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Heartstopper Special Part Two: Kit Connor and Joe Locke

In the first part of this episode, I’ll be talking to Kit, who plays the heartthrob rugby-playing, Nick Nelson, about introducing sex to series 3 of Heartstopper, how he is actually an introvert – and what’s next for his career. Afterwards, you’ll hear me in conversation with Joe Locke – in which we talk about the impact playing Charlie has had on his life, handling fame and entering the Marvel Universe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 3, 202435 min

Heartstopper Special Part One: Alice Oseman

Joining me, in this special episode is the creator, writer and brains behind it all, Alice Oseman. We talk about Charlie and Nick’s origin story, the explosion of her webcomic, and how it has changed their life. It’s a remarkable episode – Alice is a delight to be in conversation with. Please do set a reminder on your phones, on the 3rd of October, this Thursday, part two will be released – and you can tune in to listen to my episode with Kit Connor and Joe Locke. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Oct 1, 202433 min

Smart TV: Heartstopper NEWS and Industry Intrigues

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV Industry, BBC Apples Never Fall, BBC Heartstopper S3, Netflix Joan, ITV1 In My Own Words: Jilly Cooper, BBC1 The Battle for Black Music: Paid in Full, BBC2 FILM OF THE WEEK The Outrun, Cinema ONE FROM THE ARCHIVE Buying London, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 27, 202423 min

Smart TV: Emmy Winners and The Dog House

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Baby Reindeer, Netflix Ludwig, BBC Sunny, Apple TV The Dog House, C4 Will and Harper, Netflix FILM OF THE WEEK: Speak No Evil, In Cinemas THE ARCHIVE: A Very English (and British one) Scandal, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 20, 202418 min

Smart TV: The Last Ever Grand Tour

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Nightsleeper, BBC1 A Very Royal Scandal, Amazon Prime Strictly Come Dancing, BBC1 The Grand Tour, Amazon Prime My Mum, Your Dad, ITV1 FILM OF THE WEEK: Easy A, BBC3 THE ARCHIVE: The Ipcress File, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 13, 202420 min

Smart TV: The Teacher and Funny Woman Return

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Teacher Series 2, C5 Funny Woman, Now Taskmaster, C4 Grand Designs: 25 years and counting, C4 Mr Bates vs the Post Office: the Impact, ITV1 FILM OF THE WEEK: Gladiator, ITV1, Saturday, 10.40pm THE ARCHIVE: Channel 5 dramas, especially The Holiday, Channel5.com . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sep 6, 202417 min

Smart TV: Slow Horses and The Perfect Couple

You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Slow Horses, Apple TV+ The Perfect Couple, Netflix The Zelensky Show, BBC2 Colin From Accounts, BBC2 FILM OF THE WEEK: Get Carter, BBC4 THE ARCHIVE: A Spy Among Friends, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 30, 202419 min

Smart TV: Sherwood and a Few to Miss

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Sherwood, BBC1 Kaos, Netflix Strictly Amy: Cancer and Me, BBC1 Adam Hills: Foot Fault, Sky Docs Misinvestigations of Romesh, BBC2 FILM OF THE WEEK: Captain Phillips, BBC1 THE ARCHIVE: State of Play, U (formerly known as UKTV Play) . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 23, 202421 min

Smart TV: Michael Mosley's final documentary and Premier League returns

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Premier League 24/25 Season, Sky Sports and TNT Sports Michael Mosley: Wonders of the Human Body, C5 Brian May: The Badgers, the Farmers and Me, BBC2 Live Comedy from the Edinburgh Fringe, ITVX The Reunion, Radio 4 FILM OF THE WEEK The Karate Kid (2010), Film 4 Boiling Point, Film 4 THE ARCHIVE: All or Nothing, Amazon Prime SCREEN TEST AWARD: Encourage to vote Voting closes Friday 16 August at 11.59pm Visit radiotimes.com/screentestawards . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 16, 202418 min

