The Graham Norton Show - Season 33 Episode 00- New Year's Eve Show
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00:00Hello, hello, hi everybody, hello, good evening, welcome to the show, it's New Year's,
00:29New Year's Eve. Yes, it is. Oh, fantastic. Who doesn't love New Year's Eve? I mean, there's music,
00:39dancing, hugging your work colleagues. When has that ever gone wrong?
00:50Hey, what a year 2025 has been. Donald Trump came to the UK for a second state visit. He
00:57was hosted by the King and Queen, who were more than happy to be seen with him, although
01:01Melania less pleased. I'm not here. I'm just a lamp. Shut away, Your Majesty. Just ignore
01:10me. No, still not here. Actually, there's a security reason why Melania always wears a
01:17hat. A nice wide brim can literally save her from a fate worse than death. This was also
01:27the year that Katy Perry went into space. She became the first celebrity to get weightless
01:32without using Munjaro. There's Katy holding a daisy. It's a reference to one of her favourite
01:39songs and probably better than her first choice, Firework. Katy was in an all-female crew of
01:47six amateur first-time astronauts. Here she is thinking, hmm, I wonder if we'll all keep
01:52it together and stay calm and professional. No. No, they weren't. Also this year, there
02:04was some high-profile job announcements that upset a lot of people. Gary Lineker left Match
02:09of the Day. Tess and Claudia left Strictly. And Rachel Reeves stayed on as Chancellor. I wonder
02:16if that triple aged well. Still there, Rachel. But a great end to the year on TV as Celebrity
02:27Traders became one of the most watched programmes of the year. Yes. Finally, mass murder was
02:36funny. Celebrities were killed in surprising ways. Touched on the face, on the receiving end
02:42of a Shakespeare quote. And some were nearly gassed to death. Yes. Yes, a natural treasure
02:48of breaking wind was the highlight of the year. And I think that tells you everything you need
02:52to know about 2025.
02:54It's a fabulous Alison Limerick.
03:02Not yet. Save it. Save it. We'll hear it later. We'll hear it later. And we'll be joined by
03:04triple Oscar nominee, Carey Mulligan, comedian Tim Key, and the young star of this year's smash hit drama, Adolescence. Owen Cooper will be here.
03:23But first, he's not just a great Shakespearean actor. He's also our favourite Norse called
03:29Loki. And now he's back with a new series of The Night Manager. It's Tom Hiddleston.
03:40Hello.
03:42Hello.
03:44And with the two stars of the comedy drama, Is This Thing On? He made us laugh in 30 Rock and Arrested Development and co-hosts the hit podcast, Smartness.
03:50And she is the Oscar-winning star of films like Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart, and Jurassic Park, as well as a hit TV show, Big Little Lies. Please welcome Will Arnett and Laura Dern.
04:10Here they are.
04:12Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. Happy New Year, everybody. Yeah, they're on message. I like you. You've scrubbed up for the occasion. Well done, everybody. I like it. I like it.
04:36So welcome all. You've been here many times, Tom. How many times has it been? A lot. Okay. It's too many. Always a welcome. Always a welcome. Thank you very much. But weirdly, a first time welcome to Laura and Will. Yes. Yes, I know.
04:49Thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you.
04:53Tom lives here on this house. I live on this house. Yes. But actually, have either of you met Tom before?
04:58No, but he said not to make eye contact with you. Is that real?
05:03Well, you can. Okay.
05:06And Laura, here's the thing. We've got to mention Jurassic Park, because everyone loves Jurassic Park. Yeah.
05:10And I suppose what's interesting about Jurassic Park is it was the first of those big CGI films where we believed those things were real.
05:22Did you assume it was going to be awful? Well, the very first day, we had high hopes. And then we were standing in a line. It'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. And it gives us all hopefully this hint that maybe this isn't going to go as well as we had hoped. Yeah.
05:50And nothing happened because there was nothing there. Sorry, spoiler.
05:57And so everybody was looking in different directions, and there was no queue. And 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. He said, oh, my God, of course. Don't worry. Action. We're waiting. We're listening. It's getting very dramatic. And suddenly, through a megaphone about two inches behind us, Stephen goes, roar.
06:25Roar. Roar. That 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. Tom Hiddleston is a super fan.
06:39I am. I never forget watching Jurassic Park for the first time. I begged my parents to take me to the Odeon. I can't remember what the certificate was in the UK, but I was probably a little bit too young. Take that, Laura.
06:50Wow. Wow. I mean, I was a child when I made that also. I wasn't even born yet.
06:59And talking of iconic films, people may not know this. Will Arnett, you are Batman.
07:05Ah, yes. I had even forgotten. Yeah. Yeah. Well, Lego Batman. Yeah.
07:14He is Lego Batman. Yeah. Yeah. I say Lego Batman is a very significant Batman. Thank you.
07:24I remember that. I was quite tired that day.
07:29You look slightly bent over it. I just remember it was a long night. Anyway, yes.
07:33Yeah. Your hands are cramping. Yeah.
07:35Yeah, exactly.
07:37And it's your voice. It's deeper than your voice.
07:40Oh, yeah. He's here.
07:47You pimp me into a party trick. I know. I know.
07:50No, because voices, though, they were your bread and butter for years.
07:54For years, yeah. I did a lot of voice work over the years. I've sold a lot of products over the years.
08:01I used to do, back in the day, I would do what they call promos in America for the networks.
08:05So you have all these big networks. Yeah.
08:07CBS, NBC. And I used to do for CBS for a while. I was kind of their promo guy.
