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Text Box: PRESENTING HISTORY ON MADE IN BIRMINGHAM TV The region’s local TV station ‘Made In Birmingham TV’ is committed to quality local programming. I am presenting some episodes of ‘the Streets of Birmingham’ looking at the history of some of the regions most famous thoroughfares. I driven through the history of Snow Hill-Constitution Hill-Hockley Hill-Soho Road; St. Mary’s Church to Soho House Museum via Soho Foundry; Barr Street outside Hudson’s Whistles to Aston Hall via Witton Road Aston; From WBA football ground to West Bromwich and then on to Dudley; From the old Lloyds Test House through Netherton—Dudley to the Black Country Museum on the Tipton Road; From Old Hill Station through Stourbridge up the Crystal Mile to the Old Red House.

Text Box: NEW & NEXT GENERATION OF ODYSSEY DRAMATIC PRESENTATIONS® Constantly new presentations are being prepared upgrading all existing presentations enhancing graphics, images, sound effects, visual effects and music, as well as introducing new presentations. Most of the presentations are being adapted for use on Zoom for streaming on-line.

Text Box: ZOOM VERSION OF PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE—Zoom versions form a new service. New 40 minute short versions on some presentations for those with limited time. Presentations marked with an S are suitable NEW PRESENTATIONS : UNIVERSE IN A NEW LIGHT The work of the James Webb Telescope. 2001: A Retrospective Odyssey—A look at the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey its vision and impact on the modern world. MYSTICAL BRITAIN SERIES—Myths, legends and Folklore of Great Britain in several parts Ghosts & Witches; Heroes and Villains; Lore of the Land; Midlands’ Legends; Other regions option The day the Music Died—A look at the great musicians who were taken from us before their time. Onwards & Upwards—The new space race of the 21st century. An Admiral in Town—The connections between Admiral Lord Nelson and Birmingham. (Part of Amaze &Astound) Amaze & Astound—A series of presentations based on Andrew Lound’s history slot on the Mollie Green Show, BBC Radio WM. See Amaze & Astound page for titles. HARBINGERS OF LIFE & DEATH—An in-depth look at asteroids and the small bodies of the Solar System. Secrets of the Blackout—Stories of everyday life during the Black-out in World War 2. DICK NIXON—The story of a brilliant but flawed American President—Richard Milhous Nixon. FLICK TO KICK—THE STORY OF SUBBUTEO—The story of Subbuteo table Soccer now in its resurgence. THE ANGELS OF HARBORNE: THE STORY OF HARBORNE HALL VAD HOSPITAL. COSIMO’S STARS—THE FOUR LAGRE MOONS OF JUPITER—A detailed look at the history and exploration of Jupiter’s four large moons—Callisto, Ganymede, Europa and Io. SPACE: THE FUEL CELL FRONTIER A history of Hydrogen fuel cells and their use in spaceflight applications. EUROPA ASCENDING—The story of Europe in space. APOLLO 13: FAILURE WAS NOT AN OPTION The dramatic story of the Apollo 13 mission that suffered an on-board explosion en-route to the Moon. In a very dramatic presentation the whole story is told with images period film and dramatic music. 3 versions available: General audience, Inspirational, and team building . (Specially commissioned presentation). FROM TSIOLKOWSKY TO THE STARS—A history of the Russian Space Programme. STARMAN—THE ODYSSEY OF YURI A. GAGARIN—The story of the first man in space. DECEMBER 1940—THE NIGHT SOHO FOUNDRY WAS BOMBED The story of the bombing and recovery of Soho Foundry ODYSSEY DUO PRESENTATIONS—new style featuring male and female performers Through history in fact and fiction there have been great Duos. Wouldn’t it be marvelous to have on stage some of these duos to present their point of view to the audience? In the latest Odyssey Dramatic Presentation style Andrew with professional actress Penelope Ferguson will recreate some of history’s great duos. Three months lead time is required. Examples are: Abraham Van Helsing & The Last Vampyre (Adult Audience) William & Caroline Herschel Mary Shelley’s Creation (family version presented at Stoke-on-Trent) Life of the Amateur Astronomer (Adult Audience)

