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00:14Oh!
00:15Oh-ho-ho!
00:17Thank you so much!
00:19Oh, you're very kind!
00:21Thank you, thank you, thank you!
00:22Hello!
00:23Hello, hello!
00:24Good evening, everybody!
00:26You are so welcome to the show!
00:28And can I just say...
00:30Happy Black Friday, everybody!
00:32I know!
00:34Have you all done your shopping?
00:36Now, you know what I've ordered?
00:38Five amazing guests, and they've all arrived!
00:41And singing girls later, look who's back!
00:43It's only Jessie J!
00:47She'll be performing her new single, H-A-P-P-Y.
00:51But first, we've a very happy sofa for you tonight.
00:54We've loved her as Claire in Derry Girls,
00:56as Lady Whistledown in Bridgerton,
00:58and as Diplomat Barbie.
00:59Now she's back on stage
01:01in the classic Playboy of the Western world.
01:03It's Nicola Coughlin, everybody!
01:06CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
01:08Yay!
01:10Hello!
01:11It's so good to see you!
01:13Have a seat!
01:15Nicola Coughlin!
01:17This wonderful woman is a laughter-winning star
01:20of stage, cinema and television,
01:22and a Vogue cover girl to boot.
01:24Now she brings us the A to Z of her stories and opinions
01:28in the Little Book of Miriam.
01:30It's always a pleasure to welcome Miriam Margulies!
01:34CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
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01:41AND APPLAUSE
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01:43AND APPLAUSE
01:44You did it!
01:45Wow, wow.
01:46Wow!
01:47So happy that was lovely.
01:49Thank you, Lucy.
01:50Thank you so much.
01:51Thank you, Miriam, Miriam.
01:52Thank you, too.
01:53Thank you, too.
01:55This smouldering Swede
01:56first made his mark in vampire series True Blood
01:59Blood before starring in Viking epic The Northman and hit shows like Big Little Lies and Succession.
02:05His new film is called Pillion. It's a first-time welcome to Mr. Alexander Skarsgård!
02:11And this Hollywood great is an eight-time Oscar nominee who starred in films like Fatal Attraction, Dangerous Liaisons and 101 Dalmatians.
02:33Now she stars in the latest Knives Out mystery, Wake Up Dead Man, it is the great Glenn Close!
02:40CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
02:43Hello! So great to see you!
02:46Welcome back! Thank you!
02:48There you go, meet everyone on the couch!
02:51Oh, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely.
02:54Nice to see you all. Leave the guests alone, Miriam.
02:58Sorry.
02:59Miriam, are you paying homage to Where's Wally? Why the scarf?
03:04It's Arsenal!
03:06Oh!
03:08You've heard of Arsenal.
03:10Oh, I have.
03:11Certainly the first part.
03:13LAUGHTER
03:14Was there a big game tonight or...?
03:18Yesterday there was a big game, yeah.
03:20I'm technically an Arsenal supporter too.
03:22I had a driver called Mickey who drove me on three different jobs and he said,
03:25Do you have a team?
03:26I said, no.
03:27He said, you're an Arsenal supporter.
03:28So, me too.
03:29So you are as well?
03:30I don't know anything but, yes.
03:31Well, the thing is, I want to join the working classes.
03:35And I'm so middle class, you know?
03:39I can't help it.
03:40But Arsenal is working class.
03:42OK.
03:43And I thought if I support Arsenal, you know, people will accept me.
03:47LAUGHTER
03:48There's nothing like a scarf over sequins to suggest working class.
03:53LAUGHTER
03:54It's lovely to see you, Miriam.
03:57Glenn Close, I was saying to you, I feel like you're a frequent guest.
04:00You haven't been here for, what, 18 years?
04:0118 years, yes.
04:02What did you do to her the first time?
04:04Nothing bad!
04:05I don't think.
04:06But now, is it true you nearly worked with Miriam?
04:10Yes.
04:11Don't you remember?
04:12Yes, I do.
04:13Well, it was...
04:14I think it was Albert Nobbs.
04:15Yeah, Albert Nobbs, that's right.
04:17Yes, the movie Albert Nobbs, it was shot in Dublin,
04:19and I was dying for you to play the hotel proprietor.
04:21And why didn't I?
04:22What happened?
04:23I don't know.
04:24You would have been marvellous.
04:25I would have loved to have done that.
04:26Yes, yes.
04:27It's a beautiful piece of work.
04:29And I really admire you.
04:31You know, I don't admire all those people in Hollywood.
04:34But you, I do.
04:36I don't live in Hollywood, and I never have.
04:38You work there.
04:40You know, we all work there sometimes.
04:42Yeah.
04:43But you're a class act, darling.
04:45Oh, my goodness.
04:46Glenn Class, I would say.
04:47Oh, well, there, yes.
04:48Glenn Class.
04:50Glenn Class.
04:51I mean that.
04:54It's a first-time welcome to Alexander Skarsgård.
04:57So, hello.
04:58Hello.
04:59Hello.
05:00And now, here's an odd thing.
05:01I think you know Miriam.
05:03No, you don't.
05:06What's that about?
05:08I clearly made a strong impression on Miriam when we met.
05:11What?
05:12Well, I...
05:13We have actually met, yes.
05:16I believe you own or used to own a condo in Santa Monica.
05:22Is that correct?
05:23I did, yes.
05:24Yes.
05:25Were you looking to rent out a room in that at one point?
05:27This would have been like...
05:28When I was coming back to England, yeah.
05:31OK.
05:32What were you doing there?
05:33Well, I was...
05:34You were...
05:35Because you were going back to shoot...
05:36Was it Harry Potter maybe?
05:37Yeah, I think so.
05:38Yeah.
05:39And I...
05:40It was an ad.
05:41I was looking for a room to rent.
05:43I was...
05:44And why didn't you take it?
05:45Well...
05:46Tell her.
05:47Tell her.
05:48Was it not clean or something?
05:49No, it was incredibly...
05:50It was a gorgeous apartment and I remember that you were very charming and I...
06:00And expensive?
06:01No, I don't think it was that.
06:02I think it was...
06:03I think in hindsight I probably misread the cues but I felt a strong sexual connection.
06:10And I think that...
06:12No, no.
06:13No.
06:14It was probably a...
06:17I probably misread the cues but I felt this could potentially get messy if I rent a room
06:22in this apartment if I'm your tenant.
06:24No, darling.
06:25I'm 84 and gay.
06:29And I've been with my partner for 58 years.
06:32Again, I probably misread the situation.