Smart TV: Olympics Closing Ceremony and Two Taylors

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Olympics Closing Ceremony, BBC1 Emily in Paris, S4, Netflix Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes, Sky Docs Stags, Paramount+ Untold: The Rise and Rise of Taylor Swift, C4 FILM OF THE WEEK: The Instigators, Apple TV+ THE ARCHIVE: 2012, BBC iPlayer SCREEN TEST AWARD: Encourage to vote Voting closes Friday 16 August at 11.59pm Visit radiotimes.com/screentestawards . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 9, 202420 min

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck on growing up together, handling fame and The Instigators

For this very special, bonus episode of the Radio Times Podcast, I, Kelly-Anne Taylor am joined by Oscar-winning Hollywood A listers, Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. They both grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and have been friends since childhood. Their teenage years were spent travelling to New York to auditions – and both eventually dropped out of university (Matt from Harvard, and Casey from Columbia) to pursue acting full-time. And – it paid off. Matt rose to fame, writing and starring in Good Will Hunting – and went on to carve out a rich and brilliant career, with movies like The Martian, The Talented Mr Ripley, and Jason Bourne. Similarly, Casey Affleck, the younger brother of Ben Affleck, has also made his mark – winning an Oscar for his turn in Manchester by the Sea. Now, the pair have teamed up for Apple TV’s action-packed heist drama, The Instigators. They play two strangers from different walks of life, thrown together to rob a corrupt politician. In this episode, we talk about how they met, handling fame and press intrusion – and, how being behind the screens has given them greater autonomy over their careers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 6, 202431 min

Smart TV: House of the Dragon Finale

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: SCREEN TEST AWARD: Encourage to vote Voting closes Friday 16 August at 11.59pm Visit radiotimes.com/screentestawards TV: The Olympics, BBC House of the Dragon, Now Love is Blind, Netflix FILM OF THE WEEK: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, ITV THE ARCHIVE: Game of Thrones, Now . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Aug 2, 202420 min

Smart TV: Olympics Preview

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Olympics, BBC Simone Biles Rising, Netflix The Apartheid Killer, BBC iPlayer A Storm Foretold, BBC4 FILM OF THE WEEK: Boyhood, Netflix THE ARCHIVE: Chariots of Fire, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 26, 202420 min

OLYMPICS SPECIAL: Max Whitlock on Paris 2024, life as a gymnast and retirement

This week, for our series finale, I, Kelly-Anne Taylor, bring to you our Olympics special – it is an interview with the most successful British gymnast of all time – the six-time Olympic medallist, and the most successful pommel horse worker in the Games’ history – it’s Max Whitlock. In this episode, we reflect on his career – how he started gymnastics, his training regime during his teenage years (which hit highs of 35 hours a week – alongside school!) and competing in London in 2012. We also talk about a period of low mental health that he experienced after the Tokyo Olympics – and how having his daughter Willow, altered his approach to the sport. Plus, he talks about preparing for the Paris games and reveals why he has chosen to retire now. I hope you enjoyed our series finale with the delightful Max Whitlock. I have loved choosing the guests for this series, researching, writing questions, and curating these interviews for you – wonderful listener. It is a joy and privilege to be able to create this podcast – and I want to thank you for listening, for writing in, for reviewing and for taking the time to listen to these conversations. Remember, that there is a wealth of archived episodes for you to go back and enjoy – be in my conversation, from the very early days of this series, with Stephen Fry in which we talk about how TV helped him come out, or my chat with the phenomenal duo Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver – in which they discuss the perils of fame and the misogyny they’ve faced – or you might like to listen and laugh to my conversation with Miriam Margolyes. You can also feast on our weekly recommendations podcast – in which I, and my co-host the TV critic and RT columnist Caroline Frost, run you through everything to watch that week on telly – and, tell you what to avoid. Thank you so much for listening – I’ll be back very soon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 23, 202441 min

