I received a call on Friday from Alex at BBC Radio Derby to see if I wanted to return to the studio to discuss Kal's Kats involvement in the Phantom Thread film given that we have now seen it since its official launch a week ago. Of course, I was delighted to accept and so first thing Monday morning the date and time was set. In preparation however, I thought i'd best stay up to watch the BAFTAs since this was bound be a topic of discussion and of course Mark Bridges from the film won a BAFTA for his part in best costume design and a well worthy winner too given the costumes really were outstanding having seen some first hand from our direct involvement in the film. in fact, when we saw them
We shot across to our resident rehearsal location at Kirk Hallam Social Club to set up in full dress rehearsal style to record a few tunes and interview with Quentin. It's a bit of a surreal experience really given the Video footage guy Ian was setting up lamps with his assistant as well as getting the wireless signal sorted back to HQ at Nottingham. We were walked through the steps that were going to unfold and then had a few dummy runs to get things sorted. We chopped a few of our tunes around a bit to ensure we were right on cue when required. We started with a 'Teaser' to let the good folks know what was coming down the pipe and then when we were ready, the interview would begin. Ian the