06:37But, uh...
06:38You're talking through your bottom.
06:41No, it is.
06:42I was actually there and I do remember that we had a lovely afternoon which you obviously
06:46don't remember but it was...
06:48It was...
06:51That bit's true, Miriam.
06:52A lovely afternoon.
06:54Yes.
06:55Nicola, have you nearly worked with Miriam or nearly lived with her?
07:00Yes.
07:01Miriam, I'm your daughter.
07:06And I am your father.
07:13Oh my God.
07:14Happy family.
07:15That is lovely.
07:16Yeah, yeah, yeah.
07:17I feel like it's a Christmas special.
07:20Long lost families.
07:21It's beautiful.
07:22Ellis, we've got lots to talk about tonight.
07:24We've got two great films, a classic play and a new book from Miriam.
07:27So let's get started.
07:28Glenn Close brings us our new star-studded whodunit, Wake Up Dead Man, a Knives Out Mystery.
07:34It opens in cinemas tonight and then it'll stream on Netflix from the 12th of December.
07:40So this is the latest Benoit Blanc mystery played by Daniel Craig.
07:45It's an all-new cast, all-new story.
07:47Who are you?
07:48What's going on?
07:49Ah.
07:50Well, it's gothic.
07:51It's more gothic than the others.
07:53And it takes place largely in and around a church.
07:56And I am Martha Delacroix, the woman who is, I would call, the church lady.
08:03Yeah.
08:04She takes care of everything.
08:06It's a great part for you.
08:07I mean, it's...
08:08It was fun.
08:09Yeah.
08:10And like always, the cast is amazing.
08:13Daniel Craig, you...
08:14Josh O'Connor is so good in this film.
08:16So good.
08:17He plays a priest.
08:18Yes.
08:19Oh, there he is.
08:20He's fantastic.
08:21I think he's kind of like a young Jimmy Stewart.
08:24Oh, that's a...
08:25Yes.
08:26You know, he kind of, you can't help but love him.
08:28Yeah.
08:29Listen, we've got a little clip.
08:30This is Josh O'Connor as the priest.
08:32Yes, he's just arrived.
08:33He's just arrived.
08:34He's just arrived.
08:35He's discovering something of the church's past.
08:37Yes.
08:38So this is the crypt.
08:40Yep.
08:41It's a damn shame.
08:42Got to put up a security camera.
08:44Is there an entrance?
08:45There is.
08:46This right here.
08:48It's Lazarus' door.
08:50It takes construction equipment to open from the outside.
08:53But cantilevered is such that one push sent a tumbling to the ground from the inside.
08:59Who's in there then?
09:01Prentiss.
09:02Wicks' grandfather, the founder of this church, was like a father to me.
09:09Makes me sick.
09:11These kids painting rocket ships all over his sacred resting place.
09:17Very good.
09:20Yeah.
09:21And Tom was headed church in that clip as well.
09:26But apparently, and I know people always say this after films, particularly when there's
09:29a big cast, that it was a very happy thing.
09:31It was.
09:32But apparently you weren't hanging out in your own trailers at all.
09:34No, not at all.
09:35In fact, it's kind of what Rian Johnson does.
09:38Where ever we were, we had a moveable greenworm.
09:41And that's where we would gather and laugh and sleep and tell stories and try those.
09:47At one point somebody brought in those, those really terrible British, their piggy thumb, the candies.
09:54Peppa pigs?
09:55Yeah, Peppa pigs.
09:56We were all trying Peppa pigs.
09:57Percy pigs.
09:58Percy pigs.
09:59Percy pigs.
10:00Percy pigs.
10:01And I.
10:02And I.
10:03Wow.
10:04We had a wonderful, yeah.
10:05We had a great time.
10:06The bar was quite low.
10:07But those things that were drawn on the, whatever it was, they looked like genital organs.
10:16Yes, Miriam.
10:17Am I right?
10:18Am I right?
10:19Yes.
10:20Oh, I'm sorry.
10:21I mean, it was an approximation, but yes.
10:23Well, it's a while since I've seen one.
10:28And now the other thing, it's a lovely cast and that you all hung out, but you also brought
10:33your lovely dog, Pip.
10:34My dog, Pip.
10:35Yes.
10:36Who doesn't appear in the film.
10:37No.
10:38But he's backstage right now.
10:39Oh, is he?
10:40Oh, yes.
10:41You should have brought him on.
10:42This is, this is you and Pip on set.
10:45By the way, I should say this isn't a spoiler.
10:48Did the dog do it?
10:51He wants you to think he did.
10:54Those eyes, I get lost in those eyes.
10:56I know.
10:57Yeah.
10:58And now this crucifix, is this the crucifix you brought from another film?
11:02Yes.
11:03Yes.
11:04I have an incredible costume collection from my first movie and that crucifix was actually
11:09given to me by my father when he visited St. Peter's a long time ago.
11:14And I wore it in House of the Spirits.
11:16Yeah.
11:17And I said, wouldn't it be nice to get it and wear it again in this film?
11:21And I did.
11:22And it meant, it really meant something to me.
11:24Is it true the thing about your contract?
11:26Yes.
11:27About costume.
11:28Yeah.
11:29Yes.
11:30So everything?
11:31I can pick whatever I want.
11:32Not if, not if it's rented, though I have nicked a couple of things.
11:36I have to say.
11:37And what do you do with them all?
11:39Well, first of all, I spend a lot of time in fitting rooms.
11:44And especially in movies where you don't have a lot of time to rehearse, if any at all,
11:49is in that costume room when they're constructing the character, you're literally part of constructing the character as they're putting the clothes on you.
11:58So I've kept all of them from my first movie.
12:01Plus, I have 101, 102 Dalmatians, so I have the original Sunset Boulevard costumes.
12:06It's an extraordinary collection, which has already been shown in two different museums, you know.
12:11You could raise money for charity.
12:13I could.
12:14I could.
12:15But she chooses not to.
12:20Glenn hates charity, things.
12:26Designers love it because otherwise they're rented out and torn apart.
12:29Yeah.
12:30The only thing I kept from Harry Potter was a pair of socks.
12:34Because they were nice kind of thick woolen socks.
12:38Yeah.
12:39Light socks.
12:40And you wear them in life.
12:41I do wear them in life.
12:42Is that all you've kept from all the things you've been in?
12:45Yeah, because I don't hang on to the costumes, you know.
12:49Because, Alexander, you like to collect things from films.
12:52You've kept some things, haven't you?
12:54I do have a bloody g-string that I wore in the Northmen framed in my bedroom.