08:13And it was absurd. And 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.
08:26I just had a realization. You're the trailer voice.
08:30I'm not the trailer voice. There are a lot of guys who have done it. I'm not the trailer voice.
08:33Well, you're one of the guys who, that was a pretty good trailer voice, right?
08:36Yeah.
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.
08:49Oh, there's more. In a land before time.
08:52In a land before time.
08:54Ready?
08:56This summer.
09:00Very good.
09:02Hey, listen, you must get on.
09:03We've got to talk about our first film tonight.
09:05Laura and Will play a married couple in crisis in the new comedy drama, Is This Thing On?
09:11It's out on the 30th of January. And 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.
09:25And my wife and kids don't live there.
09:28That was probably the biggest clue.
09:32What is the problem?
09:33I don't know. It's complicated. You don't have to tell me that.
09:36I guess we just slowly grew away from each other.
09:39You 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.
09:47Jesus, mom.
09:49Why are you doing stand-up?
09:50Yeah.
09:51Getting a divorce.
09:52You cheated.
09:53No.
09:54You didn't cheat and you getting a divorce?
09:55That's some white guy shit.
09:59I've been doing stand-up.
10:00Is it like a hobby?
10:01Well, I'm not about to quit my job and go on tour.
10:03It'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 hours?
10:08Don't ambush me like this in front of the boys.
10:10You suck.
10:12You suck.
10:13Keep 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.
10:19So I'm the only one who doesn't know about this?
10:21Woo!
10:22Woo!
10:23Amazing.
10:24So this is Tess and Alex.
10:29So tell us about Tess and Alex.
10:31Who are they?
10:32Where do we find them?
10:33Well, we find them at a real crossroads.
10:36And these are two people who have stopped communicating with each other and their marriage is falling apart.
10:44And Alex stumbles into stand-up comedy sort of unwittingly.
10:50And they sort of have to try to find their way back to each other a little bit.
10:56Yeah.
10:57And tell us about Tess.
10:58And 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.
11:14Just like he's in discovery mode in order to find her way back to herself and maybe a marriage.
11:21And, you know, I fell in love with the script, which Will and Mark Chappell wrote.
11:28And then Bradley Cooper came on board to work with them on the script and also direct the film.
11:34But you really have the origin story of what inspired this idea.
11:40Yeah.
11:41I came across an old friend of, I think, of the show and some of you know a long time, John Bishop.
11:46Maybe a lot of you are familiar with John.
11:48The great, yeah.
11:49The great John Bishop.
11:50The great John Bishop.
11:51There we are.
11:53So I happened to meet John.
11:55I had occasion and through a mutual friend.
11:58And John told me the story of how he became a stand-up comedian.
12:01And I was just really taken with the story.
12:03And 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.
12:09And so I asked him if I could write a movie based on his life, which is kind of a daunting thing to ask somebody.
12:14Yeah.
12:15You know, do you mind if we, you know, like, do you mind if I make a movie about your life?
12:20It's a weird thing to be asked.
12:22And, but he's been great throughout.
12:24And that was really the genesis of it, yeah.
12:27And stand-up on film, it's always a difficult, really difficult thing to do.
12:31But you film this in real stand-up clubs.
12:34Yeah, it's, historically stand-up films have been really tough.
12:38Especially a lot of comics kind of cringe at it.
12:41And so we had to be really careful about how we approached it.
12:44This is a guy who's never done stand-up before.
12:46And I've spent a lot of time in and around.
12:48I've been comedy adjacent, I like to say, for a lot of my life.
12:51But 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.
12:59I'd go up every night for, you know, three times a night.
13:01And then during the day, write all the stand-up that we were using.
13:04And I'd get introduced by my character name as Alex Novak at the Comedy Cellar.
13:09Wow.
13:10Yeah, which was, which was interesting.
13:11Because a lot of people thought I was, you know, having a, some kind of psychotic break.
13:16They're going like, that's where I'm at.
13:18Yeah, something.
13:19What's going on?
13:20So, you know, I'm getting a divorce.
13:21They're like, again?
13:22What?
13:23Googling me in real time.
13:25Who is it?
13:26I didn't even know he got married again, you know.
13:28And did you go to see Will do the stand-up?
13:31I did, several times.
13:32It was extraordinary.
13:33But like, I think doing stand-up, because if you're doing it, it's happening to you.
13:38I think watching someone you know do it is so much worse.
13:42Well, and also in this case, it's the undoing of the performative.
13:49Yeah.
13:50Because he had to be someone standing up for the first time who wasn't skilled at it.
13:54And he was throwing himself out there so bravely to be a guy who was finding his voice,
14:01finding language for what he was going through in his marriage more than being, you know, a joke master.
14:06Graham, you know, I mean, you've done stand-up, so you know what it's like.
14:09And if anybody else has done stand-up here, but you know what it's like when you go up there.
14:13And as a performer, your instinct is, I'm going to get the room somehow or some way.
14:18Yeah.
14:19I'm going to try to tell a joke no matter what it is or do a thing or connect.
14:22Yeah.
14:23And really, there was a great moment, basically the first time I went up to the Comedy Cellar
14:27where I was about to go up and they were introducing me as Alex Novak.
14:29And Bradley stopped me and he said, we're doing something different.
14:32Meaning, you've got to go and be this guy.
14:35You can't try to win this.
14:36You've never done this before.
14:38Yeah.
14:39And so that was a really narrow target to hit to just, yeah.
14:42And it goes against every grain of your body.
