Frithcast Episode 69 - The Saga of Burnt Njal part 1

Episode 69 – Njals Saga part 1

Things we talk about in this episode:

Opening Music:

'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]

Closing Music:

'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]

Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org

 

• “Write the theme tune, sing the theme tune” from the character Dennis Waterman, Little Britain https://littlebritain.fandom.com/wiki/Dennis_Waterman
• “You must watch these little points” The Goon Show, The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (solved). First broadcast 16^th November 1964 http://www.thegoonshow.net/scripts_show.asp?title=s05e08_the_mystery_of_the_marie_celeste_solved
• Suzanne totally forgot which episode the Beowulf episode was, it was episode 6. Not episode 5, which was 9 realms in 20 minutes…
• Blackadder and Baldrick’s short holiday, in Dish and Dishonesty from 1986
• Segway - http://uk-en.segway.com/
• Isle of Lewis Chessmen – especially the Berserker piece biting on his own shield: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_chessmen
• George RR Martin – author of A Song of Ice and Fire, made into the TV series of Game of Thrones
• Minecraft sheep: https://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Sheep
• Tom Bombadill: character from Lord of the Rings (cut from the film adaptations): https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Tom_Bombadil
• Luke Skywalker and Biggs Darklighter: childhood friends in the Star Wars Universe: https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Biggs_Darklighter/Legends
• Asterix and Obelix: https://www.asterix.com/en/portfolio/obelix/
• “Running, jumping climbing trees” Eddie Izzard, Dress to Kill
• Being a lumberjack – The Lumberjack Song from Monty Python, British Comedy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfRdur8GLBM
• TLC, No Scrubs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrLequ6dUdM
• “Possibly Brain, but where are we going to get…?” Pinky and the Brain: https://pinkyandthebrain.fandom.com/wiki/Are_You_Pondering_What_I%27m_Pondering%3F
• The Importance of Being Earnest – the tea party scene between Cecily and Gwendoline https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/earnest/section4/
• HBO’s Rome: Attia and Sevillia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sN-Jb_uZSPc
• Mr Croup and Mr Vandemar – from Neil Gaiman’s Neverwhere: http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/croup.htm
• If you’d like to look at the saga before our part II, head here: https://www.gradesaver.com/njals-saga
• How to find us online