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Place of Origin:
Ruislip, Middlesex, UK

Editor:
Elaine Bull

In Production:
1992-96

Distribution Media:
 Audio Cassette

Tape Lengths:
 #1-13, 15: C-90; #14: C-60 + C-90

Issues Produced:
15
 

 

“All over the world people are freaking out! Why?
Because they forgot to order their copy of Spotlight.”

Created and contributed to by Doctor Who fans, Spotlight was a rare non-Who tapezine which ran for an impressive 15 issues and became – in one way – unique among tapezines. Ruislip-based Elaine Musselwhite (née Bull) had been a fan of Doctor Who from a very young age. She entered the world of Doctor Who fandom in 1987 and quickly established friendships with like-minded Who fans. At that time, fandom was a hive of creativity and many of Elaine’s new friends were producing fanzines and tapezines – and she was soon invited to participate in this vibrant cottage industry.

Elaine recalls, “I’d had the very good fortune of contributing to a small selection of fanzines, writing articles, stories and doing the odd cartoon under the title, A Load Of Ole Bull. I had some copies of The Master Tape, UNIT and Doctor Who 2000, but mainly I had heard Rayphase Shift and Death Zone. I also came by the Black Box Club, which featured quite a bit of Doctor Who. The whole idea of tapezines sounded like a lot of fun. So, when I was asked to contribute to Nick Goodman’s tapezine Rayphase Shift (RPS for short) I jumped at the chance of recording articles and submitting the occasional piece of cover art.”

It was during this time that Elaine honed a style that worked for her, experimenting with straightforward reviews and off-the-wall improvisation. The latter involved frequently challenging the limits of the audio medium, as exemplified in her wonderfully uncoventional feature explaining how to make cardboard cut-out figures from Kinda!

“There were a lot of very witty and imaginative people working on RPS and I never really felt I was quite up to their standard. However, it was a good learning ground and I was enjoying my return to recording. I had caught the bug as a small child and progressed to ventures on tape with my childhood friends Helen Green and Deborah O’Reilly (later Raikes) – the latter being titled A Load of Bull and O’Reilly and consisting of drama and song.” As she grew into her teens and then into Doctor Who fandom, Elaine remained at ease with the microphone, regularly recording taped messages for friends. Recording items for tapezines was therefore a relatively smooth transition for her, almost second nature.

Within Elaine’s circle of Doctor Who friends, there was inevitably a cross-over of interest with other programmes, both within the same genre and beyond it. Some shows that came up in conversation were ones that everyone had grown up with and remembered, while others were less familiar, and some were new. Rather than simply devise her own take on the Doctor Who tapezine, Elaine realised that these cross-overs pointed the way ahead for her own production. “Finding myself getting into the world of fan audio, I decided in the early 1990s to have a go at making a tapezine myself – mainly because I had so enjoyed contributing to RPS,” remembers Elaine. “However, I felt that unless I could come up with a totally original angle for mine, it might not be different enough from the other Doctor Who tapezines on the market. I decided not to do Doctor Who on its own as there were a lot of Doctor Who ones out there. My friends and I were all interested in other television stuff – a wide variety of cult television programmes – and for this reason it seemed the best option to go for a mixture and make a cult TV tapezine. Of course, back in 1987, the Sonic Waves Media Magazine had combined Doctor Who content with features about other series and genres, but I was totally unaware of this production until much later.”

Admittedly, the idea of a cult TV tapezine was not new, but no one had made it a success: Alan Hayes had ended Sonic Waves Media Magazine after a poorly-performing first issue, and Elaine’s friends, Paul Chandler and Keith Musselwhite had both tried launching their own TV tapezines – ALBOE and Power respectively – but neither had got far enough to be published. Elaine was about to buck that disappointing trend and make her own TV tapezine – with a modicum of Doctor Who sprinkled in for good measure – a long-running and popular title.

Spotlight was unleashed in December 1992, and the world had certainly changed since the days when the Sonic Waves Media Magazine had failed to attract an audience. “Spotlight arrived at a time of change,” Elaine explains. “Doctor Who was no longer on TV and fans had begun to open their minds to other programmes. That process and the enthusiasm of Nick and Keith are what inspired me to do something in this vein. There was, though, very much of a Doctor Who thread running through Spotlight, even though I didn’t necessarily want to do a single-focus Doctor Who tapezine. There were plenty of other features which were of interest to many listeners and contributors, but the majority of those who were involved and who listened, loved Doctor Who. For me it seemed the natural course to take to make Spotlight about so many things, but with Doctor Who being a big love, it was bound to be a strong theme that bound it all together.”

