Just The Facts with Alex Zane

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Dear JTFers. Thanks for your loyal listenership. We'd love you to join Alex Zane on his new show A Trip To The Movies with Alex Zane. we're three eps in, with Rahul Kohli, Dave Berry and Christian Brighty taking us on their perfect night at our virtual cinema. Hope you can join! Details here: https://linktr.ee/triptomoviespod

Thanks for listening to Just The Facts... if you enjoyed the show why not check out our new podcast A TRIP TO THE MOVIES!Each week a different famous film fan curates their perfect night out at the cinema… picking what snacks they’d eat, where they’d sit, who they’d go with and of course what movies they’d screen…If you love cinema as much as we do, search A Trip To The Movies with Alex Zane or find out more here: linktr.ee/triptomoviespod

Here it is, our final show before Christmas and what better way to celebrate than the return of the wonderful filmmaker Gil Kenan to the pod, to talk about his memories of Christmas cinema and his fantastic new festive movie A Boy Called Christmas, adapted from Matt Haig's best-selling novel and in cinemas and on Sky Cinema RIGHT NOW! Alex and Gil also chatted about his incredibly busy year, co-writing Ghostbusters: Afterlife and - in fact - this interview was recorded on the day that movie hit cinemas. We hope you enjoy the episode and have a lovely Christmas. We'll return in the New Year, but in the meantime feel free to keep in touch at any of the below:Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletterTwitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPodYouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPodWebsite: https://www.jtfpod.com

It's time for Episode 28 of the pod and Alex's guest today is the brilliant Ian Shaw who can currently be seen on stage at The Ambassadors Theatre in London's West End in the fantastic play The Shark Is Broken. It's about the relationship between the three leads in Jaws who found themselves with rather more downtime than expected when the shark infamously failed to work! Ian takes the role of his father, the late Robert Shaw and they discuss what it was like for him playing his dad, the inspiration for the play and obviously a lot about Jaws! Hope you enjoy the episode and don't forget you can watch the video interview on our YouTube channel this Friday.Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletterTwitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPodYouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPodWebsite: https://www.jtfpod.com

Alex is joined this week by Reggie Yates to discuss his move from being in front of the camera - hosting 'Top Of The Pops', acting in 'Dr Who', to his recent documentary series investigating subjects as diverse as 'Teen Gangs', to 'Extreme Countries' to 'Race Riots in the USA' - to now moving behind the camera with his feature film debut 'Pirates' which he's written and directed and which hits cinemas this Friday 26th November.. They talk about his inspiration for the film, his casting process and finding his three incredible leads, to being given advice by an Oscar winning director. As always, hope you enjoy the episode and please feel free to subscribe/follow and getting touch at any of the below:Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletterTwitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPodYouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPodWebsite: https://www.jtfpod.com

This week's episode features an actor as adept at drama as he is comedy, the wonderful Jimmy Akingbola joins Alex on the pod from Los Angeles to talk about shooting his new show 'Bel-Air' - a dramatic retelling of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - exec produced by Will Smith. They chat about his hugely successful ITV sitcom 'Kate and Koji', appearing in DC's 'Arrow', his comedy heroes and his brand new crime drama The Tower, now available on ITV Hub. We hope you enjoy this week's show, please subscribe, rate and review... and, as always, feel free to get in touch at any of the below. Thanks!Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletterTwitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPodYouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPodWebsite: https://www.jtfpod.com

Human sacrifice. Dogs and cats living together. Mass Hysteria! Alex is joined by the incredible father and son duo of Ivan and Jason Reitman to talk all things Ghostbusters. Finding out the truth behind some of the stories that have been mythologised from the making of the 1984 original, to discovering what Jason wanted to bring to the Ghostbusters universe with Afterlife. What was the pairs biggest disagreement about? Which cast ad-libbed on set? What do you do with a field of Barley? All these questions are answered on this week's show! As always, feel free to get in touch at any of the below! Cheers!Join our monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/JTFPodNewsletterTwitter: https://twitter.com/JTFPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/JTFPodYouTube: https://youtube.com/JTFPodWebsite: https://www.jtfpod.com