Manchester (webcast)
Manchester was a video diary webcast released by BBV Productions on their YouTube channel in 2021. It was part of a series called P.R.O.B.E. Online and was later incorporated into the P.R.O.B.E. Case Files - Volume 1 DVD release.
Summary[[edit] | [edit source]]
On 7 November 2018, a distraught Giles recalls how, a week earlier, his organisation, P.R.O.B.E., lost "one of [their] own": his "most trusted friend", Archie MacTavish, alongside whom he had once been one of Haggard's invincible "Golden Boys". Archie died during P.R.O.B.E.'s mission to Manchester, an initially simple endeavour to close a dimensional tear. The ritual someone was using to create it "got out of hand", resulting in Archie's death, with Giles blaming himself that he didn't see what was happening in time.
Heartbroken, Giles went to every psychic, medium and witch-doctor in the city, but they all told him that "Death doesn't pander to the likes of mortals" and refused to bring Archie back. The rest of the team have taken it easier, with Tasha and Maxie taking turns to buy Giles breakfast to make sure he's eating, and Agamya making him tea "every five minutes". Thinking back to how eager Sir Andrew Williams was to start looking for a replacement, Giles bemoans the lack of closure for any of the team that resulted from the lack of a body to bury, and asserts that he will block any attempt to replace his friend, deeming that four member sis plenty enough for P.R.O.B.E..
Cast[[edit] | [edit source]]
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Agamya Akhtar
- Liz Haggard
- Patricia Haggard
- Archie MacTavish
- Maxie Masters
- Sir Andrew Williams
- Tasha Williams
Crew[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Writer - James Hornby
- Script editor - Lucy Wood-Ives
- Art - Warren Lewis
- Theme - Mark Ayres
- Logo - Lucas Kovacs
- Editing and Post-production - Callum Brown and Bill Baggs
- With special thanks to Hunter O'Connell and James Wylder at Arcbeatle Press
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Archie joined P.R.O.B.E. in Giles's second year, with the two becoming friends "the moment he walked through the door" and subsequently tackling Banshees, Valsheeth and Cyberons.
Story notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The YouTube video title calls the story Giles Case File - Manchester, but the title card in the video calls it Case File - Manchester.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Giles and Archive tackled Cyberons, as seen in PROSE: A Worthy Successor [+]Loading...["A Worthy Successor (short story)"].
- The events in Manchester were elaborated on in AUDIO: What Happened in Manchester [+]Loading...["What Happened in Manchester (audio story)"].
- Giles notes that "whatever dark entity" the occultists were trying to summon is "gone… at least for now". It would subsequently rear its head again in 2019, revealing itself to be the Yssgaroth hive-mind, in PROSE: Preternatural Nights [+]Loading...["Preternatural Nights (short story)"].
- The title card for this short was seen in WC: P.R.O.B.E. CASE FILES - TRAILER [+]Loading...["P.R.O.B.E. CASE FILES - TRAILER (webcast)"].
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Official Manchester page at bbvproductions.co.uk
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