Smart TV: Time Bandits and ITV Dramas

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: McDonald and Dodds, ITV1 Time Bandits, Apple TV Tabloids on Trial, ITV1 Brats, Disney+ FILM OF THE WEEK: Wicked Little Letters, Netflix The Impossible, BBC3 The Godfather, Film 4 THE ARCHIVE: Karen Pirie, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 19, 202417 min

Emma Gannon on writing, the joys of slowing down and Ctrl-Alt-Delete

This week I, Kelly-Anne Taylor, am joined by the best-selling author, Emma Gannon. She began her career working in magazines – she’s written columns for The Telegraph and The Sunday Times and was the Social Media Editor at Glamour. She created the hit podcast, Ctrl, Alt, Delete which racked up over 13 million downloads and saw her sit down with the likes of Elizabeth Gilbert, Lena Dunham and Gillian Anderson to talk about their work, wellbeing and creativity. She is also the writer behind The Hyphen on Substack, a six-figure business – which is described as ‘a cosy, online space for curious readers’. On top of that – she has written six best-selling books to date including The Success Myth, and, her debut novel Olive. Now, she is releasing A Year of Nothingness – a memoir, focusing on her time spent doing nothing following a period of burn-out. In this episode, we talk about the joys of slowing down, the beauty of cold water swimming, the power of slow news – and learning to say ‘no’. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 16, 202440 min

Smart TV: The Jetty and Glastonbury Sound Issues?

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Jetty, BBC One Midsomer Murders, ITV Marcus in Mallorca, Food Network Daley: Olympic Superstar, BBC Two FILM OF THE WEEK: The Last Duel, Disney+ THE ARCHIVE: Clive Myrie’s Italian Road Trip, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 12, 202421 min

Diane von Furstenberg on the secret to her success, marrying royalty and turning down Bowie and Mick Jagger

Whilst I, Kelly-Anne Taylor, was away, reporting from the field at Glastonbury – RT had the incredible opportunity to interview Diane Von Furstenberg for the podcast. Despite my absence, I didn’t think it was fair – that our lovely listeners should miss out on an incredible episode with an incredible guest and so I recruited, my Smart TV co-host, the wonderful Caroline Frost, to take-over for this episode! Diane Von Furstenberg – you’ll know as the iconic fashion designer who created the wrap-dress. But, she is also a lady who has lived and a new documentary, Woman in Charge on Disney+, gives us a glimpse into her fascinating life story. She was born and raised in Brussels in 1946. Her mother, only 18 months before Diane was born, had been imprisoned at Auschwitz. Diane’s mother left a lasting impact and influence over Diane – which she talks about with Caroline in the episode. Diane entered high-society when she married a German Prince, Egon von Furstenberg. They moved to New York and this is when Diane kickstarted her fashion career. It was the 70s and life was governed by hedonism – in this episode, she talks about turning down a threesome with Bowie and Mick Jagger and rubbing shoulders with the greats. She also reflects on the highs and lows of her life, her sensuality and how it defined her brand and breaking glass ceilings as a woman in business. I hope you enjoy this episode and I’ll be back next week! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 9, 202431 min

Smart TV: 101 shows to watch this summer

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Jul 5, 202420 min

Emma Myers on Wednesday, British accents and not going out

Joining me, Kelly-Anne Taylor, for this very special bonus episode of the Radio Times Podcast is the phenomenal actress, Emma Myers. Born and raised in Orlando in America, Emma had an eclectic childhood – she was one of four and was homeschooled, often spending her days roaming the Disney theme park local to her house. Dance was her initial passion – but, after her family moved to Atlanta, she began to pursue acting. Her life changed forever, when she was cast as Enid Sinclair in Tim Burton’s Wednesday – Netflix’s second most watched show of all time. In this episode, we talk about starring in Wednesday – and how she went from having 900 followers on Instagram to just under 12 million in a matter of weeks – and how she dealt with that explosion in popularity. Plus, we talk about A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – in which she stars as Pip, a precocious teenager who decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a young schoolgirl. It’s a delightful bonus episode – I really hope you enjoy it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 4, 202422 min

