Hiyer. How are ya? It's that Two Shot Podcast time of the week again and we've got a right lovely chat for you with the fabbo Rakie Ayola. Rakie is an amazing actor as those who have seen her in the acclaimed On Bear Ridge alongside Rhys Ifans can attest. You may have seen her as Hermione Granger in the West End production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child or way back on Holby City as nurse Kyla Tyson amongst hundreds of other television and stage roles. Rakie has a lovely, warm demeanour but...
Oct 17, 2019•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 18
Hi mates. Hope you're all well. It's episode 101 time and our guest this week is Laurie Kynaston. Laurie is a brilliant young actor currently wowing audiences in Florian Zeller's 'The Son' in London's West End. You might also have seen him in Cradle to Grave or alongside previous guest Nicola Coughlan in Derry Girls. We meet Laurie in our favourite Soho haunt Maison Bertaux, got a brew in and got down to it. As Craig mentions in his intro, Laurie is an incredibly centred young actor with a real ...
Oct 10, 2019•57 min•Season 5Ep. 17
100 N/O. Not a bad innings that is it? Thanks for joining us this week. It's only our hundredth bloody episode. Thanks a load to everyone who's listened, shared, sponsored, recommended and generally made us feel lovely about the podcast. It's really, really appreciated. On to our guest... It's flipping Martin Compston. We've been talking about sitting down with Martin ever since the very first episode with his Line Of Duty co-star Vicky McClure all that time ago. It seemed very appropriate to ma...
Oct 03, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Tonight we’re gonna party like it’s episode 99 (that loosely works doesn’t it??). This week we’re joined by the hilarious Sinead Keenan. You might’ve seen her very recently in ITV’s Deep Water, or in BBC Three’s Being Human. Irish listeners may have seen her in RTE’s Fair City. We sat down with her in Soho and hear about the origins of her potty mouth, her grandparent’s ejection from an am-dram group for unruly behaviour, touching Mother Teresa, being listened to by an audience. Sinead is unders...
Sep 26, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Season 5Ep. 15
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Sep 19, 2019•4 min
Hiyer. How goes it? Hope you're good this week. We are. We've done a load of podcast recording. And the first one we're gonna share with you is this absolute beaut featuring the incredible voice of actor Mark Strong. You'll know Mark from loads of stuff. You might've seen him very recently in in Sky One's Temple alongside Craig and previous TSP guest Danny Mays. He's been in loads of other stuff including Kingsman, Sherlock Holmes, Shazam, Deep State, Green Lantern, The Imitation Game, RocknRoll...
Sep 19, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Hello Two Shot Podcast listeners. It's that time of the week again where we bring you a slice of chat-based audio loveliness and this week it's the turn of Lancastrian poet, author and Broadcaster Lemn Sissay (OBE). Craig went along on his own to meet Lemn in a hotel in Manchester with his trusty audio recorder and they got into it. Lemn recounts us with tales of his childhood, growing up in the care system, finding his people, anger and loads, loads more. It's a humorous and affecting hour or s...
Sep 12, 2019•1 hr 36 min•Season 5Ep. 13
What’s the story Two Shot Podcast listeners? We’re here with another podcast. It’s with Derry Girls’ superstar Nicola Coughlan. We met up with Nicola a few weeks ago now; back in the London summer. It was a really lovely afternoon so I think we eschewed our usual brews for a pint each and got down to it. We talk mad tattoos, Basquiat, Derry Girls Murals, Galway, the frustrations of academia and tonnes more. Nicola is class. She’s an absolute whirlwind of tales and she’s mint on social media. Do ...
Sep 05, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 12
Hiyer. How are ya? Hope you're alright this week. Don't really know what say about this one. It's sad, and brutal, but incredibly honest. For anyone who has experienced grief that they haven't fully processed, it's all too relatable. This week's guest is the amazing human Jill Halfpenny. You might know Jill from Coronations Street, Eastenders or Waterloo Road, or, for those of you that remember the early days of Byker Grove, she played Nicola Dobson throughout her teenage years. We sat down with...
Aug 22, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 5Ep. 11
What's happening mates! Hope you are all in a good place this week. It's episode ninety four with none other than Gaz Coombes. You'll know loads of Gaz's tunes. His new single Salamander is getting a load of radio play on 6Music. He's been putting out banging records for about 25 years under both his own name and with his group Supergrass. We met Gaz outside Maison Bertaux in Soho on a very sunny day in July. We had a brew and a chat and we recorded it so you can have a listen too. It's a lovely...