In terms of its subject material, Spotlight cast its net wide, going wherever the muse took it. If Elaine wanted to cover comedy programmes, they got covered. If a children’s show took her or one of her contributors’ fancy, that made the cut, too. Regular contributor Nick Goodman recalls that Elaine’s open-minded approach to submissions led him down unexpected paths: “My own tapezine Rayphase Shift and Spotlight were in production concurrently for about three years. It was always fun to ‘hop over the fence’, so to speak, and opine about things non-Who. You could go mad – once I even covered The Oprah Winfrey Show!”

The first issue began with an offbeat, chatty introduction by Elaine and Paul Chandler, who was at the time working regularly with her on the earliest episodes of Sutton Park, his video soap opera. The tone was quickly set. It was friendly, light-hearted and informal, and Elaine’s editorial approach was to be flexible and go with what her listeners and contributors wanted. “A lot of my customers were people I was friends with anyway,” Elaine enthuses. “I had the good fortune of having a decent pool of contributors including some who were RPS veterans. Several others, though, were getting their first experience of working on a tapezine, such as Richard Hague, a chap who was lodging next door, Graham Walters and John Fisher.”

Elaine reflects on the Spotlight team:

Keith Musselwhite... “My first encounter with Keith was thanks to Nick Goodman and a VHS tape of Terminus that also included some Doctor Who songs that my childhood friend Deborah and I had recorded as The Inflatable Dolls,” comments Elaine. “Keith saw the video and asked me if we would like to do the cabaret at his Doctor Who convention, Shangri-La 1988. We declined, but our friendship began. Keith was also working on tapezines of his own and contributing to others. Over time, Keith and I became an item (and later married) and his involvement in Spotlight increased, leading to several joint features. Keith brought his wry and witty humour and an attention to detail to the ’zine.”

Nick Goodman... “Nick and I were Doctor Who pen friends. Spotlight allowed Nick to highlight his writing and film making – and, of course, he also submitted a selection of amusing and informative articles for me to use.”

Chris Barnatt... “Chris, a Doctor Who fan in my locality, replied to a post that I placed in Celestial Toyroom, the DWAS newsletter. His articles were laced with his dry-humoured wit – and he was always more than happy to contribute to Spotlight. Chris produced several animations which featured on the BBC’s Hart Beat, as well as his own animated series pilot, which was narrated by Ian McCaskill.”

Paul Chandler... “Paul came to my attention through Nick, for whom he was working on Rayphase Shift. Paul was also making his own video projects, and it was when I became involved in these that I collared Paul for Spotlight. Paul’s usually quite daft but funny sense of humour percolated through into the articles that he submitted.”

Jon Kolchak Pertwee... “Another Who friend, Jon could impersonate a number of well-known celebrities, and using this talent he would record little interludes for Spotlight that went between the main features. Jon also contributed articles of his own.”

Greg Walter... “An American penfriend who, along with Joe Parlin, made a Doctor Who serial which I featured on my tapezine. Greg also submitted articles that were somewhat more serious than the norm for Spotlight, but it was nice to have a take from across the pond. The trend continued when overseas fans Karen Parks and Betty Nugent also became involved.”

Andrew ‘Trowby’ Trowbridge... “Andrew was very much involved with the Salisbury Doctor Who Local Group, and therefore became involved in Nick’s tapezine. He gladly involved himself in Spotlight and submitted a number of witty and entertaining articles on a variety of programmes. He also advertised his own production, Spectrum, a collection of TV spoofs written himself and others.”

Graham Walters... “Another of my long-standing Doctor Who friends, Graham was a big supporter of Spotlight. It gave him access to others in fandom and he was more than happy to contribute articles. Quietly spoken, he provided a more straightforward, serious element to proceedings.”