14:46A hundred percent.
14:47Yeah, because all I want is for people to like me.
14:51We're all a vortex of need, Will.
14:54Because, Laura, here's the amazing thing.
14:56You have been in this industry for a long, like, were you seven when you started?
15:01I was seven as an extra and 11 on my first film professionally.
15:07Wow.
15:08And you do come from this acting family.
15:10Both your parents, very successful actors.
15:12And when did you figure out that your parents were famous?
15:15Well, I had no idea about fame.
15:20I knew their job was creating characters.
15:24And I, at a young age, remember them, you know, putting on costumes
15:28and kind of creating these new sort of personalities.
15:32But I didn't really understand it.
15:33And 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.
15:46And the image that I saw was a black and white image of a classic film.
15:52And Betty Davis is standing at the top of a staircase in a film called Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte.
15:58And she's holding a hat box.
16:00And it opens and a head rolls to the bottom of the stairs.
16:05And in close-up, you see, it was my dad's head.
16:09Oh, wow.
16:10And I started screaming.
16:12And my grandmother, don't worry, guys, I get therapy.
16:15But my grandma had to call my father.
16:20It was like, yeah, kid, my head's still on.
16:22We're all good.
16:23And I was like, oh.
16:24But it was, yeah, somewhat traumatic.
16:26And for some reason, I then wanted to be an actor.
16:29I'm not sure why.
16:30And that was your dad, Bruce Dern.
16:32And I'm so sorry, your mom, Diane Ladd, you lost her earlier this year.
16:35Yes.
16:36But 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.
16:50I think it's the first mother and daughter ever nominated for a film or nominated for Oscars.
16:56And it was for the same film, a film called Rambling Rose.
16:59Wow.
17:00There you are at the Oscar.
17:01So you're in this acting family and you build your career.
17:09Will you...
17:11Are not.
17:12Will you 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.
17:21No.
17:22Well, I'm Canadian.
17:24So, you know, the...
17:27Well, anyway, I was going to go on a rant about Canadians.
17:32I don't know if it's a safe space.
17:34And so, I think that they were always kind of like, yeah, good for you, Willie.
17:39That's fine.
17:40And then, finally, one day, he came out to California and came to my house and he looked around and said,
17:44Wow, Willie, this is pretty nice.
17:45I said, turns out goofing off really pays off.
17:47So, yeah.
17:49Yeah.
17:50Tell us about your dad at the Canada Walk of Fame.
17:54I didn't know this existed.
17:56Well, neither did I.
18:00Is it very long, the Walk of Fame?
18:02Um, it's...
18:03It's not.
18:04It's me and Martin Short and Mike Myers.
18:06Okay.
18:07That's not true.
18:08That's not true.
18:09God forbid somebody clips that.
18:11You know how the internet works, it was a joke.
18:14God.
18:16It's endless.
18:17Your show gets clipped a lot, Graham, by the way.
18:19It does, yeah.
18:20In America.
18:21Oh, okay.
18:22Yeah, it's very popular.
18:23It's very successful.
18:24It's very successful.
18:25I'm loving this show so far.
18:26People are...
18:27Yeah.
18:28Don't look very good.
18:29Anyway.
18:30You're at the...
18:31Now you're made up.
18:32Now you're made up.
18:33So, you're at the Canada Walk of Fame.
18:34You're at the Canada Walk of Fame and we were watching, there was a very famous Canadian
18:37hockey player by the name of Marc Messier.
18:39Uh, and he was being, he was being also, uh, awarded that year.
18:43What a night.
18:44Yeah.
18:45It was a big night and...
18:46I know.
18:47He is.
18:48He's a big...
18:49He's a big...
18:50You don't want to get on the wrong side of Marc Messier.
18:52No.
18:53No.
18:54Is he like the David Beckham of hockey?
18:55Sort of.
18:56He played with Wayne Gretzky.
18:57Do you know who that is?
18:59You really don't.
19:00No.
19:01Okay.
19:02Um...
19:03Why would I know that?
19:04I don't know.
19:05So, anyway, uh, uh, so, he's being, and Marc's sister presented him the award.
19:12She, she, and she did give this lovely speech, and it was, and Marc's standing there and
19:16she's giving this lovely, and my dad's sitting in front of me as we're watching.
19:19We're, I'm about to go up next.
19:20My, and he, he's, I've asked him to intro me.
19:23Right.
19:24And my dad's watching, and he turns around and he says, uh, and, and then Marc comes
19:28up and his sister hugs him in a beautiful embrace of the thing.
19:31My dad says, uh, by the way, you don't have to hug me when you're up there.
19:35And I said, okay.
19:38Thanks, man.
19:40And so I went up there, and then I, my dad gave the speech, and then I said, by the way,
19:44my dad asked me not to hug him.
19:46Um, there he is.
19:47Oh, there you are.
19:48Got him on there.
19:49Look at him.
19:50Wow.
19:51Yeah.
19:52I couldn't say, the Walk of Fame is more impressive than I thought it would be.
19:55Yeah.
19:56It is.
19:57It's pretty good.
19:58Yeah.
19:59Pretty good.
20:00That is impressive.
20:01Yeah.
20:02And Tom, your dad, he not, also not keen on you becoming an actor.
20:03Initially, initially, he was just a bit worried, you know, he, he was, um, he, he was kind
20:08of, he didn't have, he didn't know anyone who was in show business and, and he was worried
20:13that I would be kind of adrift in the wind and, and just have nothing to do, basically.