12:59Framed?
13:00Framed.
13:01By the costume department as a wrap gift.
13:04You didn't take it into the framers.
13:07Yeah, I got a couple of, um, I got my fangs from True Blood.
13:13Um, and, uh, two heads.
13:16One from Infinity Pool and one from, uh, Murderbot.
13:20Do you hide it, please, just to scare people?
13:22No, I, yeah, well, no, I do.
13:23Like, I put them, like, I tuck them in.
13:25If I have guests staying over, I usually tuck one of them in under the sheets in the guest bed.
13:30Oh.
13:31And then I'll appear in the middle of the night with the fangs.
13:36Fun.
13:37You're glad he didn't rent the room now.
13:39Yeah.
13:40And, Nicola, your Barbie dress, did you get to keep that?
13:44Yes.
13:45I didn't, but they made me, I had a two-second role in Barbie, but Jacqueline Duran, the costume designer, was like, what do you want to wear?
13:52And she made me a record of a dress of Barbie I had as a little girl.
13:55Oh.
13:56She was, I know, it was amazing.
13:57She was called Sparkle Eyes Barbie.
13:59Um, they didn't let me keep it, but I've stolen knickers on every set I've ever been on.
14:03Really?
14:04Because I got a text.
14:05That's very useful.
14:06Very useful.
14:07But you go home in them, and then you get a text to me like, hi Nicola, well done today, could you please bring back the underwear?
14:12Because you've taken all of the characters under, and I'm like, yeah, fair.
14:15Yeah, there's none left.
14:17Actually, we've got a very cute picture of you.
14:19Is your Barbie in this picture?
14:21No, but that's the, I think I was about six, and that's with my Barbie convertible.
14:26Look how bloody delighted I am with myself.
14:29I never heard of a little rich Nicola Coughlin.
14:31Oh, yeah, pretty fancy.
14:32Look at you and your Barbie convertible.
14:33But you have red hair there.
14:35It looks a bit red in that, it does, a little bit.
14:37Yeah, yeah.
14:38It was, my dad set up the camera in front of the Christmas tree, and I was posing, thinking, I'm pretty cool.
14:42Yeah.
14:43Oh, you are.
14:44Thanks very much.
14:45I mean, look at the size of that thing.
14:46Yeah, it was huge.
14:47It was amazing.
14:48You could have driven it to school.
14:49I've got a nightie in that material, actually.
14:52That's interesting.
14:53Yeah, yeah.
14:54But I mean, I just happened to know something.
14:56No, no, I know.
14:57I'm clear, I share with the group.
14:59Yeah.
15:00Now, Glenn Close, you have been in something else very fun.
15:05All's fair.
15:07Because Kim Kardashian and Sarah Paulson were here telling us all about it.
15:10Yes.
15:11That was before it came out.
15:14And...
15:17Well, no.
15:18But listen, we can laugh about it, because it's an enormous success.
15:22And there's a season two coming, isn't there?
15:24There is.
15:25Yes.
15:26And were you slightly taken aback by the reviews?
15:32I didn't read any of them.
15:34OK.
15:35No.
15:36One doesn't read reviews, especially if you know they're terrible.
15:38I won't say anything then.
15:39No.
15:40You must have known something, because you did post this cartoon.
15:43Yes.
15:44Which is Critic Bunny Stew.
15:46Yes.
15:47Did you draw this?
15:48I did.
15:49It's very good.
15:51Yeah.
15:52I thought it was appropriate.
15:55Pretty good likenesses, you can tell who they all are.
15:57No, you can tell whoever it is.
15:58And talking of Critic Bunny Stew, you had a movie night, you and the rest of the cast.
16:03Yes.
16:04Yes.
16:05Because it came out that Kim had not seen Fatal Attraction.
16:08So a lot of you probably haven't either, if you're, you know.
16:11If you haven't, you should.
16:12Yeah.
16:13It's a pretty good movie.
16:14It's a scary movie.
16:15So everyone said, what, what, what?
16:17And so Kim said, let's all go over to my mother's house in our Skims pajamas and watch Fatal Attraction.
16:25Oh, there you are.
16:26There we are.
16:27Wow.
16:28And we did.
16:30Was it awkward for you, everyone just watching your movie?
16:34Well, I hadn't seen it in a very long time.
16:37I mean, memories flew back into my mind, especially I didn't know that I showed my breasts so much.
16:44I mean, they weren't anything spectacular to see, but they were visible.
16:50Good.
16:51Good.
16:52Yeah, yeah.
16:53It's still streaming, Miriam.
16:56You can get it.
16:57Yeah.
16:58I've seen it.
17:00But you didn't have an intimacy counsellor then or...
17:05No.
17:06Or what do they call them?
17:07Coordinator.
17:08Coordinator.
17:09Yeah.
17:10Intimacy coordinator.
17:11And they also...
17:12I can't imagine such a thing.
17:13I can't either.
17:14But they also, don't you have those, those, you meet somebody and it's called, if you get
17:18along or you want to...
17:20Oh, a chemistry...
17:21A chemistry read?
17:22Yes.
17:23A chemistry read.
17:24Oh, that's absurd.
17:25Isn't that absurd?
17:26Amazing.
17:27No, I don't understand.
17:29I don't think I'd have a career if I had to have a chemistry read.
17:33But when you screen test, isn't that like a chemistry read?
17:38Like, do they make you screen test or Michael Douglas?
17:39Oh, my God.
17:40When I screen test for Fatal Attraction, it was a nightmare.
17:43I've never known what to do with my hair.
17:45My hair was long and I didn't know what to do with my hair.
17:48It was like...
17:49And I took a Valium because I was so nervous.
17:51So I was walking across, you know, to the parking lot in LA, kind of like this, and you
17:56walked into a room and there's a camera and there's Michael Douglas.
18:00And I wanted to just crawl into a hole.
18:05Did you guys know each other at all?
18:07Or was that the first time you met?
18:08No, no.
18:09And we'd do these scenes and Eddie and Larry would say,
18:11Hotter!
18:12Hotter!
18:13Hotter!
18:14What do you do when somebody says, Hotter!
18:16Hotter!
18:17I'd say, fuck off!
18:23You can see Glenn and a great company of stars in Wake Up Dead Man and Knives Out Mystery
18:28in cinemas now and coming soon to Netflix.
18:31But now, Alexander Skarsgård brings us what we've all been waiting for,
18:35a gay biker rom-com.
18:37It's yellow!
18:39Finally!
18:40Finally!
