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In this episode of Comedy Jam, Ross Carpenter is joined by Paul Cooper, one of the stars of ‘This Country’. Ross and Paul talk about how much the actor gets recognised these days, and they dissect the impact of the Covid lockdowns on their lives. Paul talks about his experiences working on various shows, and expresses his views on comedy legends such as Monty Python and Charlie Chaplin. Paul is most notably known for his role as Martin Mucklowe in BBC Three’s hit comedy ‘This Country’, where he stars alongside his children Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper. Paul also discusses his ‘bad guy’ role in the upcoming short-film-turned-feature-film, William Stone’s ‘The Fence’.

In this episode of Comedy Jam, Ross Carpenter is joined by Trevor Cooper of ‘This Country’ fame to talk about Martin Scorsese’s directing, growing up in Devon and his family’s quirky Christmas traditions. Over Trevor’s astounding 40-year acting career, he’s lived and breathed it all with plenty of great stories to show for it. Trevor and Ross discuss their admiration for Tommy Cooper, Alan Partridge and some more comedy greats. The actor also reminisces over a particularly dark scene in the ‘Lieutenant of Inishmore’ with Irish actor Domhnall Gleeson from the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise and ‘About Time’. Trevor is most notably known for his role as Len Clifton in BBC Three’s ‘This Country’, playing the role of Kurtan Mucklowe’s nemesis. The show has a real family element, with the central characters of Kurtan and Kerry Mucklowe being played by Daisy May Cooper and Charlie Cooper - Trevor’s niece and nephew. 

The Babblin Boys are back with episode two of their podcast exclusively to Reel Talk!On this week's episode we look ahead to an exciting summer of sport, notably Euro 2020 and the British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa.Jack and James act as Gareth Southgate for the day, revealing their 26-man squads to one another, with a fair few disagreements. Who starts at right-back? Does Eric Dier make the squad? Who do you play up top? All these questions are answered by our vastly under qualified football experts.We also pick a player to look out for, pick our tournament winner, and discuss the memories that connote World Cup 2018, as well as looking through your choices on Twitter.With the Lions squad announced a few weeks ago, we also discuss who we’d have opted for as captain, as well as a starting fly-half. A pitch for a certain Marcus Smith is also made. How can we utilise record-breaker Sam Simmonds? All is discussed on Episode Two of the Babblin podcast.

JMP founder and managing director Joe Meredith is hosting Industry Insights, a series of podcasts where he chats with leading industry figures from sport, media and business. In the second episode of the podcast, he is joined by Claire Stanley, Senior Communications and Engagement Manager at NHS England. Among other subjects, they discuss the importance of using real, authentic stories in global communications, the changing of the industry, and the challenge of fake news and scaremongering during a global pandemic.

In this episode of Comedy Jam, Ross Carpenter hooks up with Mark Kempner, bowl’s club manager Terry Clarke in BBC Three’s This Country. Mark, with a wealth of acting experience talks enthusiastically about roles in Darling Buds of May and working with TV-legend David Jason, and appearing opposite David Mitchell in Peep Show with its unique method of filming. Having met on set of the award-winning This Country, Mark and Ross look back at the filming process, working with Daisy and Charlie Cooper, and how director Tom George set he and Charlie up for some ad-libbed script development. They look back at Mark’s comedy upbringing, their mutual love of Alan Partridge, and the changing perception of comedy through the 90s.

In the second episode of OFF THE PITCH, Richard Latham talks to Bristol Rovers legend HAROLD JARMAN about his illustrious career with the Pirates as a player, coach and manager.Harold reveals his allegiance to a certain other club in Bristol as a youngster and how he struggled to begin with to win over Rovers fans, who idolised his predecessor George Petherbridge. He also talks about combining football with life as a county cricketer with Gloucestershire, what it felt like to hear his name “Har-old” ringing around Eastville and how the famous chant originated.Finally, Harold discusses the season he spent as a star of the North American Soccer League and how when he left New York Cosmos he was replaced by a certain player called Pele.

In this first episode of Comedy Jam, Ross Carpenter, self-proclaimed comedy guru, catches up with Ewen MacIntosh – booyakasha – about his role as Big Keith in the Office. Ewen talks about his move from Edinburgh University Theatre Company to being cast in the Office, working with Ricky Gervais, and his comedy upbringing, chatting with fellow cast member Alex Reid on the set of ‘For the Love of Ella’, and what his lockdown has so far entailed. Have you heard of ‘Nathan For You’? No? Well nor had Ross, but Ewen explains why it’s his favourite comedy of the moment. If you like hearing the opinions of legends of British cult comedy, then listen on!

Part Two - JMP founder and managing director Joe Meredith is hosting Industry Insights, a series of podcasts where he chats with leading industry figures from sport, media and business. In the first episode he is joined by Saad Sarwar, the founder of Level99, a leading gaming and esports creative agency, for the first part of a two-part discussion. Among other subjects, they discuss the inexorable rise of esports; its roots in Asia and mainstream acceptance; the effects of the pandemic on esports and gaming; the role of Twitch; where television features in esports’ future; the evolution of games publishers’ thinking; the impact of gambling on the integrity of esports, and much more.