Wesley
Britton's Books,
Interviews, and
Media Appearances
Interviews, and
Media Appearances
Page
Updated:
June 29, 2008
June 29, 2008
Since
the publication of his highly acclaimed Spy Television in
2004, Dr. Wesley Britton has become internationally recognized as an
expert on spies in the media, in film, and in literature.
He's now the author of three books on espionage, as well as
the writer/editor of the many articles and resources available here at
SpyWise.net. He's appeared twice at the International Spy
Museum, multiple times on The
Jordon Rich Show on Boston's WBZ, as well as other
television and radio interview shows. He's been interviewed
by various newspapers and periodicals including the BBC and the
International Association of Tie-In Writers. His articles
have been
published by the Official Roger Moore Website and other authoritative
online resources. Wes is available for interviews and
consulting – contact him at his eMail address.For more information about Dr. Britton, see the biography and curriculum vitae posted under the button About Dr. Wesley Britton at this website.
Books:
► About Onscreen and Undercover:
The Ultimate Book of Movie
Espionage (Praeger Publishers, 2006)
► About Beyond Bond: Spies in Fiction and Film (Praeger Publishers, 2005)
► About Spy Television (Praeger Publishers, 2004)
► About Beyond Bond: Spies in Fiction and Film (Praeger Publishers, 2005)
► About Spy Television (Praeger Publishers, 2004)
Media and Personal Appearances:
- Wes Britton on Radio and Television
►
Guest co-host with Dave White, interviews with author Roger Langley and Robert Winston Mercy
– Talking Television with Dave
White; June 17, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Wes Britton joined former Irish private eye Sandra Mara and espionage novelist Charles Cumming for a panel discussion of spies and lies – Culture Shock with Fionn Davenport; May 31, 2008; Newstalk 106-108, Dublin, Ireland; 7:00 p.m. (Ireland), 2:00 p.m. (US East Coast), 11:00 a.m. (US West Coast).
► Guest co-host with Dave White, Part 2 of a 2-part interview with author Michael Karol – Talking Television with Dave White; Apr. 29, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, Part 1 of a 2-part interview with author Michael Karol – Talking Television with Dave White; Apr. 22, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with writer-director-producer Michael A. Hoey – Talking Television with Dave White; Apr. 1, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with guitarist Thomas Pervanje and author Rochelle Dubrow – Talking Television with Dave White; Mar. 18, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with author Tom Lisanti – Talking Television with Dave White; Mar. 11, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA; pre-recorded on Feb. 24, 2008
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with author Tom Lisanti – Talking Television with Dave White; Feb. 24, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with author Eddie Lucas – Talking Television with Dave White; Feb. 19, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with Gordon “Whitey” Mitchell, noted jazz musician and comedy writer – Talking Television with Dave White; Feb. 12, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with author Martin Grams, Jr. – Talking Television with Dave White; Jan. 15, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Interview, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Talking Television with Dave White; Nov. 27, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with producer Lee Goldberg – Talking Television with Dave White; Nov. 13, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with actor Robert Winston Mercy – Talking Television with Dave White; Oct. 9, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Interview, Mission: Impossible – Talking Television with Dave White; Oct. 2, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Interview, Spy Television – Talking Television with Dave White; Aug. 14, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Interview, Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage – The Jordan Rich Show; Feb. 17, 2007; WBZ, Boston, MA
► Interview with Dr. Britton and film producer Harvey Chertok, The Impossible Spy – The Jordan Rich Show; May 6, 2006; WBZ. Both interviews can be heard over The Impossible Spy website.
► Interview, Beyond Bond – The Jordan Rich Show; Sept. 10, 2005; WBZ
► Interview, Spy Television – The Jordan Rich Show; July 18, 2004; WBZ
► Interview – The Mike Donovan Show; June 16, 2004; Weirton, WV; WEIR
► Interview – Comcast Tonight; Mar. 12, 2004; Harrisburg, PA; local cable television program
► Interview – Talking TV; Feb. 20, 2004; Washington, D.C.; web-based radio program
► Wes Britton joined former Irish private eye Sandra Mara and espionage novelist Charles Cumming for a panel discussion of spies and lies – Culture Shock with Fionn Davenport; May 31, 2008; Newstalk 106-108, Dublin, Ireland; 7:00 p.m. (Ireland), 2:00 p.m. (US East Coast), 11:00 a.m. (US West Coast).
