Torchwood - Barrowman says BBC doing new radio plays

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jedi matt

15-01-2015

Originally Posted by Evil Genius:
“Little bit more on it here, but posted mainly because Metro are under the impression that Barroman plays a character called Captain Jack Sparrow! Which made my day!

http://metro.co.uk/2015/01/13/torchw...owman-5020919/”

I suppose Johnny Depp plays Jack Harkness then lol

Toshiba

15-01-2015

Originally Posted by cat666:
“Of which only Jack and Gwen are still alive. Unless it's set in series 2.”

Radio plays can be set any time, including between series. The only person I doubt would return is Indira Varma, which is why I mentioned seires 2.

james_mason1

15-01-2015

The previous radio plays were quite good.hopefully some of these new ones are set after miracle day.if radio is the only way for Torchwood to come back,I would want a continuation,not prequels(though one or two is OK)

JAS84

16-01-2015

Originally Posted by kampffenhoff:
“I hated Children of Earth and Miracle day was absolute rubbish. Totally not interested in Radio Plays of any sort, anyhow. Seasons 1 and 2 were flawed but enjoyable. Anyhow, I can't see Barrowman finding time for this as he's in Arrow all the time and not in the UK very often. He's doing a tour later this year but presumably will be straight back to Arrow afterward and all those Comic Cons he seems to frequent.”

You realize that a radio play can be recorded in a single afternoon, right? They don't even need to learn any lines, because they can just read from a script.

sebbie3000

16-01-2015

Originally Posted by JAS84:
“You realize that a radio play can be recorded in a single afternoon, right? They don't even need to learn any lines, because they can just read from a script.”

I'd also point out that he can record from anywhere in the world that has a recording studio...

Malcolm_Reed

16-01-2015

Originally Posted by rionia:
“"Barrowman said there will be three or four radio plays, though they haven't started recording them yet. One will feature the whole Torchwood team, the others will be "character-based." He said executive producer Julie Gardner and head writer Russell T. Davies are both involved. "It's the team back together."

http://communityvoices.post-gazette....d-in-the-works”

Anything that keeps Barrowman OFF the telly is good news to me.

AdelaideGirl

17-01-2015

Originally Posted by sebbie3000:
“I'd also point out that he can record from anywhere in the world that has a recording studio...”

And as he's now doing a radio shows on Sundays I'd guess he's got one in his house/s.

alexjones50

17-01-2015

aren't most of the torchwood team dead though?

rionia

18-01-2015

Originally Posted by AdelaideGirl:
“And as he's now doing a radio shows on Sundays I'd guess he's got one in his house/s.”

More likely he prerecords a batch of shows in a local (to him) studio in between filming.

Evil Genius

20-01-2015

Originally Posted by rionia:
“More likely he prerecords a batch of shows in a local (to him) studio in between filming.”

He just needs to record the links really. i worked in radio up until a couple of years ago. An entire 90 minute to 2 hr show can take 15-20 minutes for the links to be recorded, depending on how much you redo links to sound the way you want. And that time includes your prep time as well.
Practically, within an hour you've got a months worth of weekly shows done. Your producer/ editor sorts the edit, timings out and bosh, done.

JAS84

20-01-2015

Originally Posted by alexjones50:
“aren't most of the torchwood team dead though?”

Yeah, only Jack and Gwen remain of the original five. But that's the beauty of audio. It can be set earlier, because you can't see that the actors have aged!

barlowconnor

21-01-2015

Hope it leads to more TV shows i won't get my hopes up.

Shawn_Lunn

21-01-2015

Originally Posted by Malcolm_Reed:
“Anything that keeps Barrowman OFF the telly is good news to me. ”

I wouldn't watch Arrow then if I were you.

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