Radio Times Podcast

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

You can get in touch with our hosts on either their social media, or via email (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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

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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

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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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

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

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 (podcast@radiotimes.com) 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