Hornet Heaven is written and produced by Watford fan Olly Wicken. (More info on Olly here).
The podcast episodes are read by Watford fan Colin Mace. (More info on Colin here).
Four of the stories have involved other authors. Colin has written one story, and Watford fans Mike Smart, Tim Turner, and Ed Wicken have each co-authored a story with Olly.
The podcast’s theme music was created by Steve Joy and Watford fan Geoff Wicken. For some episodes, Watford fan Stephen John Davis has provided vocals, lyrics and vocal arrangements. (More info on Stephen here.) The first eleven series were produced by Watford fan Jon Moonie.
The story that originally introduced the idea of Hornet Heaven was commissioned by Watford fan Lionel Birnie and published in Autumn 2013 as a chapter in Tales From The Vicarage, Volume 2 (Peloton Publishing Ltd). You can buy the series on Amazon here.
The non-fictional elements of the stories owe a great deal to the work of others…
The factual detail about players and matches relies on the magnificent archive created by the tenacious work of the late Watford fan Trefor Jones. You can visit it here.
The characters and certain historical incidents rely on the wonderful books by the late Watford fan Oliver Phillips about the club’s history and players. They can be bought here and here.
Many of the statistics were provided by Watford fan Jon Sinclair, who runs WFC.net.
Another great source of information has been oldwatford.com
The development of the early stories owed a lot to Watford fans Geoff Wicken and David Harrison who were encouraging and supportive from the original conception of Hornet Heaven.
Last but not least, the stories wouldn’t exist at all if Watford fans Alan and Margaret Wicken hadn’t taken their young sons to Vicarage Road on September 7th 1968.
A big thank you to everyone.
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