Catullus: I've read the Lesbia poems and Poem 64 in Latin, which I enjoyed. The style did take some getting used to though.

Sallust: It's difficult to put the 'lust' into 'Sallust'. When I read the Jugurthine War, I thought the Latin was straightforward in places, but not that colourful.

Cicero: I'm not a big fan of Cicero, personally. I find the Latin complex in places, bland in others. When he does get his point across, it's good rhetoric.

Virgil: Much as I like the Aeneid, I can quite imagine that tackling a whole book of the Georgics is harsh. Orpheus and Eurydice is nicely told, but the rest can be perplexing, in its stance and its style. As you say, Perseus translations are hit and miss, sadly. I have a copy of C. Day Lewis' Oxford translation, which is yours if you want it.

Livy: I know of Livy through unseens and translations, and certainly, the more of him you read the more exhausting it can be. All the authors have their selling points - it's just a matter of appreciating them via the right approach, which isn't always possible when work and stress are piling up.

The best of luck with the road ahead - I'm sure you will reap some rewards. I would like to assist, so please keep in touch, over any Latin matters you want to discuss; I'll probably say more in an email soon, so keep your eyes peeled.

If you feel I can help at all (even if it's just provision of textbooks - I have shelves full of them), please, don't hesitate to contact me.  

9am lecture for me in the morning. Meh. Doesn't matter whether you've had 5 mins, 5 hrs or 15 hrs sleep; you just don't want to get up for that. Still, last week I tried to rest my poor head on the plane.. and the sound of blizzards woke me up, and then everything went sadly wrong; hoping for better results tomorrow.

I have received a full reply from Tim, still awaiting the final answers from Ed Dehn and Joanne Heywood, which should be finished soon.

I can assure you all that there are some good items within this interview, a maybe 1 or 2 surprises.

I brought up the topic of doing an interview, but he originally contacted me in the first place (not about the interview, but to ask me some questions).

So he never asked for this interview, I did, and he said yes.

Just a small question but how do you manage to get all these interviews?

Well first of all....As Keith said, why the ':('?

I get the contacts either through agents or the fact they email me first (in the case of Tim Child, he emailed me first)

Thanks for the questions everyone, they have now been sent off.  As Nic covered the TB question there is little point in me asking that one again.

'Time-Busters' AKA 'TIM busters' - What happened?

I can answer this one, but obviously it can be asked again if Kieran wishes.

Basically TimeBusters did not have very good audience figures in its weekend morning slot on BBC 2. This may have been because that time slot is usually more suited to animation shows for younger viewers. Tim Child asked the controller to move TimeBusters to a weekday afternoon slot, but they wouldn't move it. It was stopped after three series.

But I presume thats a question for Tim, eh?

Could the in-game characters hear the advisors talking all the time?

Racking brains here, Mr K.

Right... I'd like to ask: Fridays at 4:40 were the perfect slot for the best show on CiTV, and in my opinion, the best time of year as well, but why specifically was the show broadcasted between September - December, and what advantages were there for this decision? (Considering only one dungeon ending carried any notion of Xmas theme).

Given Knightmare's proven popularity, was it ever considered to enlarge the show or create two series per year? Was the 'scarcity' factor something that really kept the fans and made it so intense and addictive?

Any more come up, I'll edit them in or post new.

Cheers Kieran.

Also, I am attempting to get a few more people to do interviews, I'll let people know if any more come along.

May we see it or at least get a 'quest guide' to it??

'Time-Busters' AKA 'TIM busters' - What happened? (I'm fishing for anecdotes here)

KM, Interceptor, Cyber-Zone, Virtually Impossible, Treasure hunt, They all use the same premise of Intercom style communication between observers and a player/s in the field (a la FBI 'command from the van'). Initial inspiration and anything you would have liked to try for interactivity but couldn't due to time or budget??

Any chance for more KM outtakes or backstage memories?

AJK

Why was the character not bought back next sesone