FOWC: Life Behind A Lense

Fandango's One Word Challenge: Direction The prompt today got me thinking of some of my favourite directors and it occurred to me that film directors tend to over shadow the work of the humble TV director. It is a bit silly as a number of directors cut their directorial teeth on TV Shows: Ridley Scott …

FowC: Room Service

Dr Webster sat silently and tried to look around his surroundings, he had seen enough bedroom farces to invent a cover story for his missing trousers, his captor on the other hand was definitely a complicated problem. "Why greet me in that way?" he asked as she slipped her top back on. "To throw you …

FOWC: The Juggernaut

Dr Webster hung back into the crowd a little trying to keep the mark in sight, he did not like using his friend as a Judas goat but he knew it was probably the best way, besides it wasn't like he didn't have experience. 'Friend', Dr Webster pondered, when did he start considering Arthur a …

FOWC: Between the Sets

The singer stepped down from the stage and was greated with a number of kind words from members of the audience. "That was Betty Nightingale," the band leader announced as he approached the microphone, "a truely remarkable young lady. She'll be back in for the second set and we'd like to close this first with …

FOWC: My First Main Role

When I was at school, a long time before I joined that Theatre group, I always loved drama and performing- all the way from primary. If there was a play in Assembly- I would jump at the chance to be in it and when it came to the Christmas and Summer "big" production I would …

FOWC: Iron Man

Being born in the early 1980s, I like many of my contemporaries, read a Children's book called The Iron Man, written by future poet laureate Ted Hughes. The story was fairly simple, the titular Iron Man comes to Earth and terrorises a local community as he feeds on metal and is eventually captured and permanently …

FOWC: Pondering on People’s Compensation

As a good chunk of the world remains inside and the potential of cabin fever increases my mind wanders to that future day when the human race can emerge and fully embrace the sunshine once again. Are we going to get a made splurge of people heading to the coasts and valleys to compensate for …

FOWC: A Bar Briefing

Despite it only being 10 am it was incredibly warm and the pool was already starting to become a hive of activity for the various holiday makers of countless nationality. A gaggle of children appeared to be organizing an international pool-based volley ball competition, further up the pool a small group were doing their best …

FOWC: Dinner Date

"What's for dinner?" asked Arthur. "Cook it and see," replied Miss Sevenpenny. "I am your work partner not your mum!" Arthur smiled, "I am glad you said that. Dr Webster would always insist on being mother." He rose from his chair and headed to the kitchen. "It has been a while since I have cooked …

FOWC: The Crazy Gang

The Goons, all four of them. L-R Peter Sellers, Harry Secombe, Spike Milligan, Michael Bentine The Goon Show is considered a milestone in British comedy thanks to it's zany and off the wall brand of humour. It was also one of the first radio comedies fully embrace the medium of radio whether it being setting …