Brian recording a video with Kerry Ellis for new track, from this morning
A new DVD and/or blu-ray release of Brian May Band “Live At Brixton” should be available sometime this year.
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Astronomy enthusiasts might like to know of this programme today, about the much missed, Sir Patrick Moore. The director is Brian May’s pal, Dirk Maggs.
BBC Radio 4
Dark Side of the Moore
30 March 2014 – 14.15
Viewable on iPlayer here (Listen till 27 April):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nt1vb
Tom Hollander (Rev, Pirates of The Caribbean) stars as Patrick Moore, with Patricia Hodge as his mother Gertrude.
It’s 1957 and the little known Patrick Moore is living with his mother in East Grinstead, from where he studies the heavens and writes popular factual works on astronomy, as well as science fiction under a pseudonym.
When Moore’s latest book ‘Suns, Myths and Men’ gets a terrible review from the stuffy academic Dr Henry King, Patrick is in despair and, when the phone rings, he braces himself for more bad news.
Sean Grundy’s drama is both a moving and at times laugh out loud funny telling of a key moment in the life of Patrick Moore.
This is the story of how the self taught astronomer, whose Moon maps were later used by the Apollo missions, became the presenter of The Sky At Night. But it’s also the story of a mysterious love affair, and a window into the mind of one of the nation’s favourite broadcasters.
Written by Sean Grundy
Director: Dirk Maggs
Producer: David Morley
A Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4.