Aug 15, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Alreet. Hope you're well. We're here again with another podcast for you. And this week we're joined by an artistic polymath by the name of Jessie Cave. Jessie is a writer, standup comic, actor, illustrator and all round creative whirlwind. We sit down with her and hear her tales of love, loss, grief, struggle, comedy and Harry Potter. She's a unique and fantastically strong woman who is currently up in Edinburgh with her brilliant show Sunrise (tickets here). You might well have caught her at on...
Aug 08, 2019•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 9
Peace be with you TSP listeners. It's a special Sunday release of the podcast. Last weekend we were at Kendal Calling festival. It was the Friday, before the entire site turned into brown shiny slime. We were set up in Tim Peaks diner along with a couple of hundred tightly packed pals. The extra security was in place and we all awaited the arrival of some real funk royalty. When Nile Rodgers rolled up, I don't think any of us could believe it was happening but we had the absolute pleasure of sit...
Aug 04, 2019•37 min•Season 5Ep. 8
Hiyer. It's the British summer (apparently) and that means it's festival season. We went up to the beautiful Lowther deer park, got our culturally appropriative head-dresses on and recorded two banging episodes, which means it's double-dose week on the Two Shot Podcast. First up, in our usual Thursday morning slot, we have Sheffield's own power couple, John and Laura McClure from Reverend And The Makers. We've spoken to Jon before on #TSP051 but we thought we'd invite him back on with his partne...
Aug 01, 2019•32 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Hello Two Shot Podcast listeners. Lovely of you to join us this week for our second in the ongoing series of "Al Fresco" TSP recordings. This week, we've had a sit down (in the park) with the absolutely hilarious Glenn Wool. Glenn is a Canadian comic who we first met in Manchester after the podcast festival last year. He was completely charming and we did our best to get him to come and have a chat with us before he headed off back to Canada. We met him in Soho Square, tried to find a position o...
Jul 25, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Another day, another podcast. But not just any podcast! This one is with the absolute legend Julie Hesmondhalgh! We've had our fair share of folk from 'up north' on Two Shot over the past few years but for my money, Julie takes the prize for the most intensely Northern accent. Hailing from the Lancastrian town of Accrington, Julie has been on our screens for 20 odd years. You might know her from her iconic portrayal of Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street or more recently in Broadchurch, Happy Va...
Jul 18, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Hello Two Shot Podcast listeners. Hope you're well. We've got a treat for you this week in the form of the iconic musician Joan As Police Woman. We went to the Hebden Bridge Trades Club to watch Joan and were lucky enough to grab half an hour to chat with her before the show. If you haven't already, go and acquaint yourself with Joan's music. She's got a brilliant anthology out at the moment that is a great place to start and if you're a fan, go and catch her on tour. She's about. Tour dates her...
Jul 11, 2019•44 min•Season 5Ep. 4
It seems like an age, but we’re back, rested and ready to fire up the mics and get back to doing what we do...We wanted someone very special to talk to for us coming back and getting down to business so when looking through a very large list of artists that we want to talk to, seeing where both myself and Griff would be in the country, the stars aligned. We found that we were in Manchester and guess who else was nearby... The magnificent MORVEN CHRISTIE!!!!! As you’ll hear near the start, we’ve ...
Jul 04, 2019•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 3
Yo, yo, yo TSP listeners. How the devil are you and all that. This week is a little bit of a break from the norm whilst we're on our enforced jollies. Dunno if any of you have heard of program called Line of Duty...? It's on at the moment and everyone under the sun is wondering how it's going to play out. You might even been familiar with one previous, devious baddy named DI "Dot" Cotton (It's Craig Parkinson from the Two Shot Podcast if you haven't watched LOD).It turns out that we've spoken to...
May 02, 2019•42 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Hi Two Shot Podcast downloader. Hope you're well and good. This week we've got a chat with the comic stalwart Kevin Bishop. Kev has been splitting sides for most of his life now, moving between stage and screen with consummate ease. You'll know him from his childhood roles in Muppet's Treasure Island and Grange Hill, or from his Channel 4 comedy work one Star Stories and the Kevin Bishop Show. You may even have seen performing as part of Damon Albarn's Gorillaz playing the voice of 2D.Kevin is a...
Apr 25, 2019•1 hr 14 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Hiyer. How's it going? Happy Thursday. It's that Two Shot Podcast time of the week and on this episode we're talking to the brilliant Mike Jibson. Mike is a real acting polymath, moving effortlessly between stage, the silver screen and television. You may have seen him recently in his Olivier Award-winning performance in Hamilton or in the films The Lighthouse, Les Miserables and Star Wars or on the telly in The Last Kingdom. Mike is a passionately honest person with an absolute devotion to his ...
