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The Graham Norton Show - Season 33 Episode 100 -
(special) New Year's Eve Show
(special) New Year's Eve Show
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00:00MUSIC
00:14Oh!
00:16Oh!
00:17Hello! Hello!
00:20Hi, everybody! Hello!
00:23Good evening!
00:25Welcome 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?
00:44Ooh, look at this.
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, who 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.
01:11No, still not here.
01:14Actually, there's a security reason why Melania always wears a hat.
01:18A nice wide brim can literally save her from a fate worse than death.
01:23This was also the year that Katy Perry went into space.
01:30She became the first celebrity to get weightless without using Munjaro.
01:33There's Katy holding a daisy.
01:37It's a reference to one of her favourite songs and probably better than her first choice, Firework.
01:42Katy was in an all-female crew of six amateur first-time astronauts.
01:49Here she is thinking, hmm, I wonder if we'll all keep it together and stay calm and professional.
01:54No, no, they won't.
02:02Also, this year, there was some high-profile job announcements that upset a lot of people.
02:07Gary Lineker left Match of the Day.
02:09Tess and Claudia left Strictly.
02:11And Rachel Reeves stayed on as Chancellor.
02:14Wonder if that double aged well.
02:18Still there, Rachel.
02:20But a great end to the year on TV as Celebrity Traders became one of the most watched programmes of the year.
02:30Yes.
02:31Finally, mass murder was funny.
02:36Celebrities 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.
02:46Yes.
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.
02:54Hey, 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.
03:01It's the fabulous Alison Limerick.
03:03No, not yet.
03:07Save it.
03:09Save it.
03:10We'll hear it later.
03:11We'll hear it later.
03:12And we'll be joined by a triple Oscar nominee, Carrie Mulligan, comedian Tim Key,
03:17and the young star of this year's smash hit drama, Adolescence.
03:20Owen Cooper will be here.
03:22But 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 Higgleston.
03:35Oh!
03:36So proud, so proud as you know.
03:38How do you do?
03:39How do you do?
03:40How do you do?
03:41How do you do?
03:42How do you do?
03:43How do you do?
03:44How do you do?
03:45How do we do?
03:46How do you do?
03:47How do you do?
03:48Yeah!
03:49And we have the two stars of the comedy drama Is This Thing On?
03:53He made us laugh in 30 Rock and Arrested Development, and co-hosts the hit podcast Smartness.
03:58And she is the Oscar-winning star of films like Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart and Jurassic Park,
04:04as well as the hit TV show Big Little Lies.
04:07Please welcome Will Arnett and Laura Dern!
04:23Hello again!
04:25Happy New Year!
04:27Happy New Year!
04:29Happy New Year!
04:31They're on message.
04:32I like you, you've scrubbed up for the occasion.
04:34Well done everybody.
04:35I like it.
04:36I like it.
04:37So welcome all, you've been here many times Tom.
04:40How many times has it been?
04:42A lot.
04:43That's too many.
04:44You're always a welcome.
04:45Thank you very much.
04:46But weirdly, a first time welcome to Laura and Will.
04:48Yes!
04:49Yes!
04:50Thank you guys!
04:52Tom lives here on this house.
04:55I live on this social.
04:56Yes, yes.
04:57Actually, have either of you met Tom before?
04:59No, but he said not to make eye contact with you.
05:01Is that real?
05:04Well, you can.
05:05Okay.
05:06And Laura, here's the thing.
05:08We've got to mention Jurassic Park because everyone loves Jurassic Park.
05:11Yes.
05:12And 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.
06:26Roar.
06:27That was the moment.
06:29I remember looking in Sir Richard's eyes and going, oh, this is actually going to be horrible.
06:34But it turned out.
06:37Tommy Little's a super fan.
06:39Oh, nice.
06:40I am.
06:41I never forget watching Jurassic Park for the first time.
06:43I begged my parents to take me to the Odeon.
06:46I can't remember what the certificate was in the UK, but I was probably a little bit too young.
06:50Take that, Laura.
06:53Wow.
06:54Wow.
06:55I mean, I was a child when I say that also.
06:57I wasn't even born yet.
06:59And talking of iconic films, people may not know this.
07:03Will Arnett, you are Batman.
07:06Ah.
07:07Yes.
07:08You are the one.
07:09I had even forgotten.
07:10Yeah.
07:11Yeah.
07:12Well, Lego Batman.
07:13Yeah.
07:14He is Lego Batman.
07:15He is Lego Batman.
07:17Yeah.
07:18Yeah.
07:19Yeah.
07:20I 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 looked slightly bent over.
07:31Yeah.
07:32I 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.
07:43Trust me.
07:48You pimp me into a party trick.
07:50I know.
07:51I know.
07:52Because 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 networks.
08:06Yeah.
08:07So you have all these big networks.
08:08Yeah.
08:09CBS, NBC.
08:10And I used to do for CBS for a while.
08:12I was kind of their promo guy.
08:14And it was absurd.
08:15And you'd have to make these crazy changes like it would be.
08:18I'd go, tonight, on a touch by an angel you can't believe.
08:23Ben, on an all new Raymond.
08:26I just had a realization.
08:29You're the trailer voice.
08:31I'm not the trailer voice.
08:32There are a lot of guys who have done it.
08:33I'm not the trailer voice.
08:34Well, you're one of the guys who, that was a pretty good trailer voice, right?
08:37Yeah.
08:38Can you just say, can you just say, in a world where dinosaurs no longer exist.
08:45In a world where dinosaurs no longer exist.
08:50Oh, more than one.
08:52In a land before time.
08:53In a land before time.
08:55Ready?
08:56This summer.
09:01Very good.
09:02Hey, listen.
09:03You must get on.
09:04We've got to talk about our first film tonight.
09:06Laura and Will play a married couple in crisis in the new comedy drama,
09:10Is This Thing On?
09:12It's out on the 30th of January.
09:14And here's just a taste from the trailer.
09:16I think I'm getting a divorce.
09:19What did me off was that I'm living in an apartment on my own.