18:41It's called Pillian!
18:44And it's in UK and Irish cinemas from today.
18:47And before we talk about it, let's watch a clip.
18:50This is your character, Ray, meeting the parents for the first time.
19:00Gosh, you're tall.
19:02Sorry, Peggy?
19:04Peggy?
19:05Nice to meet you.
19:06Ray?
19:07How do you do?
19:08Time for a quick drink?
19:10No, thank you.
19:11Not when I'm writing.
19:12No, of course not.
19:13What was I thinking?
19:14Good lad, yeah.
19:15Well, was something soft?
19:17We'd better get going.
19:19You don't sound local, Ray.
19:22Where's home?
19:23Chislehurst.
19:25Chislehurst?
19:26Very nice.
19:27I've never thought of Colin as a Chislehurst sort of person.
19:31No, he'll survive.
19:32All right.
19:33Come on then, Colin.
19:34All right.
19:35You just...
19:36All right.
19:37Oh, Ray, Ray, sorry to fuss, but you do have a spare helmet, yes?
19:43Yes.
19:44Only he actually has to wear it.
19:46Dad.
19:47Because he's not getting on without one.
19:49He is not getting on without one.
19:51Great!
19:52Nice bike.
19:55Plain black.
19:56None of this neon crap like you see everywhere nowadays, don't you?
20:00Colin.
20:01Yep.
20:02Um...
20:03Are you sure you know what you're doing?
20:07Yeah, don't worry, Dad.
20:09I'm...
20:10I'm not worried.
20:11I rode a bike when I met Colin's mum.
20:14And I sold it when the twins came along.
20:17Bought a very expensive pram.
20:20What do I suppose you two need to worry about that?
20:23LAUGHTER
20:28Douglas Hart and Leslie Sharp there as the parents,
20:31and Harry Melling as Colin.
20:34So, Colin and Ray, tell us about...
20:37Because it is kind of...
20:38It's all sorts of things, but there is a romance at the heart of it.
20:41Yeah, it's a...
20:42It's a sort of a love story.
20:44It's a sub-dom love story.
20:46Ray, my character, spots Colin in a crowded bar
20:50and decides that this could be a potential great sub for him.
20:54So he...
20:55They go out on a date, and then...
21:00That's the beginning of something quite intense.
21:03Yes, and it is very intense, and it's quite out there,
21:06but there's a kind of a sweetness to it as well.
21:09Well, in a way, it's a coming-of-age story for Harry's character, Colin,
21:15because it is his first relationship,
21:18and he's figuring out what Ray wants out of this relationship,
21:21and then as we get into the movie, 30, 40 minutes into the movie,
21:25he starts to realize that,
21:26well, is this exactly what I want out of a relationship?
21:28and then he's kind of...
21:30has to come to terms with that and deal with that.
21:32So...
21:34So, yeah, it's a...
21:36It's a classic...
21:38dom-com.
21:40But you're not gay, are you?
21:42You're not gay.
21:44Are you?
21:46No, not really.
21:47No.
21:53You do remember that day 20 years ago.
21:55Not at all.
21:58It's just fascinating, because, you know,
22:02I've been enthusiastically gay for a very long time,
22:06and I'm always surprised by fellas who...
22:12who come across it later.
22:15But you...
22:17You...
22:18You're having to act it.
22:20And how did you research it, if you didn't know much about it?
22:23LAUGHTER
22:24Because you do...
22:25We all do research.
22:27I mean, these are all the questions I was going to ask,
22:29Alexander.
22:32I'm so sorry.
22:33LAUGHTER
22:35You know, a lot has been made about the sex in it,
22:40and...
22:41But it's...
22:42But it's interesting.
22:43It is really out there,
22:44but it's always...
22:45It is always kind of pivotal to the plot and the characters.
22:49Yeah, I mean...
22:51I find...
22:53sex scenes are only uncomfortable
22:56if they...
22:57If you don't understand why you're shooting the scene,
22:59if it feels gratuitous, or if you're...
23:01Like, why am I walking around naked in this scene?
23:03It doesn't really serve the story or the narrative.
23:05It doesn't push it forward.
23:07And, um...
23:08Yes, there are some graphic scenes in the movie,
23:10but they're all kind of pivotal moments
23:12in the relationship and in Colin's journey.
23:15Um...
23:17So I was quite excited about shooting them,
23:19because, again, it's like they were key components
23:21to the narrative.
23:22You had a wrestling one, and I was like,
23:23you're gonna murder him.
23:25It was like...
23:26I was like, have you wrestled before?
23:28But then...
23:29And then we ended up making Sweet Love.
23:30You did make Sweet Love.
23:31I mean, it wasn't Sweet Love.
23:32Oh, yeah.
23:33Yeah.
23:34But, like, you...
23:35Yeah, I was like, you're gonna kill him.
23:36That was the first time we met, actually.
23:37No.
23:38Yeah.
23:39We met two days before we started shooting,
23:41and we rehearsed that wrestling scene, Harry and I.
23:43Wow.
23:44And really got to know each other well.
23:46I would say so, yeah.
23:48Because, again, Harry's character is very inexperienced
23:53and has to learn from Ray in these scenes,
23:56so it wasn't supposed to be good,
23:59and it's confusing so many Harry's,
24:01but Harry Leighton, the writer, director,
24:03also wanted it to feel clumsy
24:05and had a thing which I love,
24:07that, like, often sex scenes are...
24:10It's too kind of polished,
24:12and the lighting is always perfect,
24:13and it's too, like, hands grabbing sheets,
24:15that kind of crap.
24:17Like, what was so great about this, like, he was like...
24:19He's not seeing Bridgerton.
24:24All right, keep going, keep going.
24:25Nicholas sheet grabbing.
24:26Nicholas sheet grabbing is second to none.
24:28Yeah.
24:29It's like the romanticized version of sex,
24:32and what was great about these scenes
24:35and what made me excited about it was,
24:37yes, they are hot and intense,
24:41but there's also room for awkwardness,
24:43and when people change positions,
24:46it can look clumsy and weird,
24:48and it's kind of fun to leave that in
24:49rather than cut around it,
24:51so, like, everything is not a perfectly choreographed dance.
24:54And why do we think we...
24:56I think we all have an impression
24:57that Swedish people are unshockable,
24:59that they're very kind of bohemian,
25:01or have we just made that up?
25:02I think that is not quite true.
25:05I think it was, um...
25:07But you run around naked a lot, don't you?
25:09Well, my family, yes,
25:11but in general...
