussion of the book's ultimate theme and thesis statement. Alongside the usual fan fiction requests and Donut Man digressions this is a wonderful way to round off this series, enjoy!

    Stick around at the end for Rosemary's theories about Book 2 and an exclusive announcement about next season!

    Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

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    References

    Messenger-Davies, Maire, and David Machin. ‘Children’s Demon TV - Reality, Freedom, Panic: Children’s Discussions of The Demon Headmaster’. Continuum 14, no. 1 (2000): 37–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/713657680.

    Messenger-Davies, Máire. ‘“Crazyspace”: The Politics of Children’s Screen Drama’. Screen 46, no. 3 (1 September 2005): 389–99. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/46.3.389.
     
    Messenger-Davies, Máire. ‘Dear BBC’: Children, Television Storytelling, and the Public Sphere. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
     
    Carter, James, ed. Talking Books: Children’s Authors Talk about the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing. London ; New York: Routledge, 1999.
     
    Cross, Gillian. ‘How Do They Do The Eyes? Televising The Demon Headmaster’. In Children’s Literature and Childhood in Performance, 9:71–77. NCRCL Papers. Shenstone: Pied Piper Press, 2003.
     
    Home, Anna. Into the Box of Delights: A History of Children’s Television. 1. publ. London: BBC Books, 1993.

    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 19 | The Demon Headmaster - Series 1 - Episode 3

    Episode 19 | The Demon Headmaster - Series 1 - Episode 3

    If you thought the last few episodes have been stuffed just wait until you get your teeth into this one! This week we're talking about the final episode of the first half of the TV Adaptation, Episode 3. Join us as we discuss how all the subtle tonal shifts lead to a very different final scene, the change from pepper to slime and answer the most important question of all, what is the British Donut Consortium?!? All this and more Mr Hunter fanfiction requests on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

    Stick around at the end to hear our plans for our Christmas episode!

    Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

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    References

    Messenger-Davies, Maire, and David Machin. ‘Children’s Demon TV - Reality, Freedom, Panic: Children’s Discussions of The Demon Headmaster’. Continuum 14, no. 1 (2000): 37–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/713657680.
     
    Messenger-Davies, Máire. ‘“Crazyspace”: The Politics of Children’s Screen Drama’. Screen 46, no. 3 (1 September 2005): 389–99. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/46.3.389.
     
    Messenger-Davies, Máire. ‘Dear BBC’: Children, Television Storytelling, and the Public Sphere. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
     
    Carter, James, ed. Talking Books: Children’s Authors Talk about the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing. London ; New York: Routledge, 1999.
     
    Cross, Gillian. ‘How Do They Do The Eyes? Televising The Demon Headmaster’. In Children’s Literature and Childhood in Performance, 9:71–77. NCRCL Papers. Shenstone: Pied Piper Press, 2003.
     
    Home, Anna. Into the Box of Delights: A History of Children’s Television. 1. publ. London: BBC Books, 1993.

    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 18 | The Demon Headmaster - Series 1 - Episode 2

    Episode 18 | The Demon Headmaster - Series 1 - Episode 2

    On this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we look at Episode 2 of The Demon Headmaster, covering Chapter's 6 - 11 of the book and there's a lot to talk about! We cover the subtle and not so subtle shifts in Lloyd and Dinah's relationship and the outworking of that into the rest of series, scenes in the Prefect's Council and the increasing presence of the Headmaster and even ask the question "Where Is Mr Hunter?". All this and more, with our usual smattering of jokes, Easter Eggs, and an unhealthy level of Rose analysis, on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

    Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

    You can also follow us and interact with us on Instagram @lookintomyeyespodcast or on X @lookintopodcast, please like, comment and share so more people can find the podcast.

    References

    Messenger-Davies, Maire, and David Machin. ‘Children’s Demon TV - Reality, Freedom, Panic: Children’s Discussions of The Demon Headmaster’. Continuum 14, no. 1 (2000): 37–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/713657680.
     