09:24And my wife and kids don't live there.
09:27That was probably the biggest clue.
09:33What is the problem?
09:34I don't know, it's complicated.
09:35You 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.
09:44I know that.
09:45And I've always been a woman who wants the taste of the exotic.
09:47Jesus.
09:48What?
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.
09:57I'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's something I look for.
10:06Hey, listen.
10:07Do you mind if I dropped him off here for a couple 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 mortgage for a house that I don't even live in anymore.
10:20So I'm the only one who doesn't know about this?
10:26So 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.
10:37And these are two people who have stopped communicating with 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 original 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, I 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.
12:01And 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, which is kind of a daunting thing to ask somebody.
12:15Yeah.
12:16You know, do 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.
12:28And stand-up on film, it's always a difficult, really difficult thing to do.
12:32But you filmed 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 them.
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, for a lot of my life.
12:52But I've never done stand-up.
12:54So I started going to the Comedy Cellar in New York when we were in prep for about six weeks.
13:00I'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, which was interesting.
13:12Because a lot of people thought I was, you know, having a, some kind of psychotic break.
13:17They're going like, that's where I'm at.
13:19Yeah, someday.
13:20Especially when I say, you know, I'm getting a divorce.
13:22I'm 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 at least if you're doing it, it's happening to you.
13:39I think watching someone you know do it is so much worse.
13:43Well, and also in this case, it's the undoing of the performative.
13:50Because he had to be someone standing up for the first time who wasn't skilled at it.
13:55And he was throwing himself out there so bravely to be a guy who was finding his voice,
14:02finding language for what he was going through in his marriage more than being, you know, a joke master.
14:08Graham, you know, I mean, you've done stand-up, so you know what it's like.
14:10And if anybody else has done stand-up here, but you know what it's like when you go up there.
14:14And as a performer, your instinct is, I'm going to get the room somehow or some way.
14:19I'm going to try to tell a joke no matter what it is or do a thing or connect.
14:23And really, there was a great moment, basically the first time I went up to the Comedy Cellar
14:28where I was about to go up and they were introducing me as Alex Novak.
14:31And Bradley stopped me and he said, we'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, to just, yeah.
14:43And it goes against every grain of your body.
14:47100%.
14:48Yeah, because all I want is for people to like me.
14:51We'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, like, 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, both 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 and 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.
15:39And 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, don't worry, guys, I get therapy.
16:18But my grandma had to call my father, who was like, yeah, kid, my head's still on.
16:23We're all good.
16:24And I was like, oh.
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 Stern.
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.
16:41But 1992, you have a special bit of film history.
16:46Yes.
16:47My mother and I were both nominated.
16:51I think it's the first mother and daughter ever nominated 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.
17:02APPLAUSE
17:03So, you're in this acting family and you build your career.
17:10Will you...
17:11Are not.
17:12Well, you're not.
17:13And also, I like that your dad, not from show business, he sounds like he was not that impressed by what's happened to you.
17:22No.
17:23Well, I'm Canadian.
17:25LAUGHTER
17:26So, you know, the...
17:28Well, anyway.
17:29LAUGHTER
17:30I was going to go to a rant about Canadians.
17:33LAUGHTER
17:34I don't know if it's a safe space.
17:35LAUGHTER
17:36And so, I think that they were always kind of like, yeah, good for you, Willie.
17:40That's fine.
17:41And then, finally, one day he came out to California, he 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.
17:48LAUGHTER
17:49So, yeah.
17:50Tell us about your dad at the Canada Walk of Fame.
17:54I didn't know this existed.
17:56Well, neither did I.
17:59LAUGHTER
18:00Is it very long, the Walk of Fame?
18:03Um, it's... it's done.
18:05It's me and Martin Short and Mike Myers.
18:07OK.
18:08That's not true.
18:09That's not true.
18:10God forbid somebody clips that.
18:12LAUGHTER
18:13You know how the internet works?
18:14It was a joke.
18:15LAUGHTER
18:16God.
18:17It's endless.
18:18Your show gets clipped a lot, Graham, by the way.
18:20It does, yeah.
18:21In America.
18:22Oh, OK.
18:23Yeah, it's very popular.
18:24It's very successful.
18:25It's very successful.
18:26I'm loving this show so far.
18:28LAUGHTER
18:29Yeah.
18:30Anyway.
18:31So, you're at the Canada Walk of Fame.
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, there was a very famous Canadian
18:38hockey player by 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.
18:54No.
18:55Is he like the David Beckham of hockey?
18:56Sort of.
18:57He played with Wayne Gretzky.
18:58Do you know who that is?
18:59You really don't.
19:00No.
19:01OK.
19:02Um...
19:03Why would I know that?
19:04I don't know.
19:05So, anyway, uh...
19:07So, he's being...
19:09And Marc's sister presented him the award.
19:12She...
19:13She...
19:14And she did give this lovely speech,
19:15and it was...
19:16And Marc's standing there,
19:17and she's giving this lovely...
19:18And my dad's sitting in front of me,
19:19as we're watching,
19:20and we're...
19:21I'm about to go up next,
19:22and he'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...
19:29Marc comes up,
19:30and his sister hugs him,
19:31and a beautiful embrace of the thing.
19:32My dad says, uh...
19:34By the way, you don't have to hug me
19:35when you're up there.
19:38And I said,
19:39OK.
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.
19:48Um...
19:49There he is.
19:50Got Jim Arnett.
19:51Look at him.
19:52Wow.
19:53Yeah.
19:54I could've said...
19:55The Walk of Fame is more impressive
19:56than I thought it would be.
19:57It is.
19:58It's pretty good.
19:59Yeah.
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...
20:12He didn't know anyone
20:13who was in show business,
20:14and he was worried
20:15that I would be kind of adrift in the wind,
20:17and just have nothing to do, basically.
20:19Um...
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
20:29in my kind of young working life.
20:31It was a film called The Gathering Storm,
20:33and it was about Winston Churchill
20:35and 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
20:51in my trailer by saying,
20:52a son is not nervous of talking to his parents.