20:19Um, but he was, you know, it's, it's so kind of a piece of history now because I remember
20:24when he, he saw something I did really early in my kind of young working life.
20:30It was a film called The Gathering Storm.
20:32And it was about, uh, Winston Churchill and his wife, Clemmie.
20:36And Albert Finney played Winston Churchill and Clemmie was played by Vanessa Redgrave.
20:41Wow.
20:42And I played their son, Randolph.
20:44Oh, there you are.
20:45Which was a kind of like slightly nerve wracking experience because I revered them both.
20:49But I always tried to calm myself down in my trailer by saying, a son is not nervous of
20:53talking to his parents.
20:55So go out there and do the thing.
20:57And anyway, it came out and, and my dad who, who was born in 1939, um, and is a war baby,
21:04he called me and he couldn't speak.
21:06He was in floods of tears.
21:08Um, and he said, I'm so proud of you.
21:11Um, and I, I had no idea.
21:13And from that day to this, he's just been the most supportive and most, um,
21:17he's been my great cheerleader.
21:18What a gorgeous, gorgeous story.
21:20That's beautiful, Tom.
21:21Thank God.
21:22And, can you say, can you say.
21:24Congratulations, Tom.
21:26Must be nice.
21:29And another great stuff that your dad did for you.
21:33Hug him because his father would.
21:35Yeah, I will.
21:36Come on.
21:37There we go.
21:38There we go.
21:39There we go.
21:40Beautiful.
21:41Beautiful.
21:42By the way, my, my dad, I know, gets a lot of free lunches being Loki's dad.
21:46He's like, I'm Loki's dad.
21:47And they go, oh, of course.
21:48Well, you miss, you know, have some more.
21:50Well, your dad along with the rest of the nation will be delighted because Tom Hiddleston
21:55is back as the night manager.
21:58Yay.
21:59Finally.
22:00Unbelievable.
22:01It's been 10 years, but the wait is over.
22:04The second series kicks off tomorrow, January the 1st on BBC One and iPlayer.
22:08And to get us in the mood, here is the very start of the new series.
22:13Ooh, what's going on?
22:15Oh God.
22:20No.
22:25Just one of you will perform identification.
22:28Who says?
22:30I say.
22:31Now listen here, I've had enough of this.
22:33Shifting bloody sands.
22:34Angela, it's all right.
22:35It's not all right.
22:36None of this is all right.
22:38She'll do it.
22:39We've both waited so long for this.
22:44You've waited long now.
22:46Ella.
22:47Ella.
22:48Ready?
22:49Yeah.
22:50Can you confirm?
22:51This is Richard Rocker.
22:52Yeah, it's him.
22:53Sure?
22:54Yeah.
22:55Yeah.
22:56Yeah.
22:57Yeah.
22:58Yeah.
22:59So?
23:00Yeah.
23:01Yeah.
23:02Yeah.
23:03Are you ready?
23:11Confirm. This is Richard Roper.
23:13Yeah, it's him.
23:15Sure?
23:19Yeah.
23:33Oh!
23:35And it's so good, Tom. It's great. It's great to have a back.
23:41So, 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. So, tell us who the body is.
23:49The body is Richard Roper, played by...
23:52Which is Hugh Laurie.
23:53Played by the great Hugh Laurie. Yeah.
23:55He dead.
23:56He...
23:57See what you see.
23:59And Olivia Colman's back.
24:01Yeah.
24:02So, tell us, 10 years have passed. Jonathan Pine, what's he doing now?
24:05So, yeah, it's been 10 years.
24:0710 years in the real world since we made the show, the first series.
24:10And in our story, 10 years have passed.
24:1310 years later, we're 10 years older.
24:15A few more scars on the inside, more scars on the outside.
24:19And Pine is living another life. Jonathan Pine, my character.
24:25He's still working for the Security and Intelligence Services.
24:28He's still in MI6.
24:30But he's living under another name, another identity.
24:34His name is Alex Goodwin.
24:36And Alex Goodwin, it runs an operation, a surveillance operation called the Night Owls.
24:42And 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.
24:52So, he's still managing the night in some respects.
24:58But the curious thing about where we find him is, is that Pine, Jonathan Pine as an identity has been erased from the record.
25:06And 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 in London, a scent of familiar dragon smoke kind of glides into the valley.
25:26And he cannot help but chase it down.
25:28So, the old dragon slayer in Jonathan Pine is reactivated and he's back.
25:33So, you're back as the night manager now.
25:35And are you ready?
25:36Because I think I've spoken to you before that this role, the night manager, has got you more attention than anything else you've done.
25:43People love this show.
25:44People do.
25:45Yeah, it's a strange thing.
25:46I'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.
25:53Everyone wants to talk to me about Jurassic Park.
25:57Sorry, I got it wrong.
25:58It's crazy.
26:00But actually, there was one moment where 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.
26:12We're so excited.
26:13And 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.
26:19I went in on a Sunday morning to buy some ingredients for a Sunday roast.
26:23And a woman came up to me and said, are you the night manager?
26:26Are you the manager?
26:27And I was like, well, yeah, but not really here now because, you know, I'm sort of buying my food for my family.
26:33And I think maybe let's just sort of, are you the manager?
26:36You've run out of potatoes.
26:41I'm not that manager.
26:44But it was a humbling moment of believing I had been recognised.
26:48And 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.
26:56And is this thing on Openton cinemas from the 30th of January?
27:00OK.
