Eyup, eyup. How're you keeping? Thanks for joining us for this, the 14th episode of the Two Shot Podcast. This week we were kindly invited into the home of the actor Joe Sims. We sat down and had a brew (Clipper liquorice or summert) and some delicious cannoli and had a right good chat. Joe is a Bristolian and proud. His love for the people of his home town (and people in general) shine through in this chat. His poitivity is infectious and we hope listening to this brightens up your day. Thanks ...
Oct 12, 2017•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Alright. How's it going? Thanks for downloading episode 13 of the Two Shot Podcast. This week Craig and Producer Griff took a trip to Derby to have a chin-wag with Lauren Socha. You might know her from her roles alongside our host Craig in Misfits, or from her great performace in The Unloved. In this chat, Lauren is brutally candid and incredibly open. She reveals her own insecurities and regrets and talks about her childhood, school, dealing with being in the limelight as a young person, and he...
Oct 05, 2017•42 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Happy Thursday to each and everyone one of you! Thanks so much for joining us for episode 12 of the Two Shot Podcast. This week we're very happy to share a chat with an actor still very much in love in acting; ANDY NYMAN. Craig & Producer Griff travelled to London to spend some time with Andy and have a brew and a natter. I think you're gonna like this one. It's a very positive chat with Andy. His love for all things 'acting' shines through this episode. We cover all sorts of stuff whilst be...
Sep 28, 2017•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Here we are again. Thanks for coming on board! Episode 11 is here and this week, Craig & Producer Griff travel to London meet up with the mighty SANJEEV BHASKAR. We talk, drink tea and eat some very delicious cake provided to is by Sanjeev's lovely wife MEERA SYAL (massive shout to Meera, that was some banana bread!) You'll know Sanjeev from his groundbreaking work in Goodness Gracious Me, The Kumars At Number 42 and most recently Unforgotten. We're thrilled that Sanjeev wanted to come and h...
Sep 21, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 10
This week we're celebrating some of the talented, past TSP guests who've been recognised at this year's BAFTAs. This episode with Joseph Gilgun first aired September 14th 2017. Alright. How’s it going? Thanks loads for downloading and listening. Here we at our tenth episode. La Decima! We’ve got something special for you this week... it’s a Two Shot Podcast chat with the one and only Joseph Gilgun. You might know him as Woody from Shane Meadow's This is England, As Rudy Wade in Misfits alongside...
Sep 14, 2017•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 9
How the devil are you? Good week? We hope you're well and looking forward to EPISODE 9 of The Two Shot Podcast. We're thrilled that we can bring you a conversation with the one and only Thoms Turgoose! Craig & Producer Griff were all set to jump in the motor with the mics to meet Tommo in his home town of Grimsby but, an actors schedule is never set in stone and all three of us managed to meet for brew and a chat in London just before Tommo was heading to a premiere. Yes, it's a shorter than...
Sep 07, 2017•44 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Good morning/Good afternoon/Good Evening. The warmest greetings to you, wherever you may be and whatever you may be doing. It's Thursday and it's EPISODE 8 of THE Two Shot Podcast. Two months down already and this week Craig & Producer Griff travel to London to meet the very funny and chatty (always helps!) MAYA SONDHI! You may know Maya from her fabulous work in Line Of Duty or Citizen Khan or possibly from her writing work on The Kumars, Mount Pleasant and Eastenders. We get the kettle boi...
Aug 31, 2017•56 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Here we are again. It's episode seven of the two shot podcast! Our guest this week is the actor, stand-up comedian and raconteur MICHAEL SMILEY. Craig & Producer Griff met with Smiley in London and after a not so successful coffee order for Smiley (don't ask!) we popped the kettle on, had our selves a brew (very successful!), sat down and dived in.You'll know Michael from playing the part of 'Tyres' in the acclaimed sitcom Spaced, and from his work with Ben Wheatley in Kill List, A Field In ...
Aug 24, 2017•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Happy Thursday! Hope you're all well. Here we go again. It's episode six! I say "here we go again" but this weeks guest is surprisingly different. Different in that usually, we tell you who it is and a little bit about them. Can't do that this week. Our guest wants to remain unnamed and this is something we respect on the Two Shot Podcast. For those of you who don't know (and why would you?) we give each guest freedom of edit which means they can talk freely and openly without consoring themselv...
Aug 17, 2017•54 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Greetings Two Shot Pod listeners. It's that time of the week again and this time it's the turn of the magnificent Kate Ashfield. Craig and producer Griff took a trip to the Big Smoke and visited Kate in her super-cool East London flat. They talked drama groups, risk-taking, balancing writing and acting, and Gary Oldman's school reports. It's a fabulous chat. You'll know Kate from her brilliant portrayals in Shaun of the Dead, The Little Life, and Late night Shopping, or her myriad appearances on...
Aug 10, 2017•53 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Episode 4. EPISODE 4! ALREADY! That's right. We're a month in and it's flying by.This week Craig & producer Griff travelled to Oldham to pop the kettle on with professional northerner WILLIAM ASH!! Once the tea was brewed we got right down to business. We talk about loads with Will; from football to broken legs to ending up in the "Children's Ward". You'll quickly learn that Will has both feet firmly rooted in the North West. You'll know Will from Clocking Off, Waterloo Road, Where The Heart...
Aug 03, 2017•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Here we are again! It's EPISODE 2 of THE TWO SHOT PODACAST. After a triumphant opener last week with Nottingham's First Lady, Vicky McClure, this week Craig & producer Griff travel from East Midlands to the great city of Manchester to get the kettle on with the deliciously eloquent and brutally honest NEIL MORRISSEY. Depending on your age you may know Neil's work from Boon, Bob the Builder and Men Behaving Badly. More recently he has appeared in the BBC's Waterloo Road and Line of Duty, BUT ...
Jul 20, 2017•53 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Here it is! The first episode of the Two Shot Podcast: a podcast about actors and acting. Our host Craig Parkinson and producer Griff went down to sunny Nottingham to have a brew and a chat with the actor Vicky McClure. Vicky was honest and frank about her early years as an actor in her local drama workshop and getting her breakthrough roles, and she talked openly about her route to becoming an actor. Vicky first came to prominance in Shane Meadows' brilliant film A Room for Romeo Brass before g...
Jul 06, 2017•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Here's a little taste of what we've got coming up for you in the first six episodes of the Two Shot Podcast. Our host Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty, Misfits, Four Lions) sits down with our brilliant guests and has a good old chat about acting and how they came to be actors. Excerpts from Vicky McClure, Will Ash, Neil Morrissey, Susan Lynch, Kate Ashfield.Subscibe to this feed. The first episode will be in your ears very very soon.Follow us on twitter, instagram and facebook for more info and a l...
Jun 22, 2017•4 min