Actor, singer, filmmaker and activist Alan Cumming (The Good Wife, Instinct) joins Dave to talk about his long standing relationship with the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret in which he played the role of the Master of Ceremonies 3 times in London

Special Episode

Aug 16th, 2022 1h 9m

Coral Messam is an Actor, Movement Director/Practitioner and Wellness Instructor with over 24 years of experience in performance and movement practice. Included in her movement work is intimacy consultancy direction in TV and film.Jamie Matthe

Jonathan Pryce

Aug 9th, 2022 1h 4m

Multi award winning actor Jonathan Pryce has been working in Theatre, Film and Television for more than five decades. His work in theatre includes an award-winning Hamlet at the Royal Court in 1980 and as The Engineer in Miss Saigon in London

Geraldine James

Aug 2nd, 2022 1h 5m

The theatre director Peter Hall referred to Geraldine James as one of the great English classical actresses. Graduating from the Drama Centre she embarked on a theatre career that would see her nominated for a Tony and winning the Drama Desk Aw

Don Warrington

Jul 26th, 2022 53m 37s

Don Warrington has an extensive list of credits across Film, Television and Theatre including Death in Paradise, Cat’s Eyes, and Kenneth Branagh’s Hamlet as well as starring roles at the National Theatre, the RSC and at Manchester’s Royal Excha

Brian Cox

Jul 19th, 2022 58m 52s

Multi award winning actor Brian Cox is familiar to the theatre going public all over the world. He also has a distinguished career in Film and TV including roles in Rushmore, The Bourne Identity, and Zodiac as well as being the first actor to p

Tanya Moodie

Jul 12th, 2022 57m 16s

After training at RADA, Canadian born Tanya Moodie established herself as a stage actor and attracted multiple award nominations for her work on Intimate Apparel and Fences. She’s also appeared on screen in projects as diverse as A Discovery Of

David Thewlis

Jul 5th, 2022 1h 13m

Multi award winning actor David Thewlis burst onto our screens in Mike Leigh’s Naked in 1983 playing Johnny, a homeless, highly intelligent, embittered, rambling, street philosopher. Since then he’s been a constantly changing presence on both F

Ruth Madeley

Jun 28th, 2022 50m 37s

Ruth Madeley was nominated for a BAFTA for her performance in Don’t Take My Baby which told the story of a disabled couple's fight to prevent their baby from being taken away. She’s also appeared on stage at the Old Vic and the Donmar Warehouse

Adeel Akhtar

Jun 21st, 2022 1h 4m

Adeel was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role on Channel 4's Utopia, before becoming the first non-white actor to win a BAFTA award in a leading role for the single drama Murdered By My Father. He also received a Briti

Lesley Manville

Jun 14th, 2022 1h 4m

Award winning, critically acclaimed and universally loved, Lesley Manville is a distinctive theatre actress, appearing in classical and new plays at the RSC, the NT and the Royal Court Theatre over the last three decades. She received BAFTA and

David Warner

Aug 18th, 2021 58m 50s

Actor David Warner has been widely regarded on stage (for the RSC) as the Hamlet of his generation. His wide ranging film career has seen him work with Sidney Lumet, Sam Peckinpah, Gregory Peck, George C. Scott and Jason Robards in projects as

Adrian Lester

Aug 11th, 2021 1h 10m

David talks to Adrian Lester (Hamlet, Othello, Henry V, Company and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and BBC's Hustle) about his critically acclaimed portrayal of Rosalind in Cheek by Jowl's all-male 1991 production of As You Like It. Hosted on Acast. Se

Sue Johnston

Aug 4th, 2021 58m 58s

In this episode David talks to his friend Sue Johnston about her groundbreaking portrayal of Sheila Grant in C4’s first and still most loved soap opera Brookside, establishing her as an actress of devastating strength and sensitivity. The show

Jason Watkins

Jul 28th, 2021 1h 11m

On this episode David talks to Jason Watkins who will be familiar to listeners from screen projects as diverse as The Crown where he played the Prime Minister Harold Wilson, Des, W1A, Trollied, The White Queen and A Very Peculiar Scandal. In 20

Jason Isaacs

Jul 21st, 2021 1h 11m

This week David talks to Jason Isaacs (The Harry Potter Films, The West Wing, Black Hawk Down, The OA, Brotherhood) about the first time he was asked to play the part of a soldier in Lynda La Plante’s Civvies in 1992 and why he thinks he's been

Anne Reid

Jul 14th, 2021 1h

David talks to Anne Reid during lockdown to talk about playing Celia in Last Tango in Halifax. TV viewers will also be familiar with Anne’s large body of work with Victoria Wood - perhaps most famously playing Jean in dinnerladies. She was BAFT

Adam Pearson

Jul 7th, 2021 53m 14s

In 2013 actor, presenter and campaigner Adam Pearson appeared in the critically acclaimed Jonathan Glazer film Under the Skin with Scarlett Johannsen. David was fortunate to catch up with him to talk about that amazing experience earlier this y

Anna Friel

Jun 30th, 2021 59m 25s

Since 2016, Anna Friel has played the title role in the British "Nordic" noir detective series Marcella. In 2017 she won the International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her performance. David caught up with her earlier this year, ahead of the

Anna Friel

Jun 30th, 2021 59m 25s

Charles Dance

Jun 23rd, 2021 53m 46s

David talks to actor, screenwriter and director, Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, The Crown and Mank) about the role that proved to be the catalyst for his fantastic career - playing Guy Perron in The Jewel in the Crown in 1984. Hosted on Acast.

Adjoa Andoh

Jun 16th, 2021 59m 3s

David catches up with the fantastic Film, TV and Theatre actress Adjoa Andoh, (Doctor Who, Casualty, Eastenders) star of the Netflix smash hit Regency drama Bridgerton in which she played the magnificently acerbic Lady Danbury. Hosted on Acast.

James Nesbitt

Jun 9th, 2021 1h 7m

To start Season 2 David talks to James Nesbitt (Murphy's Law, Jekyll, Bloodlands) about his critically acclaimed portrayal of Ivan Cooper in the award winning Paul Greengrass film Bloody Sunday (2002) about the 1972 shootings in Derry, Northern

Derek Jacobi

Nov 18th, 2020 57m 30s

David is joined by British theatrical royalty in the form of Sir Derek Jacobi to talk about his ground-breaking, award winning performance as the twitching stammering Emperor in the 1976 BBC TV drama I Claudius. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p

Eleanor Tomlinson

Nov 11th, 2020 1h 9m

David’s guest this week is Eleanor Tomlinson (The Nevers, The War of the Worlds, Colette) who talks about her experiences playing Demelza in the BBC’s highly acclaimed 2015 adaptation of Winston Graham’s Poldark novels. Hosted on Acast. See aca