The Radio Show at the End of the World (Hilary, 2020)

The Radio Show at the End of the World (Hilary, 2020)

Think one apocalypse is bad? Try dealing with four at the same time! Escape lockdown for a couple of hours and join us at the end of 9th week for an epic tale of unlikely heroes, Lovecraftian Gods, knowledgable Coxes, mysterious ooze, and smarter horses.

This show can be watched on our YouTube channel here

Cast

The Heroes

Mitchell - Charlie “my Brian is fried” Gill (Green Templeton)
Young - Maya “crunch louder” Walker (St Anne's)
Alder - Ana “back in my day, typecasting was not a thing” Pagu (Linacre)
Oakley - Valeriia “have you read K*nt” Gladkova (Merton)

The Coxes

Brian Cox - Maddie “HLEP” Hall (Oriel)
Ted Cox - Branoc “a nice long scream for you. to play with” Richards (Magdalen)

The Apocalypses

DVORSHAK - Tom “loves the taste of human soles” Vallely (Somerville)
The Corruption - Em “I can't believe you've done. this Ekin” Fawcett (Wadham)
Milton Keynes Resident - Samanwita “we just live around here” Sen (Oriel)

Radio Alpha

Ellis Goodman - Bethan “a Scottish Siri” Chalmers (St Hilda's)
Diana Russell - Velina “you're so sensitive about castration” Robinson (Mansfield)
Stanley Abbott - Chloe “AAAAAAAGHHH for loud” Pavey
Terry - Madeleine “God won't let me die” Horton
Continuity Announcer - Charlie “I volunteer for everything but my job” Howley (LMH)
Weather Man - Fen “EVERYTHING IS GREEN” Brunt (Mansfield)
Shipping Forecaster - RA “oh sod it, I'm off to the pub” Neat

The Military

General Nuisance - Richard “no more” Mifsud
Major Flaw - Ed “I've seen bigger” Tansley (St Anne's)
Officer Letdown - Fen “I always swallow” Brunt (Mansfield)
Private Parr - Madeleine “stop the world I want to get off” Horton

Radio Alpha Guests

Pete - Branoc “on time for rehearsals - unlike you” Richards (Magdalen)
Nicolas Whittlesby - Will “Phillips-Phillips-Phillips-Phillips” Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall)
Alison Prepper - Samanwita “the government sucks” Sen (Oriel)
Roger Blighty - Em “transcribing fever dreams” Fawcett (Wadham)
Peter from Middlesborough - Will “I don't know where that is” Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall)
Rachael from Somerset - RA “a lizard person from Brighton” Neat
Susan from Somewhere Miserable - Maddie “chicken and a can of coke” Hall (Oriel)
Troll Callers
- Maya “powerful uvula” Walker (St Anne's)
- RA “a thousand better apocalypses” Neat
- Em “Velina, what's updog?” Fawcett (Wadham)
- Chloe “what does the D stand for” Pavey
- Velina “no seriously, what is updog??” Robinson (Mansfield)

Other Broadcasters

DJ Dave Slimer - Elsa “obnoxious airhorn noises” Kienberger (Pacific Lutheran University)
Classic FM Presenter - RA “that's the Macarena again…” Neat
Real Classic FM Presenter - Velina “female David Attenborough” Robinson (Mansfield)
Jeremy Irons - Branoc “Official OULES Nemesis” Richards (Magdalen)
Voiceover - Charlie “love me some mysterious ooze” Howley (LMH)
Poor Fool - Samanwita “NO! How did you find me, get out!” Sen (Oriel)
Dramatic Monologuer - RA “You cannot run from me, Gary!” Neat

The Secret Life of Traffic Cones

David Attenborough - Charlie “unreasonably long tongue” Gill
James Bond - Tom “dangerously hot” Vallely (Somerville)
Continuity Annoucement - Charlie “the real protagonist” Howley (LMH)
Milton Keynes Resident - Fen “I just really hate James Bond ok?” Brunt (Mansfield)
Cameraman - Bethan “ew” Chalmers (St Hilda’s)
Screaming
- Charlie Howley
- Bethan Chalmers
Music
- ”Please” - Wayne Jones, Support by RFM-NCM
- ”007 James Bond” - Eleven Music