27:02Now, my next guest co-starred in this year's The Ballad of Wallis Island,
27:10which no less than a judge than Richard Curtis has described as one of the greatest British films of all time.
27:16Please welcome writer and comedian Tim Key and triple Oscar nominee, Carey Mulligan.
27:22Here they are.
27:24Here they are.
27:26Say hello.
27:28Hi.
27:29Love to see you.
27:30Hi, girl.
27:31Love you guys.
27:32Good for you.
27:33How are you?
27:34How are you?
27:35Nice to see you.
27:36Good for you.
27:37Thank you for being here.
27:38But I like it.
27:39Aww.
27:40Good for you.
27:42Very nice to see you.
27:44Welcome back, Carey.
27:45First 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.
27:52Well briefed.
27:54Now, there are some connections on the couch.
27:56Kerry, I know I heard you on Will's podcast, Smartlist.
28:00Yep.
28:01I met Will before that.
28:02Yep.
28:03At Bradley Cooper's house.
28:04Of course.
28:05And Will was watching Maestro.
28:07But I couldn't talk to him because I was such a big Lego Batman fan.
28:11It was the first time that you were watching Maestro.
28:19It was the first time I was watching Maestro with Batman.
28:23Wow.
28:24And I kept going, what do you think?
28:28And Tim and Tom know each other.
28:30Yes, we'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.
28:35Yeah.
28:36But never together.
28:37We have, we, so I was at university with Tom Basden, who's also in this really, truly
28:44wonderful film.
28:45Yeah.
28:46With Tim and Kerry.
28:47So one of the weddings, I think, was Tom's wedding.
28:49Oh, yeah.
28:49But Tom and Tim have been a, you guys have been a kind of comedy double act for a long
28:55time.
28:55I went to see Tim and Tom.
28:58It was at the end of a fringe and it was about, it was a play called Party that Tom
29:01had written, I think, with you guys.
29:02And it was about a group of, of kind of shambolic individuals trying to form a political party
29:08and meeting up on a Wednesday night.
29:11And Tim plays someone who thinks he's been invited to a party.
29:15It was genuine, and, and, and never gives up on the fact that someone's going to open
29:20a bottle of champagne at any time.
29:21It's just my character.
29:22It sounds funny.
29:23It's so funny.
29:23It 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
29:29never going to make it.
29:30Um, and, Tim, is any of this true?
29:34I don't know.
29:36I think we've established Tom knows Tim.
29:42We've got that down.
29:43That information is safe now.
29:45Tim just remembers the wedding.
29:46There's no, we didn't get to the second wedding, we're good, we're good.
29:54Now, The Ballot of Wallace Island.
29:56It is such a gorgeous film.
29:58I was saying to you, I love this film.
29:59You guys have seen it.
30:00I love this movie so much.
30:02I haven't seen it yet.
30:03I watched the trailer.
30:04I can't, I, I said it to him backstage.
30:05I cannot wait to see this film.
30:08It's gorgeous, and it's out now on DVD, Blu-ray, and 4K.
30:11If you haven't seen it yet, do.
30:14So, if people haven't, who do you play?
30:16Tell us about The Ballot of Wallace Island.
30:18Elevator pitch.
30:18OK, so I play a guy called Charles Heath.
30:21Yep.
30:22Who's a millionaire living on an island, who's in love with Maguire Mortimer, this band, who him and his wife fell in love with many years ago.
30:30So, he gets, um, Herb Maguire to come to his island, pays him a million pounds, and 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, that they have no idea that that's what's going to happen.
30:47Hijinks ensue.
30:49Oh, it, it, 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?
30:54It 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, it is.
31:09It's a fun shoot.
31:10Yeah.
31:10Uh, yeah.
31:13So, The Bell of the Wild Asylum, it, it came out earlier this year, and now it's kind of the second life, but it's been gestating for a long time, because it started as a short film.
31:21Yeah, me and, um, me and Tom Basden made a short film, um, in the Hiddleston era, um, in the early 2000s, yeah.
31:29I did, I did.
31:30Yeah, and, 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, and 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 for a BAFTA.
31:57It was nominated for a BAFTA.
31:58Oh, yeah.
31:59I remember that.
32:00Yeah, Tom was non-stop.
32:01It was nominated for a BAFTA.
32:02And, yeah, and me and Tom and James, who directed it, we 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, but we couldn't really work out how...
32:12And also, you're young, and you think you need to move on and make the next thing.
32:15Yeah.
32:16And then, well, we didn't do that, we just sort of made this, but after 18 years.
32:19Yeah.
32:20And so, how did you get involved, Kerry?
32:22I emailed her.
32:23LAUGHTER
32:26That is true, isn't it?
32:27It is true.
32:28But did you know each other?
32:30LAUGHTER
32:31No, I...
32:33You can get emails.
32:34My husband and I were really big fans of Tim Key's Late Night Poetry Hour, which, if you haven't heard, is just the most amazing, brilliant, funny show on radio.
32:44Four.
32:45Four.
32:46Four.
32:47Four.
32:48And so, Marcus had done that sort of nerdy, like, DM thing, where he DM'd him and said, I'm a massive fan.
32:55And then, somehow, I got your email address, because I wanted him to host something for a charity that I work with called War Child.
33:02Tim said no.
33:03No, no.
33:04LAUGHTER
33:05And then, four years later, I got an email from Tim Key, and the subject heading was Filming Opportunity.
33:13LAUGHTER
33:16You thought you'd love to be in a film?
33:18I thought she'd like a film opportunity.
33:21LAUGHTER
33:22And I did.