20:55So go out there and do the thing.
20:57And anyway, it came out,
20:59and my dad, who was born in 1939,
21:03and is a war baby,
21:05he called me, and he couldn't speak.
21:07He was in floods of tears.
21:09And he said, I'm so proud of you.
21:11And I had no idea.
21:13And from that day to this,
21:14he's just been the most supportive and most...
21:17He's been my great cheerleader.
21:19What a gorgeous, gorgeous story.
21:20That's beautiful, Tom.
21:21Thank you so much.
21:22And...
21:23Can you also...
21:24Congratulations, Tom.
21:26Must be nice.
21:29And another great stuff that your dad did for you?
21:33I must hug him, because his daughter...
21:35Come on.
21:37There we go, there we go.
21:39Beautiful.
21:41By the way, my dad, I know,
21:44gets a lot of free lunches being Loki's dad.
21:46Loki's dad, and they go,
21:48oh, of course.
21:49Well, you miss, 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!
22:00Thanks.
22:01And unbelievably,
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
22:12of the new series.
22:14Ooh, what's going on?
22:15What's going on?
22:20Oh, God.
22:25No.
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.
22:41We've both waited so long for this.
22:45We've waited longer.
22:48Ella.
22:53Ella!
23:04Ready?
23:05Yeah.
23:06Can you confirm?
23:07This is Richard Roper.
23:08Yeah, it's him.
23:09Sure?
23:10Yeah.
23:11Oh!
23:12Oh!
23:13Oh!
23:14Oh!
23:15Oh!
23:16Oh!
23:17Oh!
23:18Oh!
23:19Oh!
23:20Oh!
23:21Oh!
23:23Oh!
23:24Oh!
23:25Oh!
23:26Oh!
23:27Oh!
23:28Oh!
23:29Oh!
23:30Oh!
23:31Oh!
23:32Oh!
23:33Oh!
23:34Oh!
23:35Oh!
23:36Oh!
23:37So good, Tom, it's great.
23:41It's great down the back end.
23:42So, people are going to see that within the first few seconds of the show tomorrow.
23:45That's the opening of the show.
23:46So, it wasn't quite clear.
23:48So, tell us who the body is.
23:50The body is Richard Roper.
23:52Which is Hugh Laurie.
23:54Played by the great Hugh Laurie.
23:55Yeah.
23:56He...
23:57He...
23:58He...
23:59See what you see.
24:00And Olivia Colman's back, so tell us, ten years have passed, Jonathan Pyne, what's he doing now?
24:06So yeah, it's been ten years, ten years in the real world since we made the show, the first series,
24:11and in our story, ten years have passed. Ten years later, we're ten years older,
24:16a few more scars on the inside, more scars on the outside,
24:22and Pyne is living another life, Jonathan Pyne, my character.
24:26He's still working for the security and intelligence services,
24:29so he's still in MI6.
24:31But he's living under another name, another identity.
24:35His name is Alex Goodwin.
24:37And Alex Goodwin runs an operation, a surveillance operation, called the Night Owls,
24:43and they essentially keep tabs on luxury London hotels and casinos
24:47and any bad apples and bad people that might be passing through
24:50who would be of interest to the intelligence community.
24:53So he's still managing the night in some respects.
24:58But the curious thing about where we find him is, is that Pyne, Jonathan Pyne as an identity
25:05has been erased from the record, and at the end of that first series,
25:09he delivered Richard Roper to his captors, and the old dragon has been slain.
25:15And while he's working in this surveillance operation in London,
25:21a 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 Pyne is reactivated, and he's back.
25:34So you're back as the night manager now, and are you ready?
25:37Because I think I've spoken to you before that this role, the night manager,
25:41has got you more attention than anything else you've done.
25:44People love this show.
25:45People do. Yeah, it's a strange thing.
25:46I'm sure you both have the same thing where people stop you in the street
25:49and they want to talk about Jurassic Park or Lego Batman or Arrested Development.
25:53Everyone wants to talk to me about Jurassic Park.
25:57Sorry, I've got you wrong. It's crazy.
26:01But actually, there was one moment where I think we announced
26:04we were going to do another series, and it kind of did the rounds,
26:08and everyone, you know, people would stop me and say,
26:10oh, 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,
26:18it was a great excitement about the night manager.
26:20I went in on a Sunday morning to buy some ingredients for a Sunday roast,
26:23and a woman came up to me and said,
26:25are you the night manager? Are you the manager?
26:27And I was like, well, yeah, but not really here now
26:30because, you know, I'm sort of buying my food for my family
26:34and I think maybe let's just sort of...
26:35Are you the manager? You've run out of potatoes!
26:40And I was like, I'm not that manager.
26:45But it was a humbling moment of believing I had been recognised.
26:48Yeah.
26:49And in fact, this poor woman just wanted her potatoes.
26:52A 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.
27:03Now, 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
27:14as one of the greatest British films of all time.
27:17Please welcome writer and comedian Tim Kee and triple Oscar nominee Carrie Mulligan!
27:23CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
27:24Here they are!
27:27Say hello!
27:28Hi, welcome to the News!
27:31Hi, guys!
27:31Hi, guys!
27:32Hi, guys!
27:33Hi!
27:33Hi!
27:34Hi!
27:34Nice to see you!
27:34Good to see you!
27:35Nice to see you!
27:36Oh, wow!
27:36Hi!
27:37Good to see you!
27:37Hi!
27:38Hi!
27:38How are you?
27:39Hi!
27:39Hi, hi!
27:40Hi!
27:40Hi!
27:41Hi!
27:41Hi!
27:42Hi!
27:42Hi!
27:43Hi!
27:43Hi!
27:44So, very nice to see you.
27:45Welcome back, Carrie.
27:46First time welcome to Tim.
27:47It's fantastic to be here.
27:48Happy New Year.
27:49Happy New Year!
27:50What a new year!
27:51Well done, well briefed.
27:53Yeah.
27:54Now there are some connections on the couch because Kerry, I know I heard you on Will's
27:58podcast Smartlist.
27:59Yep.