Production

Director - Valeriia “louder, urgent-er, and beepy-er” Gladkova (Merton)
AD - Velina “I resent the lack of a whip” Robinson (Mansfield)
AAD - Will “listen her, [GOVERNMENT CLICHÉ]” Ainsworth (St Edmund Hall)
Production Manager - George “they're all Secret Bethans” Sutherland (Merton)
Production Assistant - Pepper “Blep” Blep
Musical Directors
- RA “queers in your ears” Neat
- Cameron “instruments of torture” Alsop (Former St Catherine's)
Marketing
- Charlie “keep the feeling, no castration” Gill
- Tom “meme gremlin” Vallely (Somerville)
Sound Editing
- Charlie “Meaty Thwack^TM” Gill
- Fen “we all have the same brian” Brunt (Mansfield)
- George “can cut out all the breathing” Sutherland (Merton)
- Valeriia “cyborg crickets” Gladkova (Merton)
- Maya “Lord of the Birbs” Walker (St Anne's)
Writers
- Em “i don't remember writing this” Fawcett (Wadham)
- Ekin “cooler Em” Pehlivan

One Shot Writers

The Secret Life if Traffic Cones - Charlie “a warning for us all” Gill
Save the World - Bethan “eating a salad at 10pm” Chalmers (St Hilda’s)
Jeremy Irons - Branoc “have you considered doing it as a Radio Play” Richards (Magdalen)
Classic FM - Em “ad-lib Fur Elise lyrics” Fawcett (Wadham)
Poor Fool and Mysterious Ooze -
- Em “let us murder the child” Fawcett (Wadham)
- Ekin “let us murder the child” Pehlivan
Dramatic Monologuer - Em “pidgeon hater” Fawcett (Wadham)
Roger Blighty Post-credits scene - Em “LOUDER GERMAN SOUNDS” Fawcett (Wadham)

Song Writers

Breaking News - Cameron “I'm being sensible” Alsop (Former St Catherine's)
A Pair of Cox - Maddie “Tim Minchin, but from Liverpool” Hall (Oriel)
Give Me Some False Hope - Maddie “give me some false teeth” Hall (Oriel)
DVOR-SHACK -
- Maya “we love DVORSHAK” Walker
- Tom “give us more-shak” Vallely (Somerville)
Love at the End of the World -
- Em “forgot the acronym” Fawcett (Wadham)
- RA “the screaming's getting quiet” Neat
- Cameron “keeps house up with Loud Sax” Alsop (Former St Catherine's)
Not the Villain -
- Em “It's almost a mercy killin'” Fawcett (Wadham)
- RA “you'd be nothing without us” Neat
- Cameron “pepper grinder as an egg shaker” Alsop (Former St Catherine's)
The Shipping Forecast - RA “if all else fails, turn on your radio” Neat

Jingle Writers

Radio Alpha jingles -
- RA “69.3 FM” Neat
- Cameron “69.3 FM” Alsop (Former St Catherine's)
Squeaking Clean/Mysterious Ooze“ - RA “don't worry if it oozes” Neat

SFX

Angry German Drivers	RA Neat
Meaty Thwack	Charlie Gill
Army Sounds	Charlie Howley Em Fawcett
Assorted Bird Noises	Maya Walker
Bouncy Ball	Em Fawcett
Thuddy Knocks	Fen Brunt
Gulp	Valeriia Gladkova
Kalimba	Maya Walker
Tapping	Maya Walker
Paper Rustling	Charlie Gill
Fumble	Charlie Gill
Getting Up	Fen Brunt
Poor Eyes Bystander	Valeriia Gladkova
Screams	Charlie Gill Charlie Howley Em Fawcett Maya Walker Valeriia Gladkova Velina Robinson
Zombie Moans	Charlie Gill Charlie Howley Chloe Pavey Maya Walker Valeriia Gladkova Velina Robinson
Conference Questions	Charlie Gill Charlie Howley Em Fawcett Maya Walker Chloe Pavey

Additional sound effects from www.zapsplat.com
Additional sound effects from www.freesound.com
'Darude Sandstorm Kazoo Cover' by Calidad on Youtube

