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00:00MUSIC
00:15Oh!
00:17Oh!
00:18Hello, hello!
00:21Hi, everybody.
00:22Hello.
00:24Good evening.
00:26Welcome to the show.
00:28It's New Year's Eve!
00:32Yes, it is.
00:34Oh, fantastic.
00:36Who doesn't love New Year's Eve?
00:38I mean, there's music, dancing, hugging your work colleagues.
00:42When has that ever gone wrong?
00:50Hey, what a year 2025 has been.
00:53Donald Trump came to the UK for a second state visit.
00:56He was hosted by the King and Queen,
00:58who were more than happy to be seen with him.
01:01Although, Melania less pleased.
01:03I'm not here.
01:05I'm just a lamp.
01:07Shut away, Your Majesty. Just ignore me.
01:10No, still not here.
01:13Actually, there's a security reason why Melania always wears a hat.
01:17A nice wide brim can literally save her from a fate worse than death.
01:22LAUGHTER
01:27This was also the year that Katy Perry went into space.
01:30She became the first celebrity to get weightless without using Munjaro.
01:33LAUGHTER
01:35There's Katy holding a daisy.
01:38It's a reference to one of her favourite songs,
01:40and probably better than her first choice, Firework.
01:43LAUGHTER
01:44Katy was in an all-female crew of six amateur first-time astronauts.
01:49Here she is thinking,
01:50hmm, I wonder if we'll all keep it together and stay calm and professional.
01:54LAUGHTER
01:57No. No, they weren't.
02:02Also, this year, there were some high-profile job announcements
02:06that upset a lot of people.
02:08Gary Lineker left Match of the Day.
02:10Tess and Claudia left Strictly.
02:12And Rachel Reeves stayed on as Chancellor.
02:14LAUGHTER
02:16I wonder if that to oblige well.
02:18LAUGHTER
02:19Still there, Rachel.
02:20LAUGHTER
02:21But a great end to the year on TV,
02:27as celebrity traders became one of the most watched programmes of the year.
02:31Yes!
02:32APPLAUSE
02:33Finally, mass murder was funny.
02:36LAUGHTER
02:37Celebrities were killed in surprising ways.
02:39Touched on the face, on the receiving end of a Shakespeare quote,
02:43and some were nearly gassed to death.
02:45LAUGHTER
02:46Yes.
02:47Yes, and National Treasure of Breaking Wind was the highlight of the year,
02:50and I think that tells you everything you need to know about 2025.
02:54LAUGHTER
02:55Hey, listen, we've got a big line-up for you tonight.
02:57Look who's singing for us later performing the classic dance track
03:00Where Love Lives.
03:02It's the fabulous Alison Limerick.
03:04CHEERING
03:05Not yet.
03:07Save it.
03:08Save it.
03:09Save it.
03:10We'll hear it later.
03:11We'll hear it later.
03:12APPLAUSE
03:13And we'll be joined by a triple Oscar nominee,
03:15Carey Mulligan, comedian Tim Key,
03:17and the young star of this year's smash hit drama, Adolescence,
03:20Owen Cooper, will be here.
03:22CHEERING
03:23But first, he's not just a great Shakespearean actor,
03:27he's also our favourite Norse called Loki,
03:30and now he's back with a new series of The Night Manager.
03:33It's Tom Hiddleston!
03:36CHEERING
03:37Oh!
03:38So perfect.
03:39So perfect.
03:40Hello.
03:41Have a new day.
03:42Have a new day.
03:43Have a seat.
03:44Tom Hiddleston.
03:45Yeah!
03:46Yeah!
03:47And we've the two stars of the comedy drama,
03:51Is This Thing On?
03:53He made us laugh in 30 Rock and Arrested Development,
03:55and co-host of the hit podcast, Smartness.
03:58And she is the Oscar-winning star of films like Blue Velvet,
04:02Wild at Heart and Jurassic Park,
04:04as well as the hit TV show, Big Little Lies.
04:07Please welcome Will Arnett and Laura Dern!
04:10Here they are!
04:11Oh!
04:12Happy New Year!
04:13Happy New Year!
04:14Happy New Year!
04:15Happy New Year!
04:16Happy New Year!
04:17Yeah!
04:18They're on message.
04:19I like you.
04:20You've scrubbed up for the occasion.
04:21Well done, everybody.
04:22I like it, I like it.
04:23So welcome all-
04:25You've been here many times, Tom.
04:26How many times has it been?
04:27A lot.
04:28There's too many.
04:29Always a welcome.
04:30Thank you very much.
04:31But weirdly, a first time welcome to Laura and Will.
04:33Yes!
04:34I love you.
04:35I like it!
04:36Thank you guys!
04:37Thank you!
04:38Thank you guys!
04:39Thank you!
04:40Thank you guys!
04:43Thank you!
04:44Thank you!
04:45Thank you so much!
04:46Thank you!
04:47Thank you so much!
04:48Thank you guys!
04:49Thank you!
04:50Thank you guys!
04:51Thank you guys.
04:53Tom lives here on this couch.
04:55I live on this couch.
04:57Have either of you met Tom before?
04:59No, but he said not to make eye contact with you.
05:01Is that real?
05:03Well, you can.
05:05Okay.
05:07And Laura, here's the thing.
05:09We've got to mention Jurassic Park because everyone loves Jurassic Park.
05:11Yes.
05:13And I suppose what's interesting about Jurassic Park is it was the first of those big CGI films.
05:21Where we believed those things were real.
05:23Did you assume it was going to be awful?
05:26Well, the very first day we had high hopes and then we were standing in a line.
05:34It's the scene where myself, Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill and the extraordinary Sir Richard Attenborough are in a line and we hear something in the distance.
05:45And it gives us all hopefully this hint that maybe this isn't going to go as well as we had hoped.
05:50Yeah.
05:51And nothing happened because there was nothing there.
05:54Sorry, spoiler.
05:55And so everybody was looking in different directions and there was no queue.
06:01And on cut, Sir Richard Attenborough said, Stephen, my dear boy, we have to have something to focus on or look at so at least we're in sync.
06:11He said, oh, my God, of course.
06:13Don't worry.
06:14Action.
06:15We're waiting.
06:16We're listening.
06:17It's getting very dramatic.
06:19And suddenly through a megaphone about two inches behind us, Stephen goes, Roar!
06:25Roar!
06:26That was the moment I remember looking in Sir Richard's eyes and going, oh, this is actually going to be horrible.
06:34But it turned out.
06:35Tom Hiddles is a super fan.
06:37Oh, nice.
06:38I am.
06:39I never forget watching Jurassic Park for the first time.
06:42I begged my parents to take me to the Odeon.
06:45I can't remember what the certificate was in the UK, but I was probably a little bit too young.
06:49Take that, Laura.
06:50Wow.
06:51Wow.
06:52I mean, I was a child when I made that also.
06:53I wasn't even born yet.
06:54And talking of iconic films, people may not know this, Will Arnett, you are Batman.
07:06Ah, yes.
07:07You are the one.
07:08I had even forgotten.
07:09Yeah.
07:10Yeah.
07:11Well, Lego Batman.
07:12Yeah.
07:13He is Lego Batman.
07:14Yeah.
07:15He is Lego Batman.
07:16Yes.
07:17I say Lego Batman is a very significant Batman.
07:25A major Batman.
07:27I remember that day.
07:28I was quite tired that day.
07:29You look slightly bent over.
07:32Yeah, I just remember it was a long night.
07:33Anyway, yes.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Your hands are cramping.
07:36Yeah.
07:37And it's your voice.