25:13I think it's from a movie called
25:14Joinnifik and Gull from the 60s
25:16that was kind of made a big impact around the world,
25:19because it was, like, sexually very liberating
25:21and, um, and Swedish.
25:23So that kind of...
25:24After that, people were like,
25:25oh, they're so liberated and free.
25:27So you are Swedish, are you?
25:29Um, yes.
25:30Can you do the accent for us?
25:32Because I like to hear that.
25:35I think he has been.
25:36Yeah.
25:37Anything for you, Miriam.
25:38Aww.
25:39It's a very sing-song in Swedish.
25:41It is.
25:42It's kind of like...
25:43That was gibberish, but...
25:44Yeah.
25:45It sounds like this when we talk.
25:47It's a little up and down.
25:48Yeah, there is a sort of music in it, like...
25:51There is a sort of music in it?
25:53Yeah, music in it.
25:54And here's the thing,
25:55you're doing a press tour,
25:56but you're not doing it by yourself,
25:57because the real gay bikers club
26:00that feature in the film,
26:02they've been travelling around with you, right?
26:05Yeah.
26:06They come to the show.
26:07Some of them are here.
26:08A bikers club?
26:09I think we can spot...
26:10There they are.
26:11Hello.
26:12Yay!
26:17Oh, that's amazing.
26:18Yeah.
26:19Hello, guys.
26:20Hi.
26:21Nice to meet you all.
26:22Paul and Kevin and A.
26:24Love you.
26:25We've got a picture of them all
26:26on the red carpet.
26:27There they are at the London Film Festival.
26:29Lovely.
26:30Is that Matt?
26:31Is the pup...
26:32Oh, are you the pup?
26:33Yeah.
26:34Oh, yeah.
26:35Honestly, it's like the show
26:36back in the Channel 4 days.
26:37We were on...
26:40I'm having flashbacks.
26:42And they've been biking around with you.
26:43They've been to various...
26:45That's not the only one.
26:46Yeah.
26:47A bunch of these guys came down to Cannes
26:49for the world premiere,
26:51which was pretty incredible.
26:53Wow.
26:54That was the first time I watched the movie
26:55with an audience to do that with Harry and Harry
27:00and the guys and the fact that they came down
27:02just meant the world to me.
27:04It was an incredible night.
27:06Well, it's a really special film.
27:08It's very hard to describe, but I really hope
27:10you will see it because it's just terrific.
27:12Oh, thank you.
27:13You're great in it.
27:14It's a pillion and it's in cinemas now.
27:17Very good.
27:22Always a treat when Miriam Margulies
27:24puts pen to paper and this is a goodie.
27:27It is called The Little Book of Miriam.
27:30It's out now.
27:32And this is your third book, I think.
27:34It is, yes.
27:35But you've sold almost one and a half million books, Miriam.
27:39Amazing.
27:40It is amazing.
27:41Congratulations.
27:42I feel quite humble.
27:43How do you write it?
27:44On your computer?
27:45Computer.
27:46On my computer.
27:47Yeah.
27:48No, I never thought I was a writer.
27:51And some people agree with that.
27:53But I've been immensely lucky, actually.
27:57And honestly, being on this show helps to sell it.
28:02And that's...
28:04That's why he has...
28:05That's why she's here, ladies and gentlemen.
28:07I thought you were going to say he inspired you
28:10and told stories.
28:12No.
28:13I would like to say...
28:14It's a flogging opportunity.
28:16It is.
28:17It is.
28:18You are a writer also and your books are lovely.
28:23Oh, that's very funny.
28:24Oh, that's very funny.
28:25I really urge people to buy Graham's books and read them.
28:29Read them.
28:30People don't read enough.
28:31You're scrolling and scrolling.
28:33I agree.
28:34Read.
28:35Read a fucking book.
28:37Read this book.
28:38Yeah.
28:39And you tour the country with your books and you play these big theatres.
28:46And this is night after night you do this.
28:48Do you enjoy it or is it kind of exhausting?
28:50Oh, I do.
28:51I mean, I think you would agree with that.
28:53You're an actress and you're an actress.
28:55It's wonderful to be in front of an audience.
28:58You know, I'm an old, tired lady.
29:01Well, hardly a lady, really, but I love being in front of an audience.
29:08It gives me a buzz, a thrill.
29:10I get energy from it.
29:12I get joy from it.
29:13I really do.
29:14And I think most actors do.
29:16I don't like cameras.
29:18I'm not interested in them.
29:20But to be with a live audience, to get the response from them
29:24and to feel that they're listening to me and sometimes quite liking
29:28what I'm doing, that is magical.
29:31The book is kind of an A to Z of your thoughts and your stories.
29:36Yes, it's alphabetical.
29:37And there's a story, and I know people ask you to tell this story a lot
29:39when you're doing your live shows.
29:41I think it was when you were on with Will I Am and you told the story.
29:44And you know the one I'm talking about where you're going home
29:47in Edinburgh late at night.
29:48In Edinburgh.
29:49And there's a man up a tree.
29:51You assist him.
29:53But what you reveal in the book is there's more to this story.
29:57I know.
29:58I didn't tell it on television because I felt nobody would believe me.
30:04But after I had helped and supported the troupe...
30:08There was a soldier up a tree and Miriam helped.
30:11Oh, wanking.
30:12And I...
30:13He wasn't stuck.
30:14He was just up a tree.
30:15No.
30:16He was up a tree.
30:17I heard the rustles.
30:18I saw what was going on.
30:19I asked him to come down.
30:20I finished him off, so to speak.
30:22Very pleasantly.
30:23And there was no threats.
30:27I was wiping my hand in the grass.
30:31And a voice from the bushes...
30:36By the way, this is the new part of the story.
30:39When we left this story you were wiping your hand on the grass.
30:43Yes.
30:44Now.
30:45I heard a voice come from the seat that was just where I'd been.
30:51And a very nicely dressed gentleman came forward and said,
30:57I couldn't help noticing what you had done for that young man.
31:04And I wondered if it was at all possible whether you would do the same for me.
31:12And I said...
31:15I thought to myself, well, I can't say no, can I?
31:19Because I've done it.
31:20It won.
31:21Sorry about it, but you can say no.
31:23I just felt I couldn't.
31:25OK.
31:26That's the thing.
31:27I think you're going to love Pillian, by the way.
31:30This could be a scene from Pillian.
31:33So, I did what he asked me to do.
31:38Right there?
31:39Right there.
31:40There was nobody else there, you know.
31:42So, off he went.
31:43And I was wiping my hand in the grass.