Text Box: Recent Media work: Regular slot with Petrie Hosken on Talk Radio Regular slot with Howard Hughes, Talk TV Regular spot with Paul Ross Talk Sport Regular slot with Caroline Martin BBC Radio WM—Ask Andy Anything! Coverage of Virgin Galactic’s first commercial flight (Sky News) Space Commentary on TalkTV Space & Titanic Commentary Caroline Martin Show, BBC Radio WM Amaze & Astound with Andy Lound—a history slot on the Mollie Green Show, BBC Radio WM GBNews regular space and astronomy commentary. Talk Radio, Talk Sport regular space updates and commentary. Commentary on submersible Titan incident, BBC, TalkRadio Commentary on NASA Moon announcement. Commentary on Shetland Space Port on BBC Scotland Podcast interviews in USA Talk Radio 1 hour review of the news. Midnight in the Desert (USA) 2 hour radio special on the planet Mars BBC Radio Leicester Birmingham History commentary BBC Radio 4 interview about industrial history Birmingham Now TV Watch the Skies Astronomy slot BBC Radio WM Ghost stories from Birmingham’s history BBC Radio WM Amaze & Astound with Andrew Lound Talk Radio James Whale, Julia Hartley-Brewer Weekly space commentary Talk Sport Paul Ross, Space Commentary Talk Radio, BBC Radio, BBC TV, MIB TV Apollo Anniversary commentary Made In Birmingham TV Two Minute History Bites National Coverage of Hayabusa 2 National coverage of New Horizons at Ultima Thule, and Chang’e 4 Commentary Talk Radio/BBC National coverage of InSight Mars Lander commentary Talk Radio/BBC local National coverage of Lunar Eclipse commentary MIB/Talk Radio/BBC local Talk Radio Space Science commentary Two Minute Histories for Made In Birmingham TV Second Series of Streets of Birmingham on Made In Birmingham TV Newspaper reports on release of new book Made In Birmingham TV The Lowdown Titanic Interview Made In Birmingham TV News Titanic Interview Made In Birmingham TV Streets Of Birmingham/Black Country History series presentations Talk Radio Space science interviews Big Centre TV Lunatick Astronomy 3rd edition discussion BBC Coventry & Warwicks & WM Tim Peake launch coverage BBC Radio WM Tony & Julie The late Show Reunion Big Centre TV Political comments Big Centre TV Denis Healy Obituary BBC Coventry & Warwicks Super Moon Eclipse interview Big Centre TV Political Corruption in History interview Big Centre TV Declaration of war (1939) interview Wall To Wall—Time Crashers—Played the role of the Viscount’s guest Big Centre TV Influential Lives Interview Big Centre TV Doorstep History—W.E. Hipkins, Hoskins & Sewell, Tangye’s Big Centre TV news interview about the VE Day Anniversary Big Centre TV Breakfast news interview about the Titanic Partial Eclipse radio interview on BBC Radio WM Sonny & Shay Show Reports on Philae spacecraft to BBC Radio WM, Hereford & Worcester, & Coventry & Warwick Performed the role of Matthew Boulton for Central ITV News. Working with Alaska Productions on a programme about Canals. Central ITV News reports about Perseids, Comets and Super Moon Series of short films about Soho Foundry, Avery’s, and the Avery Historical Museum Speaking at BBC Stargazing Live Event in Kidderminster, Redditch, & Birmingham An Extra in the BBC TV Series ‘Dancing On The Edge’ Advisor and expert on ‘Children of The Titanic’ television documentary Advisor and expert on new BBC TV series about measurement Advisor & actor in film ‘Titanic Love’ Bullion Weigher loaned for TV series ‘Mrs. Biggs’ Jockey Scale loaned to BBC for an up-on-coming TV series on the ‘Peaky Blinders’ Regular commentary on space matters with BBC Radio WM and BBC Coventry & Warwicks Extensive media coverage for the 1912: A Titanic Odyssey Exhibition: ITV Central News BBC Midlands News BBC Radio WM Ed Doolan Show; Carl Chinn Show Birmingham Evening Mail Birmingham Post Express & Star Extensive media coverage for the Avery Historical Museum: BBC Radio WM Ed Doolan Show; Carl Chinn Show Birmingham Evening Mail Birmingham Post Express & Star

Text Box: Andrew’s book THE POWER OF BALANCE is available now from Author For more details see the Publications page