Jan Ravens: “I lived with a nameless dread”
Jan Ravens, the acclaimed impressionist at the heart of Dead Ringers, grew up learning to change the mood of a room long before she ever changed her voice on stage. In this conversation with James O B...
5 Dec 20251h 2min
Hal Cruttenden: Divorce blew my mind- it hits harder than losing parents
Before he became one of the most recognisable storytellers on the comedy circuit, Hal Cruttenden was a shy kid from West London who spent years trying to be what he thought others wanted him to be. He...
28 Nov 20251h 4min
Stephen Mangan: When Mum died, I knew I couldn’t waste life being a lawyer- I had to act
Before he became one of Britain’s most familiar faces, Stephen Mangan was a bookish North London boy from an Irish working-class family- the son of a builder and a barmaid- who won a scholarship to a ...
21 Nov 20251h
Toby Jones: I never wanted to feel desperate about acting
From Truman Capote to Mr Bates, Toby Jones has built a career on disappearing- an actor whose transformations are so complete they can seem alchemical. But behind that versatility lies a story of inhe...
14 Nov 20251h 4min
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