28:00I met Will before that.
28:02Yeah.
28:03At Bradley Cooper's house.
28:04Of course.
28:05And Will was watching Maestro, but I couldn't talk to him because I was such a big Lego
28:10Batman fan.
28:12So I don't think we had one.
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.
28:23Wow.
28:24And I kept going, what do you think?
28:27And Tim and Tom know each other.
28:30Yes.
28:31We've known each other for a wee while, haven't we, sir?
28:32I've been to two weddings with Tom.
28:34There you go.
28:35Wow.
28:36Yeah.
28:37Never together.
28:38We have, so I was at university with Tom Basden, who's also in this really, truly wonderful
28:44film.
28:45Yeah.
28:46With Tim and Kerry.
28:47So one of the weddings, I think, was Tom's wedding.
28:48Oh, yeah.
28:49But Tom and Tim have been a, you guys have been a kind of comedy double act for a long
28:55time.
28:56I went to see Tim and Tom.
28:57It was at the end of the fringe.
28:58And it was about, there's a play called Party that Tom had written, I think, with you guys.
29:02And it was about a group of kind of shambolic individuals trying to form a political party
29:09and meeting up on a Wednesday night.
29:10And Tim plays someone who thinks he's been invited to a party.
29:15It was genuine and never gives up on the fact that someone's going to open a bottle of champagne
29:20at any point.
29:21It's just my character.
29:22It sounds funny!
29:23It sounds funny!
29:24It was so funny.
29:25It was one of those moments at the Edinburgh Fringe where you laugh so hard you think you're
29:28never going to make it.
29:29And...
29:30Tim, is any of this true?
29:31Fuckin' hell!
29:32I think we've established Tom knows Tim.
29:35We've got that down.
29:36Tim...
29:37Tim just remembers the wedding.
29:38Yeah, there's no time.
29:39Tim just remembers the wedding.
29:40We didn't get to the second wedding, we're good.
29:41We're good.
29:43Now, The Ballad of Wallace Island, it is such a gorgeous villain.
29:45I love this film.
29:46You guys have seen it, you've seen it.
29:47I love this movie so much.
29:48I haven't seen it yet, I watched the trail, I said to Tim backstage, I cannot wait for
30:01I haven't seen it yet, I watched the trailer, I said it to him backstage, I cannot wait to see this film.
30:08It's gorgeous and it's out now on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K, if you haven't seen it yet, do.
30:14So if people haven't, who do you play, tell us about The Ballad of Wallis Island.
30:18Elevator pitch.
30:19OK, so I play a guy called Charles Heath, who's a millionaire living on an island,
30:24who's in love with Maguire Mortimer, this band, who him and his wife fell in love with many years ago.
30:30So he gets Herb Maguire to come to his island, pays him a million pounds,
30:35and then secretly gets Herb Maguire's ex, band member and lover, Nell Mortimer, to come as well.
30:42So he hoodwinks them both to play a private gig for him,
30:45that they have no idea that that's what's going to happen.
30:47Hijinks ensue.
30:49Oh, 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.
30:58Yeah, and I was there for 10 days.
31:00Yeah, it was very quick.
31:02And we went to a water park for three days.
31:06It's important to enjoy yourself.
31:08Yeah, of course.
31:08It is, yeah.
31:09It's a fun shoot.
31:10Yeah.
31:11Yeah.
31:13So The Balboa de Wallis Island, it came out earlier this year,
31:16and now it's kind of the second life, but it's been gestating for a long time,
31:20because it started as a short film.
31:21Yeah, me and Tom Basden made a short film in the Hiddleston era.
31:28In the early 2000s, yeah.
31:30I did, I did.
31:30Yeah.
31:31And, um, yeah, we shot it in three days, and it was like, yeah, we loved it.
31:36It was just one of the best experiences of my life to 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.
31:45And then...
31:46LAUGHTER
31:47It was a nice idea.
31:54It was a nice idea.
31:55It was nominated.
31:56It was nominated.
31:57It was nominated.
31:57Oh, yeah.
31:58I remember that.
31:59I could...
32:00Yeah.
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 into a feature,
32:10but 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.
32:20Yeah.
32:20And so how did you get involved, Carrie?
32:22I emailed her.
32:23LAUGHTER
32:24LAUGHTER
32:24That is true, isn't it?
32:27Yeah, it is true.
32:28But did you know each other?
32:31LAUGHTER
32:31No.
32:33I...
32:33You can get emails.
32:34My 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.
32:45Four.
32:45Four.
32:46Four.
32:46Four.
32:46And so...
32:48And Marcus had done that sort of nerdy, like, DM thing,
32:52where he DM'd him and said, I'm a massive fan.
32:55And then somehow I got your email address
32:58because I wanted him to host something for a charity
33:01that I work with called War Child.
33:02Tim said no.
33:04Plight night.
33:04LAUGHTER
33:04And then four years later, I got an email from Tim Key
33:10and the subject heading was Filming Opportunity.
33:13LAUGHTER
33:14You thought you'd love to be in a film?
33:17I thought she'd like a film opportunity.
33:21LAUGHTER
33:22And I did.
33:23We, like, we wrote the film and then...
33:25Because 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.
33:47LAUGHTER
33:48They said, I don't think you will.
33:50Anyway, I delivered her.
33:52Wow!
33:53It's very impressive.
33:54APPLAUSE
33:55Let's...
33:56Let'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.
34:10Oh, wow, you are a fan.
34:11I am.
34:12In 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, what?
34:21Do you have anything of mine?
34:23Yeah.
34:25What is it?
34:27Is it creepy?
34:29It's hair.
34:30Yeah.
34:30Hair?
34:31It's a look of your hair, yes.
34:33Oh, my God!
34:34Yes.
34:34APPLAUSE
34:35A bit like, you know, comedy in a film.
34:43When it's a famous band and there's going to be music,
34:46you're going to think, this music better be good.
34:48And it is.
34:48It's gorgeous, the music.
34:51Yeah, 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.
