Episode 3 Out of the Blue

A Hallowe'en welcome to Out of The Blue, with Graham Little. And

Joanne Salley. It may be the Day of the Dead, but

we checked the crew's pulses a few minutes ago and some of them

clearly showed signs of life. With the possible exception of Seamus.

With us tonight, Bangor-born five- piece Farriers make their

television debut. And Katherine Rush is already hard

at work on this week's 60 minute masterpiece.

It could be yours. We'll tell you how later. He's made a living out

of catchphrases and given us a few himself, Say what you see, it's the

legend that is Roy Walker! Roy, you grew up in East Belfast,

where there's now a Walker Court named after you. It's just a short

cut for the school children. My mother lived in Houston Street, and

the kids watch catchphrase and they were asked what they would like to

do, and they said my mistreat after Roy Walker, so. Would you ever

think about coming back over? often think about retiring here

because it is such an exciting place. Meantime, if you're going

out trick or treating or heading for a party tonight and you've put

some heart, and art, into your ghoulish get up, then email us a

pic of your Hallowe'en outfit. And we'll aim to show the best later on.

First up though, Roy, why did the vampire keep visiting the doctor?

We do have some real Halloween news. The private notebook of Dracula

creator, Bram Stoker, was uncovered in an attic on the Isle of Wight.

Scholars hope it will shed new light on the mind of the man who

gave us one of literature's most feared characters. Our own Michael

Bradley's done some research of his own and lifts the lid on Dracula's

Coleraine connection. His right hand gripped her by the

back at the neck. Her white nightdress was smeared with blood.

The white shark teeth behind the Bill teeth of the blood dripping

mouth, jammed together like those of all wild beast. And the life

blood for all these countless vampire films and books is the

Irishman Bram Stoker and his story of Dracula, but the inspiration for

his creation may have less to do with France will be near than the

foothills of this Berens. Far real- life story of Dracula goes back to

1890 when he started penning his bloodthirsty novel. Hard journey

starts in England, where he worked as a manager in the Lyceum Theatre.

In the British Library she studied books about a medieval tyrant calls

flat Dracula, he impaled the bodies of his victims. Another Chelsea but

inspiration from his own Celtic past. Bram Stoker read a lot about

Irish legends and Celtic legend, particularly at famous but at the

time called history of violence. There was a phrase in the Gaelic

language which resonates with Dracula, that is Dracula, which

means bad blood. Another Irish connection would have been the

famine. His parents would have told him to horrific stories of that

time and peasants that were trying to survive the famine would have

drink animal blood. Stoker's Irish roots give him plenty to inspire

his lower for the living dead. As a young Dublin boy he went to a local

cemetery and here flayed suicide victims, robbers and all the rest

lost souls of the city. It was found he saw the mummified bodies

of this and Mike Ince gripped, but by daybreak the story of the real

Dracula brings us north towards Coleraine. The town land here is

said to beat the home of a blood- sucking tyrant who kept rising from

the dead. Now, that sounds familiar. The name of this place is Irish for

the tomb of an evil dwarf who terrorise the people of this town

land around a further six century AD. Some said this is the legend

that Bram Stoker based his story on. So this is the term of the infamous

tour. Yeah see was buried underneath this very stone. He was

not a nice man. His own try brother and hitman to get rid of him and he

slot judge him. They buried him in the next morning he pops up out of

the grave demanding blood. The kill him again, happy pups. The third

time they needed to seek advice from a wild man who give them

instructions were to get rid of him. So what evidence do we have that

the story is the inspiration for the story of Dracula? There are so

many parallels. A man who comes back from the grave, who depends on

blood do minting his state, and when it comes to get rid of him you

have the van Hun Sen figure who gives them advice on how to deal

with this and dead creature, that is to stab him through the heart

with a wooden stake. We engrams Stoker finally published a book in

1897 it made just a few ripples and literary circles. He dreamt of

staging it with this great actor friend Sir Henry Irving and account,

but this was never to be. Sadly Dracula really took off after Bram

Stoker's death, with classics like moss for rat soup in the 20s and

Belinda go see's a comic role a decade later. More recently the

twilight pictures have grossed nearly $2 billion at the box-office.

Stoker never sold his wicket Genesis has bombed, and he never

came back to the mother country either. He died in London in 1912,

so we will never know for sure which local legends made it into

the Dracula legend. Unlike his principal living dead, Bram Stoker

will not rise up to tell us. He was cremated in Golders Green.

Roy, Dracula would be one of our most fearsome Hallowe'en characters.

