From a Talking Sopranos point of view, this Ian interview was a David Chase & Terry Winter interview rolled into one! And he’s a Brit which I hadn’t realised till now. Brilliant guest and fascinating to listen to. Great work guys.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Talking Sopranos is what inspired me to do this podcast as Prisoner is my favourite Australian tv show and being able to interview Ian was such an amazing experience
What another amazing interview and you guys really pulled it out the bag with Ian Bradley. Loved his honest and candid view of the behind the scenes workings at the station and the amount of work and effort that’s put into making each episode. Both you and Ken are doing a fantastic job co-ordinating these interviews and can’t wait to see who you’ve got lined up next. Keep up the good work guys !!
Excellent interview with Ian Bradley thank you. Being a ten pound Pom myself I identified with Ian’s personal story. His description of the making of ‘Z Cars’ also my favourite TV show at the time, was absolutely fascinating. “English TV and American film” quality aesthetic observation. Thanks guys and thanks Ian Bradley.
Loved Ian’s description of king’s cross in Sydney. I arrived there in January 2005 and although a long time after Ian, I was also dazzled by the bars and the seedy stuff when I first got there. It was a far cry from my hometown of Hartlepool, UK.
@@TalkingPrisoner I would love to know! I was on a working holiday 2004-2005 and haven't been back since then. I do want to make a return visit and see how things have changed especially Melbourne. I took lots of camcorder footage during my trip although I had to be careful what I filmed in King's cross! I just remember arriving at kings cross at about 1pm in the afternoon wheeling my luggage through on my way to the backpacker hostel and a hooker offering her "services" naturally I politely declined but Ian's story took me right back to then. We also had an illegal gambling den over the road from our hostel.
A fantastic interview with Ian.very informative.the most iconic show ever.will always be my favourite.keep up the great interviews .your both brilliant can’t wait to watch all the interviews
This was a fantastic insight into the concept, writing, production and casting of the show. It’s this kind of thing that the fans really love to hear, all the behind the scenes information including how it was made. Just brilliant.
Brilliant interview... Nice to put a face to the prominent entry credits of prisoner. The bea smith moment coming out of van i feel like lou kelly was the police officer ? It was a split secind or two so maybe im wrong but i know many actors were recast 2 or even 3 times in its history 😮
Brilliant interview. Would love to see you interview Sigrid Thornton who played Ros Coulson who was one of my favourite Prisoner characters of the entire shows run.
I only just discovered you on Spotify. I was obsessed with this show growing up. The best show ever created for me. I thought this interview was fabulous…if only it could have lasted longer! Looking forward to listening to all of your episodes
@@mrsbaylocksvideoemporium9621 Ian is amazing and basically the man that kept Prisoner going after Reg Watson left the show, so happy you found our channel
Agreed. She brought a lot to the character of Spider Simpson in the last year of the programme and I was so sad to hear that she'd died so young. I particularly loved the scenes between her and Merle - "get your hands off me, Tubbo" :-)
These interviews are amazing! I’ve just watched ep 2 with Gerard Maguire which was fantastic! It’s so good to see these chats with a cross section of writers, actors, crew, producers, directors etc. Personally I’d love to see Sandy gore, Jude Kuring, Carole skinner, Fiona Spence, maybe a few of the extras like Kaye Chadwick (Bev Cavelli) or Lorna
Finally getting around to comment on this interview. Absolutely fantastic. Hey, if you want to find out something go directly to the source, and who is a better source for Prisoner than Ian Bradley. I first came to prisoner in 1982. I grew up outside of New York City in NewJersey. It was showing on Saturday evenings. Although at the time I was just recently divorced ,a young guy at 27, so I was more interested in seeing women at bars, not behind bars. LOL. It wasn't until UA-cam 35+ years later that I finally got to see the entire series and realized what I missed out on. I always knew there was a change in the series when it came to America. for me what I noticed most was that most of the Pinups we're gone and suddenly you had Laurel and Hardy James Dean Marlon Brando,etc posters. I knew that had to be because of coming to America. all of those Pinups would not go over well in America at that time in the 80s. It would never make it primetime. So in addition to the swearing I think the nudity was also a problem. I also liked the comment about the budget: now we know why the walls wobbled. 😊
THanks for sharing your story with us, Love hearing about peoples memories of Prisoner, Can I ask did they ever cut things out when it was airing in the USA back in the 80s ?
