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BERGCAST

BERGCAST

Jon Dear and Howard David Ingham talk all things Quatermass with a variety of guests.

Episodes

20 of 42 episodes

BERGCAST - Episode 39 - The Blu Ray Xperiment

Andy and Jon meet with Steve Rogers from Hammer to discuss the work involved getting the first two Quatermass films out in those stunning bo...

86:10Oct 31, 2025

BERGCAST - Episode 38 - The Spores of Nigel Kneale with Joel Morris

Comedy writer Joel Morris explains why the ideas and concepts of Nigel Kneale have infected popular culture like a Quatermass monster.

64:01Jul 14, 2025

BERGCAST - Episode 37 - Toby Hadoke's Quatermass Experiment book

BERGCAST stalwart Toby Hadoke's long awaited tome is out! Toby chats to Jon and Andy about its long gestation, the challenge of tenses and h...

69:42May 22, 2025

BERGCAST - Episode 36 - Brian Cox

We're back with a new co-host and an amazing new guest in the shape of the GIANT that is Brian Cox. Andy and Jon talk to Brian about making...

73:51May 8, 2025

BERGCAST– Episode 35 – Quatermass 70

This episode had an unavoidable delay, but it's worth it, as Jon talks in a round table with spooky dramaturges extraordinary Carrie Thompso...

71:30Jan 26, 2024

BERGCAST - Episode 34 - Things Recorded in the Walls, feat Brontë Schiltz

It's another episode with a genesis almost as troubled as our Quatermass Conclusion Conclusion . This time, Jon was unable to make our discu...

58:06Feb 28, 2023

BERGCAST – Episode 33 – Kinvig, feat. Gemma Arrowsmith

It had to happen. It's time for us to deal with the One Nigel Kneale Thing We Don't Like: Kinvig. Joining us is comedy writer and performer...

64:24Sep 28, 2022

BERGCAST – Episode 32 – Back to the Woman in Black

In this episode, we have the Woman in Black herself, Pauline Moran, who although unwell at the time, graciously agreed to talk to us about h...

63:23Aug 15, 2022

BERGCAST – Episode 31 – Bringing Back Tomato Cain

This month sees the publication of Tomato Cain and Other Stories, Nigel Kneale’s award winning short story collection, first published in 19...

54:31Jul 12, 2022

BERGCAST – Episode 30 – Restoring Nigel Kneale at the BFI

In this episode of BERGCAST, we're joined by Dick Fiddy, Vic Pratt and Douglas Weir of the British Film Institute to talk about restoring an...

70:22Apr 1, 2022

BERGCAST – Episode 29 – The Nigel Kneale Century

It's what they call in media a Very Special Episode, because the BERGCAST team is celebrating the 2022 centenary of Nigel Kneale's birth. We...

46:06Feb 14, 2022

BERGCAST – Episode 28 – The Woman in Black (1989)

For our bumper sized Christmas episode, what better subject than a ghost story? Taking a deep dive into the terrifying Kneale-scripted Chris...

95:01Dec 24, 2021

BERGCAST – Episode 27 – HMS Defiant (1962)

In this episode of BERGCAST we take to the high seas as, rather than performing our usual deep dive, we stay afloat in the Kneale-scripted 1...

63:08Oct 1, 2021

BERGCAST – Episode 26b – Stephen Bissette on The Witches

In this special mini-episode of BERGCAST, Jon and I talk some more with legendary comics illustrator and horror expert Stephen R Bissette, a...

29:07Sep 17, 2021

BERGCAST – Episode 26 – First Men in the Moon (1964) with Stephen R. Bissette

Talking with us about 1964's First Men in the Moon, we're honoured to have as our guest horror legend Stephen R. Bissette, who although perh...

97:45Aug 20, 2021

BERGCAST – Episode 25 – The Abominable Snowman, with John J. Johnston

In this episode, the voices of Jon and Howard are joined by the mellifluous and delightful tones of Egyptologist and Horrified editor-at-lar...

72:17Jul 12, 2021

BERGCAST – Episode 24 – Stephen Volk

This time we're delighted to be joined by legendary screenwriter Stephen Volk, known for a list of great TV and film scripts including The A...

82:03May 7, 2021

BERGCAST – Episode 23 – Stephen Gallagher

For this episode of BERGCAST, we were joined by veteran novelist and screenwriter Stephen Gallagher, who chatted with us about the trajector...

86:53Apr 23, 2021

BERGCAST Holiday Special – The Witches (1966), live

On October 31st, Jon and Howard were able to do one off recording of an episode with a live audience, as part of the RURAL GOTHIC Samhain Su...

60:53Dec 26, 2020

BERGCAST – Episode 21 – The Quatermass Conclusion, Part Two

Once again we're joined by James Cooray Smith, journalist, expert and lovely bloke, for the final part of our discussion of the final televi...

62:51Dec 24, 2020