07:39It's deeper than your voice.
07:41Oh, yeah.
07:42He's here.
07:43Fantastic.
07:45You pimp me into a party trick.
07:50I know.
07:51I know.
07:52No, because voices, though, they were your bread and butter for years.
07:55For years, yeah.
07:56I did a lot of voice work over the years.
07:58I've sold a lot of products over the years.
08:02I used to do, back in the day, I would do what they call promos in America for the network.
08:06So you have all these big networks.
08:07Yeah.
08:08CBS, NBC.
08:09And I used to do for CBS for a while.
08:11I was kind of their promo guy.
08:13And it was absurd.
08:14And you'd have to make these crazy changes like it would be.
08:17I'd go, tonight, on a touch by an angel you can't believe.
08:23Then, on an all-new Raymond.
08:25I just had a realisation.
08:26You're the trailer voice.
08:27I'm not the trailer voice.
08:28There are a lot of guys who have done it.
08:29I'm not the trailer voice.
08:30Well, you're one of the guys who...
08:31That was a pretty good trailer voice, right?
08:32Yeah.
08:33Can you just say, can you just say, in a world where dinosaurs no longer exist?
08:46Oh, there's more.
08:47In a land before time.
08:48In a land before time.
08:49Ready?
08:50This summer.
08:51Very good.
08:52Hey, listen, you must get on.
08:53We've got to talk about our first film tonight.
08:54Laura and Will play a married couple in crisis in the new comedy drama Is This Thing On?
09:12It's out on the 30th of January, and here's just a taste from the trailer.
09:17I think I'm getting a divorce.
09:20What did me off was that I'm living in an apartment on my own.
09:26And my wife and kids don't live there.
09:29That was probably the biggest clue.
09:33What is the problem?
09:34I don't know.
09:35It's complicated.
09:36You don't have to tell me that.
09:37I guess we just slowly grew away from each other.
09:40You two have always been very different.
09:41And you and dad are twins?
09:42Your father is an immigrant to this country.
09:43I know that.
09:44And I've always been a woman who wants the taste of the exotic.
09:48Jesus, mom.
09:49Why are you doing stand-up?
09:50Yeah.
09:51Getting a divorce.
09:52You cheated.
09:53No.
09:54You didn't cheat?
09:55And you're getting a divorce?
09:56That's some white guy shit.
10:00I've been doing stand-up.
10:01Isn't like a hobby.
10:02Well, I'm not about to quit my job and go on tour.
10:04It's just that it's something I look forward to.
10:06Hey, listen, do you mind if I dropped him off here for a couple of hours?
10:09Listen, ambush me like this in front of the boys.
10:11You suck.
10:12You suck.
10:13Give it up for me.
10:14I'm doing great.
10:15I'm paying rent on a shitty apartment and a mortgage for a house that I don't even live
10:19in anymore.
10:20So I'm the only one who doesn't know about this.
10:23Woo!
10:24Amazing.
10:25So this is Tess and Alex.
10:30So tell us about Tess and Alex.
10:32Who are they?
10:33Where do we find them?
10:34Well, we find them at a real crossroads and these are two people who have stopped communicating
10:41with each other and their marriage is falling apart.
10:45And Alex stumbles into stand-up comedy sort of unwittingly.
10:51And they sort of have to try to find their way back to each other a little bit.
10:57Yeah.
10:58And tell us about Tess.
10:59And Tess, you know, within this 27-year partnership has lost sight of herself, lost sight of her
11:09original passions and has to kind of rediscover her own path.
11:15Just like he's in discovery mode in order to find her way back to herself and maybe a marriage.
11:22And, you know, I fell in love with the script, which Will and Mark Chappell wrote.
11:29And then Bradley Cooper came on board to work with them on the script and also direct the film.
11:35But you really have the origin story of what inspired this idea.
11:41Yeah.
11:42I came across an old friend of I think of the show and some of you know a long time.
11:46John Bishop.
11:47Maybe a lot of you are familiar with John.
11:49The great, yeah.
11:50The great John Bishop.
11:51The great John Bishop.
11:52There we are.
11:54So I happened to meet John.
11:56I had occasion and through a mutual friend.
11:59And John told me the story of how he became a stand-up comedian.
12:02And I was just really taken with the story.
12:04And when he was talking about what it did for him and how, where it came to him in his life when his marriage was falling apart.
12:10And so I asked him if I could write a movie based on his life.
12:13Which is kind of a daunting thing to ask somebody.
12:15Yeah.
12:16You know.
12:17Do you mind if we, you know, like, do you mind if I make a movie about your life?
12:21It's a weird thing to be asked.
12:23And, but he's been great throughout.
12:25And that was really the genesis of it, yeah.
12:28Yeah.
12:29And stand-up on film.
12:30It's always a difficult, really difficult thing to do.
12:32Yeah.
12:33But you film this in real stand-up clubs.
12:35Yeah, it's, historically stand-up films have been really tough.
12:39Especially a lot of comics kind of cringe at it.
12:42And so we had to be really careful about how we approached it.
12:45This is a guy who's never done stand-up before.
12:47And I've spent a lot of time in and around.
12:49I've been comedy adjacent, I like to say, from a lot of my life.
12:52But I've never done stand-up.
12:54I've never done stand-up.
12:55So I started going to the Comedy Cellar in New York when we were in prep.
12:59For about six weeks I'd go up every night for, you know, three times a night.
13:02And then during the day write all the stand-up that we were using.
13:05And I'd get introduced by my character name as Alex Novak at the Comedy Cellar.
13:10Wow.
13:11Yeah, which was interesting because a lot of people thought I was, you know,
13:14having some kind of psychotic break.
13:17They're going like, that's where I'm at.
13:19Yeah, someday.
13:20Yeah, going on.
13:21Especially when I say, you know, I'm getting a divorce, they're like, again?
13:23Googling me in real time.
13:26Who is it?
13:27I didn't even know he got married again, you know.
13:29And did you go to see Will do the stand-up?
13:32I did, several times.
13:33It was extraordinary.
13:34But, like, I think doing stand-up, because the reason you're doing it,
13:38it's happening to you.
13:39I think watching someone you know do it is so much worse.
13:43Well, and also in this case...
13:46It is.
13:47In this case, it's the undoing of the performative
13:50because he had to be someone standing up for the first time
13:53who wasn't skilled at it.
13:55And he was throwing himself out there so bravely
13:58to be a guy who was finding his voice,
14:02finding language for what he was going through in his marriage
14:05more than being, you know, a joke master.
14:07Graham, you know, I mean, you've done stand-up,
14:09so you know what it's like.
14:10And if anybody else has done stand-up here.
14:11But you know what it's like when you go up there.
14:14And as a performer, your instinct is,
14:17I'm going to get the room somehow or some way.
14:20I'm going to try to tell a joke no matter what it is
14:22or do a thing or connect.
14:23And really, there was a great moment.
14:26Basically, the first time I went up to the Comedy Cellar
14:28where I was about to go up and they were introducing me
14:30to Alex Novak.
14:31And Bradley stopped me and he said,
14:33we're doing something different.
14:34Meaning, you've got to go and be this guy.
14:36You can't try to win this.
14:37You've never done this before.
14:39Yeah.
14:40And so that was a really narrow target to hit.
14:42To just, yeah.
14:43And it goes against every grain of your body.
14:47A hundred percent, yeah.
14:48Because all I want is for people to like me.
14:52We're all a vortex of need, Will.
14:55Because, Laura, it is the amazing thing.
14:57You have been in this industry for a long,
14:59like, were you seven when you started?
