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way. And don't forget the very

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well-dressed Tom Alan. Talk about stopping

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the traffic. She has stopped everybody

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in their tracks here on the

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17th floor because she is a

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legend. I wasn't being ironical cute.

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She literally is the nicest person

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in show business. We've had loads

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of watch action people. confirming

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this will get onto our

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first top 10 years for

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a while once we've had

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a chat to her but

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literally everybody's like ledge you

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know my gosh you such

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an angel my gosh she

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looks amazing Vassos can you

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please cue our guest if

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you don't mind our next

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guest is one of the

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absolute foundations of national treasure

1:09

town She's an actor, singer,

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songwriter and author who's been

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top of the bill for

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50 years. Her new

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one woman show

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still fully charged

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is underway right

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now. So form

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a cue behind

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the bollard for

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Sue Pollard! anything

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out now I'll still be going

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it's your real name Georgeos

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Georgeo your other name that's

1:51

it Georgeo Vassos the thingy yeah

1:54

yeah we talked about it in

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the in the control room the

1:58

reception my second of tea I'm

2:00

thrilled. Sue Pollard is on the show she's live

2:03

at the top of the tower and I think

2:05

we're sort of done I think this could be

2:07

our last show how we ever gonna top Sue

2:09

but Chris her dad's on between nine and ten

2:12

he'll be asking the cabbie to turn around take

2:14

me home I can't follow Sue Pollard. Sue good

2:16

morning! How very very lovely to be here. You

2:18

are. So you're the best ever. Oh, bless you. But

2:21

they say that it sounds like Bruce Fawcett.

2:23

You're my favourite. No, but I really mean

2:25

it. Honestly, you are the greatest. You're the

2:27

nicest person in the show business. We did

2:29

a whole show about you once when you

2:31

weren't here. Are the people in the shows

2:33

about you? Everyone that's met you. In any

2:35

situation, whether you're on a train. Whichever state

2:38

in your state in your career, literally, you

2:40

could not have been in your career. Literally,

2:42

you could not have been any. I'm really, really

2:44

pleased to hear that because you want

2:46

to try and be a decent person

2:48

in life and that's what everybody wants,

2:50

don't they? You want a bit of

2:52

kindness from people, a bit of your

2:55

time, two minutes to say hello. Magic

2:57

sometimes, it's terrible. I missed my train.

2:59

I did miss my train. I got

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one foot on it and the other

3:03

one was about to step onto the

3:05

train and it was, Sue, come here!

3:07

You know, very posh. Come here! My

3:09

dad wants to say hello. Oh God

3:11

love him. Well he was a bit

3:14

dodderate, so I could not leave him. But

3:16

then I waved the chain out this day. She

3:18

misses her train for the

3:20

sake of love and human

3:22

beings and connection and interaction

3:24

and interbeing. Yeah but if people,

3:26

you know what, I always say, if

3:29

people have enjoyed what you've been offering,

3:31

like your good self and everyone for

3:33

a long time. It's nice you wouldn't

3:35

be doing anything if you didn't have

3:37

their support and their loyalty. So they

3:39

just want to say hello. Even if

3:41

people are a bit, sometimes they can

3:43

be a bit, they feel like we

3:45

all can. One blue is hitting me once.

3:47

Can I have your autograph for me uncle?

3:49

Yeah, of course you can. I can't stand

3:51

you myself, but you know, he says he thinks

3:54

he's... Yeah, well that's all right, darling, you're

3:56

perfectly, you know. Yeah, within your rights.

3:58

Which is fine, you can't. What I always

4:00

say about that, what about this too, what do you think

4:02

about this? It's none of my business, what other people think

4:04

about me. I think that's,

4:06

but who was that quote? Who

4:09

said it? I just said it

4:11

now. Yes I know, but you

4:13

copied it off some day. No,

4:15

I don't, of course I did,

4:18

I copy everything, I don't know

4:20

who it's from, but let's find

4:22

out, because we say that a

4:24

lot, I don't know who said

4:26

it originally, but it's very helpful.

4:29

You're such an advert for being

4:31

a good person, I'm not going

4:33

to say it. Well, I'll be...

4:35

very lucky because I was kind of

4:37

born like that really. Oh yes have

4:40

I gone off? You're telling me to

4:42

come closer. I'm gesturing. Oh

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yes I don't mind being gestured. Come

4:46

closer come close there. I'm listen

4:49

her beat yeah and it's just

4:51

hello I'm just waving to somebody

4:53

it's my friend here. Yeah, come

4:55

in, come in. But it's nice

4:58

to be here because the great

5:00

thing is. Yes. I'm only three

5:02

stops away from where I live.

5:04

So it's marvellous. And that is

5:07

a bonus in itself. We were

5:09

just talking earlier. When people say,

5:11

we'll send a car. That's all

5:14

I want. I won't be able

5:16

to get little two o'clock with

5:18

all the red lights. So

5:20

I've come on tube. Yeah,

5:22

no, it's nice. It's a

5:24

beautiful day today as well. It's

5:26

been a great week. Fantastic. And

5:29

people say don't me over the

5:31

years, do you think talent shows

5:33

are a good thing? And I

5:35

go, well, totally, because a lot

5:37

of people wouldn't know where to

5:39

start, how to go. They wouldn't

5:41

think of joining the amateur dramatics

5:44

to try and get confidence. And

5:46

I just think they're essential. And

5:48

yeah, so that's how I started. So

5:50

what did you do? Did you sing? Well,

5:52

yes, I sang. I'm just a girl who

5:54

can't say no. Everybody knows it. You have

5:56

got a cracking voice though. Well it's not too bad,

5:58

but I got beaten by. singing dog. Did you

6:00

actually? Oh yeah, honest to God, there was

6:03

this bloke and he was doing a duet. No,

6:05

and his name was Harold Gumb. Yes. And he

6:07

said, this is my dog Jack. I'm going to

6:09

do a duet with him. And he sang, oh

6:11

what a beautiful morning. And the dog went, oh!

6:13

Yeah, because dogs just do that anyway. Well, yes,

6:15

exactly. How can he, he, he's not singing at

6:17

all. It's just, he helping. He's, he's, he's, he's,

6:19

he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's,

6:21

he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's,

6:23

he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's,

6:25

he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he

6:27

It was terrible. It didn't reach

6:30

anything. The clapomitor just went...

6:32

So what happened next in your

6:34

career? Oh yes, I overcame the

6:36

dreaded unfortunate, you know, adversity being

6:39

beaten by the dog. And then

6:41

after that, I was able to

6:43

get a job in Cottespell, Rosemary,

6:46

all the golden oldy ones that

6:48

your grandmother would know, John Hansen.

