Media Work
TV, Radio and Newspaper Interviews
BBC Radio Wales: Jamie and Louise Show
Monday 14th March 2011: Radio interview on BBC Radio Wales for the
Jamie and Louise Show on Fantasy Literature (its origins, cultural context
and its place in the literary canon) on the occasion of Royal Mail's new series
of stamps on Magical
Realms.
The Western Mail
Thursday 3 March 2011: Brief article for The Western Mail
on the occasion of World Book Day: 'Join the Great Chain of Reading and be Inspired'.
BBC Radio Wales: Jamie and Louise Show
Friday 12th November 2010: Radio interview on BBC Radio Wales for the
Jamie and Louise Show on the 7th Harry Potter film (Harry Potter and
the Deathly Hallows: Part 1), including actor Steffan Rhodri who played
Reg Cattermole in the film.
BBC Radio Wales: Good Morning Wales
Friday 29th September 2010: Newspaper Reviews for Good Morning
Wales. Stories reviewed: Chatsworth House auction; Great War over for Germany;
Pre-Raphaelites: Review of Ashmolean exhibition.
BBC Radio Wales: Good Morning Wales
Saturday 19th June 2010: Newspaper Reviews for Good Morning Wales.
Stories reviewed: John Lennon's manuscript auctioned; Morte d'Arthur
performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company; The Wizarding World Of Harry
Potter theme park opened.
BBC Radio Wales: Good Morning Wales
Friday 4th June 2010: Radio interview on BBC Radio Wales for the programme
Good Morning Wales about my
new Tolkien and Fantasy Online Courses at UWIC.
BBC Radio Wales: Good Morning Wales
Sunday 1 November 2009: Newspaper Reviews for Good Morning Wales.
Stories reviewed: Restoration of Victoria & Albert museum medieval Trojan
War tapestry; exhibition of the Staffordshire Hoard.
BBC Radio Wales: Good Evening Wales
Thursday 29 October 2009: Radio interview on BBC Radio Wales for the
programme Good Evening Wales about Festival
in the Shire and Tolkien's Welsh connections and inspiration.
History Channel: Clash of the Gods
- Episode 8: Beowulf (first aired: Monday 28 September 2009)
- Episode 9: Tolkien's Monsters (first aired: Monday 5 October 2009)
- Episode 10: Thor (first aired: Monday 12 October 2009)
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BBC Radio Wales: Good Evening Wales
Tuesday 17 February 2009: Radio interview on BBC Radio Wales for the
programme Good Evening Wales on the importance of the classics in English
Literature education.
BBC Radio Wales: Roy Noble Show
Friday 28 November 2008: Radio interview on BBC Radio Wales by Roy
Noble on my book Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits.
The Western Mail
Monday 24 November 2008: Article in The Western Mail, based
on interview on my book Tolkien, Race and Cultural History: From Fairies
to Hobbits.
BBC Radio 4: Woman's Hour
Monday 2 July 2007: Radio-interview on BBC Radio 4, for the programme
Woman's Hour, on Food in Literature.
BBC Radio Wales: Good Evening Wales
Friday 20 July 2007: Radio-interview on BBC Radio Wales, for the programme
Good Evening Wales, on the release of the last book of the Harry Potter
series.
The Western Mail
Wednesday 8 December 2004: One-page article in The Western Mail,
based on interview on my course on J.R.R. Tolkien at the Cardiff Centre for
Lifelong Learning.
BBC Radio Wales: Good Evening Wales
Wednesday 8 December 2004: Radio-interview by BBC Radio Wales, for
the programme Good Evening Wales, on J.R.R. Tolkien's 'invented languages'
and their relationship to the Welsh language.
The Western Mail, and The News of the World
Monday 13 January 2003: Interview on Tolkien's 'invented languages'
and their relationship to the Welsh language, parts of which were quoted in
a relevant article in The Western Mail, and in the Welsh Edition of
The News of the World.