Behind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds

Behind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds

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Behind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds episodes

  • Sir Ken Dodd, Chris Tarrant and It’s A Royal Knockout – the variety-filled career of comedy writer, producer and biographer , Tony Nicholson.

    In this week’s episode, Tony Nicholson takes us Behind the Scenes of his 40 year show business career, writing, researching and producing some of the most entertaining shows on TV, and penning the best-selling biographies of comedy icons Larry Grayson and Sir Ken Dodd.

    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Always a crowd-pleaser – from working with Barry Manilow, Jimmy Tarbuck and Freddie Starr, the life of stand-up comedian Jeff Stevenson.

    This week on the podcast, Colin chats with one of entertainment’s hardest-working, most experienced stand-up comics, Jeff Stevenson, who takes us Behind The Scenes talking about his incredible career in comedy; his early TV success, changing with the times and how a return to acting (45 years after his screen debut in ‘Bugsy Malone’) has recently won him international film awards and serious critical acclaim.


    Touching the Blue - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rBIi7-aD4M

    Check out Jeff's website - https://jeffstevenson.show/

    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

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    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

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    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

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    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Behind the Scenes – episode 25! Who’d have thought..?

    In this milestone episode, Mark Edmonds returns to prompt Colin to share more recollections of Bob Monkhouse, reflect on the BTS stories so far and remember the fun times with the great Tom O’Connor.

    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

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    Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/

    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

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    Available on Audible

    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

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    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

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    47 min
  • Early starts with Sir Terry Wogan and Ken Bruce, plus the good and not so good times at the BBC - 40 years behind the mic with Charles Nove.

    In this week’s episode, Scala Radio’s brilliant breakfast show host and former BBC Radio 2 broadcasting stalwart Charles Nove takes us Behind The Scenes on Wake Up To Wogan, The National Lottery Live, the famous tongue-twisting Radio 4 Shipping Forecast and a whole lot more.

    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

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    Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/

    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

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    Available on Audible

    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

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    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

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    1 hr 20 min
  • Dr Jonathan Miller and David Croft - the legends who mentored the TV career of Charles Garland

    This week on the podcast, Colin chats with former ballet dancer and award-winning restaurateur turned television director/ producer Charles Garland, discussing the magician Paul Daniels, TV game shows, “Oh, Dr. Beeching!”, editing “Dad’s Army” and why he left the BBC to became a novelist.

    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

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    Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/

    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

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    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

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    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

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    1 hr 2 min
  • Mark Wells: Part 2 – The Prince’s Trust, The Royal Variety Performance plus stand-up comedy Monarchy: Bob Monkhouse, Les Dawson and Joan Rivers

    In this week’s episode, former L.E. Controller at I.T.V. Mark Wells picks up from where we left off: working with Princes Charles, Harry and William, getting a ‘put down’ from Prince Philip, and moving on to definitive documentaries featuring many of the best-loved stars in British comedy.

    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

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    Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/

    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

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    Available on Audible

    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

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    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

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    1 hr 23 min
  • Cue the music – West End conductor and M.D. Mike Dixon on working with Dame Shirley Bassey, Queen’s Brian May, plus Lord Lloyd Webber and Ronnie Wood

    This week on the podcast, Colin’s on the dais with the Maestro, top Musical Director Mike Dixon, talking about “We Will Rock You” and “Aspects of Love”, playing Glastonbury, and rubbing shoulders with Patrick Stewart, Leslie Bricusse and Dame Julie Andrews.


    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

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    Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/

    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon



    1 hr 6 min
  • Life at the top in Light Entertainment – Mark Wells on The Brits, Bob Monkhouse and much else besides.

    In this week’s episode, former Controller of Entertainment at Carlton and ITV Mark Wells takes us on a Behind the Scenes tour of his remarkable 30-year television career. From his first role a researcher on Gloria Hunniford’s LWT series Sunday Sunday, to heading up the biggest entertainment department in TV, and prompting memories of the brilliant Paul O'Grady, Michael Parkinson, Des O’Connor, Jeremy Beadle, Cilla Black, The National Lottery and Top of the Pops.

    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

    Facebook: colin.edmonds.73

    Instagram: colinedmondsssm

    Twitter:@ColinEdmondsSSM

    Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/

    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    1 hr 9 min
  • Creating comedy from situations – a conversation with award winning sitcom writer Brian Leveson

    This week on the podcast, Colin chats with multi award-winning situation comedy creator Brian Leveson – for thirty years one of the leading laughter makers Behind the Scenes on British television.

    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

    Facebook: colin.edmonds.73

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    Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/

    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    1 hr 6 min
  • 40 years in showbusiness - it’s the return of TV producer and entertainer Roger Edwards.

    In this week’s episode, Colin welcomes back Roger Edwards, with more hilarious anecdotes about his life and times, the showbiz characters he encountered - and how his work for charity took him to Her Majesty The Queen’s Buckingham Palace garden party.


    Sgt Pepper's Friends - https://www.sgtpeppersfriends.co.uk/


    Steam, Smoke & Mirrors Theme music composed by John Orchard and arranged by Ian English

    Facebook: colin.edmonds.73

    Instagram: colinedmondsssm

    Twitter:@ColinEdmondsSSM

    Website: https://www.steamsmokeandmirrors.com/

    Buy Steam, Smoke and Mirrors

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Lazarus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 2

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    Available on Audible

    Buy The Nostradamus Curiosity: Steam, Smoke and Mirrors 3

    Available at Caffeine Nights

    Available at Amazon

    1 hr 32 min

About Behind the Scenes with Colin Edmonds

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After 50 years of writing comedy for most of the UK's highest-profile comics and performers, Colin now chats with those who work behind the scenes in television: from the camera operators, and sound supervisors to the directors and producers; and in show business: from the stars to the stagehands - who all share their never-before-heard memories and anecdotes.