Howay! Ever wondered what happened to the cast of brilliant 1970s ITV drama The Paper Lads? We managed to reunite them for first time in 50 years! I LOVED doing this... a full hour with JG (Tony Neilson), Baz (Gavin Kitchen), Ian (Andrew Edwards) & Gog (Peter Younger) www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rip...

Blink & you'll miss me, but you'll see plenty of @bobfischer.bsky.social and @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social as part of BBC Breakfast's Haunted Generation feature from this morning. Patchwuff makes an appearance alongside friend Sandra Kerr & he wants you to know that his play is still available to buy!

Thank you to everybody posting about the welcome news that Patchwuff has arrived on vinyl. Especially to those of you who have listened already!

Second bit of ace mail from postie today... Fab work from @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social once again

At last he’s here! @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social

Squishing folk music legend Sandra Kerr (Bagpuss) with @bobfischer.bsky.social on the day we recorded the music for my new play, 'Patchwuff' – which is finally making its way through UK letterboxes today. Find out more and order at @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social

I'm so proud of the little @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social world of retro weirdness we're building that I've laid everything out on my bed, like I used to with my teenage records. Maybe check out our website or socials, give us a like or a share, even give one of our dramas a go? It all helps, thanks.

Patchwuff vinyl is finally here! Thankyou so much to everyone for being so patient... we've got a busy couple of days packing ahead, and we'll start shipping them out ASAP after the weekend. Phew, etc.

Greetings, Mulgravites! Some of you have asked us about the Patchwuff vinyl. Regrettably, we've had some supply issues which we're urgently resolving. We will have stock available shortly. Apologies for the delay - thanks for your patience. Full statement: mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com/community?fr...

This feels like a Mulgrave Audio story in its own right. 'Fellfoul' star Aja Dodd meets a new breed of giant mutant Teesside rat... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

So 'What's In The Mulgrave Bag Today?' Something that reminds @bobfischer.bsky.social of how he once discovered his destiny (wahey!) in Stockton High Street in 1979...

My pleasure! I finished it earlier, and I'm afraid something got in my eye... 🥹

I've just been listening to PATCHWUFF, the beautiful new audio play from @mulgraveaudio.bsky.social. A love letter to Bagpuss starring Valerie Singleton, with a soundtrack by Bagpuss composer Sandra Kerr, it's also a touching tale about ageing and memory loss. Pre-orders: mulgraveaudio.co.uk

The vinyl is still on its way, but the Patchwuff postcards have battled their way through Storm Floris and just arrived! One free with every vinyl order...

Another Mulgrave post on the 'A Year In The Country' website! Thanks so much for the support, and for some very insightful thoughts here about 'Simon Perkins' Lurgy' and 'Fellfoul'. We will take comparisons to Poltergeist and The Twilight Zone all day long... ayearinthecountry.co.uk/simon-perkin...

It's #bandcampfriday! Maybe a good day for a little rummage around our shop? We produce audio drama flavoured with 1970s disquiet, 1980s fantasy, vintage synth soundtracks and added Valerie Singleton. "Spellbinding journeys into worlds a step to the side of our own" - Starburst

Dægmorgen!

So 'What's In The Mulgrave Bag Today?' Why, only @andreworton.bsky.social's prime infuence on the writing of 'Fellfoul'. Does anyone else have a smattering of conversational Anglo-Saxon?

Very grateful for this write-up on the brilliant 'A Year In The Country' website. We're mentioned in the new AYITC book 'Other Worlds', too! "Fever dream versions of 'uncanny' series brodcast alongside the likes of Children of the Stones"? We'll take that... ayearinthecountry.co.uk/patchwuff-mu...

An apology: the Patchwuff 10" vinyl has been slightly delayed. We were expecting it in July, but we've now got an expected delivery date of 14th August. But obviously we'll ship it all out as soon as it arrives here. Any problems, feel free to get in touch. Sorry again, and thanks for your patience.

New release! Our next drama is called 'A Very Yorkshire Wormhole' and has a beautiful lead performance from Jonathan Linsley - star of Last of the Summer Wine and Pirates of the Caribbean. It's been written by our own @bobfischer.bsky.social... and here's Jonathan getting to grips with Bob's script.

We have a new release to announce! Details coming soon. Very soon. In fact... meet back here at 1pm?

So 'What's In The Mulgrave Bag Today?' Why, the rare Coronation Street memorabilia that @andrewtsmith.bsky.social bought during lockdown. Before you watch, place your bets as to which character it concerns. You'll probably be right...

We are assembling in the Bandcamp chatroom as we speak! Come and join us for a free 7.30pm listening party... mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com/live/simon-p...

Perkins Party! Tonight at 7.30pm. Join the full Mulgrave Audio team plus lead actor Ethan Warren for a free listen-through of our debut play 'Simon Perkins' Lurgy', set in 1974. Flash sale as well... today only, Perkins CDs just £5.99 and downloads £3.99. Just head to our Bandcamp.

Anybody fancy a 'Simon Perkins' Lurgy' listening party? This was our 2023 debut play, steeped in 1970s weirdness. Join the entire Mulgrave team - plus lead actor Ethan Warren - for a full listen-through at 7.30pm on Tuesday 8th July... mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com/merch/simon-...