@@TalkingPrisoner Hey Ken and Matt. Thanks for the reply. Quite frankly, it was so many years ago and, as I said, I was a younger guy then .I just remember watching it sporadically. I am absolutely sure that any nudity such as episode 9 ,or some of the shower shots, or close-ups of the pinups, may not have been shown. I can't be sure though. Curse words ,if they were Australian, might have gotten through since most Americans wouldn't know what they were saying.In fact, part of the fun of watching Prisoner on UA-cam and talking to other Americans was our little joke about learning all the Australian slang words. I once said to my daughter :I think someone's playing funny buggers with us. She looked at me curiously and then said :is that one of those Australian things again. 😂
From a Talking Sopranos point of view, this Ian interview was a David Chase & Terry Winter interview rolled into one! And he’s a Brit which I hadn’t realised till now. Brilliant guest and fascinating to listen to. Great work guys.
Thank you so much for your kind words. Talking Sopranos is what inspired me to do this podcast as Prisoner is my favourite Australian tv show and being able to interview Ian was such an amazing experience
Im a massive fan of prisoner, i thank you for years of entertainment
Ian's looking great for his age (for someone born during WWII !!). And after all this time, he's still got a distinct West Country accent!
Thank you
What another amazing interview and you guys really pulled it out the bag with Ian Bradley. Loved his honest and candid view of the behind the scenes workings at the station and the amount of work and effort that’s put into making each episode. Both you and Ken are doing a fantastic job co-ordinating these interviews and can’t wait to see who you’ve got lined up next. Keep up the good work guys !!
Thanks Ryan, It was great to speak to Ian, Thanks for your support.
Excellent interview with Ian Bradley thank you.
Being a ten pound Pom myself I identified with Ian’s personal story.
His description of the making of ‘Z Cars’ also my favourite TV show at the time, was absolutely fascinating.
“English TV and American film” quality aesthetic observation.
Thanks guys and thanks Ian Bradley.
Thanks so much John. Z Cars is a fantastic show. Thank you for your support.
Loved Ian’s description of king’s cross in Sydney. I arrived there in January 2005 and although a long time after Ian, I was also dazzled by the bars and the seedy stuff when I first got there. It was a far cry from my hometown of Hartlepool, UK.
What was it like in 2005 compared to now ?
@@TalkingPrisoner I would love to know! I was on a working holiday 2004-2005 and haven't been back since then. I do want to make a return visit and see how things have changed especially Melbourne. I took lots of camcorder footage during my trip although I had to be careful what I filmed in King's cross! I just remember arriving at kings cross at about 1pm in the afternoon wheeling my luggage through on my way to the backpacker hostel and a hooker offering her "services" naturally I politely declined but Ian's story took me right back to then. We also had an illegal gambling den over the road from our hostel.
A fantastic interview with Ian.very informative.the most iconic show ever.will always be my favourite.keep up the great interviews .your both brilliant can’t wait to watch all the interviews
I was really excited to interview Ian, I’m such a fan of his work also, thank you for your kind words - Matt
This was a fantastic insight into the concept, writing, production and casting of the show. It’s this kind of thing that the fans really love to hear, all the behind the scenes information including how it was made. Just brilliant.
Brilliant interview... Nice to put a face to the prominent entry credits of prisoner. The bea smith moment coming out of van i feel like lou kelly was the police officer ? It was a split secind or two so maybe im wrong but i know many actors were recast 2 or even 3 times in its history 😮
Another fantastic interview. Thats fantastic finding out Ian came from my home town of Bath! I never knew Bath had any links to my favourite TV show!!
Thank you.