33:23We, like, we wrote the film, and then, because we, eventually, we unlocked how the feature would be, and the whole secret of it was this Nell character, which was in addition to the short.
33:33And then, you know, we just were working out who our favourite Nell would be, and 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
33:48They said, I don't think you will.
33:50Anyway, I delivered her.
33:51Wow!
33:52LAUGHTER
33:53It's very impressive.
33:54APPLAUSE
33:55Let's, let's watch our clip.
33:59This is Charles welcoming his heroes to the island.
34:04Is this my guitar?
34:05No.
34:06No, got that at auction.
34:07It's the one you recorded way back when on.
34:09Yeah, that's why.
34:10Oh, wow, you are a fan.
34:11I am.
34:12Mm-hm.
34:13In fact, Herb, if you do get a second, I wouldn't mind getting your paw print on that, please.
34:17Have you got anything of mine?
34:19Sorry?
34:20Do you have anything of mine?
34:22Yeah.
34:23What is it?
34:24Is it creepy?
34:25It's hair, yeah.
34:26Hair?
34:27It's a look of your hair, yes.
34:28Oh, my God.
34:29Yes.
34:30APPLAUSE
34:31A bit like, you know, comedy in a film, when it's a famous band, and there's going to be music, you're going to think, this music better be good, and it is. It's gorgeous, the music.
34:49Yeah, I mean, he is Tom Basden, who I wrote it with, and who did the lion's share of the writing and did all the music.
34:58He's sort of a genius, and it's what, you know, it's what makes the film work, really, that you do totally believe that my character could have been in love with his music 15 years ago.
35:10Yeah.
35:11And, Kerry, you've sung in a lot of films, but I'm all right that you don't like it.
35:15I don't like it. No, I don't like it. I don't like it.
35:20I'm going anxious thinking about it. I don't like it. I...
35:25LAUGHTER
35:26So, you don't like it?
35:28LAUGHTER
35:29She keeps doing it.
35:30LAUGHTER
35:31No, I said to Tom on this one, you know, just make me the harmonising person, and he did, and that's what I do in the film.
35:40That's harder to do, isn't it?
35:41No, no. Someone tell... he told me what to do, and I did what he told me to do.
35:46OK.
35:47That's what I did as well.
35:48LAUGHTER
35:49Yeah, we all did that.
35:50And talking of music, quite a posh music connection on the couch.
35:53Laura Dern, you are very connected to a friend of ours, Taylor Swift.
35:59I am.
36:00I am.
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. There you are, starring in The Jewels. There you go.
36:16OK.
36:17Apparently, like, there's a certain demographic that that's all they know you from.
36:21LAUGHTER
36:22My favourite memory of my children and I, while on vacation in Hawaii, we had parked our car and had hiked down to this somewhat secluded beach.
36:35And we came back up the other route, and we're looking for our car, and we saw the, sort of, seemingly, the doors, the entrance gates to Jurassic Park, because it's where we filmed the movie on the island of Kauai.
36:51And it said, welcome to Jurassic Park, and it's where you meet up for the ride.
36:56And I was like, it's similar to your story.
36:59You know, in that moment, I was the most famous person that's ever lived.
37:03I was like, oh, God, guys, this is, you know, to my young children, this is going to be a nightmare for mom, guys.
37:09You know, so concerned about my celebrity, looking for the car, trying to dodge the people in the line.
37:15And suddenly, I see it, right?
37:17I see these three teenage girls start to lose their minds and run toward me.
37:23And I'm like, guys, guys, just, like, let's just try to get in the car.
37:26And they're like, oh, my God!
37:29Right under the Jurassic Park sign.
37:31You're the girl in the Taylor Swift video!
37:36I just love that.
37:38It's amazing.
37:40And, Tim, we're talking about people plugging away and getting a start in the business.
37:44And in this country, a lot of people get a start in comedy in the Cambridge Footlights, and you did that.
37:50I did do that, yeah, I was in the Cambridge Footlights, yeah.
37:52Yeah, but in a slightly odd way.
37:54How do you mean?
37:55Well, er, because you didn't tell all the truth.
38:01No, I didn't tell any of the truth.
38:02Yeah.
38:03What was the big lie you told, Tim?
38:05That I was at Cambridge.
38:09That's my lead lie.
38:12It finally makes sense.
38:14I thought, for years, I thought, because I would go to see Tom Basden and others in the Cambridge Footlights.
38:23And Tim was there, and I was like, I haven't seen Tim around.
38:27Well, I wonder which college he's at.
38:28I was never really a lectures guy.
38:33I wonder which college he's at.
38:34I wonder, maybe he's just got a really interesting life and he's just aloof and he turns up for the gig.
38:39Yeah.
38:40Or he has a job.
38:41Or he's a threshold assessment regional deployment officer.
38:44Carry on.
38:45How long did the lie go on for?
38:47Well, it's finished now, isn't it?
38:52And did you get busted?
38:53Oh, you got busted, yeah.
38:55Got the part, did the audition, and then got cast in that show, you know, that you go to Edinburgh with.
39:01I was sort of working it out as I went along.
39:03Yeah.
39:04Got cast and then got a phone call from my friend Phil saying, we know you're not at Cambridge.
39:08In fact, he might just have said, we know.
39:11And then he said, we'll meet at the Maypole at 4.30.
39:15So I went there, obviously, and they were about to have their, like, a dinner where everyone met each other and said, we're all cast in this show.
39:23And, yeah, we went and had a pint and he said, we know.