    Messenger-Davies, Máire. ‘“Crazyspace”: The Politics of Children’s Screen Drama’. Screen 46, no. 3 (1 September 2005): 389–99. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/46.3.389.
     
    Messenger-Davies, Máire. ‘Dear BBC’: Children, Television Storytelling, and the Public Sphere. Cambridge, UK ; New York: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
     
    Carter, James, ed. Talking Books: Children’s Authors Talk about the Craft, Creativity and Process of Writing. London ; New York: Routledge, 1999.
     
    Cross, Gillian. ‘How Do They Do The Eyes? Televising The Demon Headmaster’. In Children’s Literature and Childhood in Performance, 9:71–77. NCRCL Papers. Shenstone: Pied Piper Press, 2003.
     
    Home, Anna. Into the Box of Delights: A History of Children’s Television. 1. publ. London: BBC Books, 1993.

    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 17 | The Demon Headmaster - Series 1 - Episode 1

    Episode 17 | The Demon Headmaster - Series 1 - Episode 1

    Welcome to our first forray into Television, on today's episode we're considering Episode 1 of Series 1 of the Demon Headmaster, first shown on CBBC in 1996. We discuss everything from the Theme Music, through Terrence Hardiman's par excellence performance to our favourite asides and Easter Eggs with SPLAT gang. Remember hiding behind the sofa on hearing the first notes of the theme tune? Want to relive it with us too? Then join us on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    Episode 16 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 16 - Look Into My Eyes

    Episode 16 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 16 - Look Into My Eyes

    Boo! Consider this episode a spooky aperitif post Halloween. On today's episode of we consider the final chapter of the Demon Headmaster, Look Into My Eyes. We discuss the finale scene, the tension built and Dinah's ultimate solution as well as how the chapter is emotionally satisfying, paying off character arcs left, right and center. Not only that but we also ask the important questions like "What's next Monday like?", what are we as a podcast going to do for the next few weeks, and we hear even more of Rosemary's fancfiction requests.

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 15 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 15 - The Great School Quiz

    Episode 15 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 15 - The Great School Quiz

    We are rapidly approaching the finale with this the penultimate chapter of The Demon Headmaster, The Great School Quiz. On this week's episode we discuss exactly what the questions on the Eddy Hair show tell us about the book's perception of cleverness, how Lloyd's character arc comes to a thrilling conclusion, and we digress into a discussion of the various conversations on the podcast's Twitter account. All this and more on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

    Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 14 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 14 - The Headmaster In Control

    Episode 14 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 14 - The Headmaster In Control

    Continuing from last week's action packed heist we return to the Boiler Room for Chapter 14 - The Headmaster In Control. We explore, how aware are the children of all the terrible things they are made to do? How amusing is Eddy Hair intoning nothing is wrong while doing to help? And finally how is the situation designed to be Dinah's worst nightmare? Listen on to the end to hear both of us forgetting how to podcast after only 15 episodes and Rosemary's reaction to some hints about future books. All this and more on this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes.

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 13 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 13 - SPLAT Goes Into Action

    Episode 13 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 13 - SPLAT Goes Into Action

    On this week's episode our members of SPLAT enact the greatest heist since Feather's Mcgraw's ill-fated Diamon Heist as they try to stop the preparations for the Eddy Hair Show. We discuss each phase of the plan, from Ingrid's nature as a chaos merchant to Headmaster's final appearance in the boiler room. Not only that but in our bloopers we prove that even the best hosts can't always get their words out properly... All this and more on this week's Look Into My Eyes.

    Want to add your voice to the conversation, or just want to tell us "The hosts are marvellous people and this is the best podcast I've ever listened to"? Then email us at feedback@lookintomyeyespodcast.com

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

     

    Episode 12 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 12 - 'Got You Guessing?'

    Episode 12 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 12 - 'Got You Guessing?'

