S2Ep4: Spudmarine

Posted on August 1, 2013 by Lee

Time: 0400 hours
Location: Onboard a high tech, high spec, military stealth submarine, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean
Mission: Classified
Additional: Woof!

Elsewhere, Svetlana has invited her new man to meet her Mother, but things are not going to plan. Derek and Merrick the (Bi) bipolar (Polar?) bears continue their adventures and there’s a tense stand off.

PLUS! 4am products for you this week: A must-read magazine for new parents and also an upgrade for life itself.

Your 4amcab awaits, just.

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Interview: Chris Baker

Posted on June 6, 2013 by Lee

Here at 4amcab, we are very lucky to have a talented crop of actors that work tirelessly to make the show sound totally awesome. Our longest serving “thesp” comes in the shape of Chris Baker. He’s been with us since the very first episode, and boy, hasn’t he grown! We complied some questions, tied him to a table and forced him to answer them:

4amcab: Thanks for putting up with our silly show for so long.
CB: A pleasure – Where else could I be a Bi Polar Bear or a Glaswegian Woman in the space of 5 minutes? Outside of WoW

4amcab: So who are you?
CB: I’m Chris, mostly… I’m an incredibly shy extrovert, I’m constantly acting up but it makes me really really nervous!?!

4amcab: It’s fair to say that you are a natural performer but who is your favourite character to play from the show and why?
CB: Without a doubt Derek, I love letting loose after he pops his pills, in fact the crazier the part the better.

4amcab: How did you first get into acting and what was your first (or favourite) part?
CB: I’ve always been exposed to acting starting with school plays. I was always the bad guy, actually that’s not true I was also a tree once. My Uncle was in footlights and my Aunt is Wizadora – still can’t watch it without bleeding from the eyes. And I studied Philosophy & Drama at University – I can argue any point and still look like I mean it. I guess it was Uni where I realised how much I enjoyed acting and realised I might not be that terrible. The cheap booze really helps with anxiety issues!!!. My favourite acting experience came from playing Dr Frank-N-Furter in a production of the Rocky Horror Show at Wall Hall students union. It was insanely low rent, practically just karaoke with an audience, but I loved every second of it.

4amcab: Finally, where else can we see or hear your work?
CB: This week I’m at the Maltings Theatre, St Albans, playing Roberto Zucco in a show entitled Roberto Zucco, being performed by Breakaway Theatre Company (really enjoying the Psycho roles at the moment ;-)). I want to write a Sci-Fi for the stage, it’s in my head but I’ve just got to sit down and get on with it, and there are some rumblings about me directing an original piece for Breakaway.

4amcab: Thanks again for being in the show.
CB: Piss Wizard

Video Extra: Behind The Scenes

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Lee

When we recorded the Christmas Special of 4amcab way back in December of last year, we decided it might be a nice extra treat to do a bit of behind the scenes filming. I took along a camera phone and did my best in amongst directing and recording the episode. So, join us in a back room in the basement of the Alban Arena in St Albans to see how the show is put together. Included in the vodcast, for that’s what a podcast with pictures is called, we’ll see the actors running through some of the scenes and also hear the final mix that was included in the series finale.

The real reason we all do this, though, is to have an excuse to go down the pub, so we did a bit of filming over a pint or two afterwards. A big thanks to Chris Baker, Chris Luck, Anna MacLeod Franklin, Will Franklin, Jo Emery, Dan Warren and Helen Miller for not only being flippin’ brilliant in the show but also for agreeing to let me film them without giving any notice whatsoever.

News about Series Two of 4amcab will emerge shortly but in the meantime, here’s a look at some of the faces behind the characters from the show. Enjoy.

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The Future

Posted on October 28, 2012 by Lee

We have some disturbing news.

4amcab is shortly due to cease broadcasting (uploading?) in its current form. We are going to fly in the face of what all commentators say and switch to producing a daily newspaper. Print is the future.

Well, no. We’re not. What we are planning to do is have a break after the next episode to regain our composure, get some loose women in (I’ve got loads of episodes stored on my generic hard disc recording device) and take stock of where we’ve been, where we are and where we want to be. We’re very proud of what we’ve achieved so far with 4amcab but we want to spend a little bit time seeing where we can improve. We won’t be gone for long, the second series will be here before you know it.

Back to now though, Episode 6 is in pre production. Thanks again to everyone that took the time to send us their work, we’re reading them all and trying to figure out how to use as many as we can. So, the final episode of Series 1 ought to be up sometime at the beginning of November.

We shall return in the new year with a shiny more 4am show, so keep that subscription in place. Oh, and we are toying with the idea of a Christmas Special, so make sure you don’t miss that too (so that means Ep 6 will be the penultimate show, right?).

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