39:26Don't tell anyone else.
39:27You're in.
39:29Wow.
39:30Yeah.
39:31And so I was not busted at all, really.
39:33He just kept me un-busted.
39:36Will people be hearing this for the first time now?
39:38Yeah, I haven't been, I haven't done it on any other shows.
39:44Very good.
39:45Very good.
39:46Listen, just a reminder, the Ballad of Wallace Island is available to rent and watch now.
39:51I urge you to do so.
39:53Okay.
39:54Yeah.
39:55Yeah.
39:56Time to meet our next guest.
39:59One of the TV hits of the year was Adolescence.
40:02The extraordinary Netflix drama, which started a public debate about young masculinity, was even discussed in Parliament.
40:09While its star, Owen Cooper, became the youngest male Emmy Award winner ever.
40:14Here is a moment from the show.
40:18You have a bloke, it's much more easy.
40:20Okay.
40:21Him chicken, wherever I understand, was much easier.
40:23Wherever I understand, what I did.
40:26Look, look.
40:27Fuck!
40:28I didn't see that!
40:29You put your words in me mouth!
40:31It lies like a trap in here!
40:33You!
40:34Jeremy!
40:35What was that?
40:47Eh?
40:48What the f*** was that?
40:51Signalling away like a f***ing queen, yeah?
40:55I need you to sit down.
41:12Wow!
41:13Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Owen Cooper!
41:29Hey!
41:30Hello, sir.
41:31Really nice to see you.
41:32Good evening.
41:33Hi.
41:34Hi.
41:35Hello, sir.
41:36Really nice to see you.
41:37Hi.
41:38Hi.
41:39Hi.
41:40Hi.
41:41Hi.
41:42Here I am.
41:43Laura, Will, Tom.
41:45There he is.
41:46Have a seat there.
41:48Eh, eh, it's sort of intimidating to meet you after seeing that clip.
41:53Eh, eh, eh, congratulations on everything, and I ought to say, eh, happy birthday as well,
41:58right?
41:59Yeah, thank you.
42:00Yeah.
42:01Are you?
42:02Because, eh, by the time this show goes out, you'll be...
42:06Sixteen.
42:07Sixteen.
42:08Wow.
42:11Very good.
42:13Eh, being 15 has gone quite well for you, I feel.
42:14Yeah, it's been a good one.
42:15It has.
42:16It has been a very good year.
42:17Eh, I guess the big question is, eh, how did it happen?
42:21How did Stephen Graham find you?
42:22How did you end up in the show?
42:24Erm, well, I went to a drama group, erm, back in 2021, I started.
42:31Erm, but back then it was just like a hobby of mine.
42:35I, like, none of my friends did it, no-one in my school did it, really.
42:39I just, I don't know.
42:40Like, I was watching, watching films and stuff and, like, I think Stranger Things and The Impossible with Tom Holland.
42:48I was watching, I've watched, I've watched The Impossible since I was about seven years old.
42:52And, like, I've watched it about 40 times, it's like a family film of ours, so I don't know why, to be fair, but, erm...
42:57LAUGHTER
42:58It doesn't sound like a feel-good watch.
43:01LAUGHTER
43:02Erm, but watching Tom in that was just, I don't know, I just thought, I want to be doing what he's doing and...
43:08So, yeah, about four years ago now I started and then, erm, last year, about eight, er, April, I had sent a self-tape off and then I heard back, like, a month later saying we want an audition and...
43:21So I did about five auditions for it, cos the, there was like...
43:25And it came down to me and these five lads and then, erm, we did a chemistry test with Steve and that's when I met Steve and then...
43:33Yeah, we just clicked, we both support Liverpool, so, I mean...
43:36LAUGHTER
43:37So, yeah, we clicked straight away and then, and then I found out a couple of weeks after that, erm, that, yeah, I got a party.
43:44And how did you find out?
43:46Erm, well, it took about two weeks of, like, them trying to...
43:50..decide who wants to play Jamie and then it was me and this other lad, erm, Kane, who plays Ryan in the show.
43:56And it was down to me and him and then they were just struggling to decide who was it.
44:01And then I was always coming home from school saying, er, have we heard, did I get it?
44:06And she was like, no, erm...
44:07Is your mum?
44:08Yeah, she was like, erm, no, not today and then I'd go back the next day and he's like, did you hear anything?
44:14And they'd say no, but then one day I went back and I was just like, did you hear anything?
44:18Expecting her to say no and she went, erm, yeah, we have actually, erm, you didn't get the part.
44:23Erm, so, I was like...
44:26LAUGHTER
44:29So I was, erm...
44:32So, yeah, I was fuming, I was actually fuming.
44:35But, erm, I just, I just strapped up the stairs and then my mum went, erm...
44:39She called me down again and she was like, I was only taking piss, you can...
44:44LAUGHTER
44:45So, yeah, like, my heart dropped to my stomach, so...
44:50But, yeah, I got the plan.
44:51That's an emotional rollercoaster.
44:52Yeah, really?
44:53Yeah, before you've even done it.
44:54Erm, and I think we all know that, er, each episode, obviously if you watch it, you know, each episode's done one take.
45:00But how many times did you do the one take?
45:02Erm, we were supposed to do ten, but if, like, remember in episode one, erm, we was like 25 minutes in.
45:10And this was my best take, right?
45:13My favourite take so far.
45:15Like, I went for it, like, like, Stephen and everyone before hyped everyone up and I was up for it, I went for it.
45:2225 minutes in, all the lights went out in the studio and, erm...
