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Lost Tycho Brahe and Mrs. Longfellow 1985 TV Pilot

Tycho Brahe & Mrs. Longfellow (1985) — "They're in love. With each other. And with danger."

Rumble Falls is the kind of sleepy mining town where the neon flickers, the saxophone never sleeps, and somebody is always "accidentally" falling into a shaft. Into this glitter-dusted grit strolls a most 80s power-couple: Tycho Brahe—yes, the 16th-century Danish astronomer with the polished brass nose—reborn by unexplained TV science and forever quoting the heavens, and Mrs. Longfellow—cocktail-wielding socialite, magazine maven, and problem-solver who can spot a murder motive faster than she can finish a bourbon.

Think Hart to Hart chemistry, Simon & Simon stakeouts, and Murder, She Wrote coincidence—all poured over crushed ice and served with a cheeky umbrella.

The unaired two-hour pilot drops our lovers into "A Case of Miss Dynamite," where a pageant queen goes boom, a mayor sweats rosewater, and a foreman insists a lit stick of dynamite is a "romance candle." Crane shots you can practically hear, freeze-frame laughs you can definitely feel, and a theme song that says "lighthearted crime show" before the first commercial bumper. Tycho charts trajectories and blood spatter like star maps; Mrs. Longfellow reads people like a society page. The clues point left-handed, the alibis go right out the window, and every time Tycho's about to solve it, she solves him instead. Do they crack the case? Eventually. Do they sizzle? Constantly. (Cue the rim-lit promo still, police tape just out of focus, and a jet that keeps "turning around" for one more kiss.)

In true 80s fashion, the town's brass can't stand them, the townsfolk adore them, and the captions were supposed to explain everything… not that anyone read those during the key change. The result is a gloriously anachronistic, neon-noir valentine to prime-time sleuthing: part telescope, part tumbler, all chemistry.

Credits (1985 pilot)

· Written & Directed by Tom Konkle

· Produced by Tom Konkle and Kurtis Bedford (Mindstream Audio)

· Stephanie Dulli … Mrs. Longfellow

· Tom Konkle … Tycho Brahe

· Jude Gerard Prest … Mayor Gribbons

· Kurtis Bedford … Lt. Hassellhoff

· Jill Manglione … Darla / Barmaid

· David Beeler … Foreman Steve

· Andy Hartson-Bowyer … Narrator

(Never aired. Cult status inevitable.)

SONIC CINEMA PRODUCTIONS Presents: RETRO-ROCKETS -- Sleeper, or...I Was a Martian for the EBI

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With the voices of:

Jeff Billard - Mel Rose - Lothar Tuppan - John Bell - Jack Ward

Radio Icebox Season 01, Episode 08: "Jingle Memes"

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As a continuing feature, we'll be posting, with our usual Sunday fare, a brief teaser for the following week's line-up! Please listen, won't you, and make plans to tune in.

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Join us now for as we follow the everyday routine of Gerald, a married insurance salesman returning home after a hard day at the office, in the play "Nutmeg."

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STUDIO SEVERN & BLACK GLOVE PRODUCTIONS PRESENT: DOCTOR WHO THE FINAL GAME

EPISODE 4: We present the frightening fourth part of The Final Game! Torn across time, the Doctor and his friends return to Earth, but all is already lost. Monsters lurk in the darkness and Humanity has fallen to the Daleks. And there is nowhere to hide from the Master. Black Glove Studio and Studio Severn are in no way affiliated with the BBC or Big Finish audios. This is an unofficial fan-made audio made by the fans for the fans. We, nor any of the cast involved profit from the making of this audio. Please support all BBC and Big Finish audios. Doctor Who remains the registered and Licensed property of the BBC.

Starring: Doctor Who - Marshall Tankersley

The Master - Terry Cooper

Sarah Jane Smith - Sarah Wheatley

Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Tony J Fyler

Liz Shaw - Denise Sutton

Mike Yates - Johnny Robinson

Sergeant Benton - Richard Gurl

The Daleks - James Hart

Voice of Prime Minister Jeremy Thorpe - Mark McManus

The Ogrons - James Hart

The Time Lords - Jon Kolchak Pertwee

abVoices presents: Bat-Supe! Old Time Radio's "Adventures of Superman" featuring Superman and the Dynamic Duo!

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As a continuing feature, we'll be posting, with our usual Sunday fare, a brief teaser for the following week's line-up! Please listen, won't you, and make plans to tune in.