6:50

I talk about this in the

6:53

show because... The reason I waited

6:55

for 50 years is because you've got

6:57

to have a back catalog. You can't

6:59

do. Oh yes, I've been dead after

7:01

only five years. No. You've got to

7:04

be able to build stuff up. And

7:06

I thought well, I'm obviously never going

7:08

to have a golden wedding anniversary. So

7:10

which I never have. Well never say

7:13

never. Oh no, that'll make me about

7:15

hundred and six. Apparently that's all up

7:17

for grabs nowadays. Look at you know

7:20

that I mean, seriously if anybody's going

7:22

to defy the whole. idea of life

7:24

it's probably you yes I know what

7:26

you're saying yeah I don't want to go

7:28

but anyway so I do all this talk

7:31

about you know what I did and so

7:33

so and then up to the present day

7:35

and I love doing this show the reason

7:37

I called it fully charged is because it

7:39

said so on my phone yeah you know how

7:41

you doing it's that oh that could be

7:44

a good time oh yes actually you're

7:46

right still because you can't put an

7:48

evening with it's the world's most boring

7:50

title in show bits yeah an interviewer,

7:52

a table with a pamp pot on

7:54

you. Yeah, I mean I still think people would,

7:56

but yeah I still think you'd sell out with

7:59

an evening with super. but it's not you

8:01

still fully charged is completely you and

8:03

you are still fully charged yeah you're

8:05

not fully charged for your age you're

8:07

not fully charged a lot you know

8:10

as far as a calibrated version of

8:12

you would be you are still a

8:14

hundred percent green oh thank you

8:16

darling yes Do you think I

8:18

should recycle myself a bit more?

8:20

Up cycle baby. Yeah. Up cycle.

8:22

Any way to go. Well exactly,

8:25

well you're the same. Yeah, I'm the

8:27

same. Which I think is great you

8:29

see and it means as well though

8:31

that you don't even have to reinvent

8:33

yourself on the other way now. So

8:35

I'm not used to it. I'm here

8:38

to darling, I'm not used to this

8:40

big, great enormous thing in front of

8:42

me. Bullbus article. And no it's just

8:44

that. Oh, I've lost my way. Oh,

8:46

no, that's it. I forget. Do you

8:49

ever talk about things like that? Then

8:51

you go, what did I say? All

8:53

the time. Yeah, but you all like

8:55

that. What I meant to say was...

8:57

Yes. this ridiculous thing about so-and-so's re-inventing

8:59

themselves. No, no, no. It's silly saying.

9:02

You don't, what they mean is, you've

9:04

just gone with the times a bit.

9:06

But if you keep reinventing yourself, you're

9:08

never, you know, you're not the same

9:11

person and get something else. If you,

9:13

I mean, in the show, are still

9:15

fully charged, which kicks off on Monday,

9:17

doesn't it? Oh yes, we've been on

9:19

tour for ages. Right, but Monday's

9:21

the next day, isn't it? It's switch, the

9:24

new one day. Yeah, okay. It's not

9:26

very far from London. Can you

9:28

bring in the sheet, please, so

9:30

I've lost my sheet and I

9:32

want to give Sue's tour, a

9:34

big old plug. Thank you, darling.

9:36

Thank you, darling. Thank you, Massos.

9:38

You're nice. Are you married? Until

9:40

tomorrow maybe but that's another story.

9:42

Right April switch 10th of March,

9:45

New Wolsey Theatre on Tuesday, Epsom,

9:47

Wednesday, Dunstable, and then Friday, Wakefield,

9:49

next Saturday, Hereford, next Sunday, Baselton,

9:51

and then the week after that

9:53

19th of the March, Ilkley, and

9:55

Will, and Lemington Spa, a new

9:57

Brighton. Yeah, which is great, floral

9:59

pavilion there. I love, I'm sure

10:01

you know many of these venues,

10:03

don't you? Yes, over the years

10:05

you kind of go, sometimes you go

10:07

for a whole week if you've

10:09

got a long tour, like say

10:11

with the musical, sometimes you just

10:13

go like with the one-nighters. I really

10:16

enjoy it though, Chris, because some

10:18

people don't really necessarily want to

10:20

do the touring aspect. You know, because

10:22

of the transport, you've got to

10:24

be up so-and-so, you have to

10:26

be... But if you plan it,

10:28

it's part of it, it's part of,

10:30

it, it's part of the job,

10:32

it's part of the job. You're

10:34

a theater gal? Oh yes, my first

10:37

and foremost favorite thing. I mean,

10:39

obviously it's great to have the

10:41

TV because it's a, it propels

10:43

you, if you like, from people's dressing

10:45

rooms. Yes, of course. Because you've

10:47

been a profile. Yes, that's it.

10:49

So there's a few, put a few

10:51

more bums on seats. Yes. Guess

10:53

a few more people to the

10:55

party. Yes, oh you know, the

10:57

jock and darling. putting you in that

11:00

specific area where I don't like

11:02

to pigeonhole, but you'd be great

11:04

as somebody like muddles. Oh, I do

11:06

muddles. Oh yeah, you'd be fabulous.

11:08

Okay, greatest Panto, because you are

11:10

the Panto Queen, well one of

11:12

them, greatest Panto cast or co-star that

11:14

you've enjoyed working with. Raymar was

11:17

fabulous, Raymar, for the people that

11:19

might not necessarily know him, he is

11:21

Alf Stewart in the legendary. home

11:23

in a way. He's been actually

11:25

from day one fantastic Ray. Oh wow

11:27

you're great Gala! Do you know

11:29

what a Gala is? No? Is

11:31

a bird. I didn't know that,

11:33

I had no idea. Well you can't

11:36

understand what the Australians say. And

11:38

then it was Judy Spires and

11:40

then it was Kevin, oh he died,

11:42

bless him from the bell. Then

11:44

there was the hough, he's fabulous.

11:46

Hey, hi there girl. How you

11:48

doing? Tell us about you in the

11:50

half in the panter. Which panter

11:52

was it? Where was it? Peter

11:54

Pan... Was it crazy? Yeah, because he

11:57

said... I got no hand. I

11:59

said, no, that's the idea. You

12:01

have to have a hook. He

12:03

said, God damn it. He said, I've

12:05

got to wear a hook. I

12:07

said, yes, darling, that is, oh,

12:09

geez. You know, but he really got

12:11

off to the hook. Yeah. That's

12:13

how we roll in the panto

12:15

world, mate. It was so good.

12:17

But you know what? It was great

12:20

because he got it. Being American,

12:22

not being funny, but not everybody

12:24

gets Panto. So you're all being funny.