    On this week's episode we look into Chapter 12, and see the Eddy Hair Show in all its technicolour glory. We discuss the function of the Eddy Hair show within the narrative and the positioning of Eddy Hair as the anti-Headmaster, we also talk about the function of children's television, the treatment of adults within the media property we're seeing and the show within the show. And stick around at the end for 9 minutes of un-edited pre-podcast chat, covering absurdism, Beckett and copyright, it's a wild ride. Got You Guessing? That's the way I like it.

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    References

    Dick & Dom in Parliament - https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/jan/18/broadcasting.bbc

    Peter Luff Lampooned - https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/7459838.tv-pair-hit-back-at-piece-of-fluff/

    Home, Anna. Into the Box of Delights: A History of Children’s Television. 1. publ. London: BBC Books, 1993.

    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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    Episode 11 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 11 - Dinah The Spy

    Episode 11 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 11 - Dinah The Spy

    On today's episode of Look Into My Eyes we look at Chapter 11 - Dinah The Spy, sadly not Dinah following in the footsteps of her secret agent father (all fan-fiction gratefully recieved) but the story of Dinah's ill-fated attempt to take a recording device into assembly. We discuss the way tension is built up over the course of chapter, Dinah's reaction to the events of the assembly and also the cliffhanger this chapter leaves us on to take us into the book's final third. We also take a brief tangent into Rosemary's food opinions on cheese flan. All this and more on this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes! 

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    References

    Butler, Catherine. ‘“You Are Feeling Very Sleepy…”: Hypnosis, Enchantment and Mind-Control in Children’s Fiction’. In Children’s Fantasy Fiction: Debates for the Twenty First Century, edited by Nickianne Moody and Clare Horrocks, 175–90. Liverpool: Liverpool John Moores Univ, 2005.

    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    Episode 10 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 10 - SPLAT

    Episode 10 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 10 - SPLAT

    In this episode of Look Into My Eyes we consider Chapter 10, our first introduction to the organisation and members of SPLAT. In this iconic chapter we consider each character's introduction in turn, consider the subtle change of perspective that occurs throughout the chapter as we shift from a neutral perspective into Lloyd's and we start to consider some of the lineage of the different versions of the Demon Headmaster and how that affects the presentation in this chapter. All this and more on this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes.

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    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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    Episode 9 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 9 - Dinah's Secret

    Episode 9 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 9 - Dinah's Secret

    On this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we'll be looking at Chapter 9, wherein Dinah reveals her great secret to Lloyd and Harvey, and Jonathan recalls with great fondness his Maths degree. We also talk about the great revelation that occurs in this chapter, where Dinah, Lloyd and Harvey discover what the Headmaster is doing, as well as discussing how vulnerability is showcased. All this and more on this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes.

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    References

    Messenger-Davies, Maire, and David Machin. ‘Children’s Demon TV - Reality, Freedom, Panic: Children’s Discussions of The Demon Headmaster’. Continuum 14, no. 1 (2000): 37–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/713657680.
     
    Webb, Jean. ‘Genre and Convention’. In Teaching Children’s Fiction, edited by Charles Butler, 60–84. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2006. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230379404_4.
     
    Thomson, Pat. ‘The Uses and Abuses of Power: Teaching School Leadership through Children’s Literature’. Journal of Educational Administration and History 46, no. 4 (2 October 2014): 367–86. https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2014.940858.

    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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    Episode 8 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 8 - Prefects' Meeting

    Episode 8 | The Demon Headmaster - Chapter 8 - Prefects' Meeting

    On this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes we consider Chapter 8 - Prefect's Meeting. We dicuss the subtle shift of focus onto Lloyd and away from Dinah, Lloyd's bright career ahead as a barrister and Jonathan even pitches a new Demon Headmaster Space Colony. All this and more on this week's episode of Look Into My Eyes.

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    References

    Messenger-Davies, Máire. “‘Crazyspace’: The Politics of Children’s Screen Drama.” Screen 46, no. 3 (September 1, 2005): 389–99. https://doi.org/10.1093/screen/46.3.389.

    Music Credits

    "Dopplerette" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    "Metaphor" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "Serious Drama" Jason Shaw (https://audionatix.com) Creative Commons Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com

    "SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell)" Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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