Just discovered your videos from a Prisoner fan club on Facebook! Thank you so much for these videos! Hope you film more!
Thanks, Paul, Thank you for the support. Please subscribe to our channel if you can :-)
Another fantastic interview. Very informative.
Brilliant interview. Would love to see you interview Sigrid Thornton who played Ros Coulson who was one of my favourite Prisoner characters of the entire shows run.
Thank you
I only just discovered you on Spotify. I was obsessed with this show growing up. The best show ever created for me. I thought this interview was fabulous…if only it could have lasted longer! Looking forward to listening to all of your episodes
Thank you so much, I’m so happy you are enjoying our interviews, which one has been your favourite so far ?
@@TalkingPrisoner this is the first one ☝️. Once I saw that you had Ian Bradley on I had to listen 👂
@@mrsbaylocksvideoemporium9621 Ian is amazing and basically the man that kept Prisoner going after Reg Watson left the show, so happy you found our channel
@@TalkingPrisoner have you got more interviews coming up? Is Ian Smith still about?
@@mrsbaylocksvideoemporium9621 we have many more to come, please also like our Facebook page for cast announcements 😀
An interview with someone related to Taya Straton would be incredible.
We are hoping to do this
Agreed. She brought a lot to the character of Spider Simpson in the last year of the programme and I was so sad to hear that she'd died so young. I particularly loved the scenes between her and Merle - "get your hands off me, Tubbo" :-)
These interviews are amazing! I’ve just watched ep 2 with Gerard Maguire which was fantastic! It’s so good to see these chats with a cross section of writers, actors, crew, producers, directors etc. Personally I’d love to see Sandy gore, Jude Kuring, Carole skinner, Fiona Spence, maybe a few of the extras like Kaye Chadwick (Bev Cavelli) or Lorna
Thank you, we have many more cast and crew coming up.
Elspeth Ballantyne please.
I agree - would love to hear from one of the "extras". Not sure if Barbara Jungwirth is still alive, but she would be a great guest.
Finally getting around to comment on this interview. Absolutely fantastic. Hey, if you want to find out something go directly to the source, and who is a better source for Prisoner than Ian Bradley. I first came to prisoner in 1982. I grew up outside of New York City in NewJersey. It was showing on Saturday evenings. Although at the time I was just recently divorced ,a young guy at 27, so I was more interested in seeing women at bars, not behind bars. LOL. It wasn't until UA-cam 35+ years later that I finally got to see the entire series and realized what I missed out on. I always knew there was a change in the series when it came to America. for me what I noticed most was that most of the Pinups we're gone and suddenly you had Laurel and Hardy James Dean Marlon Brando,etc posters. I knew that had to be because of coming to America. all of those Pinups would not go over well in America at that time in the 80s. It would never make it primetime. So in addition to the swearing I think the nudity was also a problem. I also liked the comment about the budget: now we know why the walls wobbled. 😊
THanks for sharing your story with us, Love hearing about peoples memories of Prisoner, Can I ask did they ever cut things out when it was airing in the USA back in the 80s ?
@@TalkingPrisoner Hey Ken and Matt. Thanks for the reply. Quite frankly, it was so many years ago and, as I said, I was a younger guy then .I just remember watching it sporadically. I am absolutely sure that any nudity such as episode 9 ,or some of the shower shots, or close-ups of the pinups, may not have been shown. I can't be sure though. Curse words ,if they were Australian, might have gotten through since most Americans wouldn't know what they were saying.In fact, part of the fun of watching Prisoner on UA-cam and talking to other Americans was our little joke about learning all the Australian slang words. I once said to my daughter :I think someone's playing funny buggers with us. She looked at me curiously and then said :is that one of those Australian things again. 😂
Fantastic. Jentah played my favourite Mouse. A hint 😃
We hope to have Mouse come on
@@TalkingPrisoner I love Mouse. My favourite. Was devastated after the fire.
I am not a number I am a free man.
Back when Taking Prisoner was good. Before Matt became full of himself and before ROTTEN Coral Drouyn ruined the podcast.
*Talking