12:26

You're not being funny. You're a

12:28

funny person. General, you know, it's

12:30

the genre. But at the end

12:32

of it, he really rocked it because

12:35

he got, you know, like at

12:37

the end of a show, where

12:39

they, what's that thing, where they rock

12:41

every, all the songs up at

12:43

the end? Denali or the... Fantastic,

12:45

fantastic. And he was big in Germany,

12:47

the Hoff. Massive, huge. There's a

12:49

David Hasselorf museum in Berlin. Yes,

12:51

I wonder why hasn't got it

12:53

here. Yes, he's no longer with us,

12:56

a museum, doesn't he? It should

12:58

be a celebration of. Yeah, but

13:00

he's so funny, I've got to tell

13:02

you, he mad a lovely lady,

13:04

Haley, Welsh. He went into this

13:06

shop. Was that all when you

13:08

were there around? Yeah. So you were

13:10

there for that? Well, kind of.

13:12

It was like, gee, I met

13:14

this girl. He said, I went in

13:17

for some perfume for my then

13:19

girl. And he said, I just

13:21

gave it to Haley. She served

13:23

me. He said, I liked her more

13:25

than my girlfriend at the time.

13:27

Anyway, fabulous. But he made me

13:29

laugh because he said, I went to

13:31

visit Haley's mom and dad. And

13:33

he said, it was hilarious. Well,

13:35

of course, it was all in

13:37

Welsh. Welcome to Cumbreth, Wathgath Goth. And

13:40

he said, proper Welsh. Yeah, to

13:42

get off at the police station.

13:44

Can you help me please? I've got

13:46

no idea where I'm. Yes it

13:48

was, but he's a really good

13:50

guy, I liked him a lot. You

13:53

know, all you wanted is to

13:55

work with DC. people do how

13:57

does your how does the rhythm

13:59

of the show work how does it

14:01

do you open with a number

14:03

or yes I do I open

14:05

with I'm still standing which I thought

14:07

of course you do of course

14:09

you do it was really good

14:11

hopefully and then it's basically do

14:13

you all come with like straight off

14:16

the bat yeah I come in

14:18

it's a montage I've been traveling

14:20

to get to the gig I'll let

14:22

you to a secret I'm sorry

14:24

I'm going to be a bit

14:26

late. Yes. You know, just to

14:28

tell my story. Yeah. And then she

14:30

says, right, thank you. And then

14:32

you get the next montage and

14:34

it's, hello, she's on a ship. Because

14:37

she's been delayed again. Yes, yes,

14:39

yes. And then you finally see

14:41

Miss Pollard when she gets off

14:43

the bike. She's been delivered by psychists.

14:45

And is the bike on the

14:47

video or is it? You can

14:49

never know what it's like! Prison just

14:51

like ice and there's cold only

14:53

light that shines from you. You'll

14:55

wake up like the wreck you

14:57

find behind that. That's you. Fabulous and

15:00

the good. Hopefully. How do you

15:02

follow that? Well I know. I

15:04

just have to follow myself. So what

15:06

do you do? What happens next?

15:08

Oh, well then you go into

15:10

bit dialogue, you introduce yourself to the

15:13

audience, etc. Welcome to the party.

15:15

Are they already laughing their heads

15:17

off by this point? Well, I

15:19

hope not, because I'm hoping that the

15:21

vote che delivers some sort of

15:23

spectacular reaction. The vote che voice

15:25

is Italian. Of course it is. A

15:27

legro and baritimo and all this

15:29

kind of stuff. Yeah, that's it.

15:31

A legover. Is it? Good. Is

15:33

there an interval? Oh yes, it's an

15:36

interval and then after that come

15:38

back and you talk a bit

15:40

more about pantos and stuff. Then there's

15:42

another song in it and then

15:44

there's a Q&A but the idea

15:46

is that a lot of people

15:48

don't remember and why should they? Everything

15:50

that they've kind of seen that

15:52

you're doing. Yes. So it's great

15:54

for them because they go down memory

15:57

lane. It's... nostalgic for some of

15:59

them. So you get all sorts

16:01

of clips, maybe unexpected things, but

16:03

just enough, hopefully just to entertain. Hopefully

16:05

they pay them money, they come

16:07

off. Just enough, it sounds amazing.

16:09

So it sounds, and also a real

16:11

lesson for us lot in show

16:13

business I would imagine. Well you'd

16:15

like to think so. You see,

16:17

I always say to people, do your

16:20

very best, whatever you're doing, because

16:22

it can always be remembered, by

16:24

even by a few. And you don't

16:26

want your legacy to be. That

16:28

was terrible, that. He's gone off,

16:30

she's gone off. That was a bit,

16:33

no, and it wasn't, it wasn't

16:35

valid for money. And if you're

16:37

giving it all the beans and

16:39

you mess it up, nobody minds. And

16:41

if you're not giving it all

16:43

the beans and you're not, you're

16:45

not fully showed up. Yes, I would

16:47

agree. And everybody, my mantra is

16:49

VFM, which means value for money.

16:51

Yeah, or Virgin Radio. Well, exactly.

16:53

VDR, VFR, value for radio. Yes. Virgin

16:56

for radio. Yeah, you could do

16:58

that. Yeah, you could do that.

17:00

That's an idea. Oh, value from radio.

17:02

Come on! So it's all good

17:04

and good. Did you clock that?

17:06

I gave him a new title.

17:08

He's a bit of a dude, isn't

17:10

he? This one. He used to

17:12

be a model. He used to

17:14

be a model. He used to be

17:17

a model. He used to be

17:19

a model. He used to be

17:21

a model. And you see, the

17:23

great thing is you don't want to

17:25

work with ugly people. I couldn't

17:27

stand it. Not dissimilar. Not dissimilar.

17:29

I'm not fully charged. Give us the

17:31

three most frequently ask questions in.

17:33

Mostly, what was it like working

17:35

with Paul Shane or Ruth or

17:37

whatever? So Heidi High gets a lot

17:40

of mentions. Yes, yes, but also

17:42

Peggy Oliver ensures she makes an

17:44

appearance. Oh yeah, she comes on with

17:46

a trolley and she comes on

17:48

with the original, you know, the

17:50

actual overall that she's got. Too good.

