The Big Finish Podcast
The Big Finish Podcast was the official promotional podcast of Big Finish Productions.
Format
The show began with episode 1 on 5 February 2008, but it abandoned a numbering scheme later that same year in favour of simply referring to episodes with their release date. Episodes are playable directly from the Big Finish website, and downloadable as free MP3 files.
Initially a highly polished, meticulously edited affair similar to Big Finish Magazine, the podcast has since become a more informal, conversationally-orientated program. Since 2010, this production pattern has allowed the podcast to appear more or less weekly.
The podcast generally consists of informal discussions about and promotion of Big Finish's past, present, and future work. Key cast and crew members are interviewed, listener emails are read and replied to, and recordings from behind the scenes of Big Finish Productions are presented. The podcast presents trailers, clips, and previews of future releases, including a 15-minute teaser at the end of the podcast. There is also the Randomoid Selectortron, which allows the listener to purchase a randomly selected release at a 25% reduction for a limited time.
The programme also runs regular contests for its listeners in which prizes come from Big Finish's output.
Personnel
The programme principal host is Big Finish showrunner Nicholas Briggs. Frequent contributors have included David Richardson and the late Paul Spragg. Music composer and sound designer Benji Clifford is the podcast's current co-host alongside Nicholas Briggs. Guest hosts have included Jamie Anderson and Alfie Shaw.
Interviewed guests on the programme have included Rob Shearman, Tom Baker, Sophie Aldred, India Fisher, Colin Baker, Louise Jameson and many others.
Episodes
While the podcast has been ongoing since 2008, the earliest episode of the actual podcast still available on the Big Finish website is the first podcast of 2011, although the individual podcast release of AUDIO: Rise and Fall is still available from the month before.
2008
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2008
2009
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2009
2010
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2010
2011
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2011
2012
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2012
2013
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2013
2014
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2014
2015
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2015
2016
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2016
2017
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2017
2018
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2018
2019
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2019
2020
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2020
2021
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2021
2022
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2022
2023
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2023
2024
- Main article: The Big Finish Podcast/2024
Toby Hadoke's Who's Round
Beginning in 2013 (releases), the majority of episodes were devoted to installments of Toby Hadoke's Who's Round, where Toby Hadoke interviews many Doctor Who celebrities regarding their work on the show. Each guest nominates a charity for listeners to donate to.
Article featured on the podcast
This page as it existed in early November 2011 was read out in its entirety by Briggs on the 2 November 2012 edition, as a more-or-less serious introduction to the show. However, Briggs took that earlier version of the page to task for misspelling Paul Spragg, "Paul Sprague".
External links
- Official The Big Finish Podcast page at bigfinish.com
