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Mark Gatiss tells us about stealing material from Doctor Who and being the first to cast Andrew Scott
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This week, Ryan interviews the multi-talented Mark Gatiss! He told us about his new TV show called Bookish out on U&alibi. We had a great chat talking about books vs kindles, our mutual favourite Sherlock episode and how he was the first to cast Andrew Scott…
Ryan also reviews the latest Superman film - with a refreshingly honest take.
And we delved into the ethics of whether you can expose the book club frauds who never read the books, based on an article in the New York Times…
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24:36|This week, Ryan speaks to Hollywood legends, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater about their new film ‘Blue Moon’. The chat ranges from filming in Ireland to how creative partnerships last to waiting for Ethan to age 10 years before filming…And the author of best selling book ‘This Is Going To Hurt’, Adam Kay pops by to tell us about his debut novel ‘A Particularly Nasty Case’.Abbey Road Special with Giles Martin
26:00|This week, Ryan went down to the church of the Beatles, Abbey Road. There, we sat down and talked to the current carrier of the Beatles flame, Giles Martin, son of the legendary music producer and ‘5th Beatle’, George Martin. Giles produces and curates the Beatles latest release 'Anthology 4'. The chat ranged from talking about the new Sam Mendes Beatles Biopic, George Harrison ordering marmite sandwiches to the enduring legacy of the Fab Four!Andy Nyman tells us about starring in the West-End production of 'The Producers'
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38:13|This week, actor and podcaster Russell Tovey painted a lovely picture of his new children’s book, ‘Art School’, which is out now.We had another children’s book in the form of Paterson Joseph’s brilliant ‘Ten: Children Who Changed The World’, also out now.And the always opinionated Piers Morgan popped in to tell us all about his complicated relationship with Donald Trump and his brand new book ‘Woke Is Dead’, on the day of its release!Gyles Brandreth celebrates the birthdays of Oscar Wilde and Winnie the Pooh
13:46|This week, the always charming Gyles Brandreth was on the show to talk about his new book ‘Somewhere, A Boy and A Bear’ - celebrating 100 years since the publication of Winnie the Pooh.Alan Davies thinks Will Ferrell should win an Oscar and Tom Hollander says James Gandolfini was a fish out of water on 'In The Loop'
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