So what has happened to Dirk Maggs and his radio productions?
I don't know!
But I do know away to find out!
That's to ask the man himself.
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Showing posts with label productions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label productions. Show all posts
21 February, 2011
06 June, 2010
Website Updating
Work continues on the Dirk Maggs website, the good news is that most of the reference section is now done, in the sense that all the page content is there, the only missing bits being the images, which for some reason or other I find myself leaving to the last thing to do, perhaps because it takes so long to find each images and insert it in to the page in the right place, and then to make sure the links and all that stuff work with it.
The website as a whole is I now suppose some 60 percent complete, so as the rate of progress slows I still think it will not be complete until December of 2010.
The page count now stands at 195 ! which was a bit of a surprise, I did not think the website was that large.
On another note the backup of the website all appears to be working as it should this time, so that's good news.
The website as a whole is I now suppose some 60 percent complete, so as the rate of progress slows I still think it will not be complete until December of 2010.
The page count now stands at 195 ! which was a bit of a surprise, I did not think the website was that large.
On another note the backup of the website all appears to be working as it should this time, so that's good news.
11 February, 2010
Updates
Just do a bit more updating of the Dirk Maggs website, and even if I have to say it myself it's going well.
I think that in the next day or so I should have all the pages in all the pictures in. The only thing that will be left to do will be the interlinks within the website, which will take some time.
I also have an idea for the odd extra page here and there after that the only changes will be if new material turns up or a new production by Dirk appears.
I think that in the next day or so I should have all the pages in all the pictures in. The only thing that will be left to do will be the interlinks within the website, which will take some time.
I also have an idea for the odd extra page here and there after that the only changes will be if new material turns up or a new production by Dirk appears.
30 January, 2010
Updates 7
Updates
I have managed to update the Dirk Maggs website for production year 2001 and 2003. For some reason that I have yet to work out the layout on pages that I am sure I had sorted out are now all wrong with all the headings all hard over to the left-hand side, why this is I just don't have a clue.
Any way these two years all the production pages where looking okay as of this post on my blog.
So that of course means that the next time that I go and have a look they will be broken again!
I have managed to update the Dirk Maggs website for production year 2001 and 2003. For some reason that I have yet to work out the layout on pages that I am sure I had sorted out are now all wrong with all the headings all hard over to the left-hand side, why this is I just don't have a clue.
Any way these two years all the production pages where looking okay as of this post on my blog.
So that of course means that the next time that I go and have a look they will be broken again!
22 January, 2010
Website Updating
1996 and 1995 of the Dirk Maggs productions website production years have now had there navigation sorted out and do look much better for it.
I have even managed to reinstall some of the cast pictures that have been missing since the move to the new site.
Not to sure just how many more production years there are to go, one part of me is just a little scared in that I really don't want to know just how much more work is left to be done.
but it's nice to say that we have moved forward.
I have even managed to reinstall some of the cast pictures that have been missing since the move to the new site.
Not to sure just how many more production years there are to go, one part of me is just a little scared in that I really don't want to know just how much more work is left to be done.
but it's nice to say that we have moved forward.
17 January, 2010
Updates 4
The updating of the Dirk Maggs Productions website carry s on and on or so it seems, the good news is that all the productions from 1987 to 1993 now have there correct navigation system installed.
The bad news or which there are two is that 1 the years 1994 to 2010 need to be done, and in some of those years Dirk did do a lot of radio work, so there are lots of productions to add the navigation system to.
The second bit of bad news is that as I have gone through the productions from 1987 to 1993 I have found that quite a few are missing cast photo's which I know that I have.
It goes without saying that I will have to add the photo's that I have, but this also means that I will have to search out some of the missing ones and credit them if that information is out there.
As my head was starting to spin with all the edits I have called it a day on the edit front.
The bad news or which there are two is that 1 the years 1994 to 2010 need to be done, and in some of those years Dirk did do a lot of radio work, so there are lots of productions to add the navigation system to.
The second bit of bad news is that as I have gone through the productions from 1987 to 1993 I have found that quite a few are missing cast photo's which I know that I have.
It goes without saying that I will have to add the photo's that I have, but this also means that I will have to search out some of the missing ones and credit them if that information is out there.
As my head was starting to spin with all the edits I have called it a day on the edit front.
10 September, 2009
James Follett wiki 2
Things on the wiki are going okay, apart from some templates that for some reason or other I just can't get going.
the wiki system reports that it has 187 articles and I am still on productions from 1975!
the wiki system reports that it has 187 articles and I am still on productions from 1975!
28 November, 2008
Dirk Maggs Website Updates
Yes, I know that it has been awhile since the last update on this Blog. But truth if it is to be told is that there has been nothing to report.
Work on my other projects has stopped. The reason sorting out stuff in real life like my job.
The only two things that have now changed and hence why this post is that I have started a very low level off-line project DMP 3 which is a technology test bed for the main DMP site and so far progress has been very good and the results from it have been far better than expected and getting results so early into the project has been a surprise.
The only other bit of news has been that Dirk Maggs has another production out which is due broadcast 29th Nov on BBC Radio 4 its called Boscobel if yet have the time have a look out for it I know I will.
Work on my other projects has stopped. The reason sorting out stuff in real life like my job.
The only two things that have now changed and hence why this post is that I have started a very low level off-line project DMP 3 which is a technology test bed for the main DMP site and so far progress has been very good and the results from it have been far better than expected and getting results so early into the project has been a surprise.
The only other bit of news has been that Dirk Maggs has another production out which is due broadcast 29th Nov on BBC Radio 4 its called Boscobel if yet have the time have a look out for it I know I will.