There were many other contributors thoughout Spotlight’s life: Darren Powis and his friend Mike Joy wrote a few articles including a humourous look at Spotlight from their perspective; Peter Dickinson wrote articles and asked Elaine if she would narrate them on his behalf, which she was more than happy to do; and others like Andy Ching contributed with a view to getting their creative endeavours out to a wider audience. “There were so many others involved in some form or another,” says Elaine. “Even my young nephews Steven and Mark Bull, who visited regularly, were always up for a recording session!”

Elaine’s means of recording Spotlight was not dissimilar to that of other tapezine producers: “I had a double deck Hitachi ‘Super Woofer’ with three speakers, and all of my Spotlights were done on that. The majority of the contributors were based around the UK and in America, so it wasn’t always feasible for us to get together during the week for the recording of each issue. However, the articles would be sent in by post and I would then set to work putting the articles together with links and fillers on my ‘Super Dooper Woofer’, as I affectionately dubbed it, in my then-bedroom of the family home. A lot of the material was recorded individually, so there wasn’t the banter between friends, apart from with Keith. We did some parts between us which inevitably ended up with us laughing a lot.”

Elaine drew all of Spotlight’s cassette covers herself: “The tape cover of Issue 1 depicted a Cyberman waiting in the Casualty department of Holby City – Doctor Who was never far away from my tapezine! The back covers of each issue would sport some text which would reflect the content of that issue. For instance, Issue 4 proclaimed that listeners should “Boldly go and plug yourself into Issue 4. It’s incredible, Captain!” and Issue 6 stated that “You are invited to 90 minutes of fun. A stranger lies dead at Arlington Grange, but that’s their problem…”

Elaine’s sense of humour extended to her presentation, as Nick Goodman remembers: “Another show I wrote about for Spotlight was Doomwatch and what happened with it demonstrated just how close-knit the tapezine community was back then. I was being a bit cheeky as the article was one I’d recorded previously for my Australian friend Neil Hogan’s SF 2000 tapezine. For some unknown reason, Neil had unceremoniously chopped it up and stuck the second half on another issue. I was a bit miffed about this and it prompted me to revisit the piece for Spotlight. I rewrote it and had better quality clips to include, too. However, Elaine knew what had happened and couldn’t resist teasing me. A minute or so into the new-sounding Doomwatch article, she interrupted it in an Australian accent: ‘Sorry, Nick, we’ve got to stop you there...’ before apologising and running the rest of the article!”

During its three-and-a-half-year, fifteen-issue tenure, Spotlight covered a wide variety of television programmes, including The Changes, Henry’s Cat, Sapphire and Steel and Top of the Pops, to name just a few. Its contributors raided the television and audio world for both little-known fancies and die-hard favourites, providing the listener with a wide variety of non-stop topics and possibilities for their own exploration. An example of this rich texture is Richard Hague’s article in issue 1, in which he looks at the scrapped Channel 4 animation series Scumbag, giving insights into a show that didn’t make it!

The spotlight was not just shone on television, though. It was not unknown for Doctor Who tapezines to produce homemade stories and skits. Spotlight went further, exploring original drama. “The ongoing dramas were offered to me by contributors. I was more than happy to let friends showcase their creativity,” says Elaine. These included the Walters/Parlin Doctor Who serial, an episodic audio adaptation of Nick Goodman and Paul Chandler’s 1993 film Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun with guest narrators from the cast, and Andy Ching’s science-fiction story, The Last Experiment.

Occasionally, the tapezine would get a holiday and be recorded in exotic places around England – and even the Sixth Doctor, actor Colin Baker, appeared on one of the issues and claimed that he listened to each issue whilst driving his car.

“I advertised Spotlight in TV Zone and amongst friends, which resulted in others hearing by word of mouth,” Elaine reveals. “Spotlight reached as far as America and Australia, as well as across the UK. It’s difficult to choose a favourite issue, as there was plenty of material that was really interesting on all of them. If I had to choose then I’d plump for Issue 14, which was the Hallowe’en / spooky stuff edition. I’m not a fan of Hallowe’en as such, apart from the film, but I do like a good horror or ghost story.”

Spotlight’s fifteenth issue in April 1996 would prove to be its last, but it was not intended as such. Issue 16 went into production, but 1996 saw a lot of changes in Elaine’s personal life and other priorities came to the fore. Consequently, the issue was never completed. “A few times over the years, I have considered doing a proper finale for Spotlight, but felt that maybe it was best left alone. However, I could be wrong!” Elaine admits. “And so, Spotlight came to an end. Happy days and times. I’d like to thank those who inspired me, contributed and supported Spotlight during its run. So, thank you. You know who you are!”

