Going for Gold - Spiteful Puppet at the New York Radio Awards 2016 ...

I'm delighted to announce that SPITEFUL PUPPET have been nominated THREE TIMES in the NEW YORK FESTIVALS RADIO & AUDIO AWARDS which celebrate the world of radio programming on a global scale. Nominated programmes come from as far a field as Afghanistan to Australia and South Korea to the United Kingdom.

This year they have been nominated TWICE in the same category BEST AUDIO BOOK for the last two audio adventures of  the 'HOOD' series as well as picking up a nomination for BEST SPECIAL DRAMA for 'MAGNA CARTA: LEGACY', a one-off dramatisation recounting the origins of the Magna Carta which last year saw the 800th Anniversary of it's signing. 

I am very proud to be have in all three audio dramas with wonderful casts across them all ... The nomination for 'MAGNA CARTA:LEGACY' will be particularly poignant for us all with the recent sad loss of 'BLAKE'S 7' star GARETH THOMAS who voiced the lead role of Elias of Dereham in the drama. If 'MAGNA CARTA:LEGACY' was to win, it would be surely a fitting tribute to a fine actor in one of his last roles ... You can listen to it here for free ...

BBC AUDIO DRAMA AWARD Winners - SPITEFUL PUPPET came away with TWO BRONZE MEDALS last time at the 2015 Awards. I'm sure this time they'll be going for gold!!

Sean goes undercover at 'Gadget Show Live 2016' ...

Sean Connolly and The Gadget Show presenter Ortis Deley at this years Gadget Show Live at Birmingham's NEC ...

The secret is out! I can now reveal my undercover role at this years GADGET SHOW LIVE at Birmingham's NEC ...

Over 11 LIVE SHOWS seen by over 30,000 PEOPLE I took on the role of a pretend audience member for a magical 'Versus Challenge' with presenters JASON BRADBURY and ORTIS DELEY and last years BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT runner up, magician JAMIE RAVEN ... Other celebrities involved with the live show included Scottish singer-songwriter and musician NINA NESBIT who sang her new single 'Chewing Gum' ...

Sean Connolly with singer songwriter Nina Nesbitt and magician Jamie Raven part of the Gadget Show Live 2016 ...

If you're a regular viewer of THE GADGET SHOW then you'll know that a staple part of the show is the 'Versus Challenge', when the presenters pitch themselves against a 'professional' and try and beat then at their own game using tech to win the day ...

For the live show, presenters Jason and Ortis took on the not inconsiderable magical talents of BGT's JAMIE RAVEN ...

As part of the current series, all 11 shows were recorded and then compiled into a special programme which went out last Friday 6th May 2016 at 7pm. The episode features behind the scenes footage including the low-down on my part in the live show. To see exactly what my involvement was you can head on over to the Channel 5 television catch up service Demand 5 or on-line at My5 https://www.my5.tv/the-gadget-show/season-23/episode-11 The whole episode is great fun (as is the long running series itself), but if you are at all interested in seeing what I got up to then you should fast forward to 34 MINUTES onwards ...  

What a great fun week I had, The Gadget Show presenters Jason Bradbury, Ortis Deley, Amy Williams and John Bentley, in fact everyone at NORTH ONE TELEVISION really made me feel part of the team.

Actor Sean Connolly with The Gadget Show Live presenters Jason Bradbury, Ortis Deley, Amy Williams and John Bentley ...