34:58He's sort of a genius
35:00and it's what, you know,
35:03it's what makes the film work, really,
35:04that you do totally believe
35:05that my character could have been in love
35:08with his music 15 years ago.
35:10Yeah.
35:11And, Kerry, you've sung in a lot of films,
35:12but I'm all right that you don't like it.
35:16I don't like it.
35:17No, I don't like it.
35:18I don't like it.
35:21I'm getting anxious thinking about it.
35:23I don't like it.
35:24I...
35:25LAUGHTER
35:26So, you don't like it?
35:29She keeps doing it.
35:30LAUGHTER
35:31No, I said to Tom on this one,
35:35you know, just make me the harmonising person.
35:38And he did, and that's what I do in the film.
35:40That's horrid to do, isn't it?
35:42No, no.
35:43Someone tell...
35:44He told me what to do,
35:45and I did what he told me to do.
35:47OK.
35:47That's what I did as well.
35:49LAUGHTER
35:49Yeah, we all did that.
35:50And talking of music,
35:51quite a posh music connection on the couch.
35:54Laura Dern,
35:54you are very connected to a friend of ours,
35:58Taylor Swift.
35:59I am.
36:00Yes.
36:01But I don't sing, ever.
36:03I don't even know if I'm connected to her.
36:06But, yes, friends and have been in music video.
36:11Yeah, you starred.
36:12There you are, starring in Bajeworth.
36:15There you go.
36:15LAUGHTER
36:16And 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
36:37and were looking for our car
36:41and we saw the, sort of, seemingly,
36:44the doors, the entrance gates
36:46to 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.
36:56And I was like,
36:57it's similar to your story.
36:59You know,
36:59in that moment,
37:00I was the most famous person
37:02to ever live.
37:03I was like,
37:04oh, God, guys,
37:05this is, you know,
37:05to my young children,
37:07this is going to be a nightmare
37:07for mom guy.
37:09You know,
37:09so concerned about my celebrity
37:11looking for the car,
37:13trying to dodge the people in the line.
37:15And suddenly,
37:16I see it, right?
37:17I see these three teenage girls
37:20start to lose their minds
37:21and run toward me.
37:23And I'm like,
37:24guys, guys,
37:25just, like,
37:25let's just try to get in the car.
37:27And they're like,
37:27oh, my God!
37:29Right under the Jurassic Park sign,
37:31you're the girl
37:32in the Taylor Swift video!
37:36I love that.
37:38It's amazing.
37:40And, Tim,
37:41we were talking about people
37:42plugging away
37:42and getting a start
37:43in the business.
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, but in a slightly odd way.
37:54How do you mean?
37:55Well,
37:56because,
37:58did you,
37:59you didn't tell
38:00all the truth?
38:01No, I didn't tell
38:02any of the truth.
38:02Yeah.
38:03What was the big lie
38:04you told Tim?
38:05That I was at Cambridge.
38:09That's my lead lie.
38:12It finally makes sense.
38:16I thought,
38:17for years,
38:18I thought,
38:18because I would go
38:19to see Tom Basden
38:21and others
38:21in 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
38:29he's in.
38:29I was never really
38:29a lectures guy.
38:31I was like,
38:32I wonder which college
38:34he's at.
38:34I wonder,
38:35maybe he's just got
38:35a really interesting life
38:37and he's just aloof
38:38and he turns up
38:39for the gig.
38:39Yeah.
38:39Or he has a job.
38:40Yeah.
38:42Or he's the threshold
38:42assessment regional
38:43deployment officer.
38:44Carry on.
38:45How long did the lie
38:46go on for?
38:48Well,
38:48it's finished now,
38:49isn't it?
38:52Did you get busted?
38:54Oh,
38:54you got busted,
38:55yeah.
38:55Got the part,
38:57did the audition
38:58and then got cast
38:59in that show,
39:00you know,
39:00that you go to Edinburgh
39:01with.
39:02I was sort of working
39:02out as I went along.
39:03Yeah.
39:04Got cast and then
39:04got a phone call
39:05from my friend Phil
39:06saying,
39:07we know you're not
39:08at Cambridge.
39:09In fact,
39:09he might just have
39:09said,
39:10we know.
39:12And then he said,
39:13we'll meet at the
39:13Maypole at 4.30.
39:15So I went there,
39:17obviously,
39:17and they were about
39:19to have their,
39:19like,
39:19a dinner where
39:20everyone met each
39:21other and said,
39:21we're all cast
39:22in this show.
39:23And,
39:24yeah,
39:24we went and had a
39:25pint and he said,
39:26we know.
39:26Don't tell anyone
39:27else.
39:28You're in.
39:30Wow.
39:30Yeah.
39:31And so I was not
39:31busted at all,
39:32really.
39:33He just kept me
39:34un-busted.
39:36People have been
39:37doing this for the
39:37first time now.
39:39Yeah,
39:39I haven't done it
39:40on any other shows.
39:44Very good.
39:45Very good.
39:47Listen,
39:47just a reminder,
39:49The Ballad of
39:49Wallace Island is
39:50available to rent
39:51and watch now.
39:52I urge you to do so.
39:53OK.
39:54Yeah.
39:56Yeah.
39:58Time to meet
39:59our next guest.
40:00One of the TV hits
40:01of the year was
40:02Adolescence,
40:03the extraordinary
40:04Netflix drama
40:05which started a public
40:06debate about young
40:06masculinity,
40:07was even discussed
40:08in Parliament
40:09while its star
40:11Owen Cooper
40:11became the youngest
40:13male Emmy Award
40:14winner ever.
40:15Here is a moment
40:16from the show.
40:19You have a bloke
40:20is much more easy.
40:21OK.
40:21Him checking
40:21whether to stand
40:22was much easier.
40:23Whether to understand
40:24what I did.
40:26No, no.
40:27What?
40:28I didn't say that.
40:30You put your words
40:30in me mouth.
40:32It's like a trap
40:33in here.
40:33You!
40:34Jimmy!
40:34Jimmy!
40:46What was that?
40:48Eh?
40:49What the f***
40:50was that?