Script and Programme

the_radio_show_at_the_end_of_the_world_programme.pdf

Flosscars Wins

Best Villainous Character	DVORSHAK - Tom Vallely (Somerville)
Best Group/Double Act	The Cox Brothers - Maddie Hall (Oriel) and Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen)
Best Script	Em Fawcett (Wadham) and Ekin Pehlivan
Best Marketing Campaign	Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) and Tom Vallely (Somerville)
Best Best SFX	Kalimba (Brian Cox Disappears/Fariy Godmother's Magic Noises) - Maya Walker (St Anne’s)
The ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’ Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty	All the editing teams for everything ever - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton); Fen Brunt (Mansfield); Valeriia Gladkova (Merton); George Sutherland; Maya Walker; Will Ainsworth (Teddy Hall); Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen); Aleksandra Matkowska (Keble); Alice Hackney (St John’s)

Flosscars Nominations

Best Heroic Character	Mitchell - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Young - Maya Walker (St Anne’s) Ted Cox - Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen) Terry - Madeleine Horton
Best Villainous Character	The Corruption - Em Fawcett (Wadham) Nicolas Whittlesby - Will Ainsworth (Teddy Hall) DJ Slimer - Elsa Kienberger (Pacific Lutheran University)
Best Morally Ambiguous Character	Brian Cox - Maddie Hall (Oriel) Diana Russell - Velina Robinson (Mansfield) Stanley Abbott - Chloe Pavey Roger Blighty - Em Fawcett (Wadham) Jeffrey Voiceover - Charlie Howley (LMH)
Best Group/Double Act	Walkie-Talkie Heroes - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton); Maya Walker; Ana Pagu (Linacre); Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) Radio Alpha Hosts - Bethan Chalmers (St Hilda’s); Velina Robinson (Mansfield); Chloe Pavey; Madeleine Horton Russell and Slimer - Velina Robinson (Mansfield) and Elsa Kienberger (Pacific Lutheran University) Voiceover and Pool Fool - Charlie Howley (LMH) and Samanwita Sen (Oriel)
Best Couple	Mitchell and Young - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) and Maya Walker (St Anne’s) Brian Cox and DVORSHAK - Maddie Hall (Oriel) and Tom Vallely (Somerville)
Best Spurious Accent	DVORSHAK - Tom Vallely (Somerville) Brian Cox - Maddie Hall (Oriel) Pete - Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen) Rachel from Somerset - RA Neat Peter from Middlesborough - Will Ainsworth (Teddy Hall)
Best Directing Team	Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) and Velina Robinson (Mansfield)
Best Song	Breaking News - Cameron Alsop (Former St Catherine’s) A Pair of Cox - Maddie Hall (Oriel) Give Me Some False Hope - Maddie Hall (Oriel) DVOR-SHACK - Maya Walker (St Anne’s)and Tom Vallely (Somerville) Not the Villain - Em Fawcett (Wadham); RA Neat; Cameron Alsop (Former St Catherine’s)
Best Performance of a Song	A Pair of Cox - Maddie Hall (Oriel) Give Me Some False Hope - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) DVOR-SHACK - Tom Vallely (Somerville) and Maya Walker (St Anne’s) Love at the End of the World - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Not the Villain - Em Fawcett (Wadham)
Best Marketing Photo	Mitchell - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Young - Maya Walker (St Anne’s) Oakley - Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) Brian Cox - Maddie Hall (Oriel) Ted Cox - Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen) DVORSHAK - Tom Vallely (Somerville) Ellis Goodman - Bethan Chalmers (St Hilda’s) Roger Blighty - Em Fawcett (Wadham) Classic FM Presenter - RA Neat Jeffrey Voiceover - Charlie Howley (LMH)
Best Worst SFX	Worm Munching - Maya Walker (St Anne’s) Bouncy Ball - Fen Brunt (Mansfield) Gilp - Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) DJ Slimer's Airhorns - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) DJ Slimer's Illuminati Pigeon - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Kazoo Cover of Darude Sandstorm - Fen Brunt (Mansfield) and Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Jeremy Irons Murder Birbs - Maya Walker (St Anne’s)
Best Best SFX	Space Whoosh Revamp - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Ominous Pit Noise - Fen Brunt (Mansfield) The Corruption's Voice Effect - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Meaty Thwack TM - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Classic FM Instrument Crash - Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) and Fen Brunt (Mansfield)
Best Noise From a Castmember	Worm Munching - Maya Walker (St Anne’s) Ted Cox's Many Screams - Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen) Zombie Moans - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton); Charlie Howley (LMH); Chloe Pavey; Maya Walker; Valeriia Gladkova (Merton); Velina Robinson (Mansfield) Gilp - Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) DVORSHAK SOUNDS OF DESPAIR after being cyberbullied - Tom Vallely (Somerville) DVORSHAK warmup noises - Tom Vallely (Somerville) Jeremy Irons Muder Birbs - Maya Walker (St Anne’s)
