This week's episode link

The Drew Carson Show Season 2 Episode 2

Featuring Shauna MacDonald & Craig Fairbrass plus music by Cara.
 

This Week's Guests Are Shauna MacDonald and Craig Fairbrass

This Week the Drew Carson show has 2 special guests.

first up is SHAUNA MACDONALD!!!

Shauna is a tremendous actress who has appeared on television  in major roles in popular series such as Spooks (MI-5 in the States) State of Play and Danger Mouse. She is also the lead of the Descent franchise as well as starring in movies such as The Rocket Post, Debt Collector, Late Night Shopping and Filth.

Some of  Shauna's acting credits include:

- State of Play               2003
-Spooks aka MI-5         2003-2004
-The Rocket Post           2004
-The Descent                 2005
-Sea Of Souls                2006
-Wedding Belles           2007
-Mutant Chronicles       2008
-The Descent Part 2       2009
- Filth                             2011
-Danger Mouse              2015

Shauna also runs a drama school in Portobello, Edinburgh called TribePYT Youth Theatre. You can find information about it at this link: TribePYT

You can also find Shauna on social media at:
   Twitter          @shaunamacd0nald
   Facebook       Shauna Macdonald








Our second guest this week is CRAIG FAIRBRASS!!!

Craig like Shauna has been a regular on our screens both big and small for while now with roles in popular television series such as London's Burning, EastEnders, Duck Patrol and Prime Suspect. He has also starred in movies such as Cliffhanger, Rise of The Footsoldier, The Bank Job, Devil's Playground and the Hooligan Factory.

Some Of Craig's acting credits:

-For Queen and Country       1988
-London's Burning                1990-1991
-Prime Suspect 1                   1991
-Prime Suspect 2                   1992
-Cliffhanger                           1993
-Darklands                             1996
-Duck Patrol                          1998
-EastEnders                           1999-2001
-The Long Weekend              2005
-White Noise: The Light        2007
-Rise Of The Footsoldier       2007
-The Bank Job                       2008
-Devil's Playground              2010
-House Of The Rising Sun   2011
- St. George's Day                 2012
-Breakdown                          2016

Craig can be next seen in Breakdown which comes out in cinemas on the 15th of January.


The Trailer can be found here: Breakdown


Craig Can be found on social media at:

Official site
Twitter

Record Breaking!!!!!

The first episode of season 2 has smashed the previous record for downloads for the Drew Carson show set by Dan "The Beast" Severn. I want to thank Arthur Smith and the music of Cara and Thomas G. Waites for making a great show and thank each and everyone of you for helping the show reach new heights, thanks guys and gals. 

~ Drew

Season 2 Episode 1 Arthur Smith Interview

Here is the link for the opening episode of season 2 featuring an interview with Arthur Smith and music by Cara and Thomas G. Waites.


http://www.podcastgarden.com/episode/arthur-smith-interview_67601

This Week's Guest is legendary alternative Comedian Arthur Smith!!!

Yes we are back with the second season of the Drew Carson show kicking off this week (8th) with the insanely funny and charming Mr. Arthur Smith. Arthur was one of many stand-up performers on the alternative comedy scene in the 1980s. He still performs today in much the same manner, and has regularly attended the Edinburgh Fringe comedy festival since 1977, and still compering the long-running Hackney Empire New Act of the year competition final. He has also written a body of serious or semi-serious work, including stage plays such as An Evening with Gary Lineker and his autobiography My Name is Daphne Fairfax. 

In addition to stand-up comedy, Smith has performed musical comedy shows such as Arthur Smith Sings Leonard Cohen (later broadcast on Radio 4). He returned to this theme for the Edinburgh Fringe in 2013 with "Arthur Smith Sing Leonard Cohen (Volume Too). He is also a radio presenter on such BBC Radio 4 programmes as Excess Baggage and Loose Ends, and appears on television comedy panel games. He took over as narrator of the TV series A Life of Grime after the death of John Peel and more recently was one of the Grumpy Old Men in the television series of the same name. You can find Arthur at the links below and remember to please download and subscribe to the show to hear all the great interviews that are coming over the entire season. Thank you.

Website: http://www.arthursmith.co.uk/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArfurSmith

Video clip: https://youtu.be/Y6NjxDTz0AI?list=PLQ4Tg8xUFDJB6R-P_40j8cBNFtXxSB-7W

Season 2 Guests Announcement!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blog Post

Podcast News

This week brings some very interesting news for the podcast regarding guests for season 2. Firstly I have been in talks with some very interesting people and those talks are for the most part going extremely well. I know its annoying for me to say this and then not drop some names but I feel its best to wait until they are recorded. What I can say is I am very excited for what season 2 could be if these interviews work out and I will drop the names one by one as these interviews are recorded. In other podcast news I am thinking of mixing the formula of the show up for season 2 much to the recomendation of you, the listeners. Yes the one thing most requested when answering my question of how can I improve the show for season 2 was break up the show a bit so its not just an interview and thats it. So I will be talking about things that are on my mind or that I am working on each week. The working title for this segment is Drew's Corner but don't hold me to that title I may rename it haha. 

Novel News

The rewrite stage of my novel is taking longer than I wanted but not longer than I expected. On the plus side the first half of the book is a lot better produced and presented than I thought as I was writing the the second half of the story. I may have mentioned this before or not but the story is split into two parts. Part 1 takes place on the Isle of Deamhan in 1986 and part 2 begins in Edinburgh in 2016 and travels to Glasgow and returns to the Isle of Deamhan. The first half of the book was well plotted out in advance and took around a third of the time it took to write part 2. The reason for this being that the story changed genre and style as part 1 was ending. The story began, back in January as a gritty crime story but by April it was now changing and morphing into a story about magic, monsters and mayhem with a Scottish accent. The story now is far more interesting and of a grander nature but that transformation led to certain issues. Issue 1 how to use what I had to set up part 2 and have the reader come along for the journey? Issue 2 would this story work as well on paper as it did in my head? The answer to issue 1 is easy to answer it just took the addition of a few new scenes and characters that became vital in part 2. The answer to issue 2 is unanswered until the novel is released. 

The cover design above is a mock-up of the kind of cover I would have liked to use in the beginning but I don't feel represents the mood and direction of the book the way I would like it to so I am changing it. I am also changing the title. So here is the exclusive for you guys, never mentioned anywhere else before the new title for the novel is;