John Lloyd: Blackadder, Spitting Image, QI and a life in search of meaning
As the creative mind behind Blackadder, Spitting Image, Not the Nine O’Clock News and QI, John Lloyd has quietly shaped British comedy for more than forty years. In this episode of Full Disclosure, he...
7 Nov 20251h 3min
Jimmy Wales: The man who built Wikipedia
Long before it became one of the most visited websites on Earth, Wikipedia began as a radical idea from a curious boy in Huntsville, Alabama. Raised by a father who managed a grocery store and a mothe...
31 Okt 20251h 5min
Charles Dance: From builder’s labourer with a stammer to Tywin Lannister
Before he was Tywin Lannister in Game of Thrones or the commanding presence of The Jewel in the Crown, Charles Dance was a boy from Worcestershire whose father died when he was three and whose mother ...
24 Okt 202558min
Alexander Armstrong: My default setting is fear- I expect the worst of people
Before Pointless, Classic FM and comedy stardom, Alexander Armstrong was a restless kid growing up in rural Northumberland- lonely at boarding school, obsessed with music, and quietly desperate to per...
17 Okt 202553min
Cor Hutton: The Quadruple Amputee Who Found Her Feet
In 2013, businesswoman and mum Cor Hutton was given just a five percent chance of survival after contracting pneumonia that developed into sepsis. She pulled through, but lost both hands and her legs ...
6 Okt 202551min
Jamie Oliver: “I’d gone from being skint to having a lot of money, I felt like a fake.”
Before he became one of the world’s best-known chefs, Jamie Oliver was a dyslexic kid growing up in his parents’ pub in rural Essex, learning the value of hard work, fresh food, and family.In this epi...
3 Okt 20251h 3min
Leo Varadkar: Former Prime Minister of Ireland on Power and Letting Go
Before becoming Ireland’s youngest Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar was a Dublin GP with bold ambitions and a belief that politics could be a kind of medicine for society.In this episode of Full Disclosure, Ja...
26 Sep 20251h 5min