17:53

No, I don't want to get

17:55

rid of it for auction. I

17:57

said, no, no, no, I don't

17:59

want to auction. Why would you? So

18:01

Heidi High still, obviously, it's amazing,

18:03

isn't it? Somebody said, it's much

18:05

easier to come up with, Mr Beast

18:07

on YouTube. So he said, it's

18:09

much easier to get 50 million

18:11

viewers for one good YouTube film

18:13

than a million viewers for 50 all

18:16

right YouTube films. And speaking to

18:18

Heidi High, you get one big

18:20

sizzling hit and it resonates forever, doesn't

18:22

it? Oh, I think you're absolutely

18:24

right, but people really, if it

18:26

appeals to the masses, whatever background

18:28

you've got, whatever, if it's interesting and

18:30

entertaining and uplifting and joyful for

18:32

whatever reason, you know, why shouldn't

18:34

it last? Do you know what I'm

18:37

saying? If I get fed up

18:39

with talking about it and you

18:41

go, no not really, because that

18:43

helps you, it propels you to all

18:45

the things. Why would you? Why

18:47

would you? Well it's not being

18:49

fed to the public. If you don't

18:51

talk about it, they're going. Well,

18:53

they've never mentioned so-and-so. Why didn't

18:55

they talk about that? Well, you've

18:57

got to play the hits, haven't you?

19:00

If somebody comes to you, you've

19:02

got to play your hits. You

19:04

know, you can't just play the new

19:06

album, because that's the mood you're

19:08

in. Well, no, exactly, because, and

19:10

people will probably be disappointed in you.

19:13

They say, well, Chris didn't play

19:15

so-and-so, or why did he not?

19:17

But if I had them, I

19:19

would play so. And this is top

19:21

10 you, so this is people

19:23

that have met you, one way

19:25

or another, and we've had hundreds of

19:27

these. We've come down to our

19:29

final 10, all right? Okay. So

19:31

here we go. Vassas, over to

19:33

you. Let's start at number 10, who

19:36

is Karina in Pembrokeshire. I saw

19:38

Sue in Cardiff, about 30 years

19:40

ago, in Die the Boot shoe shop,

19:42

I was sat with my back

19:44

to her whilst trying on a

19:46

pair of shoes. and the other

19:48

customers. Oh, how Louis? Thank you, darling.

19:50

Oh. Jan from Strandrara at number

19:52

nine. I cut Sue's hair in

19:54

the 1990s in Edinburgh at the Caledonian

19:57

Hotel. I was 28 and we

19:59

shared some great conversation and big

20:01

laughs. How fabulous, thank you darling.

20:03

Joe from Stephen Turn, I was sat

20:05

next to Sue in a restaurant.

20:07

She started chatting to us and

20:09

when she found out it was my

20:11

birthday, she brought her drinks and

20:13

got the whole restaurant to sing

20:15

happy birthday. We ended up swapping skincare

20:18

tips. Oh yes, absolutely, I remember

20:20

that a lot. I do. Seven

20:22

beks in Stourbridge. When I was

20:24

seven I dressed up as Peggy and

20:26

then saw Sue when I was

20:28

25 I shouted Heidi hi to

20:30

her and she shouted Heidi oh back.

20:33

Oh bless. Have you never not

20:35

done that? Never. I even did

20:37

it to the king. Oh sorry

20:39

Vasus, carry on. Gary from Leicester. You're

20:41

at number six. I met Sue

20:43

on a train in Skagnes. She'd

20:45

been to visit her mum, one of

20:47

the nicest human beings I've ever

20:49

met and here. And here. Oh,

20:51

blimie! Oh, that got me lines

20:53

I don't. Oh, it's a hat. I

20:56

have to say it was a

20:58

hat. At number five, Tracy from

21:00

Kim Both, Beauchamp, I'm a chiropractor, and

21:02

treated Sue when she was down

21:04

in Barnstable, performing at the theatre

21:06

in 99. She then sent me

21:08

a postcard from Aberdeen where she went

21:10

next. Yes, I remember that was

21:12

fabulous. I fell off a chair.

21:14

I think I was drunk, so I

21:17

had to go to go see

21:19

somebody. Stacey from Pooler No. 4.

21:21

We once saw a lady who

21:23

I was convinced was Sue near Trafalgar

21:25

Square in London. My partner absolutely

21:27

refuses to believe that it was

21:29

and we still debate it to this

21:31

day. It was 10 years ago.

21:33

Oh no, I was there. I

21:35

was that person. At 3. Piley from

21:38

Birmingham I had the pleasure of

21:40

meeting Sue a few years ago

21:42

at Dudley Zoo. We were both

21:44

involved in a charity event. I was

21:46

the mad hatter. Yes. Panto. At

21:48

number two, Martin from Biddaford, I

21:50

met the lovely Sue last year watching

21:53

her one woman show on a

21:55

very rainy night in Exmouth, we

21:57

were the only ones in the

21:59

bar after the show. We bought her

22:01

a drink and she bought the

22:03

next round. Yes, I remember that

22:05

too equally. charming taps they were, but

22:07

not for me either, they buttered

22:09

for a different side. But that's

22:11

okay. This is an absolute belter

22:13

at number one from Teresa. I used

22:16

to live on the same road

22:18

as Sue in Lady Bay, Westbridgeford.

22:20

We used to catch the number 12

22:22

bus into Nottingham together. She was

22:24

off to work at co-op insurance,

22:26

I think. She went on opportunity

22:28

knocks at the time. Everyone on the

22:30

bus voted for her. Oh thank

22:32

you girl, bless you. Good old

22:34

nothing. Look at all the people outside

22:37

watching! These love even turn out

22:39

for Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Hanks,

22:41

but for Sue Pollard, oh yes.

22:43

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22:45

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23:17

From stage to sick

23:19

on to silver screen,

23:21

our next guest gets

23:23

it spot on every

23:25

single time. Please welcome

23:27

a man who always

23:29

stands out from the

23:32

o' crowd, it's Chris

23:34

O'Dow! Yeah! How'd you

23:36

feel about... I didn't

23:38

realize you were a whiskey man. You

23:40

know, I was listening in the car

23:42

on the way in and she was

23:44

fully charged. She's not joking about that.

23:46

I'm like 17% charged. I hope everybody's

23:49

okay for the step down. You're pretty

23:51

much charged. I enjoyed your appearance on

23:53

dish recently. Oh yes. It was great.

23:55

I didn't realize you're a whiskey man.

23:57

Love a bit of whiskey. Chris, you

23:59

have a, you're a connoisseur of Chris

24:01

clearly, there's one particular one you like.

24:03

Is there? Yeah, because you talked about

24:06

potatoes, but then there was one up

24:08

from potatoes. Oh, do you know what?

24:10

Well, I don't, I'm not going to,

24:12

you know, demean potatoes like that because

24:14

they have a whole strike force for

24:16

people who say stuff like that. But

24:18

branigans, mustard and ham is one of

24:20

the most delicious crisps I've had. With

24:22

a whiskey or without whiskey. I whiskey.