40:53Signalling away
40:54like a f***ing
40:54queen, yeah?
41:08I need you
41:10to sit
41:11down.
41:12Wow.
41:30Ladies and gentlemen,
41:31please welcome
41:32Owen Cooper!
41:33Hello, sir.
41:39Really nice to see you.
41:41Here he is.
41:43Here is Laura,
41:44Will, Tom.
41:46There he is.
41:48Have a seat there.
41:49It's sort of
41:51intimidating to meet
41:52you after seeing
41:52that clip.
41:55Congratulations
41:55on everything
41:56and I ought to say
41:57happy birthday
41:58as well, right?
41:58Yeah, thank you.
41:59Yeah.
42:01Because by the time
42:04this show goes out
42:05you'll be...
42:0616.
42:0716.
42:08Wow.
42:09Congratulations.
42:09Very good.
42:11Being 15
42:11has gone quite well
42:12for you, I feel.
42:14Yeah, it's been a good one.
42:15It has.
42:16It has been a very
42:17good year.
42:17I guess the big
42:19question is,
42:20how did it happen?
42:21How did Stephen Graham
42:22find you?
42:23How did you end up
42:23in the show?
42:25Well, I went to
42:26a drama group
42:28back in 2021.
42:31I started.
42:33But back then
42:33it was just like
42:34a hobby of mine.
42:36None of my friends
42:37did it.
42:38No one in my school
42:38did it really.
42:39I just, I don't know.
42:40I was watching
42:41films and stuff
42:43and I think
42:45Stranger Things
42:46and The Impossible
42:47with Tom Holland.
42:48I was watching,
42:49I've watched The Impossible
42:50since I was about
42:51seven years old
42:52and I've watched it
42:53about 40 times.
42:54It's like a family film
42:54of ours.
42:55So I don't know
42:55why, to be fair,
42:56but...
42:57LAUGHTER
42:58It doesn't sound like
43:00a feel-good watch.
43:02LAUGHTER
43:02watching Tom in that
43:05was just, I don't know,
43:06I just thought,
43:07I want to be doing
43:07what he's doing.
43:08So, yeah,
43:09about four years ago
43:11now I started
43:11and then last year,
43:14about April,
43:16I sent a self-tape off
43:18and then I heard back
43:19like a month later
43:20saying we want an audition
43:21and so I did about
43:22five auditions for it
43:23because there was like...
43:25And it came down
43:26to me and these
43:27five lads
43:28and then we did
43:30a chemistry test
43:31with Stephen
43:32and that's when
43:32I met Stephen
43:33and then, yeah,
43:34we just clicked.
43:34We both support
43:35Liverpool, so...
43:36LAUGHTER
43:37So, yeah,
43:38we clicked straight away
43:39and then I found out
43:41a couple of weeks after
43:43that, yeah,
43:44I got a part.
43:44And how did you find out?
43:47Well, it took about
43:48two weeks of them
43:50trying to decide
43:51who wants to play Jamie
43:52and then it was me
43:53and this other lad,
43:55Kane,
43:55who plays Ryan
43:56in the show
43:56and it was down
43:57to me and him
43:58and then they were
43:59just struggling
44:00to decide who was it
44:01and then I was always
44:03coming home from school
44:03saying,
44:05have we heard,
44:06did I get it
44:06and she was like,
44:07no, um...
44:08Is your mum?
44:09Yeah, she was like,
44:10um, no, not today
44:11and then I'd go back
44:12the next day
44:13and he's like,
44:13did you hear anything
44:14and say no
44:15but then one day
44:16I went back
44:16and I was just like,
44:18did you hear anything
44:18expecting her to say no
44:20and she went,
44:21um, yeah,
44:21we have actually,
44:22um, you didn't get the part.
44:24Um, so,
44:26I was like...
44:27LAUGHTER
44:28So I was,
44:31um,
44:32so, yeah,
44:33I was fuming.
44:34I was actually fuming.
44:35But, um,
44:36I just,
44:37I just strapped up the stairs
44:38and then my mum went,
44:39um,
44:40she called me down again
44:41and she was like,
44:43I was only taking a piss,
44:44you can...
44:44LAUGHTER
44:45So,
44:47yeah, like,
44:48my heart dropped,
44:48my heart dropped
44:49to my stomach,
44:50so,
44:50but, yeah,
44:51I got the part.
44:51That's an emotional rollercoaster.
44:53Yeah, really?
44:54Yeah,
44:54before you've even done it.
44:55And I think we all know
44:57that each episode,
44:58obviously if you watch it,
44:58you know each episode's done
44:59in one take,
45:00but how many times
45:01did you do the one take?
45:03Um,
45:03we were supposed to do ten,
45:05but if, like,
45:07remember in episode one,
45:08we were like 25 minutes in
45:10and this was my best take,
45:13right,
45:14my favourite take so far,
45:15like,
45:16I went for it,
45:17like,
45:17like,
45:17Stephen and everyone before
45:19hyped everyone up
45:20and I was up for it,
45:21I went for it.
45:2325 minutes in,
45:23all the lights went out
45:24in the studio
45:25and,
45:25um,
45:26we had to start again,
45:30um,
45:31which I was absolutely
45:32devastated for.
45:33Was that,
45:33was that another of your mum's
45:35practical jokes?
45:35No,
45:35no,
45:36no,
45:37no,
45:38no,
45:38it wasn't.
45:39Yeah.
45:42No.
45:43I mean,
45:44it's funny,
45:44you're on a sofa full of actors,
45:46like,
45:46does this sound appealing to anyone
45:48or like a nightmare,
45:49the idea of doing a big,
45:50long take like that?
45:51I,
45:51I,
45:51I think it sounds both,
45:54which is probably the appeal,
45:55but I have to say,
45:56I think it's the most
45:58extraordinary performance
45:59of what you did in this show.
46:01It's,
46:01I,
46:01it's,
46:02I just think about it,
46:03randomly,
46:03it's just incredible.
46:05So I don't know how you did it
46:06but it was remarkable.
46:07I don't know either.