Best Soundscape	Radio Alpha Jingles - RA Neat and Cameron Alsop (Former St Catherine’s) Screaming and general sounds of disaster throughout Terry's lines - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) German Motorway - Fen Brunt (Mansfield) Cox Phone Fight - Maddie Hall (Oriel); Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen); Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) Zombies break in to Radio Alpha and attack the continuity announcer - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) DJ Slimer's Soundboard - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) “Ow” thud jazz - Fen Brunt (Mansfield)
Best Cock-Up Backstage or During a Rehearsal	Val recording 40 minutes of directorial notes - Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) Val uploading the wrong version of scene 2.2 (rip gravelly footsteps) - Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) Maya nearly giving the sound editing chat a heart attack by telling them that act 2 wasn't finished when it was already half uploaded - Maya Walker (St Anne’s) “What's updog?” - Velina Robinson (Mansfield)
Best Ad-Lib/Outtake	Ted Cox's 'saxophone' solo - Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen) Brian bit my ears - Branoc Richards (Associate MCR at Magdalen) “Timmy?” - Em Fawcett (Wadham) and Ekin Pehlivan “Batteries not included” - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) “Flight of the mumblebees” - RA Neat “What's updog?” - Velina Robinson (Mansfield)
Best Audience Participation/Heckle	Jack committing identity theft in the YouTube chat - Jack Slater (St Edmund Hall) “Guys I don't get it. What is updog?” - Velina Robinson (Mansfield) “Can’t believe I’ve been tricked into being serenaded by a man” - Maya Walker (St Anne’s) “Oakley should get into positive nihilism” - Jack Slater (St Edmund Hall) The entire audience's sympathy for DVORSHAK - The Entire Audience
Best Quote from a Script	“Let's just think about this for a second…” “YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!” - Ana Pagu (Linacre); Charlie Gill (Green Templeton); Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan “The truth is not the official government’s position at this time.” - Will Ainsworth (Teddy Hall); Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan “DVORSHAK IS WIDE AND GIRTHY BEYOND YOUR DREAMS OLD MAN” - Tom Vallely (Somerville); Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan “Right now, an alien destroyer the size of your mum is slowly preparing to send cosmic rays down on the planet Earth” - Maddie Hall (Oriel); Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan “YOU ARE CORRECT, BRIAN OF THE COCKS” - Tom Vallely (Somerville); Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan “Scientists have discovered that the emperor penguins have lost Constantinople and are now ottoman penguins.” - Velina Robinson (Mansfield); Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan “Space always has, and always will be, beyond our full comprehension. The planets and moons that form up our solar system are calling out to you. Can you hear them, in the darkness? If you walk outside and look up, you will hear their song, a tune played out across the infinity of space. The black holes know the words, but even the atoms can tell when the song must come to an end.” - Maddie Hall (Oriel); Em Fawcett (Wadham); Ekin Pehlivan
The “Ooh You Luvvie” Award for Actually Being Able to Act	Charlie Gill (Green Templeton) for Mitchell Maya Walker (St Anne’s)for Young Maddie Hall (Oriel) for Brian Cox Tom Vallely (Somerville) for DVORSHAK Em Fawcett (Wadham) for the Corruption Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) for Oakley
The ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’ Award for Going Beyond the Call of Duty	Em and Ekin for producing an emergency radio play script over the Easter vac and actually managing to complete it - Em Fawcett (Wadham) and Ekin Pehlivan Val for stepping in to direct the radio show at the last minute despite already having CULES committments - Valeriia Gladkova (Merton) RA and Cameron for all the fantastic music work - RA Neat and Cameron Alsop (Former St Catherine’s) Tom for staying up all night to help the editors review scenes for the radio show - Tom Vallely (Somerville) Charlie G for (unexpectedly) being responsible for putting the whole radio show video together at the last minute, whilst still putting out marketing posts and having already done an all-nighter - Charlie Gill (Green Templeton)

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