15:02I was seven as an extra and 11 on my first film professionally.
15:08Wow.
15:09And you do come from this acting family.
15:11Both your parents, very successful actors.
15:13And when did you figure out that your parents were famous?
15:17Well, I had no idea about fame.
15:21I knew their job was creating characters.
15:25And I, at a young age, remember them, you know, putting on costumes
15:30and kind of creating these new sort of personalities.
15:33But I didn't really understand it.
15:34And then when I was five or six, I was home from school.
15:40And my grandma and I were there, you know, kind of looking through to find a movie.
15:47And the image that I saw was a black and white image of a classic film.
15:53And Betty Davis is standing at the top of a staircase in a film called Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
15:59And she's holding a hat box.
16:01And it opens and a head rolls to the bottom of the stairs.
16:06And in close-up, you see, it was my dad's head.
16:10Oh, wow.
16:11And I started screaming.
16:13And my grandmother...
16:14Don't worry, guys.
16:15I get therapy.
16:16But...
16:17But my grandma had to call my father, who was like,
16:21yeah, kid, my head's still on.
16:23We're all good.
16:24And I was like, okay.
16:25But it was, yeah, somewhat traumatic.
16:27And for some reason, I then wanted to be an actor.
16:30I'm not sure why.
16:31And that was your dad, Bruce Dern.
16:32Yes.
16:33And I'm so sorry, your mom, Diane Ladd, you lost her earlier this year.
16:36Yes.
16:37But a beautiful thing, I think, you won an Oscar in 2020 for Marriage Story.
16:42But 1992, you have a special bit of film history.
16:47Yes.
16:48My mother and I were both nominated.
16:51I think it's the first mother and daughter ever nominated.
16:54nominated for a film or nominated for Oscars.
16:57And it was for the same film, a film called Rambling Rose.
17:00Wow.
17:01And there you are at the Oscars.
17:07So, you're in this acting family and you build your career.
17:10Will you...
17:12Are not.
17:13Will you not?
17:14And also, and I like that your dad, not from show business,
17:17he sounds like he was not that impressed by what's happened to you.
17:22No.
17:23Well, I'm Canadian.
17:26So, you know, the...
17:29Well, anyway.
17:31I was going to go on a rant about Canadians.
17:33I don't know if it's a safe space.
17:36And so, I think that they were always kind of like,
17:39yeah, good for you, Willie.
17:40That's fine.
17:41And then, finally, one day, he came out to California,
17:43he came to my house and he looked around and he said,
17:45wow, Willie, this is pretty nice.
17:46I said, turns out goofing off really pays off.
17:48So, yeah.
17:50Tell us about your dad at the Canada Walk of Fame.
17:55I didn't know this existed.
17:56Well, neither did I.
18:01Is it very long the Walk of Fame?
18:03Um, it's...
18:04It's done.
18:05It's me and Martin Short and Mike Myers.
18:07Okay.
18:08That's not true.
18:09That's not true.
18:10God forbid somebody clips that.
18:11You know how the internet works?
18:13It was a joke.
18:14God.
18:15It's endless.
18:16Your show gets clipped a lot, Graham, by the way.
18:19Yeah.
18:20In America.
18:21Oh, okay.
18:22Yeah, it's very popular.
18:23It's very successful.
18:24It's very successful.
18:25He's very good at what he does.
18:26I'm loving this show so far.
18:27Yeah.
18:28Don't encourage him.
18:29Don't encourage him.
18:30Anyway.
18:31You're at the...
18:32Now that you made up.
18:33Now that you made up.
18:34So you're at the Canada Walk of Fame.
18:35So you're at the Canada Walk of Fame,
18:36and we were watching,
18:37there was a very famous Canadian hockey player
18:38by the name of Marc Messier,
18:40and he was being also awarded that year.
18:44What a night.
18:45Yeah.
18:46It was a big night, and...
18:47I know.
18:48He is.
18:49He's a big...
18:50He's a big...
18:51You don't want to get on the wrong side of Marc Messier.
18:53No.
18:54Is he like the David Beckham of hockey?
18:56Sort of.
18:57He played with Wayne Gretzky.
18:58Do you know who that is?
19:00You really don't?
19:01No.
19:02Okay.
19:03Um...
19:04Why would I know that?
19:05I don't know.
19:06So anyway, uh...
19:08So, he's being...
19:10And Marc's sister presented him the award.
19:13She...
19:14And she did give this lovely speech,
19:15and Marc's standing there,
19:16and she's giving this lovely...
19:18And my dad's sitting in front of me as we're watching,
19:19and we're...
19:20I'm about to go up next,
19:21and he's...
19:22He's...
19:23I've asked him to intro me.
19:24Right.
19:25And my dad's watching,
19:26and he turns around,
19:27and he says, uh...
19:28And then Marc comes up,
19:29and his sister hugs him,
19:30and a beautiful embrace of the thing.
19:32My dad says, uh...
19:33By the way,
19:34you don't have to hug me when you're up there.
19:38And I said,
19:39Okay.
19:40Thanks, man.
19:41And...
19:42So I went up there,
19:43and then I...
19:44My dad gave the speech,
19:45and then I said,
19:46By the way, my dad asked me not to hug him.
19:47Um...
19:48There he is.
19:49Oh, there you are.
19:50Look at him.
19:51Wow.
19:52Yeah.
19:53I've got to say,
19:54the Walk of Fame is more impressive than I thought it would be.
19:56Yeah.
19:57It is. It's pretty good.
19:58Yeah.
19:59Pretty good.
20:00That is impressive.
20:01Yeah.
20:02And Tom, your dad,
20:03he not...
20:04Also not keen on you becoming an actor.
20:05Initially.
20:06Initially.
20:07He was just a bit worried,
20:08you know?
20:09He was, um...
20:10He was kind of...
20:11He didn't have...
20:12Show business.
20:13And he was worried that I would be kind of adrift in the wind,
20:16and...
20:17And...
20:18Just...
20:19Have nothing to do, basically.
20:20Um...
20:21But he was...
20:22You know, it's...
20:23It's so kind of a piece of history now,
20:25because I remember when he...
20:27He saw something I did really early in my kind of young working life.
20:31It was a film called The Gathering Storm,
20:33and it was about Winston Churchill and his wife, Clemmie.
20:37And Albert Finney played Winston Churchill,
20:39and Clemmie was played by Vanessa Redgrave.
20:42Wow.
20:43And I played their son, Randolph.
20:45Oh, there you are.
20:46Which was a kind of, like,
20:47slightly nerve-wracking experience,
20:48because I revered them both,
20:50but I always tried to calm myself down in my trailer by saying,
20:53a son is not nervous of talking to his parents.
20:56So go out there and do the thing.
20:58And, anyway, it came out,
21:00and my dad, who was born in 1939,
21:03and is a war baby,
21:05he called me,
21:06and he couldn't speak.
21:07He was in floods of tears.
21:10And he said,
21:11I'm so proud of you.
21:12And I had no idea.
21:14And from that day to this,
21:15he's just been the most supportive and most...
21:17He's been my great cheerleader.
21:19What a gorgeous, gorgeous story.
21:21That's beautiful, Tom.
21:22Thank you so much.
21:23To yourself, to yourself.
21:25Congratulations, Tom.
21:26Must be nice.
21:29Another great stuff that your dad did for you?
21:33Let's hug him, because his father...
21:35Yeah, I will.
21:36Come on.
21:37There we go.
21:39There we go.
21:40Beautiful.
21:41Beautiful.
21:42By the way, my dad, I know,
21:44gets a lot of free lunches being Loki's dad.