Dolly Wells on ambition, the beauty of ageing and Emily Mortimer

Joining me, Kelly-Anne Taylor, this week is the writer, director and actor, Dolly Wells. She grew up off of Kensington High Street in London – the youngest of six children. Aged 18 – she discovered that her stepfather was actually her biological father – the great comic actor, John Wells. In her 20s, Dolly worked as an actress – but also as a photographer’s assistant, she had a stall in Portobello Market and wrote book reviews for the express. It was only when she had her daughter in her 30s that she really decided to go for it. Since then, she’s made her mark – and there seems to be very little that she can’t do. She’s played a vampire-hunting nun in Steven Moffat’s Dracula, a woman locked in a basement with David Tennant in Inside Man and an incompetent assistant in the Sky comedy Doll & Em (which, she co-wrote with her best friend, the actress, Emily Mortimer). Now, she turns her hand to directing BBC3’s A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – which follows a bright-eyed, precocious teenager Pip (who decides to investigate the unsolved murder of a schoolgirl. In this episode, we talk about the beauty of ageing, her life-changing friendship with Emily Mortimer, and how female directors are changing the industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jul 2, 202459 min

Smart TV: A Good Girls Guide to Murder and The Bear Returns

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, BBC iPlayer My Lady Jane, Amazon Prime The Bear, Disney+ Glastonbury, BBC TV & Radio Frosty's Stuff FILM OF THE WEEK: Moulin Rouge, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: Taylor Swift Eras, Disney+ . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 28, 202416 min

Suranne Jones on Coronation Street, Gentleman Jack and why she's obsessed with witches

Joining me, Kelly-Anne Taylor, in the studio is the actress Suranne Jones. Born and raised in Greater Manchester, she first rose to prominence playing Karen McDonald in ITV’s Coronation Street. After leaving the soap, she has cemented herself as one of Britain’s finest actresses – winning a BAFTA for her performance as Gemma Foster in Doctor Foster, and critical acclaim for her role as Anne Lister in Gentleman Jack and Amy Silva in Vigil. In this episode we discuss the early days of her career – and how press intrusion and the era of lad mags, impacted her relationship with her body. And, she talks bravely about her mental health breakdown in 2018 – and the coping mechanisms and boundaries she has put in place since then. Plus, we also discuss her brand new documentary Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 25, 202457 min

Smart TV: Douglas Is Cancelled and Docs for Days

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Douglas is Cancelled, ITV1 James Blunt, Netflix Celine Dion, Amazon Prime Suranne Jones: Investigating Witch Trials, C4 Chinook Zulu Delta, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: Middlemarch, BBCiPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 21, 202416 min

Karen Gillan on Doctor Who, the Marvel Universe and working with Steven Moffatt

Joining me, Kelly-Anne Taylor, for the first episode of this brand-new series of the Radio Times Podcast, is the Scottish actress who took Hollywood by storm, Karen Gillan. Born and raised in Inverness, she moved to London aged 18 to pursue acting – after two weeks at drama school, she dropped out and worked in a pub until she was cast in a role that would change her life – the brilliant Amy Pond in Dr Who. Since then, she’s conquered Hollywood with her role as Nebula in the Marvel film franchise. In this episode, we discuss losing your anonymity, the pressures placed on women’s bodies and her brand new show Douglas is Cancelled. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 18, 202438 min

Series 6 trailer - you're not going to want to miss this...