Actor Peter Bennison is probably best known for playing Prince Drobo in the 1983 Fellfoul movie, 'Sword of the Fellmaidens'. But true Bennison aficionados know that his most touching performance comes in 'Lower the Atlantic'. That heartbreaking scene with the waterlogged ledger...

Interested in regular Friday mail-outs of assorted film-flam, gibberish and dark musings? Weekly Horrorscopes, missives from Baron Mulgrave and personal problems solved by our resident advice columnist, Lady Francesca? Give us a follow on Bandcamp or donate your e-mail address on our main website...

Our mystery alien has been identified by @simoncoward.bsky.social - he is, apparently, Newt from The Starroid Rangers range! The 1978 glowing head variant. But then you knew that anyway.. www.toymania.com/334archives/...

What's In The Mulgrave Bag Today? A bit of a mystery! Can anyone help @bobfischer.bsky.social identify the little action figure he bought circa 1979? We're pretty sure it's not really Fake Flywalker from Fart Wars...

It feels like a Fellfoul kind of day. Mists are gathering and we hear the distant echo of medieval synths. This was our love letter to 1980s swords and sorcery, starring Aja Dodd and with a terrific original soundtrack from Ghost Box Records' Belbury Poly. Download and 10" vinyl still available...

This was claimed instantly! Well done @sihart.bsky.social. Yes, we visited Aldbourne - aka Devil's End from the Doctor Who story 'The Daemons' - on the way to meet Valerie Singleton. Fair to say, it's a village that happily embraces its TV heritage...

On the way to meet Valerie Singleton for the 'Patchwuff' recording sessions, we stopped off at one of our favourite TV locations. Free A3 'Fellfoul' poster to the first person who can name the TV show in question, the story title, the real-life village and its fictional name in the show!

So how did YOU pronounce "Dracula" when you were little? In this week's episode of 'What's In The Mulgrave Bag Today', our own @andreworton.bsky.social says "fangs for the memory" of a particularly formative moment...

Did anyone send off for their own Globulon the Sceptic? This advert ran in a single issue of the 1983 Fellfoul comic, but so many Globulons went unsold that the resulting landfill dump created a brand new hill on the outskirts of Newton Aycliffe.

This is absolutely true - all of our activity is powered by coal-fired County Durham chips.

We've been so lucky with our musical collaborators. Sandra Kerr, The Twelve Hour Foundation, Belbury Poly, Roger Limb... and Teesside's own Ben Hopkinson, here playing some of his beautiful score from 'Simon Perkins' Lurgy'. We asked him to imagine Pink Floyd soundtracking the Peanuts cartoons!

When we needed spoof 1970s Open University music for our drama 'Simon Perkins' Lurgy', there was really nobody to ask but @12hrfoundation.bsky.social. Jez and Polly did a wonderful job, and we released all their themes as a special download-only EP... mulgraveaudio.bandcamp.com/album/music-...

New feature! In the very first episode of 'What's In The Mulgrave Bag Today', @andrewtsmith.bsky.social reveals he owns a VHS tape on which a major Hollywood star once recorded a film off the telly for another major Hollywood star. Shocking revelation from @andreworton.bsky.social at the end, too.

The new issue of legendary sci-fi mag @starburst.bsky.social has Darth Vader on the front and a lovely two-page Mulgrave Audio feature by the charming @wcba.bsky.social. Thankyou so much! We'll (probably) never turn to the dark side of the Force, but we're very grateful.

Oh my! We've just taken possession of this clip - it seems to be from an episode of Patchwuff called 'The Expedition', long since thought lost. Narrated by Valerie Singleton with music by Sandra Kerr, it was found on a reel kept by original series producer Gordon Lovelady. Enjoy...

For anyone still struggling to find their way around Fellfoul...

There's a curious link between 'Patchwuff' and 'Fellfoul'. Back in (we think) the early 1970s, Valerie Singleton reported on the original Fellfoul book series for a certain children's television programme. Here's an off-air audio recording that fell into our possession...

It was a thrill to record the 'Patchwuff' soundtrack - including two complete new songs - with the great Sandra Kerr. Folk legend, and Bagpuss' special friend! Here's Sandra saying hello to you all with a little live performance of Patchwuff's theme...

We went to Dorset to record Valerie Singleton's narration for 'Patchwuff' and had a wonderful day in the studio with her - here she is with the full Mulgrave team. She also, brilliantly, brought a giant Aero bar for us all to share.

Thankyou to everyone for some incredibly kind words about our new release, 'Patchwuff'. It's really humbling to know it has struck such a chord! Here's our narrator, the great Valerie Singleton, on what it all meant to her... #audiodrama #hauntology #bluepeter

Excuse me. I have to go and sit in a corner and sob my heart out

Oh, you swines. Patchwuff wasn't going where I first thought. and it was an emotional gut punch. Really wonderful stuff.

'Patchwuff' is available to download now! Our new release is narrated by Valerie Singleton with music by Bagpuss' friend Sandra Kerr, and is a touching exploration of fading childhood memories. Limited 10" vinyl to follow, you can order both from our website/bandcamp #hauntology #retro #audiodrama