21:46Loki's dad.
21:47And they go,
21:48Oh, of course.
21:49Well, you missed, you know,
21:50have some more.
21:51Well, your dad,
21:52along with the rest of the nation,
21:53will be delighted,
21:54because Tom Hiddleston
21:56is back as the night manager.
21:58Yay!
21:59Finally!
22:01And overwhelmingly,
22:02it's been ten years,
22:03but the wait is over.
22:04The second series kicks off tomorrow,
22:06January the 1st,
22:07on BBC One and iPlayer.
22:09And to get us in the mood,
22:10here is the very start of the new series.
22:14Ooh, what's going on?
22:20Oh, God.
22:23No.
22:26Just one of you,
22:27will perform identification.
22:29Who says?
22:31I say.
22:32Now listen here,
22:33I've had enough of this.
22:34Shifting bloody sands.
22:35Angela, it's all right.
22:36It's not all right.
22:37None of this is all right.
22:39She'll do it.
22:40I'll be alone.
22:41We've both waited so long for this.
22:45You've waited longer.
22:48Bella.
22:53Bella.
23:04Ready?
23:05Yeah.
23:11Can you confirm,
23:12this is Richard Rockham?
23:14Yeah, it's him.
23:15Sure?
23:20Yeah.
23:21It's so good, Tom.
23:22It's great.
23:23It's great to have a vacuum.
23:24So, people are going to see that within the first few seconds of the show tomorrow.
23:28That's the opening of the show.
23:29So, it wasn't quite clear.
23:30So, tell us who the body is.
23:31The body is Richard Roper.
23:32Which is Hugh Laurie.
23:33Played by the great Hugh Laurie.
23:34He's dead.
23:35He's dead.
23:36He's dead.
23:37He's dead.
23:38He's dead.
23:39He's dead.
23:40He's dead.
23:41He's dead.
23:42Oh.
23:43Woo!
23:44It's so good, Tom.
23:45It's great.
23:46It's straight down the back.
23:47So, people are going to see that within the first few seconds of the show tomorrow.
23:48That's the opening of the show.
23:49So, it wasn't quite clear.
23:50So, tell us who the body is.
23:51The body is Richard Roper.
23:52Which is Hugh Laurie.
23:53Played by the great Hugh Laurie.
23:54Yeah.
23:55So, he dead.
23:56He...
23:57He...
23:58See what you see.
23:59And Olivia Colman's back.
24:02Yeah.
24:03So, tell us, ten years have passed.
24:04Jonathan Pine, what's he doing now?
24:06So, yeah.
24:07It's been ten years.
24:08Ten years in the real world since we made the show, the first series.
24:11And in our story, ten years have passed.
24:14Ten years later, we're ten years older.
24:16A few more scars on the inside, more scars on the outside.
24:20And Pine is living another life.
24:24Jonathan Pine, my character.
24:26He's still working for the security and intelligence services.
24:29He's still in MI6.
24:31Um, but he is living under another name, another identity.
24:35His name is Alex Goodwin.
24:37And Alex Goodwin, um, it runs an operation, a surveillance operation called the Night Owls.
24:43And they essentially keep tabs on luxury London hotels and casinos and any bad apples and bad people that might be passing through who would be of interest to the intelligence community.
24:53So, he's still managing the night in some respects.
24:58Um, but the curious thing about where we find him is, is that Pine, Jonathan Pine as an identity has been erased from the record.
25:07And at the end of that first series, he delivered Richard Roper to his captors.
25:12And the old dragon has been slain.
25:15And while he's working in this surveillance operation, um, in London, a scent of familiar dragon smoke kind of glides into the valley.
25:26And he cannot help but chase it down.
25:29So, the old dragon slayer in Jonathan Pine is reactivated and he's back.
25:34So, you're back as the night manager now.
25:35And are you ready?
25:36Because I think you, I've spoken to you before that this role, the night manager, has got you more attention than anything else you've done.
25:44People love this show.
25:45People do, yeah.
25:46It's a strange thing.
25:47I'm sure you both have the same thing where people stop you in the street and they want to talk about Jurassic Park or Lego Batman or Arrested Development.
25:54Um, everyone wants to talk to me about Jurassic Park.
25:57It's right, I've got you wrong.
25:59It's crazy.
26:00Um, uh, but actually there was a, one, one moment where, um, I think we announced we were going to do another series.
26:06And it kind of did the rounds and everyone, you know, people would stop me and say, oh my God, I saw the headline.
26:11You're going to do the night manager again.
26:13We're so excited.
26:14And there was a run of a couple of days where almost every shop I went into, it was a great excitement about the night manager.
26:20I went in on a Sunday morning to buy some ingredients for a Sunday roast.
26:24And a woman came up to me and said, are you the night manager? Are you the manager?
26:28And I was like, well, yeah, but not really here now.
26:31Um, because, uh, you know, I'm sort of buying my food for my family and I think maybe let's just sort of...
26:35He said, are you the manager?
26:37You've run out of potatoes!
26:39LAUGHTER
26:41I was like, I'm not that manager.
26:44Um, but it was a humbling moment of, uh, believing I had been recognised.
26:48Yeah.
26:49And, uh, in fact, this poor woman just wanted her potatoes.
26:53A reminder that Tom will be back on duty as the night manager on BBC One tomorrow
26:57and is this thing on Opens and Cinemas from the 30th of January.
27:01OK.
27:02CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
27:03Now, my next guest co-starred in this year's The Ballad of Wallace Island,
27:11which no less than a judge than Richard Curtis has described as
27:14one of the greatest British films of all time.
27:17Please welcome writer and comedian Tim Key and triple Oscar nominee Carrie Mulligan!
27:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
27:24Here they are!
27:28Why, hello!
27:29Hi!
27:30How are you doing?
27:31Hi, guys.
27:32How are you doing?
27:33How are you doing?
27:34Nice to see you.
27:35How are you doing?
27:36Good to see you.
27:37Good to see you.
27:38Good to see you.
27:39But I like it.
27:40Good to see you.
27:41Good to see you.
27:42Good to see you.
27:43Good to see you.
27:44Good to see you.
27:45Good to see you.
27:46So, very nice to see you.
27:47Welcome back, Carrie.
27:48First time, welcome to Tim.
27:49It's fantastic to be here.
27:50Happy New Year.
27:51Happy New Year.
27:52What a new year.
27:53Well done.
27:54Well briefed.
27:55Now, there are some connections on the couch.
27:57Carrie, I know I heard you on Will's podcast, Smartless.
28:00Yep.
28:01I met Will before that.
28:02Yeah.
28:03At Bradley Cooper's house.
28:04Of course.
28:05Oh, Will was watching Maestro.
28:07But I couldn't talk to him because I was such a big Lego Batman fan.
28:14So, I don't think we had Maestro.
28:16It was the first time that you were watching Maestro.
28:19It was the first time I was watching Maestro with Batman.
28:22Yeah.
28:23Oh, wow.
28:24And I kept going, what do you think?
28:25And Tim and Tom know each other.
28:30Yes, we've known each other for a wee while, haven't we, sir?
28:33I've been to two weddings with Tom.
28:34There you go.
28:35Wow.
28:36Yeah.
28:37But never together.
28:38We have, we, so I was at university with Tom Basden, who's also in this really, truly wonderful film.
28:45Yeah.
28:46Um, with Tim and Carrie.
28:47So, one of the weddings, I think, was Tom's wedding.
28:49Oh, yeah.
28:50But Tom and Tim have been a, you guys have been a kind of comedy double act for a long time.
