Lots of CBC stories and news today, and though much of it is frustrating lots of it good too. First up the best news of all:
CBC Radio One has ordered an entire 2nd season of Canadia 2056! This announcement comes straight from Matt Watts himself. That’s right everybody, we’re gonna get 15 more episodes of pure Science Fiction Comedy Radio Drama gold! But that’s a long way away yet. First up is news that may effect your schedule for tomorrow morning ….
CBC Radio One will be re-broadcasting Steve The First and Steve The Second radio dramas, these were the two shows penned by Canadia 2056 scribe Matt Watts. The fun begins tomorrow, Monday, July 23rd and ends August 1st. The shows will air for 30 minutes on weekdays, at 11:30 a.m. in all time zones (except Newfoundland where it will begin at Noon).
Here’s the official description:
From the ashes of a post-apocalyptic world rose a slacker named Steve The First He balanced the world and brought civility back to civilization. He blew up in the process. Twenty-Five years later, dark times have returned; a military organization named the Dark Alliance is hell-bent on Provincial domination. They are one city shy of their goal, Orontonto. The city is holding up, but it is time to bring out their secret weapon. The son of Steve: Steve The Second.
There’s also Wikipedia entries on both shows: Steve I and Steve II.
Listeners worldwide can listen to the re-broadcast via the streaming radio service of CBC Radio One – you can find that RIGHT HERE.
Lastly, in accordance with the precedent set by Roman statesman Cato The Elder and his policy of ending every speech in the senate with “ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.” [“…and of course Carthage must be destroyed.”] In that I’m making it my policy to end every CBC related post with:
“…and of course Apocalypse Al must be freed.”
So…. great guns everybody, lots of good listening begins tomorrow, and of course Apocalypse Al must be freed.
Dear C.B.C.,
We all love you very much, even though you make us crazy sometimes.
Some of us who love audio drama also have pesky things called “jobs” that make it impossible to listen to audio drama and comedy programs that you put on in the middle of a weekday with no re-run.
Seriously. An evening time slot would kill you?