SQUARE EYED CINEMA
THE TV MOVIE PODCAST
THE TV MOVIE PODCAST
SQUARE EYED CINEMA
ABOUT US
JOHN PAUL GREEN
ANDREW T. SMITH
John Paul Green is a Senior Lecturer in Film, Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland, where his research focuses on horror, science fiction, cult texts and media history. He has written about subjects as diverse as Doctor Who, James Bond, Jack the Ripper and horror cinema.
Originally from Birmingham, John Paul moved to Sunderland in the 1990s. His lifelong love of popular culture began with horror double bills on television, Doctor Who, Michael Bentine's Potty Time and countless other childhood favourites. One of his earliest and most vivid memories is watching Salem's Lot in 1981 as a nine-year-old, an experience that left him terrified and fascinated in equal measure, and helped cement a lifelong passion for television horror.
Alongside his academic work, he has been a regular contributor to BBC local and national radio, appeared in three episodes of Doctor Who, and acted as a research consultant for Arena's documentary on Galton & Simpson. Other television appearances include BBC's Inside Out, where he discussed the 1961 British film Payroll, as well as coming a – he says – respectable third place on The Weakest Link. He also claims the unique distinction of having worked with both Dimbleby brothers, albeit for different channels in the late 1980s.
When he's not teaching, researching or discussing popular culture, he's usually revisiting classic horror, science fiction and cult television, still looking for the same thrill that first captivated him as a nine year old child staring at the screen during Salem's Lot first UK broadcast.
Andrew T. Smith is a writer and filmmaker from the North East of England who uses Vincent Price's quote, "A man who limits his interests limits his life" as an excuse for taking a scattergun approach to his interests and career.
As a co-founder of Century 21 Films, Andrew has worked extensively on productions related to the works of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson – including the documentary Filmed in Supermarionation (2014) and the mini-series Thunderbirds: The Anniversary Episodes (2015). With Stephen La Rivière he co-created the lockdown inspired Nebula-75 in 2020 – a one-off short that spawned two series of action-adventure that sold to Japanese television. Outside of puppet-related productions, Century 21 has released Cartoon Carnival (2021), a feature-length documentary about the world of pre-sound animation, and provided filmed inserts for the 2019 West End stage production of The Twilight Zone. Their work has been seen on TCM, ITVX, Sky Arts and beyond.
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For Big Finish Productions, Andrew served as joint script-editor and writer for the first two series of the audio drama revival of Terrahawks and as part of Mulgrave Audio he has produced several audio plays including Patchwuff, a one-off drama starring Valerie Singleton and scored by Sandra Kerr which he also wrote.
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As a writer, Andrew's first book, Marx and Re-Marx: Creating and Recreating the Lost Marx Brothers Radio Series was published by BearManor Media in 2010. This was followed by Summer Winos in 2021 and the forthcoming Writing All Hours, the authorised biography of Sir Roy Clarke. He has contributed articles to the likes of Fortean Times, The Big Issue, and Doctor Who Magazine.