MFZ Ceefax Reviews - Scarred for Life - Volume 2

Castles in Space ride the misremembered nostalgia highway of dreams.

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ON SFL2 THIS MORNING

1:00 POCKET PAVILIONS PRESENT THE HALCYON CLOCK (Episode 1) Three charming children fall into an old Grandfather Clock and find themselves drifting into the past towards better days that never existed.

2:15 THE TWELVE HOUSE FOUNDATION PRESENTS THE BRAIN CHILDREN (Episode 6) Will Jez and Polly solve the puzzle set by the nefarious Baron Cerebellum? They are lost in a maze but by god they’re happy. And so are you.

3.06 CORRELATIONS PRESENT RECALL (Drama) Will you regain the function of your limbs as the robot voodoo priestess presses another silicon needle into your plastic effigy?

4.56 HANDSPAN PRESENTS WHAT’S IN THE BOX? (Entertainment) It spins! It shines! It glints! It slowly opens! Who dares to put their hand inside today? (Presented by Peter Duncan)

5.00 CULT OF WEDGE PRESENTS THE DAY BEFORE DOOMSDAY (Afternoon Play) Stark warnings. Ominous marches. The end is near. Pull the eiderdown over your head and wait for oblivion.

6.22 OLIVER CHERER PRESENTS TENSION PIECE (Episode 241) Sit still and let their eyes burn into the back of your neck. Don’t move. They can hear you breathing.

Castles in Space weave another wonder.

ARE YOU SCARRED FOR LIFE? ASK THE HOODED PUPPET. 666

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ON SFL2 THIS MORNING

7.07 THE BRITISH STEREO COLLECTIVE PRESENTS IN THE TALL GRASS (Episode 7) As the Bucolic Plague sweeps the land only picnics and naming clouds can stave off the Wheat Ghost.

8:16 THE BENTLEY EMERALD LEARNING RESOURCE PRESENTS THE CITY OF GOLDEN LEAD (Episode 19) When the master blinks his enormous eye Wyndham placates him by taking him on a tour of the desolate metal city. 

9.25 THE SOULLESS PARTY PRESENTS A SCHOOL AT WAR (Episode 51) Rotters versus Riders. The houses rise up. This week as Form 7b mourn the loss of Jimmy, Fred Trotter finds the organ pump. All hell breaks loose.

10.32 QUIMPER PRESENTS HAPPY BORDERS (Situation Comedy) Richard  Briers sinks to his knees in East Berlin. A kindly soldier (Penelope Wilton) is trapped inside the sound of desolation whilst lost children sing over Carpenteresque loops.

11.22 KEITH SEATMAN PRESENTS ONE LOST WEEKEND (Episode 241) As waves break on an aluminium foil shore, Keith beats a charming rhythm with the dried bones of Midge Ure.

12.06 LISTENING CENTER PRESENTS INTERMISSION (Intermission) Flashes of colour, a girl with a doll, the drawings you sent in, an Atari spinning on a potters wheel. All this and more in the liminal space between programmes.

 Castles in Space find delicious aural treats.

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ON SFL2 THIS AFTERNOON

13.07 PULSELOVERS PRESENT DOBBS AND CLOGG (Episode 4) The intrepid duo find 

themselves trapped in the backrooms of Woolworths. The creeping certainty that they will never find the answer becomes more concrete.

14:10 THE HEARTWOOD INSTITUTE PRESENTS YOU CANNOT WIN A NUCLEAR WAR 

(Documentary) Professor Jonathan Sharp presents a scintillating argument for digging a deep hole in the back garden using the force of his will, sweeping noise and crackling soundbites.

15.05 OLIVER CHERER PRESENTS DOWN WHITE CORRIDORS (Episode 75) Enjoy a ride 

on a gurney through what appears to be a hospital but soon transforms into an ancient abandoned nunnery.

16.33 THE METAMORPH PRESENTS STARDRIVE (Science Fiction) When Gavin wakes 

from his Tizer hangover he finds himself trapped inside a vast silver room with only a joystick for company.

17.00 VIC MARS PRESENTS THE TIME MENDERS RETURN (Episode 1) In this brand new 

repeated series from ABC Matt and Davy deftly run up and down the corridors of time chased by people in improbable wigs and suits no-one wears.

18.06 THE HOME CURRENT PRESENTS UNKNOWN SAMENESS (Dance) As the ice melts on the pylon, the grey shifts and wakes, and Legs and Co dance incorrectly on a giant motherboard.

Castles in Space are emptying my wallet.

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ON SFL2 THIS AFTERNOON

17.51 PANAMINT MANSE PRESENTS SUNSTROKE SCOUT (Episode 4) His bare knees brushing against the bracken, our intrepid adventurer finds hidden treasure in an old biscuit tin as celluloid scratches flicker on the glass.

18:10 SALVATORE MERCATANTE PRESENTS THE GARDEN (Documentary) Originally shown in darkened science classrooms on the school projector this unrestored piece of film showcases the decaying secrets hidden behind the wall.

19.25 THE HOME CURRENT PRESENTS LOBSTER BOY (Romance) When Martin wakes 

from restless dreams he finds himself transformed into a beautiful lobster. In this episode he pursues his modelling career and falls in love with a Hermit Crab.

20.33 APTA PRESENTS EQUINOX (Documentary) A detailed and beautiful exploration of the slowly melting skin of cryogenically frozen sunbeams.

21.00 THE CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION PRESENTS THROUGH THE ARCHED WINDOW (Episode 13) Hold on tight to Humpty’s arm as Alex and his minions joyfully pull you into the house via an inappropriate entrance towards a happy nightmare of electric brass and seaside memories.