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Martin Shaw: The Professionals was a monster that swallowed my career
Season 2 Episode 247
From bomb sites in postwar Birmingham to the centre of British stage and screen, Martin Shaw’s life has been shaped by curiosity, kindness and a refu…
2 months, 1 week ago
Sir Gareth Southgate: There were days I didn’t want to get out from under the duvet
Season 2 Episode 248
From missing the most famous penalty in English football to leading the national team into a new era, Gareth Southgate’s story is one of quiet resili…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Jan Ravens: “I lived with a nameless dread”
Season 2 Episode 251
Jan Ravens, the acclaimed impressionist at the heart of Dead Ringers, grew up learning to change the mood of a room long before she ever changed her …
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hal Cruttenden: Divorce blew my mind- it hits harder than losing parents
Season 2 Episode 245
Before he became one of the most recognisable storytellers on the comedy circuit, Hal Cruttenden was a shy kid from West London who spent years tryin…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Stephen Mangan: When Mum died, I knew I couldn’t waste life being a lawyer- I had to act
Season 2 Episode 244
Before he became one of Britain’s most familiar faces, Stephen Mangan was a bookish North London boy from an Irish working-class family- the son of a…
3 months ago
Toby Jones: I never wanted to feel desperate about acting
Season 2 Episode 245
From Truman Capote to Mr Bates, Toby Jones has built a career on disappearing- an actor whose transformations are so complete they can seem alchemica…
3 months, 1 week ago
John Lloyd: Blackadder, Spitting Image, QI and a life in search of meaning
Season 2 Episode 246
As the creative mind behind Blackadder, Spitting Image, Not the Nine O’Clock News and QI, John Lloyd has quietly shaped British comedy for more than …
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Jimmy Wales: The man who built Wikipedia
Season 2 Episode 245
Long before it became one of the most visited websites on Earth, Wikipedia began as a radical idea from a curious boy in Huntsville, Alabama. Raised …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Charles Dance: From builder’s labourer with a stammer to Tywin Lannister
Season 2 Episode 244
Before he was Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones or the commanding presence of The Jewel in the Crown, Charles Dance was a boy from Worcestershire wh…
4 months ago
Alexander Armstrong: My default setting is fear- I expect the worst of people
Season 2 Episode 243
Before Pointless, Classic FM and comedy stardom, Alexander Armstrong was a restless kid growing up in rural Northumberland- lonely at boarding school…
4 months, 1 week ago