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The Radio Times Podcast is back for a sixth series! Starting Tuesday 18th June, join host Kelly-Anne Taylor each week on the Radio Times sofa where she'll be interviewing the biggest names in the TV and film industry, talking about their lives and careers. If you’re new here, welcome to the club, do scroll back and enjoy our rich archive - there’s interviews with Stephen Fry, Dame Emma Thompson, Louis Theroux, Romesh Ranganathan, Daniel Radcliffe, Will Ferrell, Andi Oliver, Lily Allen - and many, many more. Make sure to click follow, so you never miss an episode, and welcome back to the Radio Times Podcast! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 20242 min

Smart TV: House of the Dragon and Euros Kick Off

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Fellow Travellers, Paramount + House of the Dragon, Now/Sky Federer: Twelve Final Days, Amazon Prime Adam Lambert: Out, Loud and Proud, ITV1 Euro 2024 FILM: Maradona (2019), NowTV (can buy on Apple for £3.49) . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 14, 202413 min

Smart TV: Bridgerton's Steamy Return and Dalgleish Revives

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Bridgerton Series 3, Part 2 – Netflix Dalgliesh Series 2 - Friday 9pm C5 On Thin Ice: Putin vs Greenpeace - Sunday 9pm BBC2 The Fall: Skydive Murder Plot - Tues-Thursday 9pm C4 Buying London Series 1 - Netflix FILM: Skyfall Saturday - 8pm ITV1 THE ARCHIVE: The Parisien Agency - 2 seasons, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jun 7, 202415 min

Smart TV: Novel Dramas and Scandalous Ashley Madison Doc

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Geek Girl, Netflix Queenie, C4 Lost Boys and Fairies, BBC1 Ashley Madison Sex, Lies and Scandal, Netflix FILM: Four Weddings and a Funeral, BBC1 and iPlayer THE ARCHIVE: The X Files, First series - Channel4.com . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 31, 202415 min

Smart TV: D Day at 80 and Outlaws S3

SHOW NOTES: TV: D-Day at 80, BBC4 and C4 D-Day: the Last Voices, Radio 4 The Outlaws, BBC1 Springwatch, BBC2 Fiennes: Return to the Wild, National Geographic FILM: Tenet, BBC2 THE ARCHIVE: Morecambe & Wise: Fools Rush In, BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 27, 202418 min

Smart TV: Suits arrives on BBC and Rebus Returns

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Rebus, BBC1 Suits, BBC iPlayer Insomnia, Paramount+ Trying, Apple TV+ Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour, BBC iPlayer FILM: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, E4 THE ARCHIVE: Endeavour, ITVX . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 17, 202419 min

Smart TV: Bridgerton and BAFTAs

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May 10, 202416 min

Smart TV: Ncuti Gatwa's Full Doctor Who Debut and Eurovision

You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Doctor Who, BBCiPlayer Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals, BBC1 Salman Rushdie: Through a a Glass Darkly, BBC2 FILM: Senna, Channel 4 THE ARCHIVE: The Avengers, Great TV (Channel 50 on Freeview) Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), Great TV The Persuaders, Great TV The New Avengers, Great TV . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

May 3, 202418 min

Smart TV: Clarkson's Farm and Baby Reindeer

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Apr 26, 202413 min

Smart TV: BBC Two Turns 60 and Britains Got Talent Returns

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Beyond Paradise Finale, BBC1 Walter Presents: Morten, Channel 4.com Britains Got Talent, ITV1 BBCTWO turns 60!, BBCTWO RADIO: Romesh Ranganathan, BBC Radio Two FILM: Dune Part 2, multiple streaming services to buy/rent THE ARCHIVE: Borgen, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 18, 202414 min

SPECIAL EPISODE - Chris Packham and Megan Mccubbin take over for Earth Day!