46:09And,
46:10and in between all these,
46:12you know,
46:12making the show
46:13and being on talk shows
46:15and winning an Emmy,
46:16do you literally just
46:17go back to school?
46:19Yeah.
46:20I'm supposed to be
46:23in school tomorrow,
46:23so,
46:24and it must be quite hard
46:28to take school seriously.
46:29School on New Year's Day.
46:31Yeah.
46:34He's taking it very seriously.
46:38He is,
46:39he's a key student.
46:4010 out of 10.
46:41Fuck off for me.
46:42For commitment.
46:43Really good.
46:44Like,
46:45school must be
46:46kind of an irritant
46:47at this point.
46:48Do you know what?
46:48It's not too bad at a minute.
46:49I've got my mocks
46:51a couple of weeks,
46:53which I'm not really
46:54looking forward to,
46:54and then I've got my GCSE,
46:56so,
46:56I've only got like
46:57six months left
46:58and then I'm gone.
46:59But,
46:59when the show came out,
47:05we broke for the summer.
47:07No,
47:07actually,
47:08no,
47:08I went back like
47:09a month and a half
47:10after the show came out
47:11and,
47:12yeah,
47:13the first day back
47:14was a little bit weird,
47:15but now I'm just
47:16hanging around with my mates
47:18and then,
47:19but,
47:19but,
47:19yeah.
47:20And there must be
47:21a bit of people
47:21treating you differently
47:22at school.
47:23You must notice it a bit.
47:24Well,
47:25all the teachers
47:26and all the kids
47:26and that,
47:26they've known me
47:27since year seven,
47:28just messing about,
47:29so,
47:29yeah,
47:30I'm just the same,
47:31really.
47:32Oh,
47:32and that's how Tim feels
47:33when he goes back
47:33to Cambridge.
47:34Oh,
47:34really?
47:35Oh,
47:35yeah.
47:39God,
47:39I'm just,
47:40you know,
47:40people remember me
47:40from when I was studying here.
47:43But,
47:44look at you now.
47:44After the races,
47:45adolescence,
47:46big hit,
47:47and next February,
47:48we're going to see you
47:49in Wuthering Heights.
47:50Yeah.
47:51Yeah,
47:51there's the poster.
47:53Now,
47:53Carrie,
47:53you've worked with Emerald Fennell
47:54a couple of times now.
47:55I have,
47:56and I've seen Wuthering Heights.
47:57Oh,
47:57really?
47:58I haven't.
48:02Yeah.
48:02Is it true
48:03you weren't allowed
48:03to read all of the script?
48:04No,
48:05no,
48:05like,
48:05in the read-through,
48:07in the,
48:07in the read-through,
48:09I did my bits
48:11and then I had to get rushed out.
48:12Put a pillowcase
48:13over your head
48:13and not shoot you out.
48:16Well,
48:17listen,
48:17we look forward to that.
48:18Congratulations to you.
48:19It's been lovely to meet you.
48:20And good luck with everything
48:22in the future.
48:22Owen Cooper,
48:23everyone!
48:26Yay!
48:27Well done, sir.
48:29Right,
48:29it's time for music.
48:30This award-winning singer-songwriter
48:32first scored success
48:33in the 90s
48:34with a banging club classic,
48:36which has found
48:37a new lease of life
48:38over the last month
48:39in an iconic Christmas ad.
48:41Here performing
48:41Where Love Lives,
48:43it is
48:43Alison Limerick!
48:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
48:46You've been hurt,
48:50you've been down,
48:51you've been down,
48:52you've been set out of your pores,
48:56pushed up out of your pores,
49:13pushed up out,
49:17lying high,
49:20Boy,
49:22you fell so low,
49:24and she walked out of that door
49:29and left you on your own.
49:33Don't reach out for me
49:38without apology
49:39I'll never suffer your desire
49:43Don't reach out for me
49:45without apology
49:47Why don't you take my hand
49:53all the way
49:54come out of your beauty
49:56For everything you give
50:00So will I give
50:02something to you
50:04I'll take you down
50:08Keep me down with loveless
50:11Without you
50:13Keep me loveless
50:14Follow me down
50:16Keep me down with loveless
50:19Keep me loveless
50:20Keep me loveless
50:22Come on in
50:24So you're longing
50:27for the ones
50:28So somebody
50:30You've got nothing
50:31in this world to lose
50:34Let me take you down
50:36where loveless
50:37Come away
50:39Come on out of your pores
50:42Don't reach out for me
50:45without apology
50:48I'll never suffer your desire
50:51Don't reach out for me
50:53without apology
50:56Don't reach out for me
50:58Why don't you take my hand
51:00make them away
51:00I can't get it all
51:03Don't reach out for me
51:04For everything you give
51:08So will I give
51:09something to you
51:11yeah
51:11I will take you down
51:15Keep me down with loveless
51:18We're loveless
51:20We're loveless
51:21Call on that down
51:23Keep me down with loveless
51:25We're lovely, we're lovely, we're lovely
51:29Let me take you by the hand to the house in the land
51:33We're lovely, we're lovely
51:37Let me lead you to the night, make you feel alright
51:41We're lovely, yeah
51:45I'ma take you down, yeah, take you down, we're lovely
51:49We're lovely, we're lovely, we're lovely
51:53Come on in, come on in, come on in
51:57Come on in, come on in, yeah
52:01Come on in, come on in, you're lovely
52:05Come on in, come on in, come on in
52:09Woah!
52:11We love for Alison Limerick!
52:15And her band!
52:17Thank you so much!
52:19Come on over you!
52:21Look at you
52:23Golden wonder
52:25Hello!
52:27So nice to see you
52:29Alison and Tom
52:31Will, Laura
52:33Tim, Harry, Owen
52:35Hi!
52:37Sit yourself down, have a drink
52:39Happy New Year!
52:41Happy New Year to you!
52:43Happy New Year all! Thank you!
52:45Thank you so much for that performance, it's great to hear it live
52:47Thank you!
52:48That is currently available to buy on the vinyl
52:51There it is on the vinyl
52:53Yes, yes!
