Kelly's Heroes

Craig Kelly and celebrity guests chat frankly and honestly about themselves, their careers and their lives in Series One of Kelly's Heroes. Why should you tune in? For the pure entertainment of course and the lovely sing song at the end where the star reveals their favourite song. Who are the guests? Cricketing legend and national treasure Phil Tufnell, Welsh screen writing genius Russell T Davies, talented actors Kris Marshall, Max Beesley and John Simm are first up with tons more incredible celebrity guests to follow including legendary frontman Terry Hall and the boxing great Joe Calzaghe.

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Kelly's Heroes with Jonathan Yeo

Jonathan puts down his paint brushes to talk to me from his Chelsea artist studio. We reminisce about playing poker in Cardiff with Martin Amis and Sir Clive Sinclair. We natter about the tequila drink diet, meeting the great Lucian Freud, the infamous George Bush porn collage portrait and the secret to knocking up the perfect light and fluffy taramasalata. He tells me what it’s like to paint portraits over FaceTime. We discuss the launch of his exciting brand new VR Jonathan Yeo studio app. He ...

Oct 11, 2020•59 min

Kelly's Heroes with Tamzin Outhwaite

Join me to hear this week’s catch up with Tamzin Outhwaite. We talk about filming Dun breedin’ with Julie Graham during lock down, riding around on a heavy orange bike and eating her favourite New York style sandwich. Who knew dancer Louie Spence can eat one whilst doing a shoulder leg stretch, just ask Liz Hurley. We also chat about her time on Eastenders, she reveals the secret of her success and how brilliant it was to work with those amazing iconic characters. She also chats about her love o...

Sep 12, 2020•45 min

Kelly's Heroes with Richard Coyle

Richard speaks to me from his home in east London. We talk about his breakthrough role in the hit comedy BBC TV series Coupling, his massive current Netflix show Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and his experience of filming it in Vancouver. We also chat about his love of gardening, how it helped him beat the bullies and how he has named the climbing rose in his back garden Foopint. He also tells me how it feels to go on a West End stage while starring opposite Gwyneth Paltrow knowing Bono is in t...

Sep 05, 2020•58 min

Kelly's Heroes with Shaun Parkes

We talk about his exciting upcoming film 'Mangrove' directed by the brilliant Steve McQueen, he reveals his favourite flavour, opening his West End play Blue/Orange the night before the Twin Tower terrorist attack in 2001. He lets me know how it felt to be on a BLM march in L.A recently, how important his breakout hit film 'Human Traffic' was, working with John Simm and how much fun it was to film. Shaun also tells me about the 'hush don't tell no one channel' and we explain why 11:11 is very sp...

Aug 29, 2020•47 min

Kelly's Heroes - Special Message from Craig

A special message from Craig

Aug 22, 2020•2 min

Kelly's Heroes with Julie Graham

Julie talks to me from her house in Brighton. We chat about her catchphrase 'Hello baby', the time at the Donmar Warehouse in our sell out play Helpless, where knickers were actually thrown at the curtain call and when Sam Mendes brought his recently won oscars backstage at press night as one of the actors snatched the Oscar from his hand to practice their acceptance speech in the mirror. We also talk about working with national treasure Martin Clunes multiple times and wandering around hotel co...

Aug 16, 2020•44 min

Kelly's Heroes with Tom Robinson

We chat about his iconic group Tom Robinson Band, their massive hits 2-4-6-8 Motorway, the protest song Glad to be Gay and why that tune helped the LGBT movement. He tells me how he got into being a successful broadcaster for the BBC, being influenced by John Peel who replied to his fan letters while working on the offshore radio pirate station Radio London and later defied a radio ban to play Tom's song Glad to be Gay on the airwaves. We also talk about his battle with depression and his 6 year...

Aug 09, 2020•37 min

Kelly's Heroes with Joe Calzaghe

From a council estate in the Welsh Valleys to Caesars Palace - the pinnacle of boxing. Super Joe Calzaghe tells me how he conquered the boxing world under the tutelage of his brilliant late father Enzo, how he beat the bullies of both his childhood and in the ring. We also chat about Eubank, Kessler, Hopkins, Lacey, Roy Jones jnr and inspired by the Rocky films how he beat them all to become one of the greatest boxers the world has ever seen.

Aug 01, 2020•41 min

Kelly's Heroes with Terry Hall

We chat about how seminal band, The Specials, formed at the dawn of punk and life in Coventry at that time. Terry tells us what it takes to be a lead singer and how he's never happier than when he's at the garden centre - that's when he's not dreaming about Simon Le Bon on a big yacht. We also hear about his fondness for David Cassidy and the mystery of Walt Jabsco. The band have been getting together on zoom and despite missing their Glastonbury appearance this summer, there are new tour dates ...

Jul 25, 2020•40 min

Kelly's Heroes with Hugo Speer

Hugo speaks to me from the magical Queens Wood in Highgate. We chat about angry red cars, sloths, fish and chip suppers wrapped in newspaper, the tabloids, his stint as the comedian Bernie Stubbins and of course his smash cinematic hit The Full Monty.

Jul 18, 2020•30 min

Kelly's Heroes with Max Beesley

I talk to Max from his Hollywood home in the hills and how he has coped in LA lockdown. We talk dinosaurs, birds, scorpions and black widow spiders as well as his hit show Bodies, touring with Robbie Williams and performing on Paul Weller's classic album Wild Wood.

Jul 11, 2020•31 min

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