Apr 18, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 20
What's popping Two Shot Podcast listeners? How are you diddling? It's episode 84 time. We've got another fantastic guest for you this week in the form of the actor Anjli Mohnindra. You might know Anjli from Jed Mercurio's brilliant drama Bodyguard or from ITV's Dark Heart amongst a bunch of other stuff. We met her in Maison Bertaux on Greek Street on a spring-like day where after a brief discussion on the nature of gratitude and moan about ungrateful road users, she and Craig got down to it. She...
Apr 11, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 19
It's that Two Shot Podcast time of the week again and have we got a barrel of laughs for you this week (albeit a well-tempered and thoughtful barrel of laughs). It's the actor, writer and comedian Tom Davis! You might know Tom from his role as DI Sleet in Murder In Successville or alongside Romesh Ranganathan in Judge Romesh or from his work with Leigh Francis in Bo' Selecta and the Keith Lemon programs. We travelled down to that London again and met up with Tom in our Soho cafe of choice, Maiso...
Mar 28, 2019•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 18
So here we are again... EPISODE 81. How’s your week been? Good? Not bad? Fair? Actually pretty bad? Well, put everything aside for a while and get in your podcast zone and do something for you. Forget about that email you have to send. Put down that phone and make that call later. Spend a little bit of time to listen to someone else’s story. Just for a while. It’s a funny thing. When booking guests to come on the podcast it can be: 1: people we know ( quite rare but still happens) 2: people we’v...
Mar 21, 2019•56 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Hiyer, how're you keeping? Decent we hope. Thanks for listening in to this, the eightieth episode of the Two Shot Podcast. This week we are joined by the infectiously lovely Jemima Rooper. We were back in our spiritual London home of Maison Bertaux this week. Jemima came and met us, we had a brew and really bloody nice chat. Jemima has been on our stages and screens for the best past of the last thirty years. You may know her from her childhood appearances as George in The Famous Five or on the ...
Mar 14, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Here we are at episode 79 of the Two Shot Podcast. We're very glad you could join us this week. First thing's first, a little bit of housekeeping. We've got a date for your diaries. It's Sunday the 14th of April in that London. We'll be sitting down for a live TSP chat with RICHARD E. GRANT. For more info and to get tickets, go here. It'd be ace to see you down there.Secondly, thanks to all the people who've pledged a bit of money via our Patreon site. We're getting on the badge admin very soon....
Mar 07, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Hiyer TSP feed subscribers. Hope you enjoyed the episode with Joseph Gilgun yesterday; we've had some incredible feedback already. Anyway, we've just popped this small service announcement on the podcast feed for you to have a listen to. If you want some more information click this link here. Thanks for being lovely and listening to our podcast. X Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/twoshotpod. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. ...
Mar 01, 2019•4 min
This week we're celebrating some of the talented past TSP guests who've been recognised at this year's BAFTAs. This episode with Joe Gilgun first aired February 28th 2019 Nah then. How are you keeping? We've got another sequel for you this week. It's the return of one of Chorley's finest exports Mr. Joseph Gilgun! We chatted to Joe way, way back in 2017 (click here to listen) and the feedback we got from that episode was incredible. Joe doesn't do too many interviews so having the opportunity to...
Feb 28, 2019•1 hr 32 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Bonjour TSP listeners. Hope you're well as you read this. We've got an absolute treat for you this week in the shape of a chat with the enigmatic actor Tchéky Karyo. You may have seen Tchéky in his role of detective Julien Baptiste in The Missing and Baptiste or in such films as The Patriot, Goldeneye, Bad Boys and La Femme Nikita. He has an incredibly impressive resume, but this being the Two Shot Pod we don't really talk about all that stuff. Tcheky is a passionate and deeply interesting perso...
Feb 21, 2019•1 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Hello TSP listeners. Hope this episode finds you well. We've got a treat from north of the border this week in the shape of the wonderful actor Julie Graham. Craig and Julie had never met before but that didn't seem to stop them having a proper good chin-wag about life, camper vans, London, auditions and having a bit of a legend for a mum. You'll know Julie from The Bletchley Circle, Benidorm, Shetland, or William and Mary. She's top company and we were honoured to hear her stories. We're sure y...
Feb 14, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Hiyer. How are ya? Thanks for being here. It's very much appreciated. Remember when Notorious B.I.G. and Method Man dropped red-hot collab 'The What' over an impeccably produced Easy Mo Bee beat? Well what we've got here for episode 75 is the podcast equivalent. Well it's not really, but that is a dead good song. This week's guest is podcasting royalty. It's the multi award-winning Griefcast's very own Cariad Lloyd. Cariad is an infectious ball of energy juggling so many different and brilliant ...
Feb 07, 2019•1 hr 20 min•Season 4Ep. 11