31:46And lo and behold, this is the bit nobody believes, but it is true.
31:51A voice from the same place said, hey, Miriam.
31:57And it was someone I knew.
32:00He was a young student that I had known in Oxford.
32:04I went to Cambridge, but I met him in Oxford because I lived there.
32:08And he said, listen, we're old friends, you know.
32:14I said, oh, come on.
32:16LAUGHTER
32:18That's fair.
32:20And he said, oh, come on, Miriam, you know.
32:22So, I did.
32:23LAUGHTER
32:25Three for the price of one.
32:27LAUGHTER
32:28Beautiful story.
32:29It's true.
32:30It is honestly true.
32:32It is.
32:33I'm surprised you're not still there, Miriam.
32:36Thank you, French.
32:38Yes, of course.
32:39Now, Miriam, I feel...
32:45Thank you for your service.
32:47You tell these great stories, we love having you on the show,
32:50but I feel that often it takes away from the fact
32:53that you are this great actor.
32:55So, I'm delighted to say that you are in a short film
33:00that's coming out in the new year.
33:02I am very good in this film.
33:04LAUGHTER
33:05It's called A Friend of Dorothy.
33:07But the real star is that young boy up there,
33:11Alastair Nchoku.
33:13Yeah.
33:14He's wonderful.
33:15It's...
33:16And my agent has taken him on.
33:18He's so good.
33:19So good.
33:20And so lovely.
33:22And he helped me to be good too.
33:25Mm.
33:26As did the writer and director, Lee Knight.
33:28It's just a wonderful film.
33:30So it...
33:31I believe it's going to be on one of those streaming channels.
33:34It is.
33:35Very soon.
33:36Yes.
33:37I can't tell you which one because it's a secret.
33:38But I know it's the 1st of January.
33:40On the 1st of January.
33:41Yes.
33:42Rush to see it because it's really wonderful.
33:44It is.
33:45It's a very, very sweet film and you're both so good in it.
33:48It's gorgeous.
33:49Absolutely gorgeous.
33:50The Little Book of Miriam.
33:51That is out now.
33:52Bye.
33:53OK.
33:54Bye.
33:55Good news, everyone.
33:58Ms Nicola Coughlin is returning to the London stage
34:01in the Playboy of the Western world at the National Theatre
34:04from the 4th of December.
34:064th of December.
34:07Oh, that's next week.
34:08I know.
34:09Oh, my...
34:10How are you all set?
34:11You ready?
34:12Well, we did our first sort of run today in the room.
34:14It was our last day in the rehearsal room.
34:16They said, you know, two or three people will be coming in.
34:18And there was sort of three rows on either side of the room.
34:20And I went, oh, no.
34:21And it was terrifying.
34:22But, like you said, very exciting to have an audience there
34:25to perform to.
34:26And, yeah, it's very, very exciting.
34:28And, obviously, the Playboy of the Western world,
34:29classic play.
34:30Yeah.
34:31If people don't know, if it's somehow passing by,
34:33who are you in it?
34:34What's it about?
34:35So, I play a young lady called Peggyn Mike.
34:37And it's set in the west of Ireland in 1907.
34:39And there was big riots when this play came out.
34:42Because they talked about women's shifts,
34:44so women's underwear in it.
34:46And people were like, no, Irish women, you know,
34:48they would never talk about underwear.
34:49We couldn't be so crazy.
34:50And then they tore up the theatre to prove
34:52how not badly behaved they were.
34:54So, yeah, so she runs this pub in the country
34:57and everything's sort of going along a bit humdrum.
34:59And then a young, good-looking man walks in.
35:01And everyone sort of goes, well, who are you?
35:03Where did you come from?
35:04And they barrage of questions.
35:06And then he sort of says, leave me alone.
35:08I killed my father.
35:09And instead of being horrified, they'll go, that's amazing.
35:12That's really cool and exciting.
35:14And we all fancy you.
35:16Yeah.
35:17And you've reunited with Derry Girls co-star Siobhan.
35:20Yes.
35:21Have you ever been on stage with her before?
35:23I never have.
35:24But she is the Queen of Ireland.
35:26We sort of play love rivals for Christie,
35:28played by the lovely Anna Hardwick in the middle,
35:30which is great fun.
35:31Because my character, we did a show together called Derry Girls.
35:34I know that.
35:35Oh, do you?
35:36Yes, I fucking do.
35:37Oh, sorry.
35:38Oh, sorry.
35:39Oh, my goodness.
35:40Thanks very much.
35:41You're brilliant.
35:42All of you.
35:43Oh, thank you.
35:44Thank you very much.
35:45But my character in the show was very scared of her character
35:48because she was a nun, very scary nun.
35:50But in this, we're rivals, so we get to go toe-to-toe,
35:52which is great fun.
35:53And here's the thing.
35:54It's a return to live theatre for you.
35:55Yes, yeah.
35:56And so you'll be in front of a live audience
35:58and people are talking about how great that is.
36:00Yeah.
36:01But it's also quite...
36:02It can be quite intimidating
36:03because audiences have changed, I feel.
36:05Well, it's absolutely terrifying.
36:06I mean, I've done theatre before,
36:08a lot of direct-to-dress theatre
36:09where you're just speaking it out to the audience.
36:11And you have interesting things when that happens
36:13because people assume that you can't see them
36:15and you really can sometimes.
36:16And I did a show once where I looked up in the audience
36:18and a man just took out a lunchbox
36:20and just started eating, like, a microwave shepherd's pie.
36:22And I was like, right, this doesn't make what I'm doing
36:25quite difficult, but...
36:26So please, if you come to the National,
36:28just, like, don't eat the shepherd's pie before or after.
36:30That would help, like, a lot.
36:32And the phones thing is...
36:33The phones thing.
36:34Oh, yeah.
36:35It illuminates your face.
36:36I stopped a show once.
36:37Yeah.
36:38Did you?
36:39Yes, I was doing Sunset Boulevard on Broadway.
36:41Yeah.
36:42And, you know, you prepare, prepare,
36:43and you make a great entrance,
36:44and it was like, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash, flash.
36:47And as you're doing this song, you're thinking,
36:49what am I going to do about this?
36:50What am I going to do about this?
36:51And I walked to the end of the stage,
36:53and I said, we can either have a photo shoot
36:55or we can do the show.
36:57You decide.
36:58Yeah.
36:59Ooh.
37:06Alexander Skarsgård, have you done any theatre?
37:08Yeah, in Sweden years ago.
