The Freakiest Show
Posted by The Powers That Be, Sunday, 16 July 2006 at 8:31 pm, EDT
So then, off to the set of Life On Mars tomorrow for five days of Travelodge living, catering coach eating and general kicking around in the hope of gathering material for Lee and I’s Life On Mars — The Official Companion.
Yes, the title’s now confirmed. Lee and I always fancied using the title of this post rather than go the obvious route but Pocket Books are wiser than us in the way of the sell so, the Ronseal School of Titling it is.
Other than that justifiable change Lee and I seem to be getting a free reign with some of our more unconventional ideas for the book. Both Kudos and Pocket Books were up for this being a little different to your usual TV Tie-In (in fact that’s why Kudos got us involved in the first place). Obviously some early ideas were a little too revolutionary (no episode guide at all, lots of historical matter, weird graphics) but there’s quite a bit that’s made it through to this ‘confirmed’ stage that, on reflection, should make it a rather unusual affair. It has a fictional thread running through it for example and, having agreed that an Episode Guide really must be present we have found a fun way of doing it.
One of the slight disapointments to next week - and I mention it purely to stem the flow of redundant requests and/or violent suggestions - we are very unlikely to talk to either John Simm or Phillip Glenister. Obviously they will be interviewed for the book but probably by phone and in a couple of weeks time. This is due to their workload rather than any unpleasantness on their part (if you think about it, John Simm is in every scene; has to be of course, when you accept that this is something we are experiencing through him, like a story told in the first person nothing could happen without his presence.). We will be talking to the other regular cast though so, Saturday Swap-Shop style feel free to offer questions you wish us to ask via the comments to this post.
I reserve the right to ignore every crude suggestion towards Liz White and in no way guarantee to pass them on.
Unless they’re really funny of course.
Gx
Categories: Life On Mars, TV writer man, The Books, writing
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