Questions For Cast & Crew

Joined: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 146 Location: Abertillery

Over the next few months me and jon are going to interview the cast and crew of SC and HH. So... we need your questions for individual cast members and crew. From Michael Neill to Gareth Gwenlan we want your questions for everyone.

They can be related to anything, SC, HH or any past of future productions they may be involved with. Jon and I will colate all the questions and when we get to the interview stage will ask them on your behalf. These interviews will then be posted on the main site.

So get your brains into gear... please contribute as much as you like and remember to include the cast or crew members name before the list of questions!

Cheers for your help guys!

Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 67 Location: Blighty

I don't have any specific questions (yet), but can say that I would love to know more of the personal history of each of the principle actors in both SC and HH!

Is that too broad?

Cheers butt!

Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 12 Location: Cardiff

As crew, please ask away!!

Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2007 3:56 pm

What's it like being part of something that has been a phenomenon in Wales and Welsh culture?

What did you think of Boyd? Did you work closely with him at all?

Was there any magic between any of the actors? Were they a special group of people in the sense that made the show so good because they were like a close knit family (hope that makes sense!)

Tell us about your job on the show?

What's your favourite - the Radio Show or the TV Show?

What do you think of High Hopes?

Thats a start innit! lol

Joined: 28 Apr 2007 Posts: 12 Location: Cardiff

jonthomas83 wrote:

What's it like being part of something that has been a phenomenon in Wales and Welsh culture?

At the time we were just trying to make the funniest programme possible, it wasn't until much later that we realised it had touched a nerve and had become part of Welsh pop culture. In some ways the hardest part was getting the 'establishment' to take a Welsh comedy of this nature seriously.

What did you think of Boyd? Did you work closely with him at all?

Boyd's a nutter and I love him dearly!! We worked very closely together especially on the radio series because (naturally) it was all sound driven. He remains a good mate although I don't get to see him much at the moment.

Was there any magic between any of the actors? Were they a special group of people in the sense that made the show so good because they were like a close knit family (hope that makes sense!)

Yes it makes sense and yes they were. I think we had the magic combination of great scripts and an unsurpassed cast, like Father Ted or Fawlty Towers - sometimes it all comes right.

Tell us about your job on the show?

I was the Sound Supervisor on every Sat City ever recorded. I was responsible for the sound mix on radio and tv so any faults in the soundtrack are my fault!

What's your favourite - the Radio Show or the TV Show?

I suppose as a sound guy I must go for the radio series. Sat City is dialogue driven and you can get far more dialogue in half an hour of radio than TV.

What do you think of High Hopes?

I'm ashamed to say that I haven't seen much of it. Maybe I should correct that but, strangely, working in TV often means you don't have much time to watch it!!

Thats a start innit! lol

Yep, anything else just ask.

Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:25 am

Awesome stuff thanks mate, I'm thinking up new questions as we speak!

Just in case you thought we may not have covered you on the site, here's the page you were looking for: (lol!)

http://www.satellitecitytv.net/sc_directors_and_crew.html

Thanks for the quality Q+A, I'm sure there'll be more to come!