08 November, 2008
Dirk Maggs Producer Web site
It has been a little while since I did anything on this Blog.
And has been even longer since I did any up dates to the Dirk Maggs Productions Web site, so I am pleased to report that the site has been updated yesterday (07.11.2008) as there is a new production by Dirk that is due to air on BBC Radio 4 next Thursday at 9 pm.
The show is one hour long and I will admit here that having had the chance to hear it I spent 15 minutes stuck in the works car park just so I could hear it all the way to the end. And I have to say it's time well spent.
I have to thank Dirk for the preview tape and the show is called The Johnny Cash Hi-Jack road show and if you can give your ears a treat they will thank you for it, the scripts and the production values and the actors all have combined in such away that it is an audio movie and the tension and fear that build up in the play, work very well. Dare I say classic Maggs?
It must be good as the Radio Times has made it choice of the day on Radio 4 so what more do I need to say!
And has been even longer since I did any up dates to the Dirk Maggs Productions Web site, so I am pleased to report that the site has been updated yesterday (07.11.2008) as there is a new production by Dirk that is due to air on BBC Radio 4 next Thursday at 9 pm.
The show is one hour long and I will admit here that having had the chance to hear it I spent 15 minutes stuck in the works car park just so I could hear it all the way to the end. And I have to say it's time well spent.
I have to thank Dirk for the preview tape and the show is called The Johnny Cash Hi-Jack road show and if you can give your ears a treat they will thank you for it, the scripts and the production values and the actors all have combined in such away that it is an audio movie and the tension and fear that build up in the play, work very well. Dare I say classic Maggs?
It must be good as the Radio Times has made it choice of the day on Radio 4 so what more do I need to say!
27 February, 2008
What I am reading
Current books that I am reading all at the same time are,
Weaver Stephen Baxter, this is part 4 of the time tapestry series and is very and as I have said and written else where would make a great radio show, only 40 grand a series of six programmes and I would have Dirk Maggs to adapt and produce and direct them, value for money or what?
Book two then is 6th Target by James Patterson, this is part of the Woman's murder club but for some reason its not right, I am not sure what I mean by that statement but its as if it was ruched in some way, maybe the problem is that James is producing too many books going for quantity and not quality I just don't know. I will hold judgement till when I complete the book.
The last book that I am reading is the very first book in the new cop series by Peter James called Dead Simple, now I found this series and read the latest book first and have worked my way back to this the very first book in the series, and so far its great.
As I have said above in the Stephen Baxter bit this is also a series of books that I think Dirk Maggs would be great on , as he has never done hard crime novels some it would give him a chance to stretch his creative mussels and just see what he can do. I think with Dirk's great timing and choice of good actors each book would be a great 6 part series, not that the BBC does this sort of stuff any more, they seem to have gone down the route of cheap low cost productions with nothing to stretch both the listener and the production crew.
If I had the money I would pay for these shows to be produced even if they never got an airing on national radio at least they would have been produced by one of the best radio directors/producers in the last 20 years.
Weaver Stephen Baxter, this is part 4 of the time tapestry series and is very and as I have said and written else where would make a great radio show, only 40 grand a series of six programmes and I would have Dirk Maggs to adapt and produce and direct them, value for money or what?
Book two then is 6th Target by James Patterson, this is part of the Woman's murder club but for some reason its not right, I am not sure what I mean by that statement but its as if it was ruched in some way, maybe the problem is that James is producing too many books going for quantity and not quality I just don't know. I will hold judgement till when I complete the book.
The last book that I am reading is the very first book in the new cop series by Peter James called Dead Simple, now I found this series and read the latest book first and have worked my way back to this the very first book in the series, and so far its great.
As I have said above in the Stephen Baxter bit this is also a series of books that I think Dirk Maggs would be great on , as he has never done hard crime novels some it would give him a chance to stretch his creative mussels and just see what he can do. I think with Dirk's great timing and choice of good actors each book would be a great 6 part series, not that the BBC does this sort of stuff any more, they seem to have gone down the route of cheap low cost productions with nothing to stretch both the listener and the production crew.
If I had the money I would pay for these shows to be produced even if they never got an airing on national radio at least they would have been produced by one of the best radio directors/producers in the last 20 years.
14 February, 2008
Dirk Maggs Book Part 8
As you can see with the last few posts to this blog I have some how found the time to do a bit more of the Dirk Maggs book.
One thing that I have been looking at is how to produce an index in word 2003. From what I have seen so far and read the index does not always work.
The searches that I have done so far say that there are 2 ways of creating the index, one where you mark each word and the other you use something called a cordex?
See I can't even spell it let a lone know how to use it.
More reading is needed me thinks.
I think for my Dirk Maggs book that a very full index will be the way to go.
I have read that you can have more than 1 index, and I am thinking at this time that a names index and a productions index might be good ideas, the only thing is at this time I don't yet know how you do multi indexes in the same document, or even if such a thing is possable in word 2003.
One thing that I have been looking at is how to produce an index in word 2003. From what I have seen so far and read the index does not always work.
The searches that I have done so far say that there are 2 ways of creating the index, one where you mark each word and the other you use something called a cordex?
See I can't even spell it let a lone know how to use it.
More reading is needed me thinks.
I think for my Dirk Maggs book that a very full index will be the way to go.
I have read that you can have more than 1 index, and I am thinking at this time that a names index and a productions index might be good ideas, the only thing is at this time I don't yet know how you do multi indexes in the same document, or even if such a thing is possable in word 2003.
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