Roy, you'd have given a vampire a run for his money if you came

across one in the dead of night. For two years you were Northern

Ireland's champion hammer thrower. About 50 years ago I was. I wish

you hadn't told everybody because they once they find out you are

annexed hammer thrower than ever as good to walk their dog. East

Belfast's given us more than a few who made it to the top of their

trade, George Best, Van Morrison, CS Lewis. Is there something in the

air down there? I wouldn't put myself with those three! East

Belfast is a great wee place full of comedians. I moved there when I

was about seven and went to school on the river narrowed. I started

off in that the Trocadero in the marketplace, right in the middle of

the markets for Danny Rice. Then I was headhunted to be East Belfast

to open up the talk of the town. With Guy Mitchell, who was as big

as Frank Sinatra at one time. We opened it up and 500 people every

night and went on for years and years. It was made very clear

during the Troubles Thatcher career lay over the water. Well, the

Troubles came and like everyone would think it would be over in a

weekend's. It was not going to last. It was so horrific. It was like the

war and people were dying right left and centre. I had three very

young children and we were a mixed marriage, so there were people far

worse off than me. I had a little bit of talent, so I grabbed my wife

and three children and we headed for England. By two really had no

choice. There was the work here and I couldn't go to Jean's house

because there were one side, and my side of the town was the other side

and never the twain shall meet. left and were sad to leave and

always came back, and always glad to come back. Look how wonderful it

is now. Hong will always be home for you. You never forget it. You

never remember bad times, only the good times. It hasn't done me any

harm anyway. Here is another side of Roy Walker. The art lover. This

is a we ask guests to tell us the works that have inspired them. Well,

well, well. My favourite painting. Who would have believed its? It is

here. Just the way I saw it just off Trafalgar Square in that famous

gallery, which I nearly walked past it, but there it is. My favourite

painting of all time. The Hay Wain by John Constable. It reminds me of

my childhood down in Ireland Magee and I was a boy and Jack Hill had a

farm there. His hay cart was as bad as that! I was driving it for him

one day and we were stuck in this little stream, except the horse was

drinking and wouldn't stop. Jack was shouting! A will never forget

it. I used to help him up with the haystacks onto the back of the cart,

thistles and all! Sliding down them, needles in your backside. The paint

And now a book. A great book, but first to Reading. Dearly beloved.

This is a great book. This book was written by an extraordinary man. It

was funny because you would think he was from Belfast. Some of the

word he writes here, yet, where, on my what do you might call it. On my

thing in a jig. Those are Belfast words, and he is from New York. JD

Salinger, the Catcher In the Rye. Probably one of the best books I

have ever read. He was a tortured soul. Became a recluse. Just after

the war he was in Nuremberg were had to interview all of the Nazi

criminals and he never found one of them who said they were sorry. He

lost faith in human nature. Sad. I was born under a wandering star.

Lee Martin. And Paul Newman. Terry O'Neill's famous picture, pocket

money in 1971. I sought and a magazine and never forgot it. I

thought what an iconic Buddha grass. Two ordinary-looking guys who were

really at the top of their profession. I never missed any of

their movies and they never, ever disappointed. That is a great

My favourite song. Night time shamans, heightens each sensation.

The most erotic lyric I have ever heard in my life. The music of the

90s by Andrew Lloyd Webber was a phantom of the opera. It is a

lovely story. Andrew was taking Sarah along for a singing lesson

and Michael Crawford was singing up the stairs and Andrew heard him and

said the Sarah, I think we have found our phantom. I went to that

singing teacher and learn how to sing up to the highest notes. My

fear that song. My favourite song. Michael Crawford, Paul Newman, Lee

Martin, JD Salinger, Constable. It doesn't get any better than this!

That is a great voice you have got there! Can you get a high note now

for us? Yes, I still can. looked a bit emotional, but there

is a good reason for that because your doctor was also in Phantom of

the opera. Yes, I should like Christine. She has been in most of

the West End musicals. She has just opened in the till Death in Covent

Garden. She has got a main part? You yes, she got the main part and

that. We couldn't ask you about your role for a - - you are most

famous work. Catchphrase. Tom Jones played a part in the land in that

gig? Well, I was touring with Tom Jones. I got the gig three Shirley

Bassey. I used to open for all the big singers and Tom Jones was

coming back to Britain in the 80s and Shirley Bassey Dalton to use me

as an opener. I finished up at the Albert Hall twice nightly for yet

nights. That was 13,000 people per night, he was sold out completely.

His manager came over, Gordon Mills, and said to me, Roy, everybody is

talking about you and they want you to go on tour with them. I had been

on the road a long, long time and I had three children and my wife

hardly ever saw me. I just thought, I can be doing this, uprating and

what have you. My manager he got mitigate in the Albert Hall, so I

never would have met Tom Jones are the wasn't for him. I was loyal to

him. Six months later he got the Well, time to put you to the test

Roy - you should be good at this after 13 years of Catchphrases!

Each of our animations represent the name of a famous painting. For

copyright reasons, we have Mr Fish rather than Mr Chips. We will

please some videos and just say what you see when you get to the

Catchphrase. Smack your buzzer there. Here is your first one. Say

what you see! It is good it is good that it is not right. Shall I tell

you? Yes. Morning he's. Moaning Lisa. Say what you see! Cod and

chips. One fish supper left - the last supper! Told you I was

useless!$$NEWLINE Catchphrase was obviously good to you,but you've

been quoted as saying whilst doing it that you felt you lost your

Earlier we asked you to send in your Hallowe'en get up. Thank you

for sending his picture in. We have Katie Douglas H four from Lisburn.