52:55Yeah, have you heard it?
52:57No!
52:58It's gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeousness
52:59OK!
53:00OK!
53:01Nice!
53:02So, this is nuts
53:0435 years since that song was released
53:07I'm too young!
53:09I was going to say to Owen, ask your parents
53:11But even they won't remember it
53:13Not bad!
53:1535 years
53:1735 years
53:18So, and you know, I know you've performed that song a lot over the years
53:21But to have this happen to it, how did it become the theme to the ad?
53:26Uh, I think that John Lewis and their advertising team wanted to do the theme of going back to that nostalgic time
53:35And they needed a song
53:37Um, and there might have been half a dozen that they chose, they could have chosen
53:41They chose the one that I was singing on
53:44So, uh, voila!
53:46Yeah!
53:47And it must have been quite a nice day when you got that call
53:50I, I screamed like a juvenile
53:54About five minutes, I couldn't stop squealing
53:57It was...
53:58And, Alison, do you get the staff discount now?
54:00Yes, it's good!
54:01Yeah, yeah, yeah, they've been very generous to me
54:04Um, um, and I'm more than happy to go shopping there
54:09Yeah
54:10Everyone's congratulations, Alison
54:12Thank you
54:13Thank you
54:14Thank you
54:15Thank you
54:16Thank you
54:17Thank you
54:18Thank you
54:19Thank you
54:20Now, that is nearly it
54:21Before we go
54:22Just time for a New Year's Eve visit to the big red chair
54:26I hope these stories are suitable
54:29I'll be, I'll be cautious
54:32Hello, sir
54:33Now when?
54:35I'm sorry
54:36Melvin?
54:37No, now then
54:38Oh, now then
54:39Oh, yeah
54:40What's your name?
54:41I'm Tommy
54:42I'm Tommy
54:43And I'm from Keithley in Yorkshire
54:44You're Tommy from Yorkshire?
54:45OK
54:46I'm very nervous
54:47Don't be nervous
54:48Oh, don't be nervous
54:49You're fine
54:50You're fine
54:51Do you live up in Yorkshire still?
54:52Um, yeah
54:53In Keithley
54:54Oh, Keithley
54:55And what do you do up there?
54:56I'm a civil servant
54:57Which is pretty boring
54:58But before that I trained to be a doctor
55:00I thought I had to give that up
55:02Of course
55:03Um
55:04Oh, you don't have to say that
55:05Off you go with the story
55:08High hopes
55:09High hopes
55:10OK, so I go back to a few years ago when I was a keen runner
55:13So I used to go out running early every morning
55:15So one morning I'm out in the park running
55:17And I get really bad cramps
55:19And I think
55:20No
55:21I'm not gonna make it home
55:22I'm gonna have to, I'm gonna have to go to the toilet
55:24And not for a number one
55:25So I look around
55:26There's nobody about
55:27So I think I'll go behind this bush
55:29I go behind the bush
55:31I go behind the bush
55:32In no time
55:33This Labrador comes bounding towards me
55:35With the owner shouting after him
55:38Yes
55:39Well done
55:40Well done Owen
55:44I like self-censoring
55:48The Americans
55:49The Americans are going to
55:50People in Britain just shit themselves
55:52Is that
55:53Is that all that happens
55:54It's so festive
55:55It's so festive
55:57All the stories end in kind of the same way
56:00Off we go with somebody else
56:01Here we go
56:02Hello
56:03Hi
56:04Hi, what's your name?
56:05Maria
56:06Maria, hello Maria
56:07And where are you from?
56:08From Mexico
56:09Oh, from Mexico
56:10Wow
56:11Do you live here now?
56:12Yeah
56:13You do?
56:14What do you do here?
56:15I work in higher education
56:16Alright
56:17Off you go with your story all the way from Mexico
56:19OK, well
56:20English is not my first language, right?
56:22So I was at work dinner with colleagues
56:24And they are talking about construction
56:26And building
56:27For whatever reason
56:28And I said like
56:29Oh, you know
56:30Houses in Mexico
56:31Are made out of cement
56:33And people are like
56:34What?
56:35I'm like
56:36Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
56:37Cover your ears
56:39Like how?
56:40And I'm like
56:41No, you know
56:42Builders
56:43They just put loads of it everywhere
56:45And for a couple of minutes later
56:47They're like
56:48Wait, Maria
56:49Are you trying to say cement?
56:50And I'm like
56:51Oh, no
56:53Oh, no
56:54Oh, no
56:55I didn't mean that to happen
56:57I feel awful now
56:59I wanted for the war
57:01Oh
57:02Is she alright?
57:03Hmm?
57:04Is she alright?
57:05No, she's dead now, Laura
57:06I don't know how far this was
57:08She'll never see 2026, I'm afraid
57:11It's a high-risk strategy, this game
57:13Yeah
57:14If it goes well
57:15I mean, the glory
57:16But
57:17Yeah
57:18Oh, well
57:19Alright, that really is all we've got time for
57:22If you'd like to have a go
57:23In the red show yourself
57:24And tell your story
57:25You can contact us
57:26Via our website
57:27At this very address
57:28Please say a huge thank you
57:29To all of my guests tonight
57:30Alison Limerick
57:33Owen Cooper
57:36Tim Key
57:37Terry Mulligan
57:41Will Arnett
57:43Laura Dern
57:45And Tom Hiddleston
57:48We'll be back on the 9th of January
57:51Rob Beckett, Dawn French, Cynthia Erivo
57:53And Hollywood star Chris Pratt
57:55Until then, have a very happy New Year
57:57Good night
57:58Bye-bye
57:59Yay
58:29Pop
58:32We love you
58:34monarch
58:35Yak
58:36Will
58:37End
58:38Push
58:39Rabbit
58:40Black
58:41Wag
58:42Speaker
58:43Zinc
58:45Small
58:46Light
58:47Yet
58:48While
58:49Big
58:50High
58:51Damn
58:52As
58:53Long
58:54Hot
58:55y
58:56Euro
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