 
 

 

Supplementing her commitments to Spotlight, Elaine Musselwhite (née Bull) appeared in several film productions written by tapezine customer David Aldridge and Rayphase Shift stalwarts Paul Chandler, Andy Ching and Nick Goodman during the 1990s. She also made cameo appearances in Paul Chandler’s The Copernicus Files (2000) and Nick’s A Gift from Eternity (2003). She continues to appreciate and support all things Doctor Who.

 
 

 

A rich and amiable production with a talented band of contributors, Spotlight was a survivor. The flexibility of its remit is arguably what kept it fresh, and when it drew to a close, it went out with some fuel still in the tank, which was perhaps the best way.

In bringing Spotlight together, Elaine Bull took the central ideas that her friends Paul Chandler and Keith Musselwhite had developed, ran with them and made the whole thing very much her own. In doing so, she produced a tapezine that truly had Paul’s ‘little bit of everything’ and gave the contributors the ‘power’ to look at anything they wished to, much as Keith had intended.

Spotlight issues were consistently entertaining, offering a variety of content that often dared its listeners to go beyond Doctor Who and try out other flavours of television. Doctor Who was of course still a part of the mix which was not surprising as the great majority of the contributors had the series as their first love.

While Spotlight was not entirely out on its own as a cult TV tapezine, it was certainly unique in its decision to include original drama not linked to a known television series or other media property: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun ran over eight episodes between issues 8 and 11.

Today, we are accustomed to building networks of pooled talent, with everything so easily facilitated by the internet. Fandom was less directly connected on a peer-to-peer level in the early- to mid-1990s, but Elaine skilfully brought together a community of contributors and listeners – and some of those listeners became contributors – at a time when achieving such a feat took a great deal of effort and commitment. When  Spotlight clicked off in 1996, it was the end of an era. A unique production, bold and brave enough to include completely original drama as part of its offer. Spotlight was one of the last of the tapezines, but – as with many of its contemporaries – in its own small way it can be seen as a step on the way to the modern day podcast.

Nick Goodman

 
 

 

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 1
December 1992-January 1993, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Paul Chandler and Elaine Bull

  2. Kid Vid – Children’s Cartoons by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  3. Review: Earthshock by Graham Walters

  4. Crash – A Look at Casualty by Elaine Bull

  5. Raffles by Nick Goodman

  6. Interview: Film Maker Paul Chandler by Elaine Bull

Side B:

  1. Excerpt: Absolutely Fabulous Series 1

  2. Jo Grant – My Favourite Companion by Russell Buer

  3. Humour: The Interview by Darren Powis and Mike Joy

  4. A Tingle Down the Spine by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  5. The Kids’ View: Gerry Anderson Series by Steven Bull and Mark Bull

  6. Interview: Richard Hage, Freelance Assistant Film Editor, by Elaine Bull

  7. Review: Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines by Andrew Trowbridge

  8. Film Trailer: The Retaliators – Dances With Wolves (amateur production)

  9. Commercial: Rayphase Shift 7 by Nick Goodman

  10. Spotlight 1 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 2
March 1993, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. Review: Blake’s 7 – Sarcophagus by Elaine Bull

  3. An Interloper Comments by Paul Chandler

  4. Review: Press Gang by Nick Goodman

  5. Kid Vid Returns by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  6. Humour: TV Continuity by Darren Powis and Mike Joy

  7. Humour: A Message to Spotlight from Donald Sinden by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  8. Storytime: Scumbag and the Spot by Chris Barnatt

Side B:

  1. A Letter from a Listener by Chris Barnatt

  2. Excerpt: French and Saunders

  3. Interview: Paul Chandler Talks Aussie Soaps with Elaine Bull

  4. Review: Porterhouse Blue by Andrew Trowbridge

  5. Excerpt: I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again – The Julie Andrews Songbook

  6. Spotlight 2 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  7. Commercial: Spotlight 3 including Doctor Who – The Cherished Enemy

  8. Instrumental Music by Christine ‘Roo’ Toups

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 3
July 1993, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. Drama: Doctor Who – The Cherished Enemy – Episode 1 by Greg Walter and Chris Tennyson and featuring Greg Walter, Joe Parlin, Alex Campbell, Chris Tennyson, Bill Garner, Steve Janssen, Archie Foor and Robert Gunn