She looks very green and skates. This is from Patrick who is three

months old. He is gorgeous. Thank you for sending us in. Now if

there's one place in Northern Ireland that really knows how to

celebrate Hallowe'en it's Londonderry, and joining us there

is Ralph McLean - hi, Ralph. There are thousands of families out here

tonight to celebrate Hallowe'en. Tell us what you like about

Hallowe'en? The fireworks and the parade. Are you really cold

tonight? Yes. Tell me how long you have been coming year? 10 years.

What is the secret, why is any better than anywhere else? Because

everyone gets involved and dresses up, people make a big effort. The

parade is a brilliant and the fireworks are excellent. I thought

maybe you would make an effort and it Hamas gone! Have a brilliant

night, thanks for coming along, enjoyed their fireworks. Derry has

a great reputation for Hallowe'en celebrations but also has a

reputation for great folklore. There is one story you have to pay

attention to - about a man who had to be hanged twice. Deep in the

woods, have stocks McNaughton, they hanged him high from the gallows

tree. It was 250 years ago that the tragic truth took -- true tale of

Half Hanged McNaughton took place. It takes that tale of a highway

robbery, revenge and a murder. It started with boy-meets-girl, or

less comfortably, older man needs a teenager. John McNaughton was an

impoverished landowner but he was also at gambler and a drunkard. He

had a friend called Andrew Knox who lived in Prehen House. Andrew took

him in. He also had a young daughter, aged about 16. McNaughton

took a fancy to his daughter, Mary Ann. He began to woo her. This is

Mr John McNaughton, our guest, he will stay with us for some time.

John, this is my daughter, Ms May and knocks. This play is on at the

Derry Playhouse which unravels the story of the ill-starred couple.

Andrew Knox was not happy with the attention Johnny Norton was plain

to his daughter, but when he went to take his wife and daughter to

the parliament, their coach was and used by Mike Norton in an attempt

to kidnap the girl. But the shot he fired, killed the woman he said he

loved. He was eventually caught and charged with the murder and they

found him guilty. They were going to hang him and decapitated him.

those p gallows days, you were hung from a tree. The rope broke.

those days that was looked at as divine intervention. You were not

guilty. They told him to go away. But he said no, I killed her,

therefore I deserve to die but I did not murder her. So we went back

on the gallows and cut the rope round his own neck, and jumped.

second leap into the great unknown is more successful. He was later

buried here in Strabane in an unmarked grave. John Nick not in -

and man who would not do anything by half was wholly responsible for

earning his own place in Irish folklore. -- John McNaughton. He

didn't want to be remembered as Half Hanged McNaughton, he is

dramatic proof you cannot always get what you want.

As spooky story for this but he is night. One man who knows everything

about have hanged McNaughton is Ken. Why are people so obsessed by him?

He was handsome and debonair, he had blond hair and blue eyes, he

was irresistible to the ladies it was said. It was a story that

refuses to go away from the north- west. It is a story of tragic love.

It is forbidden love, unrequited love, tragic love. John McNaughton

actually shot the girl dead that he was the love with. His is a classic

story. Why is the north-west so rich in for war? 2000 years of

people living here, but then reverie here, flowing through the

hills, the Druids, the oak woods, right through DNA and the

outpouring of the famine, sailing ships, all sorts of things. This is

the place for it and they will celebrate tonight. Back to you in

the studio. Thank you very much. Joining us this week to create our

60 minute masterpiece is recently graduated artist Katherine Rush,

welcome Katherine... Katherine, you've used aluminium today as your

canvas - is that always what you work with? I love Alan Ninian, you

can get a smooth surface. And you often do diptychs or triptychs -

working across two or three pieces - does that give greater

flexibility? I love ecclesiastical work and you can copy that with

Alan Ninian. You have to sign this. If you would like Katherine's work

decorating your living run, you're in with the chance. All the work of

the artists will be auctioned off in aid of Children In Need. Log on

and go to the Northern Ireland section for more information.

for some music now. Playing as out tonight at the Bangor based band

the Farriers. Rachel, thank you for joining us. You'll met in the pub,

you have come a long way. We have come a long way, we have been

together for three years. Derek joined us about a year ago. We're

doing is many gigs as possible these days. There is a good Cajun

sound hear music. Yes, there is. It is very am in a canal, very

vigorous. I gather it might be impeded by a cynical Hallowe'en

type story. Steve here managed to chop off have of his own some! How

did he do that there? I heard he was chopping firewood in the dark.

It was his career as an axe murderer! It has been a big year

for you, tell us about your first album. Yes, we recorded it this

year. We started last March. We have just finished recording, we

just need to get this CD's done. Check out our Facebook Page if you

want to find out more about a album. I like she go and get ready, be

look forward to hearing you. -- I will let you go. The studio will be

alive with the Sound of Music - West End star Connie Fisher will be

with us. And we'll have music from New York duo, The Pierces. We leave

you with Farriers, and A Final Harvest. Goodnight, and sleep

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