Daniel Mays stars alongside the Queen, James Bond, Steven Spielberg, and Gandhi!
This week, Daniel Mays, the geezer of all geezers, popped by to chat about The Thursday Murder Club adaptation, in which he stars alongside Helen Mirren and Pierce Brosnan. The film is out now on Netflix!Ryan also spoke to the wonderful Richard Armitage about his second novel, The Cut and we had a great chat about our mutual friend, Harlan Coben! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Karen Gillan wants to have ‘Nerd Queen’ written on her gravestone and Rebecca Kuang doesn't write in the style of Yellowface anymore
This week, the ‘nerd queen’, Karen Gillan, came to the top of the tower to talk about her new film ‘The Life of Chuck’. We spoke about how making the film made her examine her own life, as well as having a new born daughter - who may or may not be named after a Bobby Darin song.I also spoke to the award winning author of ‘Yellowface’, Rebecca Kuang, who told me about her new book ‘Katabsis’, which nobody really knows how to pronounce. Rebecca also mentioned how she’s changed her writing style since Yellowface… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Rhys James gives us a laugh, Alfie Allen has a friend called Warren and Conor MacNeil is good at being awful
This week, comedian Rhys James gave us a laugh a minute talking about his new tour You’ll Like It When You Get There… and as luck would have it, he also has a book out with the same name!We also spoke to Game of Thrones star Alfie Allen! He’s bringing TV adventure shows back with his brand new series Atomic out on Sky Atlantic. And… he’s good at being awful… Conor MacNeil came by to tell us about the new Outlander series - Blood of my Blood! And it turned out he was far from awful in real life, he was a delight! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Florence Knapp talks about writing one of the best selling books of the year
This week, Ryan speaks to his favourite author of the year, Florence Knapp! She told us about her book ‘The Names’…Ryan also gives his take on a story about a Danish zoo who are asking for unwanted pets to feed its predators! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tim Minchin gets philosophical and writing legend Lynda La Plante talks thrillers and crime
This week, we spoke to the fascinating Tim Minchin. Tim and Ryan had a lot to chat about - and in one case - sing about. He came in to tell us about his new album TimMinchinTimeMachine! Tim mentioned why he doesn't think we should have big goals, how we should define ourselves by being pro-things rather than anti-things and also how he conducts 'the waiter test'...We also spoke to Lynda La Plante. Lovely Lynda is crime writing royalty, selling over 5 million copies of her books in the UK alone! She told us about her new book The Scene of the Crime…. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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