24:25

I think it. I think it. I

24:27

think it. I think it. I think

24:29

it. See I ain't drinking anymore but

24:31

when you started to like whiskey with

24:33

Angela Nick's... Do you think crisps? What's

24:35

that? Do you think crisps? No but

24:37

I just thought whiskey and crisps. Hmm,

24:39

yeah. That could get me back to

24:41

the table. Hopefully not. Wow, that was

24:44

pretty impressive man. Yeah, I do love

24:46

a crisp. Right, okay. So your show,

24:48

Small Town Big Story. Frame it for

24:50

us, we watched it yesterday, you framed

24:52

it. but about Celts comes to film.

24:54

And it's a sleepy enough town, it's

24:56

been through the recession and the smoking

24:58

ban and COVID and whatnot and the

25:00

abundance and nettles keeping all the tourists

25:03

away. And now we're looking for some

25:05

kind of investment in this town so

25:07

this big show comes through. And the

25:09

producer of this show. was born in

25:11

this town and left when her parents

25:13

got divorced when she was around 12.

25:15

Played by Christina Hendrick. Played by Christina

25:17

Hendrick quite wonderfully and beautifully. And so

25:19

she comes back and she's got an

25:22

axe to grind. The stalwart of the

25:24

community is this local guy called Seamus

25:26

Proctor played by Patti Considine and she's

25:28

going to ruin his life one way

25:30

or another because of stuff that happened

25:32

on the night of the Millennium. scene,

25:34

does this? Yes, those two as teenagers.

25:36

There's a kind of a flashback from

25:38

when they were in the, what you

25:41

call it, in the woods on the

25:43

night of the millennium, which I would

25:45

have been in the same woods on

25:47

the night of the millennium, which is

25:49

where I think it probably came from.

25:51

Of course, I have no imagination really.

25:53

Did this happen to me? Well, let's

25:55

put it on the screen. And so

25:57

they kind of me to get... and

26:00

after 25 years and she's confirm some

26:02

with this are you going to tell

26:04

everybody about what happened and then she

26:06

basically chase the truth out yeah I

26:08

mean there's some of the scenes are

26:10

great I love the the producer the

26:12

production scene over in the states and

26:14

all that's funny because you've experienced all

26:16

this haven't you I do feel like

26:19

it's a lot of worlds that I'm

26:21

kind of familiar with and find at

26:23

times equally ridiculous so you so movie

26:25

execs and then there's a CEO who's

26:27

working he's he's working from home? Well

26:29

he's done that thing where he's like

26:31

I'm going to work from home because

26:33

I'm you know somebody in the family

26:35

is immuno-compromised yeah so he just moves

26:38

to Fiji yeah of course he does

26:40

and he had and his green screen

26:42

lets him down again but nobody really

26:44

cares nobody cares but what's funny about

26:46

that nobody really cares but what's funny

26:48

about that is that obviously what's funny

26:50

about that's as a Hollywood exact meeting.

26:52

Because they're so crazy aren't they? Yes.

26:54

But they do get things, they do

26:57

get things done. Do they though? It's

26:59

hard to know really. We've got Tim

27:01

Heidecker in the show from Tim and

27:03

Eric for kind of very, what would

27:05

you call us, absurdist comedy from America.

27:07

He plays the nemesis I suppose, of

27:09

Christina Hendres and watching those guys' butt

27:11

heads is really fun. Honestly, it's so

27:14

sharp, it's so beautifully made as well.

27:16

as well, then you're with Skye. Some

27:18

people try to get under the radar

27:20

with things that aren't quite good enough,

27:22

but they think, well it's all super

27:24

telling anyway, and they'll just think we

27:26

are. But yours really is. Oh, well

27:28

I appreciate that. Seriously, did you direct

27:30

it as well? It's right here. Directed

27:33

the first couple of hours of it,

27:35

yeah. How was that? It was, you

27:37

know, it was a lot to take

27:39

on. I don't know if, I didn't

27:41

necessarily mean for it to work out.

27:43

Yeah, we won't get too new doing

27:45

it, but I'm fascinated by it. I

27:47

am fascinated by all that. So the

27:49

premise, the overarching premise is, you know,

27:52

it is Game of Thrones, you talk

27:54

about Name of Thrones in it as

27:56

well, and then I am count. Yes.

27:58

I've got to be careful with that

28:00

one on the radio, I'm on the

28:02

radio, I'm on the radio this time

28:04

in the morning, especially when I'm feeling

28:06

a feeling like we're doing a good

28:08

show, have you please working on these

28:11

shows that take over... communities for good

28:13

or ill? Well I think the big

28:15

the big show come into town part

28:17

of it the novelty of that is

28:19

definitely word off in smaller towns where

28:21

it's kind of like we turn up

28:23

we've got 40 trucks with us and

28:25

you need to get out of your

28:27

driveway and eventually people are like oh

28:30

this is great for the first two

28:32

or three weeks and it's like move

28:34

on come on yeah yeah and we'll

28:36

pay you yeah we know we're getting

28:38

paid but to be honest we're all

28:40

right and that's fine we're kind of

28:42

in and out a little bit of

28:44

these places so it's not so bad

28:46

but it does definitely change the way

28:49

people kind of behave when you're there

28:51

for a couple of years and but

28:53

what fun I suppose with this as

28:55

well with this as well is that

28:57

It goes into this kind of cosmic

28:59

world, I suppose, as the series goes

29:01

on, which speaks to my kind of

29:03

knowledge of my hometown grown-up, which had

29:05

this huge UFO community, like this, a

29:08

lot of UFO sightings. And when Christina

29:10

came to... to Ireland first, I think

29:12

on like the first week herself and

29:14

her fiancé were looking out their balcony

29:16

and absolutely are convinced they saw something.

29:18

Yes, so all this is going on

29:20

in tandem with the village struggling, in

29:22

tandem with the village slash town having

29:24

a town off against a rival town

29:27

who may also bag this movie. Yes,

29:29

I suppose the first episode sets up

29:31

our town and its big competitor is

29:33

my own hometown of Boyle. and it

29:35

doesn't fare too well so I have

29:37

to essentially shoot the place like it's

29:39

a tourist commercial so I don't get

29:41

killed when I go home. But on

29:43

the irony of all this is of

29:46

course you had to do what the

29:48

what your show is doing. You had

29:50

to go and wreck your town. Oh

29:52

yes. You had to do it. Well

29:54

yeah, all the time, there's a lot

29:56

of what you call like meta going

29:58

on where it's like this guy coming

30:00

back from us from America doing a

30:02

show in his hometown and he kind

30:05

of ruins it for everybody. I just

30:07

reread this play called The Visit by

30:09

Frederick Durenmatt before I started writing this.

