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Alternate Realty

Released Monday, 16th September 2019
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Monday, 16th September 2019
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Host Vaya Pashos and Night Terrace producer and co-star Ben McKenzie discuss "Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace" by David Ashton - who joins in as a special "off the Terrace" correspondent!

The house refuses to land, stuck in the void outside space and time, leaving the housemates stranded without water, power, or excuses to get away from Eddie's terrible ghost stories. It also seems to be disintegrating, and there's a creepy voice coming from...somewhere. Is the house haunted? And how will they make tea without running water?

Vaya and Ben run us through the spooky goings on in Night Terrace's first ghost story, joining the dots back to season one, explaining some of the very Australian 1980s references, and talking about guest star Lawrence Leung. Plus David Ashton fills us in on his inspirations for the episode, some of his sound design secrets, and why Schrodinger's cat is always good for a laugh.

We'd love to hear what you thought of "Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace" - let us know via Twitter (use the hashtag #NightTerrace) or leave us a comment on Facebook.

Episode four of Night Terrace series two, "Things That Go Bump in the Night Terrace", is available on BBC Radio 4 Extra for 30 days after broadcast. You can listen to the very first episode, "Moving House", and purchase both series and a variety of Night Terrace extras via nightterrace.com or the Splendid Chaps Bandcamp store. Find Vaya on Neighbuzz at neighbuzzpod.com.

Show Notes

The "Life. Be in it." campaign started in Victoria in 1975 before going national across Australia in 1977. Federal funding only lasted until 1981, but the program ran independently for a while and has been revived a few times. It still exists, though it seems to have gone quiet; you can find out more at lifebeinit.org.We previously explained quantum foam in "Breaking Free", the episode accompanying the final episode of Night Terrace series one, "Home".Lawrence Leung is a well-known Melbourne-based comedian, actor and writer. As well as performing live comedy across Australia and round the world, Lawrence has written and starred in the television series Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure, Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable, and Maximum Choppage. He also appears as Dr. Elvis Kwan in the Australian comedy-drama Offspring. We previously talked about Harold Holt in "Heading Back", the On the Terrace episode discussing series one episode two, "Starship Australis". There's actually only one swimming pool named after him - the Harold Holt Memorial Swimming Centre in Glen Iris, Melbourne - but honestly, one is probably too many.Tim Tams are chocolate-covered malted biscuits with chocolate cream in the middle (though there have been many variations and flavours), made by the Australian company Arnott's Biscuits (now owned by the American private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts). Created by Ian Norris in 1964, Tim Tams were named by company owner Ross Arnott after "Tim Tam", the winning horse in the 1958 Kentucky Derby. It remains one of the most popular biscuits in Australia, and is well-remembered for a 1990 television campaign in which pre-fame Cate Blanchett finds a genie and wishes for "a packet of Tim Tams that never runs out".John Barrowman is an American actor best known for playing time traveller and immortal Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and its spin-off Torchwood. Perhaps the easiest way to understand the "Tim Tam slam" is to watch him do his first one.Pratchat is a monthly Terry Pratchett book club podcast hosted by our own Ben McKenzie and writer Elizabeth Flux. They plan to read and discuss every one of Pratchett's books, including not just his famous Discworld series, but also his lesser known ones. That includes 1989's The Unadulterated Cat, a guide book to "real cats". You can find out more about the book in episode 22 of Pratchat, "The Cat in the Prat".David mentioned the Night Terrace live episode,

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