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I was asked by a US-based science-fiction fan website if I'd answer a few questions about the SF stuff I've done for BBC audio. If anyone feels bored enough or brave enough to have a quick squint the result is at http://omnivoreink.com/TheThunderChild/Articles/Radio/Interviews/BertCoules.html . Be warned: there's a pretty terrible picture of me near the beginning, though it is at least mercifully small.
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

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[nq:1]I was asked by a US-based science-fiction fan website if I'd answer a few questions about the SF stuff I've ... warned: there's a pretty terrible picture of me near the beginning, though it is at least mercifully small. Bert www.bertcoules.co.uk[/nq]
Now see? THIS is what I was talking about. I had you pictured as an older guy with a pinched face, thin as a rail, stooped posture... Oh, wait! THAT was my Uncle Bertie! Never mind!
Nice article. Nice phot. Thanks for sharing.
Caroline

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Bert Coules laid this down on his screen :
[nq:1]I was asked by a US-based science-fiction fan website if I'd answer a few questions about the SF stuff I've ... warned: there's a pretty terrible picture of me near the beginning, though it is at least mercifully small. Bert www.bertcoules.co.uk[/nq]
That's pretty impressive, and whats wrong with tooting your own horn? Too American?

Anyway, when you did Brother Cadfael, who played him? I never thought the actor( and I'm CRAFTing on his name...Derek Jacoby?) who played Cadfael on the Masterpiece Theater episodes was the right actor.

And no wonder you don't know much about the Kennedy asassination, you don't look old enough.

Jeri Jo & Little Garcia Bear

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[nq:1]I was asked by a US-based science-fiction fan website if I'd answer a few questions about the SF stuff I've ... warned: there's a pretty terrible picture of me near the beginning, though it is at least mercifully small. Bert www.bertcoules.co.uk[/nq]
Really interesting interview. Thanks for posting the link. -ksharp

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Yay!
By the way, what was your "Wizard of Earthsea" project like? I'm an Ursula K. LeGuin fan. And what do you think of Octavia Butler's work?

Lois

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[nq:2]I was asked by a US-based science-fiction fan website if ... beginning, though it is at least mercifully small. Bert www.bertcoules.co.uk[/nq]
[nq:1]Really interesting interview. Thanks for posting the link. -ksharp[/nq]
Seconded.

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. James M. Barrie

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[nq:1]I was asked by a US-based science-fiction fan website if I'd answer a few questions about the SF stuff I've ... warned: there's a pretty terrible picture of me near the beginning, though it is at least mercifully small. Bert www.bertcoules.co.uk[/nq]
You're too modest. If I resembled Maggie Thatcher I'd be damned proud!

(kidding, nice job)

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[nq:1]That's pretty impressive, and whats wrong with tooting your own horn? Too American?

[/nq]
Er... yes. It's just one of those things that simply isn't done, you know?
[nq:1]Anyway, when you did Brother Cadfael, who played him? I never thought the actor( and I'm CRAFTing on his name...Derek Jacoby?) who played Cadfael on the Masterpiece Theater episodes was the right actor.[/nq]
"CRAFTing"? That's Sir Derek Jacobi. He's a very fine actor in the right part, but he's no more Brother Cadfael than I am: Cadfael was a soldier a sailor and a warrior in the Crusades before he became a monk; he's rugged, working-class and most importantly of all, he's Welsh. Sir Derek, well, isn't. The BBC audio Cadfael was a splendid actor called Philip Madoc, who fits the bill spot-on.
[nq:1]And no wonder you don't know much about the Kennedy asassination, you don't look old enough.[/nq]
Thanks! Though sadly, looks (and slightly dated photos) can be deceptive.

Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

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Lois,
[nq:1]By the way, what was your "Wizard of Earthsea" project like? I'm an Ursula K. LeGuin fan.[/nq]
It turned out well; I was pleased. It's rare to get a two-hour slot and it was pleasant to have the breathing space, though one of my favourite sequences still had to be cut for time. We had a good cast too, including Richard Johnson and Judi Dench. The commercial cassettes aren't in the BBC catalogue any more, so presumably the sales dropped off, but it shifted quite healthily for a goodly while.
Ursula le Guin pronounced herself pleased with it, though she came out with the slightly startling comment that the book's dragon, a gnarled and fearsome beast with eight mighty sons, should have been played "sexless". A tiny hint or two in the book would have helped there, Miss le Guin...
[nq:1]And what do you think of Octavia Butler's work?[/nq]
I don't know it at all, I'm afraid.
Bert
www.bertcoules.co.uk

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[nq:1]The BBC audio Cadfael was a splendid actor called Philip Madoc, who fits the bill spot-on.[/nq]
Didn't he play Chingakchook (sp?) in a BBC TV version of Last of the Mohicans? He is quite a presence.

The praise that comes from love does not make us vain, but more humble. James M. Barrie

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[nq:2]The BBC audio Cadfael was a splendid actor called Philip Madoc, who fits the bill spot-on.[/nq]
[nq:1]Didn't he play Chingakchook (sp?)[/nq]
As if that coy little (sp?) lets you, of all people, off the hook.

Wilford Brimley
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