  3. An Appreciation of Gerry Anderson by Graham Walters

  4. Review: Sapphire and Steel by Peter Dickinson, read by Elaine Bull

  5. Interview: A Day in the Life of a Wood Louse by Andrew Reid with Paul Chandler

  6. Tribute: Jacqueline Hill by Elaine Bull

  7. My Memories of Jacqueline Hill by Graham Walters

  8. Commercial: Spectrum by Andrew Trowbridge

Side B:

  1. Review: The Stranger – In Memory Alone (BBV Video) by Elaine Bull

  2. Commercial: Spotlight 4 by Elaine Bull

  3. Review: Catweazle by Andrew Trowbridge

  4. Spotlight Greetings from James Bond by ‘Sean Connery’ and ‘Roger Moore’ (Jon Kolchak
    Pertwee)

  5. Brief Review: Spotlight by Paul Chandler

  6. Video Buying Guide: Space: 1999 by Nick Goodman

  7. My Memories of Jacqueline Hill by Paul Chandler

  8. Spotlight Quiz by Elaine Bull and Co.

  9. Commercial: Doctor Who 2000 19 by Neil Hogan

  10. Excerpt: Are You Being Served? – German Week

  11. Spotlight 3 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  12. Commercial: Spotlight by Elaine Bull

  13. Excerpts: Are You Being Served?, The Magic Roundabout and The Good Life

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 4
September 1993, C-90

Side A:

  1. Excerpt: I’m Sorry I’ll Read That Again – Censoring Tom Jones

  2. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  3. Drama: Doctor Who – The Cherished Enemy – Episode 2 by Greg Walter and Chris Tennyson and featuring Greg Walter, Joe Parlin, Alex Campbell, Chris Tennyson, Bill Garner, Steve Janssen, Archie Foor and Robert Gunn

  4. Spotlight Spot: Hart Beat (BBC Children’s Art Series) by Chris Barnatt

  5. Star Trek and its Sequels by Graham Walters

  6. Outtake from Issue 3’s Catweazle article featuring Andrew Trowbridge

  7. Discussion: The Hokey-Cokey by Andrew Reid and Paul Chandler

  8. The End of Side 1 by Steven and Mark Bull

Side B:

  1. Review: V (US SF series) by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  2. Hellos from Sylvester McCoy and Debbie Watling

  3. Review: Watch With Mother including Andy Pandy by Elaine Bull

  4. Excerpt: Play Away – The Court of King Caractacus sung by Brian Cant, Jeremy Irons and Julie Stevens

  5. Convention Guest Panel: Sophie Aldred and Sylvester McCoy (US Convention, 1993)

  6. Review: The Tomorrow People – The Dirtiest Business by Nick Goodman

  7. Commercial: Spectrum Street by Andrew Trowbridge

  8. Humour: Toshy and Nasty by Darren Powis and Mike Joy

  9. Answers to Issue 3 Quiz by Elaine Bull

  10. Spotlight 4 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 5:
DOCTOR WHO 30 YEARS SPECIAL
November 1993, C-90

Side A:

  1. Excerpts: The Robots of Death and An Unearthly Child

  2. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  3. Drama: Doctor Who – The Cherished Enemy – Episode 3 by Greg Walter and Chris Tennyson and featuring Greg Walter, Joe Parlin, Alex Campbell, Chris Tennyson, Bill Garner, Steve Janssen, Archie Foor and Robert Gunn

  4. Spotlight Spot: V (US SF series) by Chris Barnatt

  5. Doctor Who – Robot by Steven and Mark Bull

  6. Humour: A Wood Louse in the Studio by Paul Chandler and Elaine Bull

  7. Commercial: Spectrum – Kaboomwatch by Andrew Trowbridge

  8. Humour: Bob Dylan Sings Rubbish by Darren Powis and Mike Joy

  9. Excerpts: Hi-De-Hi! and The Lenny Henry Show

  10. Television View: The Dark Dimension and Eldorado by Derek Gray

Side B:

  1. Review: Mister Benn by Andrew Trowbridge

  2. Review: Doctor Who – The Paradise of Death by Elaine Bull

  3. Audio Letter about Rayphase Shift and Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun from Nick Goodman

  4. Spotlight 5 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 6
January 1994, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. Drama: Doctor Who – The Cherished Enemy – Episode 4 by Greg Walter and Chris Tennyson and featuring Greg Walter, Joe Parlin, Alex Campbell, Chris Tennyson, Bill Garner, Steve Janssen, Archie Foor and Robert Gunn

  3. Review: Cluedo (TV game show) by Elaine Bull

  4. Book Reviews: The Power of the Daleks and The Evil of the Daleks by Russell Buer

  5. The Big Breakfast by Robert Kelly

  6. The Film Flashback: John Carpenter’s The Thing by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  7. Excerpts: The Box of Delights and Doctor Who – The Space Pirates

Side B:

  1. An Alternative Review: TV Tie-in Books by Paul Chandler and Elaine Bull

  2. Song: Away in a TARDIS and others by The Inflatable Dolls (Elaine Bull and Deborah Raikes)

  3. Excerpts: TV Outtakes including Jim Bowen on Bullseye

  4. What Doctor Who Means to Me by Andrew Dexter

  5. Excerpt: Red Dwarf – Quarantine

  6. Chris Barnatt Waffles Entertainingly by Chris Barnatt

  7. The Oprah Winfrey Show by Nick Goodman

  8. Interviews: Keith Musselwhite, Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish and Lisa Parker talk to Nick Goodman about Spotlight’s new serial, Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun

  9. Spotlight 6 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  10. ITV Trailer: Emmerdale – Aftermath of Disaster

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 7
March 1994, C-90

Side A:

  1. Excerpt: Doctor Who - The Chase

  2. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  3. Forms of Transport on the Television by Paul Chandler and Elaine Bull

  4. Excerpt: Victoria Wood As Seen on TV including Acorn Antiques

  5. Review: Euston Films’ Jack the Ripper by Elaine Bull

  6. Musical Interlude: Chewing Toffee to Partners in Crime by Chris Barnatt

  7. The Crystal Maze by Chris Barnatt

  8. Commercial: Pen Pals by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  9. Commercial: Jingle Jangle Magazine by Elaine Bull

  10. Interview: ‘Pedro’ (Keith Musselwhite) with Nick Goodman

  11. Side 1 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  12. Excerpt: Blake’s 7

Side B:

  1. Humour: Audrey’s Plastic Surgery by Deborah Raikes and Elaine Bull

  2. Review: The Tripods by Greg Walter

  3. Behind the Scenes on Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun with Nick Goodman and Andrew Trowbridge

  4. Spotlight 7 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  5. Commercial: Spotlight by Elaine Bull

  6. Excerpt: Absolutely Fabulous

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 8
May 1994, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. Review: Victoria Wood As Seen on TV – Acorn Antiques by Elaine Bull

  3. Drama: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun – Episode 1 by Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman, narrated by Paul Chandler and featuring Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish, Paul Chandler and Lisa Parker

  4. Discussion: Doctor Who – The Cherished Enemy with Greg Walter and Joe Parlin

  5. Professor Joy Discusses Spotlight with Darren Powis and Mike Joy

  6. Don’t Americanise My Peter Davison! by Betty Nugent

  7. Excerpt: Sophie Aldred on American Television

Side B:

  1. Drama: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun – Episode 2 by Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman, narrated by Nick Goodman and featuring Gareth Brownbill, Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman, Keith Musselwhite, Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge

  2. Classic Commercials by Richard Callaghan

  3. Excerpt: Sophie Aldred on American Television

  4. Review: Eldorado by Nick Goodman

  5. Explaining Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun by Mark Bull, Steven Bull and Elaine Bull

  6. Review: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun by Mark Bull and Steven Bull

  7. Commercial: Spectrum Street – Prisoner Cell Block S by Andrew Trowbridge

  8. Commercial Cock-up: Spectrum Street – Prisoner Cell Block S by Andrew Trowbridge

  9. Spotlight 8 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 9
July 1994, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. Excerpt: The Late Show with David Letterman – Peter Davison

  3. Drama: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun – Episode 3 by Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman, narrated by Andrew Candish and featuring Gareth Brownbill, Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman, Keith Musselwhite, Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge

  4. Australian Commercial: Keep Australia Beautiful – ‘It’s A Conspiracky!’

  5. Review: The Green Death by Darren Powis

  6. Review: The Late Show with David Letterman by Greg Walter

  7. Excerpt: The Making of Doctor Who – Silver Nemesis (New Jersey Network)

  8. Danny and the Bear read by Mark Bull and Steven Bull with Elaine Bull

  9. Commercial: Rayphase Shift by Nick Goodman

Side B:

  1. Drama: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun – Episode 4 by Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman, narrated by Elaine Bull and featuring Gareth Brownbill, Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman, Keith Musselwhite, Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge

  2. Review: Married – with Children by Andrew Trowbridge

  3. Review: Red Dwarf IV – Camille by Elaine Bull

  4. Commercial: Darren Powis’ Doctor Wallop by Elaine Bull

  5. Spotlight 9 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  6. Excerpt: The Kenny Everett Television Show

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 10
September 1994, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. Drama: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun – Episode 5 by Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman, narrated by Lisa Parker and featuring Gareth Brownbill, Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman, Keith Musselwhite, Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge

  3. Commercial: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun on Video by Elaine Bull

  4. American and British Science Fiction Television by Greg Walter

  5. Excerpt: The Making of Doctor Who – Silver Nemesis (New Jersey Network)

  6. Excerpt: Good Morning with Anne and Nick with Anne Diamond, Nick Owen and Peter Davison and a question from Elaine Bull

Side B:

  1. Soothing Thoughts by Chris Barnatt

  2. Side 2 Introduction by Elaine Bull

  3. Drama: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun – Episode 6 by Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman, narrated by Andrew Trowbridge and featuring Gareth Brownbill, Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman, Keith Musselwhite, Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge

  4. Review: Timeslip by Graham Walters

  5. Spotlight Spot: The Crystal Maze by Chris Barnatt

  6. Spotlight 10 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  7. Excerpt: The Brain of Morbius

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 11
December 1994 / January 1995, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. EastEnders from an American Perspective by Greg Walter

  3. Excerpt: The Making of Doctor Who – Silver Nemesis (New Jersey Network)

  4. Drama: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun – Episode 7 by Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman, narrated by Nick Goodman and featuring Gareth Brownbill, Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman, Keith Musselwhite, Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge

  5. Humour: Punting on the Cam with Spotlight by Keith Musselwhite and Elaine Bull

  6. Review: Monty Python’s Flying Circus by Graham Walters

  7. Review: The Late Show with David Letterman by Karen Parks

  8. I’ve Just Seen John Birt as a Dalek with Andrew Trowbridge and Nick Goodman

Side B:

  1. Humour: Nyder Interrogates Spotlight by Keith Musselwhite and Elaine Bull

  2. Side 2 Introduction by Elaine Bull

  3. Drama: Sutton Park – Prison in the Sun – Episode 8 by Paul Chandler and Nick Goodman, narrated by Nick Goodman and featuring Robin Archer, Gareth Brownbill, Elaine Bull, Andrew Candish, Paul Chandler, Nick Goodman, Keith Musselwhite , Lisa Parker and Andrew Trowbridge

  4. Excerpt: The Five Doctors

  5. Review: Doomwatch by Nick Goodman

  6. Musical Interlude: Sing-A-Long by Jon Kolchak Pertwee with Frank Sinatra

  7. Review: Mother Goose pantomime starring Peter Davison and Sylvester McCoy by Keith Musselwhite

  8. Audio Letter: Can I Possibly Catch Up with Spotlight? by Chris Barnatt

  9. Christmas Television Highlights 1994 by Elaine Bull

  10. Spotlight 11 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 12
May 1995 (delayed from March 1995), C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. Review: The Changes by Nick Goodman

  3. Humour: The Great Healer by Keith Musselwhite and Elaine Bull

  4. Review: Jurassic Park by Greg Walter and Chris Tennyson

  5. News: Steven Spielberg’s Doctor Who by Elaine Bull

  6. A Greeting to Spotlight Listeners by Colin Baker

  7. Review: The Flipside of Dominick Hide by John Fisher

  8. Television Signature Tunes by Kenneth McGuinness

  9. Excerpt: Absolutely Fabulous

Side B:

  1. Another Untrue Story: Andrex by ‘Warbling Wilf Windbag’ (Keith Musselwhite)

  2. Review: The Goodies by Andrew Trowbridge

  3. Review: French and Saunders by Elaine Bull

  4. Spotlight 12 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 13
August 1995, C-90

Side A:

  1. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  2. Review: Hammer House of Horror – Two Faces of Evil by Elaine Bull

  3. Review: Ghostwatch by John Fisher

  4. Drama: Inquisition-In-Law – Episode 1 by Nick Goodman, featuring Andrew Candish, Nicky Jones, Richard Clarke and Claire Martin

  5. Review: Batman by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  6. Fiction: Blake’s 7 – All in a Dream written and read by Elaine Bull

  7. Excerpt: The Kenny Everett Television Show

Side B:

  1. The Making of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Greg Walter and Joe Parlin

  2. Another Untrue Story: The Tale of the Pet Shop Boys by ‘Warbling Wilf Windbag’ (Keith Musselwhite)

  3. Drama: Inquisition-In-Law – Episode 2 by Nick Goodman, featuring Andrew Candish, Nicky Jones, Richard Clarke and Claire Martin

  4. Without Effects by Paul Chandler

  5. Top of the Pops – Special Spotlight Edition by Keith Musselwhite

  6. Spotlight 13 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  7. Coming Next Issue – The Last Experiment

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 14:
HALLOWEEN SPECIAL (DOUBLE ISSUE)
October 1995, C-60 + C-90

Side A:

  1. A Welcome from Bela Lugosi by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  2. Introduction by Elaine Bull

  3. Review: Strange But True by John Fisher

  4. Fiction: The Last Experiment – Episode 1 written and read by Andy Ching

  5. Excerpt: BBC Sound Effects No. 13 – Death and Horror

  6. Alfred Hitchcock Welcomes You to Spotlight by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  7. Coming Up on Side 2

  8. Vincent Price and Igor Guard the End of Side 1 by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

Side B:

  1. Film Flashback: John Carpenter’s Halloween by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  2. Review: K-9 and Company – A Girl’s A Best Friend by Keith Musselwhite

  3. Fiction: The Unknown Beginning written and read by Elaine Bull

  4. Peter Lorre and the Spools of Spotlight by Jon Kolchak Pertwee

  5. Excerpt: The Black Adder – The Foretelling

  6. Excerpts: BBC Sound Effects No. 13 – Death and Horror and Round the Horne

Side C:

  1. Excerpt: The Hound of the Baskervilles

  2. Review: State of Decay by Elaine Bull

  3. Halloween Pranks from History: Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds by Graham Walters

  4. Review: Sapphire and Steel – The Railway Station by Nick Goodman

Side D:

  1. Excerpt: BBC Sound Effects No. 13 – Death and Horror

  2. Review: Hancock’s Half Hour – The 13th of the Month by Paul Chandler

  3. Review: The Herbs by Andrew Trowbridge

  4. Fiction: The Last Experiment – Episode 2 written and read by Andy Ching

  5. Spotlight 14 Sign Off by Elaine Bull

  6. Excerpts: Moondial, BBC Sound Effects No. 13 – Death and Horror, The Fly and Children of the Stones

  7. A Plea for Tapes of The Black Box Club by Elaine Bull

SPOTLIGHT – ISSUE 15
April 1996, C-90

Side A:

  1. Let’s Join Good Spotlight with Fan and Dick by Keith Musselwhite

  2. Introduction by Elaine Bull and Keith Musselwhite

  3. Review: Henry’s Cat by Chris Barnatt

  4. Fiction: Jonathan Lewis’ The Plant by John Fisher

  5. Fiction: The Last Experiment – Episode 3 written and read by Andy Ching

  6. Review: Sonic Waves and The Doctors’ Schooldays by Elaine Bull

  7. Excerpt: The Doctors’ Schooldays by Daniel Cohen, Adam Vanger and Steve Watts (sourced from Sonic Waves)

Side B:

  1. Fiction: Blake’s 7 – Back to Normal written and read by Elaine Bull

  2. Auntie Spot’s Lotion: a letter from Peter Dickinson, introduced and read by Elaine Bull, with audio letters from Nick Goodman and Lisa Wardle

  3. Review: It Ain’t Half Hot Mum by Keith Musselwhite

  4. Review: Danger Mouse by Elaine Bull

  5. Spotlight 15 Sign Off by Elaine Bull
 

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