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The Amy Roberts episode
32:23|Amy and I chat about the particular kind of creativity of working in costume - that it's about being a responder rather than working "from a blank" - and the lively life it leads to.Greatest hits:Seven Dials (2026)H is for Hawk (2025)The Crown series 3 - 6Prime Suspect 1970s (2017)Swallows and Amazons (2016)Jamaica Inn (2014)The Tunnel (2013)Call the Midwife - first series (2012)Mrs Biggs (2012)Upstairs Downstairs (2010)Margot (2009)Wuthering Heights - the Tom Hardy one (2009)The Virgin Queen (2005)The Queen's Nose (1995-2000)Brassed Off (1996)
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The Pam Downe episode
29:55|Pam and I had a conversation that kept coming back to the idea of working with other people: how to approach organising a team and how you all relate to the other departmentsGreatest hits:Dr Who (2023-5)Funny Woman (2022)Mr Malcolm's List (2022)The Spanish Princess (2020)The English Game (2020)The Trial of Christine Keeler (2019)Agatha Raisin (2016)The Enfield Haunting (2015)Episodes (2011)Lark Rise to Candleford (2008)NY-LON (2004)Guest House Paradiso (1999)The Ian Fulcher episode
35:21|Ian speaks interestingly here about how his knowledge of period costume informs his contemporary design, and about how he is both fluid and organised.Greatest hits:Unchosen (2026)Black Doves (2024)A Very British Scandal (2021)It's a Sin (2021)Giri/ Haji (2019)Kiri (2018)The Last Dragonslayer (2016)Murdered by My Boyfriend (2014)The Sinéad Kidao episode
32:33|This is the second in my "Early Career Costume Designers" mini series. My interview is with Sinéad Kidao, whose attitude to leading her department I found very inspiring.Boost up your volume!Greatest hits:The Franchise (2024)Joy (2024)Golda (2023)Life After Life (2022)The Pursuit of Love (2021)Small Axe ("Red, White and Blue" and "Education") (2020)This Way Up (2019)The PC Williams episode
28:27|This is the first in a little mini-series I've decided to do where I focus on Costume Designers at the earlier stage of their career (although my interview with Lucille really belongs to the series too) This episode is with PC Williams: we talk about how her background in styling has informed her costume work, and the angle that it has given her on the Costume world as a whole.Boost up your volume!Greatest hits:Back to Black (2024)The Kitchen (2023)The End We Start From (2023)We are Lady Parts (2021)Frank of Ireland (2021)Powder Room (2013)The John Bright episode
35:30|My sixth episode is with John Bright. John runs Cosprop, a costume hire and making house in London, alongside being a Costume Designer. His ability to adapt and yet hold fast to what really matters comes across very clearly here, and I feel very glad to have recorded this conversation.His film credits include:The White Countess (2005)The Golden Bowl (2000)Onegin (1999) - with Chloe OblenskySense and Sensibility (1995) - with Jenny BeavanThe Remains of the Day (1993) - with Jenny BeavanHoward's End (1992) - with Jenny BeavanMaurice (1987) - with Jenny BeavanA Room with a View (1985) - with Jenny BeavanThe Bostonians (1984) - with Jenny BeavanThe Lucille Acevedo-Jones episode
34:48|*Make sure your volume is up high - I recorded our voices too quietly!*My sixth episode is with Lucille Acevedo-Jones. Lucille talks about her appreciation for other departments and topping up your creative, and personal, cup.Greatest hits:Men Up (2023) - as DesignerThe Pact (2022) - as DesignerThe Flash (2023) - as Assistant Costume DesignerEveryone's Talking About Jamie (2021) - as Assistant Costume DesignerDevs (2020) - as Assistant Costume DesignerFantastic Beasts: the Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) - as Costume AssistantPhantom Thread (2017) - as Costume AssistantBlack Sails (2015) - as Assistant Costume DesignerHugo (2011) - as Costume Assistant