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For this special episode of the Radio Times Podcast, Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the conservationists Chris Packham and Megan Mccubbin. Packham was born in Southampton in 1961 and spent much of his childhood exploring the nature he found at his doorstep. As a teenager with autism, he was picked on at school – his solace was the outside world. After studying Zoology at the University of Southampton, Packham found himself in the world of television and film, taking still photographs – but it was his audition for The Really Wild Show which kickstarted his career. Today, he is recognised as one of Britain’s most prominent wildlife TV presenters. He joins the podcast, alongside his step-daughter the conservationist and TV presenter, Megan McCubbin. In this episode, we discuss the perils of activism, the everyday changes everyone can make to fight climate change – and, the beauty of watching telly together. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 16, 202442 min

Smart TV: Amy Winehouse Film and Blue Lights Returns

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Feud: Capote vs The Swans, Disney+ Changing Ends, ITV1 Blue Lights, BBC ONE Stacey Solomon’s Renovation Rescue, C4 FILM: Back to Black, Cinemas Anatomy of a Fall, Prime Video THE ARCHIVE: Hollywood, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 12, 202415 min

Smart TV: Joyful TV and Mary Beard’s new Roman Emperor documentary

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: ABBA Night, BBC2 Eurovision Night, BBC4 Meet the Roman Emperor with Mary Beard, BBC2 Race Across the World, BBC1 The Kominsky Method, Netflix Franklin, AppleTV+ Film of the Week: Molly’s Game, BBC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Apr 5, 202415 min

Smart TV: The Scoop, Easy A and Andrew Scott’s drama

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV This Town, BBC1 Ripley, Netflix Pilgrimage, BBC A Small Light, Disney+ FILM Easy A, BBC3 FROM THE ARCHIVE Peaky Blinders, Netflix Sherlock, BBC iPlayer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 29, 202417 min

Adam Buxton talks TV, making podcasts and being friends with Louis Theroux

For the season finale of the podcast, Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by Adam Buxton. The actor, comedian and podcaster attended Westminster School – where he befriended future-documentary-maker Louis Theroux, and Joe Cornish, who he would later star alongside in Channel 4’s The Adam and Joe Show. His podcast, The Adam Buxton Podcast, has been a hit – featuring conversations with everyone from Zadie Smith to Robbie Williams to Paul McCartney. In this episode, Buxton discusses the sacrifices his parents made to send him to public school, how he felt when Louis Theroux decided to launch a podcast and which interviews have been his best… and worst. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 26, 20241h 12m

Smart TV: Pilgrimage Returns and Engrossing Crime-Dramas

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Passenger, ITV1 The Gone, BBC4/iPlayer Pilgrimage, BBC2/iPlayer Jury: Murder Trial, Channel 4 FILM: All of Us Strangers, Disney+ THE ARCHIVE: Top of the Lake, UKTV Play . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 22, 202419 min

Bryony Gordon on writing, mental health and Mad Women

Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the journalist, best-selling author and mental-health advocate, Bryony Gordon. Gordon grew up in London in a family of journalists. Her mother is the former gossip-columnist Jane Gordon, and it was thanks to her address book that Gordon landed her first journalism gig. Since then, she has carved a successful career – known for her trademark honesty. In this episode she talks about the ups and downs of life, sobriety and being mates with Prince Harry. Plus, they discuss Gordon’s eighth book, Mad Woman, in which she writes about her experiences with binge-eating disorder, the menopause and OCD. Please note that this episode includes conversations surrounding eating disorders that some listeners might find triggering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 19, 202442 min

Smart TV: A Casualty on Casualty?

You can get in touch with our hosts via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Manhunt, Apple TV+ Beyond Paradise, BBC1 The Dropout, BBC1 A Life in Ten Pictures, BBC2 Palm Royale, Apple TV+ Casualty, BBC1 ARCHIVE: Oppenheimer (1980), BBC iPlayer . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 15, 202419 min

Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on fame, rock-bottom and the perils of being opinionated women

Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the popstar-turned-actor Lily Allen and the TV presenter Miquita Oliver. They grew up in Ladbroke Grove, West London, in creative households, spending much of their youth roaming Portobello market and flunking school. Allen’s mother is the film producer, Alison Owen, and her father is the actor, Keith Allen. Oliver was raised by her mother, the broadcaster and chef, Andi Oliver. Both Oliver and Allen made their name at a young age – Oliver as a TV presenter on Channel 4’s music show Popworld and Allen for her debut-smash-hit Smile. In this episode they talk about the perils of fame, their new podcast called 'Miss Me?' and how they handle trolls. Plus, they reminisce about the hedonism of the 00s and reveal why they never listened to the advice imparted by their famous family members. Show notes Miss Me? with Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on BBC Sounds Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 12, 202453 min

