We join multi award winning script writing legend, Lynda La Plante CBE*, at her home in London, to talk in depth about her incredible career to date.

Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of your Life.

Website

http://lyndalaplante.com/

*Lynda La Plante was made a CBE in 2008 for services to Literature, Drama and Charity. She is a member of The Crime Thriller Awards Hall of Fame, and is the only lay person to be made a fellow of The Forensic Science Society. For her work on Prime Suspect she received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Mini Series (1993, 1994), as well as the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Mystery TV Episode. In 2001, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) gave her the Dennis Potter Award for television writing.

For Eva Mottley.

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Other shows currently in preparation...

Tariq Jordon - playwright

Brad Wolfe - musician

Dame Esther Rantzen - consumer rights goddess

Michael Armstrong - musician

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

From spec script to showrunner - Amblin Entertainment's Mickey Fisher tells us his extraordinary story.

Fully illustrated. Features The Soundtrack of Your Life.

Mickey's blog

https://gointothestory.blcklst.com/mickey-fisher-on-writing-selling-and-producing-a-tv-pilot-spec-script-6c714fab8ff3?fbclid=IwAR3QxeVW8vsSu7iqb1A0Cz2A-7KN0Hb8ciVD5QGadUioeE5ECyPPUtmK_Cw

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Other shows currently in preparation...

Dame Esther Rantzen - consumer rights goddess

Brad Wolfe - musician

Lynda La Plante CBE - TV script writer/novelist

Michael Armstrong - musician

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle is a brand new series beginning on Sunday 17th February on BBC Four.

Some of the finest British actors, writers and directors, each with a personal connection to the Windrush legacy, tell the story of the Afro-Caribbean community in modern-day Britain, through a series of fifteen minute monologues.

The first monologue, 'Eunice', is written by SNS Online returnee, Carmen Harris. Carmen joins us to talk about this very significant time in British history, and expand on her episode that launches the series.

"Can love overcome fear? Can Perseverance overcome ignorance and racism? What does it cost to belong? Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle challenges our collective understanding of what it means to be part of the Afro-Caribbean community in modern-day Britain." - BBC press release.

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Other shows currently in preparation...

Mickey Fisher - TV script writer/showrunner for Amblin

Dame Esther Rantzen - consumer rights goddess

Brad Wolfe - musician

Lynda La Plante CBE - TV script writer/novelist

Michael Armstrong - musician

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

"The Edge of Waterloo Bridge", written by Jonny Benjamin MBE.

https://jonnybenjamin.co.uk/

Read by Anthony Townsend.

https://soundcloud.com/kiwi-fruit

Produced by SNS Online.

SNS Online's interview with Jonny.

https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-6-jonny-benjamin-mbe

From "The Stranger on the Bridge", written by Jonny Benjamin MBE.

https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/jonny-benjamin/the-stranger-on-the-bridge/9781509846429

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

We speak to Jonny Benjamin MBE, a prolific mental health campaigner who was close to taking his own life on Waterloo Bridge in 2008, until a stranger - Neil Laybourn - talked him around. It's an incredibly powerful and heartwarming story, which Jonny and Neil now share around the globe to help promote good mental health.

Released during Children's Mental Health Week and #TimeToTalkDay - 07.02.19.

Fully illustrated. Includes The Soundtrack of Your Life.

Poetry read by Anthony Townsend.

https://soundcloud.com/kiwi-fruit

"The Edge of Waterloo Bridge"

https://soundcloud.com/scratchnsniff-rte-pulse/sns-online-series-6-the-edge-of-waterloo-bridge

The Samaritans (UK 24 hour telephone) - 116 123

Jonny's Website

https://jonnybenjamin.co.uk/

Charity: Beyond Shame, Beyond Stigma

https://beyondshamebeyondstigma.co.uk/

A donation has been made to Beyond Shame, Beyond Stigma.

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Other shows currently in preparation...

Mickey Fisher - TV script writer/showrunner for Amblin

Dame Esther Rantzen - consumer rights goddess

Brad Wolfe - musician

Lynda La Plante CBE - TV script writer/novelist

Michael Armstrong - musician

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

We kick off our 6th online series with family favourite, John Challis -

known in equal measure as Monty Stains from Benidorm and Boycie from Only Fools and Horses/The Green Green Grass! There's plenty of other work to investigate too - including his extensive range of theatre and television roles, featuring - amongst others - a star villainous turn in Doctor Who!

We take up the story at the Kenton Theatre in Henley-On-Thames, where John is just about to tread the ol' boards in his sell out one man hit, Being Boycie. Enjoy!

Recorded at the Kenton Theatre, Henley-On-Thames, on Sunday March 4th 2018.

John's website, Wigmore Books.

http://wigmorebooks.com/

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Other shows currently in preparation...

Jonny Benjamin MBE - mental health campaigner

Mickey Fisher - TV script writer/showrunner for Amblin

Dame Esther Rantzen - consumer rights goddess

Brad Wolfe - musician

Lynda La Plante CBE - TV script writer/novelist

Michael Armstrong - musician

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

A CHRISTMAS CAROL!

An expanded version of Carol Decker's recent festive interview with SNS Online (that featured in part 2 of our Collective Catch Up series). Here we get more music and chat for all T'Pau/Carol fans, including a focus on what some consider to be T'Pau's lost album of the late 90s, Red. We also ponder on some rather colourful language that Carol used during an addition of The Chase recently, that turned the air blue!!

Fully illustrated.

Listen to Run and watch the video, directed by Carol's daughter, Scarlett.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9xotJzH350

HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY, SNS!! X :-)

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Other shows currently in preparation...

John Challis - actor

Jonny Benjamin MBE - mental health campaigner

Lynda La Plante - Crime novelist/script writer

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

To help celebrate 10 years of both 'ScratchNSniff' on RTÉ Pulse and 'SNS Online', we revisit some of our favourite guests from past shows, to find out what they've been up to since featuring.

Part 2 of 2 - with a distinctly festive flavour. Fully illustrated.

Guests featured are singer/songwriter, Carol Decker, script writer, Joe Lidster, DJ/musician, Tom James, vocal coach, Elspeth Morrison and electro/funk outfit, The Winachi Tribe.

HAPPY 10TH ANNIVERSARY, SNS!! X :-)

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Shows currently in preparation for Series 6...

John Challis - actor

Jonny Benjamin MBE - mental health campaigner

Lynda La Plante - Crime novelist/script writer

Brad Wolfe - musician

Last in the present series.

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

With music by SNS Online returnee, Minute Taker, we listen to a selection of well wishers - who have all featured in previous shows - wishing SNS a very happy 10th birthday!

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Other shows currently in preparation...

John Challis - actor

Jonny Benjamin MBE - mental health campaigner

Lynda La Plante - Crime novelist/script writer

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.

As part of our 10 year celebrations, we doff our cap to a previous guest and regular contributor of his very own music - DJ and musician, Jaded Kid. With special permission, we play out his set mixed for Norfolk's Trunchonbury festival. Enjoy!

SNS Online continues to offer an eclectic range of quality programming - free to download - to all like-minded people out there in cyber-space. These shows are independent podcasts produced to the highest professional standards and are non-profit making. So please enjoy, download and share these shows on all your lovely social media - as essentially that is our advertising! And please, please, please...offer feedback on the 'SNS Online' FB page or Twitter (ScratchNTweet).

Other shows currently in preparation...

John Challis - actor

Jonny Benjamin MBE - mental health campaigner

Lynda La Plante - Crime novelist/script writer

Big kiss, ScratchNSniffers! - Nick Randell X

EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. ONLINE.