28:55Yeah.
28:56I went to see Tim and Tom.
28:58It was at the end of a fringe.
28:59And it was about, it was a play called Party that Tom had written, I think, with you guys.
29:03And it was about a group of, of kind of shambolic individuals trying to form a political party.
29:09Uh, and meeting up on a Wednesday night.
29:11And Tim plays someone who thinks he's been invited to a party.
29:15Um, it was genuine.
29:17And, and, and never gives up on the fact that someone's going to open a bottle of champagne at any time.
29:21It's just my character.
29:22It sounds funny.
29:23It sounds funny.
29:24It was one of, it was, I thought I would, it was so funny.
29:26It was one of those moments at the Edinburgh Fringe where you laugh so hard you think you're never going to make it.
29:30Um, and.
29:31Tim, is any of this true?
29:33LAUGHTER
29:34Fucking hell.
29:35I think you've established Tom knows Tim.
29:39LAUGHTER
29:40We've got that down.
29:43That information is safe now.
29:45Tim just remembers the wedding.
29:46Yeah, there's no time.
29:47We didn't even get to the second wedding.
29:48We're good, we're good.
29:49LAUGHTER
29:54Uh, now, The Ballot of Wallace Island.
29:56It is such a gorgeous film.
29:58I'm saying to Tim, I love this film.
29:59You guys have seen, you've seen.
30:00You've seen it.
30:01I love this movie so much.
30:02I haven't seen it yet.
30:03I watched the trailer.
30:04I can't, I said it to him backstage.
30:06I cannot wait to see this film.
30:08It's gorgeous.
30:09And it's out now on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K.
30:11If you haven't seen it yet, do.
30:13So, if people haven't, who do you play?
30:16Tell us about The Ballad of Wallace Island.
30:18Elevated pitch.
30:19OK, so I play a guy called Charles Heath.
30:21Yep.
30:22Who's a millionaire living on an island,
30:24who's in love with Maguire Mortimer, this band,
30:27who him and his wife fell in love with many years ago.
30:30He gets, um, Herb Maguire to come to his island,
30:33pays him a million pounds, and then secretly gets
30:36Herb Maguire's ex, band member and lover,
30:39Nell Mortimer, to come as well.
30:41So he hoodwinks them both to play a private gig for him,
30:44that they have no idea that that's what's going to happen.
30:47Hijinks ensue.
30:48Oh, it is just so good.
30:51And it was filmed incredibly quickly, Kerry, wasn't it?
30:53Like, how long, you were there for how many days?
30:55It was filmed in 18 days.
30:5718 days.
30:58Wow.
30:59Yeah, and I was there for 10 days.
31:00Yeah.
31:01It was very quick.
31:02And we went to a water park for three days.
31:07It's important to enjoy yourself.
31:08Yeah, of course.
31:09It is, yeah.
31:10It's a fun shoot.
31:11Yeah.
31:13So The Ballad of Wallace Island, it came out earlier this year,
31:16and now it's kind of the second life,
31:17but it's been gestating for a long time,
31:20because it started as a short film.
31:21Yeah.
31:22Me and Tom Basden made a short film in the Hiddleston era.
31:27In the early 2000s.
31:29I did.
31:30Yeah.
31:31And, yeah, we shot it in three days,
31:33and it was like, yeah, we loved it.
31:36It was just one of the best experiences of my life,
31:38to shoot that.
31:39And, you know, after that you just leave it
31:41and you don't think anything more will happen with it, but...
31:43Didn't it win a BAFTA?
31:44No.
31:45No.
31:46And then...
31:52It was a nice idea.
31:54It was a nice idea.
31:55It was nominated.
31:56It was nominated.
31:57It was nominated for a BAFTA.
31:58Oh, yeah.
31:59I remember that.
32:00It was nominated for a BAFTA.
32:02And, yeah, and me and Tom and James, who directed it,
32:05we just, you know, we just had such happy memories of it.
32:08There was a moment where we were, like, going to turn it
32:10into a feature, but we couldn't really work out how...
32:12And also, you're young and you think you need to move on
32:14and make the next thing.
32:15Yeah.
32:16And then, well, we didn't do that.
32:17We just sort of made this, but after 18 years.
32:19Yeah.
32:20And so how did you get involved, Kerry?
32:21I emailed her.
32:22That is true, isn't it?
32:23It's true.
32:24But did you know each other?
32:25No.
32:26No.
32:27I...
32:28You can get emails.
32:29My husband and I were really big fans of Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Hour,
32:39which, if you haven't heard, is just the most amazing, brilliant,
32:42funny show on radio.
32:44Four.
32:45Four.
32:46Four.
32:47And so Marcus had done that sort of nerdy, like, DM thing
32:52where he DM'd him and said, I'm a massive fan.
32:55Um, and then somehow I got your email address because I wanted him
32:59to host something for a charity that I work with called War Child.
33:02Tim said no.
33:03Plight no.
33:04And then, four years later, I got an email from Tim Key
33:10and the subject heading was Filming Opportunity.
33:13You thought you'd love to be in a film?
33:18I thought she should like a film opportunity.
33:21And I did.
33:23We, like, we wrote the film and then...
33:26Because eventually we unlocked how the feature would be.
33:28And the whole secret of it was this Nell character,
33:32which was in addition to the short.
33:33And then, you know, we just were working out who our favourite Nell would be.
33:38And all three of us, me, Tom and James, we all wanted Carrie.
33:42And then I, it was the Zoom era, said, I'll get her.
33:46LAUGHTER
33:49They said, I don't think you will.
33:50Anyway, I delivered her.
33:52Wow!
33:53It's very impressive.
33:54APPLAUSE
33:56Let's...
33:58Let's watch a clip.
34:00This is Charles welcoming his heroes to the island.
34:04Is this my guitar?
34:05No.
34:06No, got that at auction.
34:08It's the one you recorded way back when on.
34:10Yeah, that's why.
34:11Oh, wow, you are a fan.
34:12I am.
34:13Mm-hm.
34:14In fact, Herb, if you do get a second,
34:15I wouldn't mind getting your paw print on that, please.
34:18Have you got anything of mine?
34:20Sorry?
34:21Do you have anything of mine?
34:24Yeah.
34:26What is it?
34:27Is it creepy?
34:29It's hair.
34:30Yeah.
34:31Hair?
34:32Yes.
34:33Um...
34:34Oh, my God!
34:35Yes.
34:40A bit like, you know, comedy in a film.
34:43When it's a famous band and there's going to be music,
34:46you think, this music better be good.
34:48And it is.
34:49It's gorgeous, the music.
34:50Yeah, I mean, he is...
34:52This is Tom.
34:53Tom Basden, who I wrote it with
34:55and who did the lion's share of the writing
34:57and did all the music.
34:59He's sort of a genius and it's what, you know,
35:03it's what makes the film work, really,
35:04that you do totally believe that my character
35:07could have been in love with his music 15 years ago.
35:10Yeah.
35:11And, Kerry, you've sung in a lot of films,
35:13but I'm all right that you don't like it.
35:16I don't like it.
35:17No.
35:18I don't like it.
35:19I don't like it.
35:20I'm getting anxious thinking about it.
35:23I don't like it.
35:25I...
35:27So, you don't like it.
35:28She keeps doing it.
35:30Um, no, I said to Tom on this one,
35:34you know, just make me the harmonising person.
35:38And he did and that's what I do in the film.
35:40That's horrid.
35:41That's horrid to do, isn't it?
35:42No.
35:43No.
35:44Someone tell...
35:45He told me what to do.