37:10It was probably almost, well, 15, 20 years ago now.
37:14Wow.
37:15No temptation to get back on the boards.
37:17It's a lot of work, my friend.
37:18It's a lot of work.
37:20So, no.
37:21I'm incredibly lazy.
37:23And you come from this big acting dynasty,
37:25the Skarsgårds, to your dad, Stellan,
37:28but then how many of your siblings are...
37:29But that's your father.
37:30Yeah.
37:31Ooh, he is a good actor.
37:35Oh, he really is.
37:36Why are you laughing?
37:37My favourite Skarsgård, yeah.
37:39I didn't mean that in a nasty way.
37:41No, no.
37:42I absolutely mean it.
37:43He's a wonderful actor.
37:44But I heard you were very jealous of your father being in
37:47Mamma Mia.
37:48Oh, God.
37:49I mean, who wouldn't be?
37:50I mean, look at that.
37:53It was, yeah, he was just obviously a big ABBA fan.
37:56But was that in the film of Mamma Mia?
37:58Yes.
37:59Oh.
38:00What?
38:01It's a great movie.
38:02Have you not seen it?
38:04I did see it, yeah.
38:05You're not disappointed.
38:06I thought it was dreadful.
38:07Maybe it's not for my father's performance.
38:09No, no.
38:10I don't remember your father's performance.
38:13But it really wasn't to my taste.
38:19I think what I was jealous of was the experience.
38:28Because I remember, like, he was having the most fun he's ever had.
38:31Oh.
38:32I think they all did.
38:33There were all the people in it.
38:34And that's why, that's also kind of why I appreciated the movie so much.
38:38Because you can tell it was kind of infectious, like how much fun they were all having.
38:42Yeah.
38:43And like, my father is not a great singer.
38:45But he was just melting it out and laughing.
38:47And it just looked like, it was a joyous experience.
38:54I'm glad he had a good time.
38:57Have some notes.
38:58I know.
38:59I hesitate to mention Nicola's new film.
39:02But no, you haven't seen this.
39:04Mamma Mia 3.
39:05No, Nicola, you've got to, this is such a posh, it's a kid's film, but it's a posh one.
39:10The Magic Faraway Tree.
39:12Yes.
39:13It's you, who else?
39:14It's an amazing cast.
39:15Ridiculous cast.
39:16Claire Foy, Andrew Garfield, Rebecca Ferguson, Jennifer Saunders, Michael Palin.
39:21Wow.
39:22It's honestly, it was amazing.
39:24I mean, I read the script and had no idea who was involved with it.
39:27But I thought it was Simon Farnaby who wrote Paddington 2, which is one of the best movies ever in the world.
39:33Yeah.
39:34And I was like desperate to be involved.
39:35And yeah, it was just a joy.
39:38And it's a lot of people's favourite, you know, childhood book.
39:41I'd never read it, but I love meeting grown-ups.
39:43They're like, oh, my God.
39:44And I got to play a fairy.
39:46And I got lovely, lovely ears.
39:48Well, they've got a picture of you, have they?
39:49Oh, yeah.
39:50There you are!
39:51Good ears.
39:53Yeah, great ears.
39:54It was so much fun.
39:55And there's three gorgeous kids who lead it.
39:57And we got to lots of magical lands.
39:59And it was just a joy.
40:00I loved it so much.
40:01And when's that out?
40:02It's out in March.
40:03Oh, OK.
40:04Yes.
40:05But the trailer's out very soon.
40:06They won't tell me when.
40:07But soon.
40:08Yeah.
40:09Well, just a quick reminder.
40:10You can see Nicola Coughlin in the Playboy of the Western world at the National from next Thursday.
40:15Good luck to you.
40:17Thank you very much.
40:18Thank you very much.
40:19Right.
40:20It is time for music.
40:22This Brit award-winning artist sold over 20 million records worldwide.
40:27And now, after a seven-year break, she is back with a new album.
40:32Here performing the single H-A-P-P-Y, it's Jessie J.
40:36Wацию J.
40:38Whoo!
40:42I just feel like I'm girls now just being angry and so Chesterton of all thesefunnels!
40:43dokładesss two or so Does that happen or something?
40:44Again I personally feel like I just must be fun.
40:45I know love it.
40:46bad!
40:47Alright.
40:48You put that into your fats pool.
40:49completed.
40:53And before all of these counts try one the weekend,
40:59you check out the video in Halo, Rachel and Ray.
41:02Okay.
41:03You took that off and you gave me a majority of bad vibes
41:05Faking, tired of faking my smile
41:09Oh, maybe living ain't the meaning of life
41:17I'm gonna laugh till I cry, dang it's I know why
41:22Cause I'm H-A-B-B-Y, yes, H-A-B-B-Y
41:26Laugh till I cry, dang it's I know why
41:30Cause I'm H-A-B-B-Y, H-A-B-B-Y
41:34Rainbow's on the ceiling, serotonin' heathen
41:39A new to my soul, oh
41:42Colitis got me feeling, wide awake and drinking
41:47But you already know
41:49Oh, I can take it, tired of faking my smile
41:57Oh, make believe it, ain't the meaning
42:03I'm gonna laugh till I cry, dang it's I know why
42:10Cause I'm H-A-B-B-Y, yes, H-A-B-B-Y
42:14Laugh till I cry, dang it's I know why
42:18H-A-B-B-Y, come on boys, H-A-B-B-Y
42:22Let's do it!
42:25Come on, dance with me!
42:27Come on, Glenn!
42:28I'm gonna laugh till I cry, dance I know why
42:42I'm H-A-B-B-Y, H-A-B-B-Y
42:46I'm gonna dance, I'm gonna laugh, H-A-B-B-Y
42:52H-A-B-B-Y
42:59H-A-B-Y
43:04Wow!
43:04Thank you!
43:06Whoo!
43:07Jessie J, everybody!
43:12And her band!
43:14That was gorgeous!
43:16Come on over, do!
43:17Thank you!
43:18Thank you!
43:19Thank you!
43:20So good to see you!
43:22How are you?
43:23Welcome back to the show!
43:24Thank you for having me!
43:25Thank you!
43:26So, welcome to that!
43:27Hi!
43:28That is Nicola, Sirian, Sandra, and Dutton.
43:31Hello!
43:32Hello!
43:33Oh!
43:34Hello!
43:35It was lovely to see you!
43:37I'm sure you did it!
43:38OK!
43:39Lovely!
43:40Thank you so much for that performance, it was fantastic!
43:42Oh, you're welcome!
43:43Just loved it!
