Geektown Radio 138: 'Blade Runner 2049' Make Up Head Donald Mowat, UK TV News & UK TV Air Dates!

After all the fun launching the Geektown Awards last week, we are back to a normal edition of Geektown Radio with all the usual tv, film and gaming chat, plus an exclusive interview with makeup artist Donald Mowat.

Donald is well-known for his work on a number of films including 'Spectre', 'Sicario', 'Skyfall', 'Nocturnal Animals', 'Nightcrawler' and '8 Mile' - to name a few, along with working as personal makeup artist for Mark Wahlberg and Daniel Craig.

His latest job saw him as makeup department head for 'Blade Runner 2049', where he faced the challenge of honouring Ridley Scott's classic while establishing a new visual world. He’s also recently worked on 'Stronger', starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after losing both his legs in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.

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Matt is back as co-host, so we chat about the games we've been playing, and the tv shows and films we've been watching including 'Marvellous Mrs Maisel', 'Ozark', 'Assasin's Creed: Origin' and 'The Big Sick'.We take a look at all the latest tv & film news, including a round up of the headlines from the past week, the ‘Sabrina The Teenage Witch’ Spin-off coming to Netflix, George R.R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’, and ‘American Gods’ losing it's showrunners.We give you our recommendations for upcoming TV in the next 7 days.