Smart TV: Comic Relief and Taylor Swift

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: The Oscars, ITV1 Darren McGarvey: The State We're In, BBC Two Comic Relief, BBC1 Taylor Swift: the Eras Tour, Disney+ FILMS: Dune Part 2, Cinemas (Part 1 on Netflix) Gigli, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 8, 202419 min

Theo James on The Gentlemen, Hollywood and Divergent

This week Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the actor, Theo James. He grew up in Buckinghamshire, the youngest of five siblings, and dreamed of a career as a musician. After reading Philosophy at the University of Nottingham, he segued into acting, enrolling as a student at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre. He catapulted to fame when he landed the leading role of Four in the YA Hollywood hit-series, Divergent. Since then, he has starred in The White Lotus, Sanditon, The Time Traveller’s Wife – and, most recently, Guy Ritchie’s The Gentleman. In this episode, he talks about the harsh realities of overnight fame, how the Me Too movement has shaped films sets and how his latest role exposes Britain’s class system. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 5, 202436 min

Smart TV: Drive to Survive and the Return of Scandi Drama

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: Prisoner, BBC iPlayer The Gentleman, Netflix Drive to Survive Series 6, Netflix Sarah Everard: the Search for Justice, BBC1 Navalny, BBC iPlayer FILMS: Ferrari, Now Cinema Rush, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mar 1, 202418 min

Joanna Lumley on the secrets of a long marriage, the Swinging Sixties and beauty

This week joining Kelly-Anne Taylor, in the studio, is the British actress, presenter and author, Joanna Lumley. Born in India, in Kashmir, Srinagar – she was brought up in the Far East, coming to the UK, aged 8, to attend boarding school. She went on to work as a model and actress, living in London in the Swinging Sixties – and made her name starring as Purdy in The New Avengers. She boasts a successful career – spanning over 6 decades – she had audiences in hysterics as Patsy in hit sit-com Absolutely Fabulous, has presented wonderful travel programmes – and, of course, captured the nation in Jan Etherington’s radio show, Conversations From A Long Marriage – in which she stars alongside Roger Allum. In this episode, she talks about why she doesn’t have a mobile phone and how difficult she found it to shed the ‘pretty girl’ stereotype when she moved from modelling to acting. Plus, she talks about raising a child as a single mother, how playing Purdy in The New Avengers changed things financially for her and why she wishes sex scenes would be cut from TV and film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 27, 202445 min

Smart TV: One Day and The New Look

Follow our hosts on Twitter (@KA1_Taylor and @FrostReporter) and Instagram (@kellyannect and @frostreporter) You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email ([email protected]) and Spotify users can write in directly using the Q&A box at the bottom of the episode. SHOW NOTES: TV: One Day, Netflix The New Look, Apple TV+ Under the Banner of Heaven, ITVX Saturday Night Takeaway, ITV1 RADIO Conversations From a Long Marriage, Radio 4 FILM: Wicked Little Letters, Cinemas ARCHIVE: Bloodline, Netflix . . . Happy Viewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 23, 202416 min

Martin Compston on Line of Duty, on-screen nudity and running with wolves

This week Kelly-Anne Taylor is joined by the Scottish actor, Martin Compston. Born and raised in Greenock, Scotland – he first made his name starring in the Ken Roach film, Sweet Sixteen (which won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival). It was his role as Detective Sergeant Steve Arnott in Jed Mercurio's Line of Duty that made him a household name. In this episode, he talks about how that role changed his life, what it’s like living in Vegas – and why he’s doing less on-screen nudity. Plus, he chats about his latest travelogue Martin Compston’s Norwegian Fling and what it was like running with wolves. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Feb 20, 202433 min