43:44H-A-B-B-Y, that is off the latest album, Don't Tease Me With A Good Time,
43:49which is out today!
43:50It is!
43:51It's in the world!
43:52Yeah, yeah, yeah!
43:53Congratulations!
43:54Yeah!
43:55Thank you!
43:56Yeah!
43:57Hello!
43:58And...
43:59Because...because time does all these strange things, I had no idea.
44:04It's been seven years!
44:06It's been too long, it's very rude.
44:07Yeah, I'm so sorry to anyone's price tag, and then I just disappeared.
44:12No, it's just...life just happens, doesn't it?
44:14And I suppose the big question is, you know, how are you feeling?
44:17Because I know you have been through a ringer with health things and all sorts.
44:20Yeah, this is good.
44:21This has been wild, yeah.
44:23So I'm good.
44:24I've just...I've just recovered from breast cancer.
44:26Um...
44:27Wow!
44:28Thank you!
44:29Wow!
44:30Did you...I never know how to react to it.
44:33Yeah, I do everything with jokes, so sorry if I say things that feel a bit awkward,
44:37but yeah.
44:38I'm just...yeah.
44:39Yeah.
44:40It's good.
44:41Yeah.
44:42It's good.
44:43I've got one really hard boob and...an album out.
44:44LAUGHTER
44:45You know?
44:46Who could ask for anything more?
44:47Exactly.
44:48I'm just...I'm just happy to be here, honestly.
44:50Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
44:51Happy to have you.
44:52Yeah.
44:53And what has it been like, kind of getting up in front of audiences again
44:55and doing performances again?
44:56Honestly, everywhere I've been, it's like...it's like I've been de-iced
45:02and I've come out of the Natural History Museum.
45:04And it's like, you haven't been around for years.
45:07And I'm like, I'm back.
45:09I don't feel any different, to be honest.
45:12And since we last saw you, you've done this thing which I feel like not enough people
45:17know about.
45:18Oh, no.
45:19What have I done?
45:20So, no, you went to China.
45:21I did.
45:22You went to China.
45:23Yeah, they know about it.
45:24They know about it.
45:25He was there.
45:26You went to China and you did this show called Singer.
45:29Yes.
45:30So, it's a talent show.
45:31Yes.
45:32But it's a talent show on a scale you've never heard of.
45:36So, how many people...
45:37It's actually in the...
45:39So, I went...
45:40My manager...
45:41I was writing my last album 100 years ago.
45:44And they were like, this TV show want to, like, have you on.
45:47And I was like, just say yes.
45:49And they're like, do you want to know the details?
45:50And I was like, no.
45:52Just, I need a shake-up.
45:53Just say yes.
45:54So, I fly over to China thinking I'm a guest on a TV show.
45:57No, no.
45:58I'm a contestant.
45:59No.
46:00And I'm competing against other Chinese artists that are massive and fully established.
46:06Like, do stadiums.
46:07And it's 500 million viewers a week.
46:09No.
46:10Yes.
46:11The final, I did 13 weeks, 13 episodes.
46:13It was the most amazing experience of my life.
46:15It was a reality TV show.
46:17I had to sing in Mandarin.
46:18Please don't look that up.
46:20And the final was 1.2 billion people.
46:24What?
46:25Isn't that incredible?
46:26Isn't that insane?
46:27So, I mean, me and China, like, I go back all the time.
46:30Yeah.
46:31You were a contestant?
46:32Yes.
46:33Did you win?
46:34I was so scared.
46:35I sang, I sang I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston.
46:39And people have asked me to sing that song a lot, like, growing up.
46:40And I was like, no, I only want to do it.
46:41And I feel like it's the right moment.
46:42And I just felt, I don't know why I chose to do it in front of 1.2 billion people live.
46:54In a dress where I look literally like a sparkly penguin.
46:56I could not walk and I was just like, walk into the mic.
46:59But it was life changing.
47:01It was the most amazing experience.
47:02Yeah.
47:03Wow.
47:04Congratulations.
47:05And people can see you on tour here.
47:06Yes.
47:07From, is it next April?
47:08Next April.
47:09I'm going on tour and, yeah, all the time.
47:11I'm just singing anywhere.
47:12I'll be singing at a lot of places.
47:14Yeah.
47:15I'll come over to your house.
47:17I'll sing.
47:18Yeah, yeah, yeah.
47:19No, literally.
47:20Listen, it's so great to see you.
47:22Thank you so much.
47:23And the album.
47:24Jessie J, everybody.
47:26Thank you, my love.
47:28That is nearly it, but before we go, just time for a quick visit to the big red chair.
47:34Who have we got?
47:35Hello.
47:36Hi.
47:37Hi.
47:38I have high hopes for you.
47:39There's a spark in your eye.
47:40What's your name?
47:41Alison.
47:42Alison, lovely.
47:43And where are you from, Alison?
47:44Devon.
47:45Devon, lovely.
47:46And what do you do in Devon, Alison?
47:47I'm a partnership development manager for a financial services network business.
47:50I almost said that.
47:51OK, off you go.
47:52Off you go with this story, Alison.
47:53Back in the 70s, growing up as a child with a strict mother, we were always taught not
47:58to leave any food on our plate.
48:02And it was Christmas Day, Christmas dinner, and as usual, you would have sprouts on your
48:07Christmas dinner, which I hate.
48:10So everyone had left the dining room table and I was left with my plate, which had just
48:14had the sprouts left on there.
48:16We had a Jack Russell terrier called Timmy at the time, and I thought, well, it would be
48:21quite nice.
48:22No-one's going to see.
48:23I can put the plate on the floor and the dog will eat the sprouts and I'll get away
48:25with it.
48:26I put the plate on the floor.
48:28the dog licked the gravy off the sprouts but left the sprouts.
48:31But unfortunately, I couldn't admit to the fact that I tried to get the dog to eat the
48:37sprouts, so I still had to eat the sprouts.
48:39You could walk, Alison, I like that story.
48:46Very good.
48:47OK, that really is all.
48:48We've got time for you.
48:49If you'd like to have a go at a bit, tell yourself and tell your story, you can contact
48:52us via our website at this very address.
48:54Please say a huge thank you to all of my guests tonight.
48:56Join me next week with music guest Kat Burns, U.S. talk show host Seth Meyers, celebrity
49:18traitor King Alan Carr, Oscar winner Kate Winslet and the former Prime Minister of New Zealand
49:24Amanda Ardern.
49:25I'll see you then.
49:26Good night, everybody.
49:27Goodbye.
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