35:46And I did what he told me to do.
35:47OK.
35:48That's what I did as well.
35:49Yeah, we all did that.
35:51And talking of music,
35:52quite a posh music connection on the couch.
35:54Laura Dern,
35:55you are very connected to a friend of ours,
35:58Taylor Swift.
35:59I am.
36:00Yes.
36:01But I don't sing, ever.
36:04Even though I'm connected to her.
36:06But, um, but yes, friends,
36:08and have been in music video.
36:11Yeah, you starred.
36:12There you are starring in The Jewels.
36:15There you go.
36:16OK.
36:17And apparently, like,
36:18there's a certain demographic
36:19that that's all they know you from.
36:21My favourite memory of my children and I,
36:25while on vacation in Hawaii,
36:28we had parked our car
36:31and had hiked down to this somewhat secluded beach.
36:35And we came back up the other route
36:38and we're looking for our car
36:41and we saw the sort of seemingly the doors,
36:45the entrance gates to Jurassic Park
36:48because it's where we filmed the movie
36:50on the island of Kauai.
36:51And it said,
36:52welcome to Jurassic Park
36:53and it's where you meet up for the ride.
36:55And I was like,
36:57it's similar to your story.
36:59You know, in that moment,
37:00I was the most famous person
37:02that's ever lived.
37:03I was like,
37:04oh, God, guys.
37:05This is, you know,
37:06to my young children,
37:07this is going to be a nightmare for mom, guys.
37:09You know,
37:10so concerned about my celebrity
37:12looking for the car,
37:13trying to dodge the people in the line.
37:15And suddenly I see it, right?
37:17I see these three teenage girls
37:20start to lose their minds
37:22and run toward me.
37:23And I'm like,
37:24guys, guys,
37:25just, like,
37:26let's just try to get in the car.
37:27And they're like,
37:28oh, my God!
37:29Right under the Jurassic Park sign.
37:31You're the girl
37:32in the Taylor Swift video!
37:34I love that.
37:37It's amazing.
37:39And Tim,
37:40we're talking about people
37:41plugging away
37:42and getting a start
37:43in the business.
37:44Yeah.
37:45And in this country,
37:46a lot of people
37:47get a start in comedy
37:48in the Cambridge Footlights.
37:49And you did that.
37:50I did do that, yeah.
37:51I was in the Cambridge Footlights, yeah.
37:52Yeah.
37:53But in a slightly odd way.
37:54How do you mean?
37:55Well,
37:56you didn't tell all the truth?
38:01No.
38:02I didn't tell any of the truth.
38:03Yeah.
38:04What was the big lie you told Tim?
38:05That I was at Cambridge.
38:09That's my lead lie.
38:11It finally makes sense.
38:14LAUGHTER
38:16I thought,
38:17for years,
38:18I thought,
38:19because I would go
38:20to see Tom Basden
38:21and others
38:22in the Cambridge Footlights,
38:23and Tim was there,
38:24and I was like,
38:25I haven't seen Tim around.
38:27Well,
38:28I wonder which college...
38:29I was never really a lectures guy.
38:30LAUGHTER
38:32It's like,
38:33I wonder which college he's at.
38:34I wonder...
38:35Maybe he's just got a really interesting life
38:36and he's just aloof
38:38and he turns up for the gig.
38:39Yeah.
38:40Or he has a job.
38:41Yeah.
38:42Or he's a threshold assessment
38:43regional deployment officer.
38:44Carry on.
38:45How long did the lie go on for?
38:47Well,
38:48it's finished now, isn't it?
38:49LAUGHTER
38:52Did you get busted?
38:53Oh, you got busted, yeah.
38:55Got the part,
38:56did the audition,
38:58and then got cast in that show,
39:00you know,
39:01that you'd go to Edinburgh with.
39:02I was sort of working out
39:03as I went along.
39:04Got cast,
39:05and then got a phone call
39:06from my friend Phil,
39:07saying,
39:08we know you're not at Cambridge.
39:09In fact, he might just have said,
39:10we know.
39:11LAUGHTER
39:12And then he said,
39:13we'll meet at the Maypole at 4.30.
39:15LAUGHTER
39:16So I went there,
39:17obviously,
39:18and they were about to have their,
39:20like, a dinner,
39:21where everyone met each other
39:22and said,
39:23we're all cast in this show.
39:24And, er,
39:25yeah, we went and had a pint,
39:26and he said,
39:27we know.
39:28Don't tell anyone else.
39:29You're in.
39:30Wow.
39:31And so I was not busted at all, really.
39:33He just kept me un-busted.
39:35LAUGHTER
39:36Will people be hearing this
39:37for the first time now?
39:38Yeah,
39:39I haven't been,
39:40I haven't done it on any other shows.
39:41LAUGHTER
39:44APPLAUSE
39:45Very good.
39:46Very good.
39:47Very good.
39:48Listen, just a reminder,
39:49The Ballad of Wallace Island is available to rent and watch now.
39:52I urge you to do so.
39:53OK.
39:54APPLAUSE
39:55Yeah.
39:56Yeah.
39:57Time to meet our next guest.
40:00One of the TV hits of the year was Adolescence,
40:03the extraordinary Netflix drama,
40:04which started a public debate about young masculinity,
40:07and was even discussed in Parliament,
40:09while its star, Owen Cooper,
40:12became the youngest male Emmy Award winner ever.
40:15Here is a moment from the show.
40:17The other bloke is much more easy.
40:20OK.
40:21Him checking where I understand was much easier.
40:23They need...
40:24Where I understand what I did!
40:26Look, look!
40:27Look!
40:28I didn't see that!
40:29You've put your words in me mouth!
40:31It's like a trap!
40:32In here!
40:33You!
40:34Jeremy!
40:46What was that?
40:48Eh?
40:49What the f*** was that?
40:53Signal away like a f***ing queen, yeah?
41:02I need you...
41:11to sit...
41:12down.
41:29Wow!
41:30Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome...
41:32Owen Cooper!
41:37Hey!
41:39Hello, sir!
41:40Really nice to see you!
41:41Hi!
41:42Hi!
41:43Hi!
41:44Hi!
41:45Hi!
41:46Hi!
41:47Hi!
41:48Laura, Will, Tom!
41:49There he is!
41:50Have a seat there!
41:51It's sort of intimidating to meet you after seeing that clip.
41:55Congratulations on everything,
41:56and I ought to say,
41:57happy birthday as well, right?
41:58Yeah, thank you.
41:59Thank you!
42:00Yeah!
42:01There you go!
42:02Because...
42:04By the time this show goes out, you'll be...
42:0616.
42:0716!
42:08Wow!
42:09Congratulations!
42:10Thank you!
42:11Very good!
42:12Thank you!
42:13Being 15 has gone quite well for you, I feel.
42:14Yeah, it's been a good one.
42:15It has!
42:16It has!
42:17It has been a very good year!
42:18I guess the big question is, how did it happen?
42:21How did Stephen Graham find you?
42:22How did you end up in the show?
42:25Well, I went to a drama group back in 2021, I started.
42:31But back then, it was just like a hobby of mine.
42:35None of my friends did it, no-one in my school did it, really.
42:39I just...
42:40I don't know.
42:41I was watching films and stuff, and I think Stranger Things and The Impossible with Tom Holland.
42:48I was watching...
42:49I've watched...
42:50I've watched The Impossible since I was about seven years old.
42:52And, like, I've watched it about 40 times.
42:54It's like a family film of ours, so...
42:55I don't know why, to be fair, but...
42:57Erm...
42:58It doesn't sound like a feel-good watch.