30:11

And essentially the premise of this play,

30:13

it's a mid century, mid-European play about

30:15

a town that's really down on its

30:17

wares. and they're wondering what they're going

30:19

to do with themselves and the richest

30:21

woman in the world comes back and

30:24

she lived in this town growing up

30:26

and she says I'm going to make

30:28

everybody's life better and all you have

30:30

to do is kill the green grocer.

30:32

And everybody's like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,

30:34

whoa, we've known this man all of

30:36

our life. What are you talking about?

30:38

Get out of town. We've no interest

30:41

in you or your money. And then

30:43

one by one, they all change their

30:45

minds. And the end of the play,

30:47

this green grocer is pulled off to

30:49

be murdered. It's a comedy, you know,

30:51

but it's a great premise, I thought,

30:53

or a great, jumping off, and used

30:55

to make. movies and films. Disney just

30:57

made a massive movie there. Most midsummer

31:00

murders happen in this little village. They

31:02

regravell the roads all the time because

31:04

they have to. They returf to the

31:06

farmers fields because they have to no

31:08

matter what corrugated roadways they like. You

31:10

must know about all this kind of

31:12

stuff. Well we do a lot, we

31:14

do. A little bit of that, but

31:16

we're... Because we're kind of on location,

31:19

we only spend maybe one or two

31:21

weeks in each particular place. So we

31:23

don't get under people's skid too much,

31:25

I don't have to do up the

31:27

town. But we do have to do

31:29

up, you know, the exteriors of clubs.

31:31

It's odd when you go into a

31:33

place and you're like, well, we need

31:35

the pub and we have this very

31:38

central character of this town called Balneglash.

31:40

which kind of doubles is our fake

31:42

drumbone place. And so we have to

31:44

change the frontage outside of everywhere and

31:46

change all of the walls and paint

31:48

all of the things so it's odd

31:50

you. And then, but we've kind of

31:52

cleaned it up a bit and they're

31:54

like, we might just leave it. with

31:57

the movies though, you guys in the

31:59

movie business. So Hamilton's got, you should

32:01

come, you'd love it, right? It's just

32:03

in between Henley and where I live

32:05

in Marlow. And there was this. There's

32:07

this movie coming out. There's a couple

32:09

of movies that, big movies that have

32:11

been made there. Chitty City Bang was

32:13

made. The Chitty Chitty Chitty Bang were

32:16

drives through at the opening titles. And

32:18

there was this row of shops. There's

32:20

four or five Victorian shops. And people

32:22

have come to see the shops. Of

32:24

course, they're not shops. They're just houses.

32:26

They were made in shops for the

32:28

thing. So convincingly so. We shot three

32:30

seasons of Moon Boy, this other show

32:32

there, and now they have a Moon

32:35

Boy tour. So people come and walk

32:37

around, essentially just people's houses, or it's

32:39

like Tommy, you know, Tommy the butcher

32:41

or whatever, but his house was doubled

32:43

as somebody else's houses. So, Dad. There's

32:45

a theme here. Moon Boy, close encounters,

32:47

space ships, aliens. What's going on, O'Dow,

32:49

not going on in my head, Chris.

32:51

Are you a fan? Are you a

32:54

fan? It feels unlikely that it's just

32:56

me and you and this is the

32:58

best they could do in this vast

33:00

expanse of the universe. Yes. So I'm

33:02

hoping that there is. Yeah. And I've

33:04

been given no reason to believe there

33:06

isn't yet. Does the whiskey help? It

33:08

certainly pays a prettier picture. It's funny

33:10

because I haven't, I'm coming up to

33:13

two years not drinking and I'm just,

33:15

I'm believing in the UFO's less and

33:17

less, I wonder, what a coincidence! But,

33:19

but I mean, I believe in life

33:21

more and more, so that's different. Do

33:23

you think that aliens are just something

33:25

being pushed by big bottle? Take a

33:27

while I guess my friend. So do

33:29

you want to set up some of

33:32

the characters and some of the sort

33:34

of familiar and relationship situation? has had

33:36

experience with Christine's character but no longer

33:38

so he's married he has a child

33:40

he's now married with a couple of

33:42

kids who are probably like what would

33:44

you call it doing their A-level school

33:46

ages and his son is a bit

33:49

of a dropout he's trying to make

33:51

him a doctor he's trying to I

33:53

suppose continue this long linear of doctors

33:55

and his family, this kind of duty

33:57

that he has. Right, now tell us

33:59

about his wife. And then his wife

34:01

is, oh God, she's really, she's off,

34:03

she's off, because she's off having her

34:05

own fun, she's had some... I'm trying

34:08

to not give away too much. Yeah,

34:10

don't give it away, don't you right.

34:12

So she has a happy relationship that

34:14

necessarily looks like initially. Yes, and... I

34:16

should they're getting up to little local

34:18

scraps and little you know there's misdemeanors

34:20

and infidelities and all sorts and I

34:22

suppose in the mailstrom of all of

34:24

this normal locale mess we find that

34:27

these invaders from the film industry come

34:29

in and then these invaders from even

34:31

further afar come in. Yeah. And so

34:33

it just asks everybody were you really

34:35

sure who you were with to begin

34:37

with? Yeah, yeah. Now you directed the

34:39

first couple as you told us you've

34:41

written it, it's your creation and you

34:43

gave yourself a little part. I didn't

34:46

see your little part because I watched

34:48

episode 1 and 6. I think you're

34:50

going to be very impressed by my

34:52

little part. No. I come into a

34:54

later on. Yes, I come in as

34:56

the writer of the Fake TV show

34:58

later on. There's just no imagination going

35:00

on. So I play him and he's

35:02

a bit of a black art and

35:05

maybe he didn't write it, maybe he

35:07

stole it. We don't know, we'll find

35:09

out down the road. But he is,

35:11

he's kind of a big character, a

35:13

larger than life character, wears a lot

35:15

of Paisley. He looks essentially like the

35:17

lead singer of Hot House Flowers in

35:19

the 90s. Very good. There's cravats. Very

35:21

good. There's great teeth. He looks a

35:24

bit, Dick Van Dyke, to his easy

35:26

bang man. A little bit. Touch of

35:28

dick. I'm not sure if I had

35:30

the touch of dick in my head,

35:32

but I will moving forward. Yeah, of

35:34

course. You used to live in California.

35:36

Did you ever come across Dick Van

35:38

Dyke? Because he's... I don't think I

35:40

did, honestly. He's called the King of...

