I hope you’ve all noticed that my old mucker Nigel Alefounder over at desmondbagleyonline.wordpress.com has been putting out some pretty excellent podcasts lately. The good news is they are now available via iTunes, so it’s easy to subscribe, and five episodes are currently available.
The first introduces Desmond Bagley, describing his early life and journey from the UK to South Africa. In the second podcast, ‘Background Research’, Nigel takes a brief look at Bagley’s early research techniques and his return to the UK after the success of his first novel, The Golden Keel. The third podcast, ‘The Writing Process’, looks at how the author wrote his novels, while the fourth podcast, ‘The Silver Screen’, explores film and television adaptations of his work.
The fifth podcast, ‘The Golden Keel – Where it all started’, explores the background to Bagley’s very first published novel. This podcast is the first of sixteen, detailing the background to all of Bagley’s novels, which HarperCollins will reissue individually throughout 2017.
Skilfully narrated, these podcasts are definitely worth a listen and are full of interesting facts about Bagley and his novels.
Update 2024