43:01But, erm...
43:03But watching Tom in that was just...
43:06I don't know, I just thought, I want to be doing what he's doing, and...
43:09So, yeah, about four years ago now I started, and then, erm...
43:13Last year, about April, I had sent a self-tape off,
43:18and then I heard back, like, a month later saying we want an audition,
43:21and...
43:22So I did about five auditions for it, cos the...
43:24There was, like...
43:25And it came down to me and these five lads, and then...
43:29Erm...
43:30We did a chemistry test with Steve, and that's when I met Steve,
43:33and then, yeah, we just clicked, we both support Liverpool, so...
43:36LAUGHTER
43:38So, yeah, we clicked straight away, and then...
43:40And then I found out a couple of weeks after that, erm...
43:44That, yeah, I got a part.
43:45And how did you find out?
43:46Erm...
43:47Well, it took about two weeks of, like,
43:50of them trying to decide who wants to play Jamie,
43:53and then it was me and this other lad, erm...
43:55Cain, who plays Ryan in the show,
43:57and it was down to me and him, and then they were just struggling
44:00to decide who was it, and then...
44:02I was always coming home from school saying,
44:04er, have we heard, did I get it?
44:07And she was like, no, erm...
44:08It was your mum.
44:09Yeah, she was like, erm...
44:11No, not today.
44:12And then I'd go back the next day and say,
44:13did you hear anything?
44:14And say, no.
44:15But then, one day, I went back, and I was just like,
44:18did you hear anything?
44:19Expecting her to say no.
44:20And she went, erm...
44:21Yeah, we have, actually.
44:22Erm...
44:23You didn't get the part.
44:24Erm...
44:25So, I was like...
44:27LAUGHTER
44:30Erm...
44:31So, I was...
44:32Erm...
44:33So, yeah, I was fuming.
44:34I was actually fuming.
44:35LAUGHTER
44:36But, erm...
44:37I just...
44:38I just strapped up the stairs, and then my mum went, erm...
44:40She called me down again, and she was like,
44:42I was only taking a piss, you can...
44:44LAUGHTER
44:45So, yeah, like, my heart dropped to my stomach, so...
44:50But, yeah.
44:51That's an emotional rollercoaster.
44:52Yeah, really?
44:53Yeah.
44:54Before you've even done it.
44:55Erm...
44:56And I think we all know that each episode, obviously,
44:58if you watch it, you know, each episode's done one take,
45:00but how many times did you do the one take?
45:02Erm...
45:03We were supposed to do ten, but if, like...
45:06I remember in episode one, erm...
45:08We were, like, 25 minutes in, and...
45:11This was my best take, right?
45:14My favourite take so far.
45:15Like, I went for it, like...
45:17Like, Steven and everyone before hyped everyone up,
45:20and I was up for it, I went for it.
45:2225 minutes in, all the lights went out in the studio,
45:25and, erm...
45:27Er...
45:28So...
45:29We had to start again, erm...
45:31Which I was absolutely devastated for.
45:33Was that...
45:34Was that another of your mum's practical jokes?
45:35No.
45:36LAUGHTER
45:37No, no, erm...
45:38LAUGHTER
45:39Yeah.
45:40LAUGHTER
45:41LAUGHTER
45:42No.
45:43I mean, it's funny, you're on a sofa full of actors.
45:46Like, does this sound appealing to anyone,
45:48or like a nightmare, the idea of doing a big, long take like that?
45:51I... I... I...
45:52I think it sounds...
45:53Both, which is probably the appeal,
45:55but I have to say, I think it's the most extraordinary performance,
45:59what you did in this show.
46:00Yeah, I did.
46:01It's...
46:02I just think about it, randomly.
46:03It's just incredible.
46:05So I don't know how you did it, but it was remarkable.
46:07I don't know either.
46:08LAUGHTER
46:09And, er...
46:10And in between all these, you know, making the show,
46:14and being on talk shows, and winning an Emmy,
46:16do you literally just go back to school?
46:19Yeah.
46:20LAUGHTER
46:22I'm supposed to be in school tomorrow, so...
46:24Ooh!
46:26Yeah.
46:27And it must be quite hard to take school seriously.
46:29School...
46:30School on New Year's Day.
46:31Yeah.
46:32LAUGHTER
46:33He's taking it very seriously, Tom.
46:36LAUGHTER
46:38He is...
46:39He's a key student.
46:40Ten out of ten.
46:41Yeah.
46:42The commitment.
46:43Really good.
46:44Yeah.
46:45But, like, er...
46:46School must be kind of an irritant at this point.
46:48Do you know what?
46:49It's not too bad at a minute.
46:50Erm...
46:51I've got my mocks a couple of weeks,
46:53which I'm not really looking forward to,
46:55and then I've got my GCSE, so...
46:57I've only got, like, six months left and then I'm gone.
46:59But, er...
47:00LAUGHTER
47:01LAUGHTER
47:02But, er...
47:03When...
47:04When the show came out, I...
47:05We broke for the summer.
47:07Erm...
47:08No, actually, no.
47:09I went back, like, a month and a half after the show came out,
47:12and, erm...
47:13Yeah, the first day back was a little bit worse,
47:15but now I just...
47:16I'm just hanging around with my mates, and then, but...
47:19But, yeah.
47:20And there must be a bit of people treating you differently at school.
47:23You must notice it a bit.
47:24Well...
47:25All the teachers and all the kids and that,
47:27they've known me since year seven, just messing about,
47:29so, erm...
47:30Erm...
47:31Yeah, I'm just the same, really.
47:32Oh, and that's how Tim feels when he goes back to Cambridge.
47:34LAUGHTER
47:39God, I'm just...
47:40You know, people remember me from when I was studying here.
47:42LAUGHTER
47:43But look at you now.
47:44After the races, er...
47:46Adolescence, big hit, and next February,
47:48we're going to see you in Wuthering Heights.
47:50Yep.
47:51Er, yeah.
47:52There's the poster.
47:53Now, Kerry, you've worked with Emerald Fennell a couple of times now.
47:55I have, and I've seen Wuthering Heights.
47:57Oh, really?
47:58You've seen the film? I haven't.
47:59LAUGHTER
48:01I...
48:02Yeah.
48:03Is it true you weren't allowed to read all of the script?
48:04No, no.
48:05Like, in the read-through.
48:06In the...
48:07That's really fair.
48:08In the read-through, erm...
48:09I did my bits and then I had to get rushed out.
48:12They put a...
48:13Put a pillowcase over your head and not shoot you out.
48:15LAUGHTER
48:16Er, well, listen, we look forward to that.
48:18Congratulations to you.
48:21And good luck with everything in the future.
48:22Owen Cooper, everyone!
48:24CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
48:26Yay!
48:27Well done, sir.
48:28Er, right, it's time for music.
48:30This award-winning singer-songwriter first scored success
48:33in the 90s with a banging club classic,
48:36which has found a new lease of life over the last month
48:39in an iconic Christmas ad.
48:41Here performing Where Love Lives,
48:43it is Alison Limerick!
48:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
48:47Ooh, love lives
49:01You've been hurt
49:06You've been down
49:11You've been set out of your pores
49:14I pushed around
49:17And I, oh, you fell so long
49:25And she walked out of that door and left you on your own
49:33Don't reach out for me without apology
49:39You'll never suffer your desire
49:43Don't reach out for me without apology
49:48Why don't you take my hand, go away, come out of your blue
49:56For everything you give, so will I give something to you
50:04I'll take you down, deep down with love
50:10Follow me down, deep down with love
50:18We love it, we love it
50:22Come on in
50:26So you're longing for the warmth of somebody
50:30You've got nothing in this world to lose
50:34Let me take you down, we love it
50:37Come away, come on out of your blue
50:42Don't reach out for me without apology
50:48You'll never suffer your desire
50:51Don't reach out for me without apology
50:56Why don't you take my hand, go away, come out of your blue
51:06For everything you give, so will I give something to you
51:12I'll take you down, deep down with love
51:18We love it, we love it
51:22Follow me down, deep down with love
51:26We love it, we love it
51:30Let me take you by the hand
51:32To the house in the land
51:34We love it, we love it
51:37Let me lead you to the night
51:40Make you feel right
51:42We love it, girl
51:44I'ma take you down, yeah
51:48Take you down, oh, love it
51:50We love it, we love it
51:53Come on
51:54Come on in, come on in
51:56Come on in, we love it
51:58Come on in, come on in
52:00Come on in, yeah
52:02Come on in, come on in
52:04Come on in, we love it
52:06Come on in, come on in, come on in
52:08Come on in, come on in
52:10Whoa!
52:12The rap for Alison Lindgren
52:16And her bang and her happy vocals
52:18Thank you so much
52:20Come on over you
52:22Look at you
52:24Golden wonder
52:26Hello
52:27Hello
52:28So nice to see you
52:29Alison
52:31Tom
52:32Will
52:33Laura
52:34Tim
52:35Carrie
52:36Owen
52:37Hi
52:38Hi
52:39Sit yourself down
52:40Have a drink
52:41Happy New Year
52:42Happy New Year to you
52:43Happy New Year all
52:44Thank you
52:45Thank you so much for that performance
52:46It's great to hear it live
52:48Thank you
52:49That is currently available to buy
52:51The vinyl
52:52There it is on the vinyl
52:53Yes
52:54Yes
52:55With Lappers doing a cover of it on the other side
52:57Yeah, have you heard it?
52:58No
52:59It's gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeousness
53:00Okay
53:01Okay
53:02Nice
53:03So this is not
53:0535 years
53:07Since that song was released
53:08I'm too young
53:09I know
53:10I was going to say to Owen
53:11Ask your parents
53:12But even they won't remember it
53:13So
53:14Not bad
53:1635 years
53:18So
53:19And you know
53:20I know you performed that song a lot over the years
53:22But to have this happen to it
53:24How did it become the theme to the ad?
53:27Uh
53:28I think that John Lewis and their advertising team wanted to do the theme of going back to that nostalgic
53:36time
53:37And they needed a song
53:38Um
53:39And there might have been half a dozen that they could have chosen
53:42They chose the one that I was singing on
53:44So
53:45Uh
53:46Voila
53:47Yeah
53:48And it must have been quite a nice day when you got that call
53:51I
53:52I
53:53Screamed like a juvenile
53:55About five minutes
53:56I couldn't stop squealing
53:57It was
53:58And Alison
53:59Do you get the staff discount now?
54:01Yes
54:02Yeah
54:03Yeah
54:04They've been very generous to me
54:05Um
54:06Um
54:07And I'm
54:08More than
54:09Happy to go shopping
54:10Yeah
54:11Everyone's congratulations Alison
54:13Thank you
54:14Thank you
54:15Thank you
54:16Thank you
54:17Thank you
54:18Thank you
54:19Thank you
54:20Now
54:21That is nearly it
54:22Where we go
54:23Uh
54:24Just time
54:25For a New Year's Eve visit to the big red chair
54:27Uh
54:28I hope these stories are suitable
54:30I'll be
54:32I'll be
54:33I'll be cautious
54:34Hello sir
54:35Now when
54:36I'm sorry
54:37Melvin
54:38No
54:39Now then
54:40Oh yeah
54:41What's your name
54:42I'm Tommy
54:43I'm Tommy
54:44And I'm from Keithley in Yorkshire
54:45You're Tommy from Yorkshire
54:47Okay
54:48I'm very nervous
54:49Oh don't be nervous
54:50You're fine
54:51You're fine
54:52Do you live up in Yorkshire still?
54:53Yeah
54:54In Keithley
54:55Oh Keithley
54:56And what do you do up there?
54:57I'm a civil servant
54:58Which is pretty boring
54:59But before that
55:00I trained to be a doctor
55:01I thought I had to give that up
55:03Of course
55:04And
55:05Oh you've got a good story
55:09High hopes
55:10High hopes
55:11Okay
55:12So I go back to a few years ago
55:13When I was a keen runner
55:14So I used to go out running early every morning
55:16So one morning
55:17I'm out in the park running
55:18And I get really bad cramps
55:20No
55:21And I think I'm not going to make it home
55:22I'm going to have to
55:23I'm going to have to go to the toilet
55:24And not for a number one
55:26So I look around
55:27There's nobody about
55:28So I think I'll go behind this bush
55:30I go behind the bush
55:32In no time
55:33This Labrador comes bounding towards me
55:35With the owner shouting after him
55:37Well done Owen
55:42Well done Owen
55:45I like self-censoring
55:49The Americans
55:50The Americans going to
55:51People in Britain just shit themselves
55:53Is that all that happens in my book?
55:55It's so festive
55:56It's so festive
55:59All the stories end in kind of the same way
56:01Off we go with somebody else
56:03Here we go
56:04Hello
56:05Hi
56:06Maria
56:07Maria
56:08Hello Maria
56:09And where are you from?
56:10From Mexico
56:11Oh from Mexico
56:12Wow
56:13Do you live here now?
56:14Yeah
56:15What do you do here?
56:16I work in higher education
56:17Alright
56:18Off you go with your story
56:19All the way from Mexico
56:20Ok well
56:21English is not my first language
56:22Right?
56:23So I was at work dinner
56:24With colleagues
56:25And they are talking about construction
56:27And building
56:28For whatever reason
56:29And I said like
56:31Oh you know
56:32Houses in Mexico
56:33Are made out of cement
56:34For people
56:35What?
56:36Yeah
56:37Yeah
56:38Yeah
56:39Cover your ears
56:40Like how?
56:41And I'm like
56:42No you know
56:43Builders
56:44They just put loads of it
56:45Everywhere
56:46For a couple of minutes later
56:48They are like
56:49Wait
56:50Are you trying to say cement?
56:51And I'm like
56:52Yeah
56:53Cement
56:54Oh no
56:55Oh no
56:56I didn't mean that to happen
56:58I feel awful now
56:59I wanted for her to walk
57:01Aw
57:02Is she alright?
57:03Hmm?
57:04Is she alright?
57:05No she's dead now
57:06I don't know how far this went
57:09She'll never see 2026 I'm afraid
57:12It's a high risk strategy this game
57:14Yeah
57:15If it goes well
57:16I mean the glory
57:17But
57:18Yeah
57:19Oh well
57:20Um
57:21Alright
57:22That really is all we've got time for
57:23If you'd like to have a go
57:24In the red show yourself
57:25And tell your story
57:26You can contact us
57:27Via our website
57:28At this very address
57:29Please say a huge thank you to all of my guests tonight
57:31Alison Limerick
57:34Owen Cooper
57:37Tim Key
57:39Carrie Mulligan
57:42Will Arnett
57:44Laura Dern
57:46And Tom Hiddleston
57:50We'll be back on the 9th of January
57:52Rob Beckett, Dawn French, Cynthia Erivo
57:54And Hollywood star Chris Pratt
57:56Until then
57:57Have a very happy new year
57:58Good night
57:59Bye bye
58:28Bye bye
58:29Bye bye
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