35:43

No, but I believe it. He was

35:45

a hundred, wasn't he? He's still live,

35:47

isn't he? Yeah, no, he was a

35:49

hundred a couple of weeks ago. Oh,

35:51

I see, yes. Yeah, he's doing well,

35:53

he looks healthy. Sorry, he was a

35:55

hundred and he is a hundred. Yeah,

35:57

good for him. He kept it going.

35:59

You kept it going. You love your

36:02

food, you get to eat a lot,

36:04

but you only get to cook a

36:06

bit because your wife, Dawn is like

36:08

this amazing. Very good, loves cock, loves

36:10

cocker for people, loves cocker for people

36:12

for people for people for people, for

36:14

people, for people, for people, for people.

36:16

You have, loves cocker for people, for

36:18

people. You have, loves cocker for people.

36:21

You have, loves cocker for people. You

36:23

have, loves cocker for people. You have,

36:25

loves cocker for people. You have, loves

36:27

cocker for people. You, loves cocker for

36:29

people. You, love cocker for people. Oh

36:31

my word, what is that one? It

36:33

was to do with no, when you

36:35

have people around, she's in the kitchen,

36:37

she's busy, you can go and say

36:40

hello to it, but you must stay

36:42

on the other side of the silver

36:44

rope. Or she's got this silk rope,

36:46

you know, like a red rope that

36:48

you would find outside a nightclub. Yes,

36:50

because she doesn't want anybody going near

36:52

the food. So you did buy this?

36:54

I got it for you and installed

36:56

it and we used it quite effectively.

36:59

That's hilarious. Particularly when we were living

37:01

in California we'd have a whole lot

37:03

of people over every Sunday. And so

37:05

it does become a bit of everybody

37:07

marching around the kitchen and all that

37:09

kind of jazz. And she just didn't,

37:11

she didn't like it. So, you know,

37:13

you know. She likes the company. She

37:16

loves the company. She just doesn't want

37:18

anybody to touch it. Just stay on

37:20

the other side of the right. And

37:22

Angela Hartner agreed with her. Yes. They're

37:24

quite protective, I think. Yeah, very much

37:26

so. So the Cordumbler, you know, Cordumbler

37:28

cooking. So that's where the Cordumbler, the

37:30

Cordumbler cooking. So that's where the Cordumbler,

37:32

the Cordumbler, the Cordumbler, the Cordumbler, the

37:35

Cordumbler. Yeah. You've got to listen to

37:37

dish anyway, it's dishes back. It's one

37:39

of my favorite things in the world.

37:41

One of my favorite podcasts in the

37:43

world. It's my favorite lighten cinema podcast

37:45

bar non. By the way, by miles.

37:47

Oh good. I love that show. Do

37:49

you enjoy being on it? Yeah, it's

37:51

great. Great vibe, wasn't it? Yeah, she

37:54

can cook, can she? Yeah, she can

37:56

throw out a few things. She's doing

37:58

an open-head like 18. I think she's

38:00

going to be fine. I think she's

38:02

found her lane. I think we can

38:04

take her off our worry list. She's

38:06

going to be alright. Yeah, but you

38:08

also let slip in there that when

38:10

you were in... Los Angeles, you and

38:13

Dawn sometimes would be away together and

38:15

you would just give the keys to

38:17

other people who were transient in the

38:19

game in the showbiz game looking for

38:21

a place to sleep or and you

38:24

didn't know who was there sometimes. Yeah,

38:26

well we'd kind of leave them with

38:28

our neighbour who also knew kind of

38:30

with our neighbour who also knew kind

38:32

of we'd load of mutual friends so

38:35

we would come back and it'd be

38:37

various different people. It's kind of lovely

38:39

because years I'm like... And you were there

38:41

man. You made none of known. How many

38:43

sets of keys did you have? Do you

38:45

know? We had a good few. We did

38:48

have a good few. Yeah, it was great

38:50

though. It felt like you were being useful.

38:52

How did you get Christina Hendricks to be

38:54

in your show? Well, she was on a

38:56

couple of lists, you know, and I'm

38:59

like, well, we'll never get her really because

39:01

it's a big ass to come over. And

39:03

then I was on another job somewhere

39:05

and I was talking to Dawn. And

39:07

she says, you won't believe it was in the

39:09

kitchen yesterday. I'm like, who? And she says,

39:11

Christina Hendricks. What was Christina Hendricks doing in

39:13

the kitchen? And they had some kind of

39:15

work connection through clothes. And I says, oh,

39:17

tell her about the show and ask her

39:19

out for dinner. And we went out for

39:21

dinner with her next week and I managed

39:23

to convince her to do it. But I

39:25

don't know if it would have happened if

39:27

they hadn't had this random coincidence. OK,

39:30

you framed first first beautifully. Thank you.

39:32

How does that happen? Because it's

39:34

transactionary on your part. And don't

39:36

get me wrong, it's probably very

39:39

friendly in the funkier and all

39:41

this kind of stuff as well. Very affable.

39:43

But do you say straight off, look, to

39:45

be honest, this is about me trying to

39:47

get you in my show? When do you

39:50

broach that? God, that's a good question. When

39:52

did I? I think I brought it up

39:54

really early. Well, I think you should, don't

39:56

you? Yes. Well, well, I think I think

39:58

I may have even centered. And was it

40:00

a sort of, was it a gradual

40:02

yes or was it, how does that

40:04

work? I think that I remember her

40:06

saying, like sometimes you don't know what's

40:08

going on in somebody's head, but I've

40:10

heard her in interviews going, like she

40:13

read it with her agent or whatever

40:15

and they both called each other afterwards

40:17

or like this is great. And without

40:19

being indiscreet, right, when it comes to

40:21

like, what do you pay somebody like that?

40:23

And I don't want to know any figures.

40:25

We just pass around a book. We just

40:27

pass around a book. Everybody has a

40:30

quash. What does that mean? Well everybody says

40:32

this is what I get paid per reposine.

40:34

Oh right, I see. I didn't know. Well

40:36

nobody's ever told me that. That is interesting.

40:38

Yes, in America anyway, kind of different here

40:41

I think, but in America they'll just go.

40:43

Oh right, so standards like this is what

40:45

I go out for. Yeah, I didn't know.

40:47

Yeah. Well, that saves a lot of money,

40:49

isn't it? Yes. And I'm sure there will

40:51

then be, what would you call it, negotiations

40:54

after that. But essentially, you know, the ballpark.

40:56

So Skye or whoever will say, hey, listen,

40:58

do you want Christina Hedricks? This is

41:00

how much scot. Yeah. Do you want

41:02

Christina Hedricks? Yes. This is how much.

41:05

Yeah. Listen. Do you want Christina Hedricks,

41:07

or anything? Do you want Christina Hedricks,

41:09

or whatever. That's going to make sure.