► Guest co-host with Dave White, Part 2 of a 2-part interview with author Michael Karol – Talking Television with Dave White; Apr. 29, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, Part 1 of a 2-part interview with author Michael Karol – Talking Television with Dave White; Apr. 22, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with writer-director-producer Michael A. Hoey – Talking Television with Dave White; Apr. 1, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with guitarist Thomas Pervanje and author Rochelle Dubrow – Talking Television with Dave White; Mar. 18, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with author Tom Lisanti – Talking Television with Dave White; Mar. 11, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA; pre-recorded on Feb. 24, 2008
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with author Tom Lisanti – Talking Television with Dave White; Feb. 24, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with author Eddie Lucas – Talking Television with Dave White; Feb. 19, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with Gordon “Whitey” Mitchell, noted jazz musician and comedy writer – Talking Television with Dave White; Feb. 12, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with author Martin Grams, Jr. – Talking Television with Dave White; Jan. 15, 2008; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Interview, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. – Talking Television with Dave White; Nov. 27, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with producer Lee Goldberg – Talking Television with Dave White; Nov. 13, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Guest co-host with Dave White, interview with actor Robert Winston Mercy – Talking Television with Dave White; Oct. 9, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Interview, Mission: Impossible – Talking Television with Dave White; Oct. 2, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Interview, Spy Television – Talking Television with Dave White; Aug. 14, 2007; KSAV, Oroville, CA
► Interview, Onscreen and Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage – The Jordan Rich Show; Feb. 17, 2007; WBZ, Boston, MA
► Interview with Dr. Britton and film producer Harvey Chertok, The Impossible Spy – The Jordan Rich Show; May 6, 2006; WBZ. Both interviews can be heard over The Impossible Spy website.
► Interview, Beyond Bond – The Jordan Rich Show; Sept. 10, 2005; WBZ
► Interview, Spy Television – The Jordan Rich Show; July 18, 2004; WBZ
► Interview – The Mike Donovan Show; June 16, 2004; Weirton, WV; WEIR
► Interview – Comcast Tonight; Mar. 12, 2004; Harrisburg, PA; local cable television program
► Interview – Talking TV; Feb. 20, 2004; Washington, D.C.; web-based radio program
- Wes Britton Lectures
►
"Dangerous Assignments: Our Best Forgotten TV Spies"
– Mid-Atlantic Nostalgia Convention,
Clarion Hotel, Sept. 18-20, 2008; Aberdeen, MD
► "Why Spies?" – Harrisburg Lions Club, luncheon address; Dec. 18, 2007; Harrisburg, PA
► Spies on Screen: The Impossible Spy – International Spy Museum; Feb. 23, 2006; Washington, D.C.
► Spies on Screen: 50 Years of Spy TV – International Spy Museum; Feb. 2, 2004
► "Why Spies?" – Harrisburg Lions Club, luncheon address; Dec. 18, 2007; Harrisburg, PA
► Spies on Screen: The Impossible Spy – International Spy Museum; Feb. 23, 2006; Washington, D.C.
► Spies on Screen: 50 Years of Spy TV – International Spy Museum; Feb. 2, 2004
Interviews:
►
"Spy fact meets spy
fiction," by Giles Wilson – BBC News On-Line,
Jan. 24, 2006
► "Wesley Britton: Spy Television," by Lee Goldberg – The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, 2005
► "Alumni Spotlight: The Spy Who Loved Cal U," by Beth Baxter – The Cal U Review: The California University of Pennsylvania Magazine, Fall 2004; Page 14
► "Classic spy genre television revisited," by Mary O. Bradley – Harrisburg Patriot-News, Mar. 21, 2004
► "Wesley Britton: Spy Television," by Lee Goldberg – The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, 2005
► "Alumni Spotlight: The Spy Who Loved Cal U," by Beth Baxter – The Cal U Review: The California University of Pennsylvania Magazine, Fall 2004; Page 14
► "Classic spy genre television revisited," by Mary O. Bradley – Harrisburg Patriot-News, Mar. 21, 2004
Cited In:
► Investigating
Alias: Secrets and Spies (Investigating Cult TV)
, edited by
Stacey Abbott and Simon Brown (I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2007)
► The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classic Movies
, by Lee
Pfeiffer (Penguin Group, 2006)
, edited by
Stacey Abbott and Simon Brown (I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2007)► The Complete Idiot's Guide to Classic Movies
, by Lee
Pfeiffer (Penguin Group, 2006)News and Updates:
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To
get in touch with Wes Britton, please contact him at:
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