{"id":1872,"date":"2018-05-30T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T11:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=1872"},"modified":"2018-06-16T22:33:07","modified_gmt":"2018-06-16T22:33:07","slug":"the-mad-death-interview-and-review-in-starburst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/the-mad-death-interview-and-review-in-starburst\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mad Death – interview and review in Starburst"},"content":{"rendered":"

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RICHARD HEFFER (JIMMY Garland, Survivors<\/em>) is interviewed in the current print edition of Starburst<\/em> magazine, discussing his leading role in the three-part 1983 rabies mini-series The Mad Death<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coinciding with the release of The Mad Death<\/em> on DVD<\/a> for the first time, Heffer recalls the making of the series, the topicality of its dramatic themes, the chilling and memorable opening titles, and his evident delight in taking on the role of no-nonsense government vet Michael Hilliard.<\/p>\n

The DVD release is also reviewed in the online edition of Starburst<\/em> magazine. The review concludes that the series:<\/p>\n

remains gripping, thought-provoking, unsettling and disturbing; an overdue release from the TV archives from an era when the BBC made more shows that deserved those kinds of adjectives.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Rich Cross. 2018. ‘Interview – Richard Heffer: The Mad Death’. Starburst<\/em>, No 449, p.92.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rich Cross. 2018. ‘Review: The Mad Death (1983)’. Starburst<\/em>, 3 May. https:\/\/www.starburstmagazine.com\/reviews\/mad-death-1983<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

UPDATE 16 JUNE 2018<\/span><\/strong>: My review of\u00a0The Mad Death<\/em> appears in the print edition of\u00a0Starburst\u00a0<\/em>magazine No 450.<\/p>\n

Rich Cross. 2018. ‘Review: The Mad Death (1983)’.\u00a0Starburst<\/em>. No 450, p.85.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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RICHARD HEFFER (JIMMY Garland, Survivors) is interviewed in the current print edition of Starburst magazine, discussing his leading role in the three-part 1983 rabies mini-series The Mad Death. Coinciding with the release of The Mad Death on DVD for the first time, Heffer recalls the making of the series, the topicality of its dramatic themes, … Continue reading “The Mad Death – interview and review in Starburst”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9,11,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cast-and-crew","category-dvd-releases","category-in-print","category-interviews-cast"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-uc","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1872"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1872\/revisions\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}