41:12

sure you're good. We want you to

41:14

know how much we love you and

41:16

how much we want you to the gig

41:18

and blah blah blah. Yes. Is that like the

41:21

dream? Does that happen that call? No.

41:23

Do you ever as an act of

41:25

yourself? Let's face it, you're pretty much

41:27

up there. Do you ever get offered

41:29

more than you ever thought you would

41:31

for anything? Oh yeah, most of the

41:33

time. Yeah, most of the time. Yeah,

41:35

most of the time. Yeah, most of

41:37

the time. Yeah, most of the time.

41:39

It's crazy. It's crazy, isn't it? Yeah,

41:41

it's crazy. Yeah, it's crazy. Yeah, it's

41:44

crazy, isn't it? Yeah, it's crazy. Just

41:46

leave, just leave it. Just leave it.

41:48

Just leave it. Just leave it. Just

41:50

leave it. Just leave it. Just leave it.

41:52

at the top. Yeah, yeah, good for you, good for

41:54

you. Right, what have you learned? It doesn't come to

41:56

me, but what have you learned from making this show?

42:00

I mean if you really have an idea

42:02

you can follow it through if you've got

42:04

enough kind of willpower to force of will

42:06

and I suppose enliven people to the idea

42:08

you can kind of go through it. and

42:11

try and work with people that you've worked

42:13

with lots because it's got such a shorthand

42:15

when you get started. Yeah, and also there's

42:17

a shorthand to that, isn't it? Because you

42:20

already know each other on day one. And

42:22

you know there's trust there, and the bottom

42:24

of me, and the collective energy is more

42:26

than the sum of its parts? 100%. All

42:29

that kind of stuff. 100%. And that's

42:31

why I think when you're shooting shows

42:33

like this, you can compete with, you

42:35

know, the full on stream stream or

42:37

premium or premium shows because you've got

42:39

a little on. team morale. Yeah you've

42:41

got a Leicester Fiesta when they win

42:44

the Premier League. It's just everything clicks

42:46

doesn't it? The Stars are line. So

42:48

if you had to read out the

42:50

the pitch for this show pre, during

42:52

and post having made it now

42:54

from the back of a fact

42:56

packet for people who have no

42:58

idea what we're talking about, what

43:00

would you say about Chris Adadad's

43:02

small town big story all

43:04

episodes out now on Sky and now TV?

43:07

I think we're all in it together. It

43:09

may well be that there's somebody somewhere

43:11

else that's going to tell us a

43:13

new idea that's going to change us

43:15

forever. And over the course of this

43:18

series, we'll find out if any of that

43:20

is true. Nice! Drop the mic! Have you

43:22

said that before? No, I just made it

43:24

up there now. All right, tell us about

43:26

this play. The Brightening Air. And

43:28

you play by Connor McPherson starts on

43:30

the 10th of April through June, Beautiful

43:33

play. Are you in it? How fortunate

43:35

is this? I'm in rehearsals at the

43:37

moment. No, I'm going to go and

43:39

see it every night. I just love

43:41

his work. But he wrote the seafarer

43:44

and girl from the North country and

43:46

the weir. Beautiful Irish story telling dysfunctional

43:48

family, bit of Irish mysticism. Kind of

43:50

ass, what kind of spell are we

43:52

under really that we keep behaving like

43:55

the way we are? Beautiful. Why is

43:57

that going to take place? The Old

43:59

Vic Theatre. Gorgeous, rehearsals are going very

44:01

well, I think people are going to

44:03

love it. And what have you seen

44:05

lately in the West End? And what

44:07

are you watching yourself on tele? What

44:10

am I watching on tele? What's on?

44:12

Look, I'm... What's on your own yellow

44:14

stuff? The yellowstone, last four apps. Yellowstone,

44:16

what the heck have I been watching?

44:18

Last four apps tonight, tomorrow. I've been

44:20

enjoying bad sisters? Yeah, why wouldn't

44:22

you? Oh, what else on? Do you actually?

44:24

Do you have a television? Are you

44:26

still in the show business? The last

44:29

few weeks, you know, because it's been

44:31

award season stuff, I've been trying to

44:33

catch up with the films. So I've

44:35

been watching some of the films, substance,

44:37

we couldn't get through. God was

44:39

gory, wouldn't it? Nora, I haven't seen

44:41

yet, I don't know. Apparently, it's

44:43

amazing, amazing, amazing. Sean Baker? Conclave

44:46

I really liked. Conclave is great.

44:48

Great. Great film. And I can't

44:50

remember it. I haven't seen that one.

44:52

Was that the same one that

44:55

was on Christmas Day? I can't

44:57

tell the difference to be honest.

44:59

I've got to be honest, but

45:01

people seem to still love them.

45:03

Why the heck not? My kids,

45:05

a door, wallet and grum it.

45:07

What is your kids again? 37,

45:09

16, 12, and twins that are

45:11

six, grandchildren ten and four. Dude,

45:13

you're in a half? Yeah, we

45:15

got a wretch and a lot.

45:17

It's like me and seven. There

45:19

you go. Lovely, lovely lads. We're

45:21

right in the kind of messing

45:23

around with football. What's starting to

45:25

watch sitcoms and stuff? Have you

45:27

heard about this one? No. Okay,

45:29

so Vasus, would you like to

45:31

recap? Would you like, you can

45:34

retry and reframe it if you

45:36

want to, would you like to

45:38

recall your so-called weekend away with

45:40

your, his spontaneous weekend away with

45:42

his wife, which just happens to

45:44

be somewhere quite close to something

45:46

else? So we have a night

45:48

away, our 10- nice night away

45:50

just myself and my wife Caroline and this

45:52

the whole world you could book anywhere in

45:54

the world yeah so we are going very

45:56

close a couple of miles away just a

45:58

nice walk along the cliffs from Brighton.

46:00

Lovely. Lovely hotel near

46:03

Brighton. Coincidentally Chris, Fulham

46:05

who I support and

46:07

have a season ticket

46:10

holder with my son,

46:12

Fulham are playing at

46:15

Brighton on Saturday afternoon.

46:17

So he's taking his

46:19

wife to the football.

46:22

She's coming to the

46:24

football. She's absolutely thrilled.

46:27

What a guy! Yeah,

46:29

so lucky. She loves

46:32

the seagulls. She loves

46:34

the seagulls. Why the

46:36

seagulls not fly over

46:39

bays? I don't know.

46:41

Because then there'd be

46:44

bagels. Hey! Come on

46:46

everyone, we're not! All

46:48

right, Chris, I'm down!

46:51

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