When you are not watching your new favourite TV show, you may be thinking about it. How did they come up with that plotline(剧情线)—and how did the lead actor feel when he read the script? Where did they shoot that memorable scene, and with how many retake(重拍（镜头）)s? How long did it take to make that bejewelled(饰有珠宝的) costume?
当你不看你最心爱的新剧时，你可能还在想着它。他们是怎么想出来的剧情线？男主角看到剧本时心情如何？那个难忘的场景是在哪里拍的，拍了多少条？那件镶满珠宝的戏服花了多长时间制作？
A new format has emerged to satisfy fans’ curiosity: the companion podcast. Recently listeners have devoured(狼吞虎咽地吃；这里指如饥似渴地听/看) episodes about “Beef”, a mini-series, and plunged into(投入，沉浸于) “The Pitt”, a medical drama. This month, ahead of its tv remake of “Harry Potter” in December, HBO is releasing a podcast revisiting the eight movies. And on May 15th viewers will return to Rutshire for the second season of “Rivals”, an adaptation of Jilly Cooper’s bonkbuster novel. An official podcast will chronicle “the joys and challenges of bringing 1980s television and naughtiness to life”.
一种新形式应运而生，以满足粉丝的好奇心：伴侣播客。最近，听众们已经津津有味地听完了迷你剧《怒呛人生》的播客集，并沉浸于医疗剧《匹兹堡医护》的播客中。本月，HBO在12月推出《哈利·波特》电视剧版之前，正在发布一档回顾这八部电影的播客。而5月15日，观众将回到拉特郡，迎来《对手》第二季——该剧改编自吉莉·库珀的情色畅销小说。一档官方播客将记录“将1980年代的电视和顽皮生活生动起来的喜悦与挑战”。
At least 17 companion podcasts have launched this year alone (see chart). They tend to offer fans a glimpse behind the scenes, as the tv show’s cast and crew chat about the decisions and antics on set. Take, for example, Neil Druckmann, who developed the video game “The Last of Us”, and became host of a podcast accompanying the television show. He let fans in on(让粉丝了解（内幕）) the adaptation process, including how he “just could not crack” a film(他就是“搞不定一部电影”) and how he was “unburdened by teaching people how to walk, move, jump and crawl”, as he rejigged(重新调整，重组) entire plot points for a passive, non-gamer audience.
仅今年一年，至少就有17部伴侣播客上线（见图表）。它们通常为粉丝提供幕后一瞥，让剧组人员畅谈片场的决策和趣事。以尼尔·德鲁克曼为例，他是电子游戏《最后生还者》的开发者，也成为了该剧改编播客的主持人。他让粉丝了解了改编过程，包括自己如何“就是搞不定一部电影”，以及如何“卸下了教人走路、移动、跳跃和爬行的负担”，因为他要为被动的非游戏玩家观众重新调整整个剧情要点。