Episode 31 - Stephen Brotherstone

This week on Channel Hopper, host and TV & film historian John Mabey welcomes writer and artist Stephen Brotherstone, best known as co-author of the critically acclaimed Scarred For Life series. Together, they take a fascinating, and often unsettling journey through the films, television, public information films, adverts, comics and cultural moments that traumatised a generation of children growing up in Britain.From nightmare inducing kids’ TV to the strange darkness lurking beneath supposedly family-friendly entertainment, John and Ste explore why certain images and stories stayed with us long after childhood and what they reveal about the era that created them.Please note: this episode contains discussion of disturbing media, horror themes, trauma, and other adult subject matter. Listener discretion is strongly advised.