45:25LAUGHTER
45:27Er, so...
45:28LAUGHTER
45:29We had to start again, erm, which I was absolutely devastated for.
45:33Was that, was, was that another of your mum's practical jokes?
45:35No, no.
45:36LAUGHTER
45:37No, no, it weren't.
45:38I mean, it's funny, you're on a sofa full of actors.
45:45Like, does this sound appealing to anyone or, like, a nightmare, the idea of doing a big long take like that?
45:50I, I, I, I think it sounds both, which is probably the appeal, but I have to say, I think it's the most extraordinary performance, what you did in this show.
45:59Yeah, I do.
46:00It's, I, it's, I just think about it, randomly, it's just incredible.
46:04So I don't know how you did it, but it was remarkable.
46:06I don't know either.
46:08LAUGHTER
46:09And, er, and in between all these, you know, making the show and being on talk shows and winning an Emmy, do you literally just go back to school?
46:18Yeah.
46:19LAUGHTER
46:21I'm supposed to be in school tomorrow, so...
46:24Ooh!
46:25Yeah.
46:26Yeah.
46:27And, it must be quite hard to take school seriously.
46:29School, school on New Year's Day.
46:30Yeah.
46:31LAUGHTER
46:32He's taking it very seriously, Tom.
46:36LAUGHTER
46:37He is, he's a clean student.
46:40Ten out of ten.
46:41Yeah.
46:42Commitment.
46:43Really good.
46:44But, like, er, school must be kind of an irritant at this point.
46:47Do you know what?
46:48It's not too bad at a minute.
46:49Erm...
46:50I've got my mocks a couple of weeks, which I'm not really looking forward to, and then I've got my GCSEs, so...
46:56I've only got, like, six months left and then I'm gone.
46:58But, erm...
46:59LAUGHTER
47:00But, it...
47:02When...
47:03When the show came out, I...
47:05We broke for the summer.
47:06Erm...
47:07No, actually, no.
47:08I went back, like, a month and a half after the show came out.
47:11And, erm...
47:12Yeah, the first day of that was a little bit worse, but...
47:15Now, I just...
47:16I'm just hanging round 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, all the teachers and all the kids and that, they've known me since year seven, just messing about, so...
47:29Erm...
47:30Yeah, I'm just the same, really.
47:31Oh, and that's how Tim feels when he goes back to Cambridge.
47:34LAUGHTER
47:39God, I'm just, you know...
47:40People remember me from when I was studying here.
47:42LAUGHTER
47:43But, look at you now.
47:44Off to the races.
47:45Er...
47:46Adolescence, big hit.
47:47And, next February, we'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?
47:58I 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, so...
48:12They put a pillowcase over your head and lost you out.
48:14LAUGHTER
48:15Er, well, listen, we look forward to that.
48:18Congratulations to you.
48:20It's been lovely to meet you.
48:23And good luck with everything in the future.
48:24Owen Cooper, everyone!
48:26Yay!
48:27Well done, sir.
48:28Er, right, it's time for music.
48:30This award-winning singer-songwriter first scored success in the 90s with a banging club classic,
48:35which has found a new lease of life over the last month in an iconic Christmas ad.
48:40Here performing Where Love Lives, it is...
48:43Alison Limerick!
48:44CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
48:45CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
48:47Ooh, what lovely is...
49:02You've been hurt, you've been down.
49:09You've been set out of your course for your stubborn.
49:16Growing up now...
49:17Rying high, oh, you fell so low.
49:27She walked out of that door and left you on your own.
49:35Don't reach out for me with an apology.
49:40I'll never suffer your desire.
49:43Don't reach out for me without a part of you
49:48Why don't you take my hand, go away, come out of your blues
49:56For everything you give, so will I give something to you
50:04I'll take it down, take it down with love
50:13Follow me down, take it down with love
50:18Love me, love me, come follow me
50:24So you're longing for the one, come somebody
50:30If you've got nothing in this world to lose
50:34Let me take you down with love
50:36Come away, come on out of your blues
50:42Don't reach out for me without a part of you
50:47Never something will deny
50:50Don't reach out for me without a part of you
50:56Why don't you take my hand, go away, come out of your blues
51:03For everything you give, so will I give something to you
51:11I'll take it down, take it down with love
51:18Love me, love me, call on me down
51:23Keep it down with love
51:26Love me, love me, let me take you by the hand
51:32To the house in the land with love
51:35Love me, love me, let me lead you through the night
51:40Make you feel like we're loving, girl
51:45I'ma take you down, girl
51:47Take you down with love
51:50Oh
52:20Come on over here
52:22Look at you
52:24Golden wonder
52:26Hello
52:28So nice to see you
52:30Alison and Tom
52:32Will
52:34Laura, Tim, Carrie, Owen
52:36Hi
52:38So sit yourself down and have a drink
52:40Happy New Year
52:42Happy New Year to you
52:44Yes, thank you so much for that performance
52:46It's great to hear it live
52:48That is currently available to buy
52:50On DaVino
52:52There it is on DaVino
52:54With Labyrinth
52:56Doing a cover of it on the other side
52:58Yeah, have you heard it? It's gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeousness
53:00Okay, okay, nice
53:02Nice, so this is
53:04Nuts
53:0635 years since that song was released
53:08I'm too young
53:10I was gonna say to Owen, ask your parents
53:12But even they won't remember it
53:14So
53:16Mad
53:1835 years
53:20So, and you know, I know you've 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?
53:26I think
53:28John Lewis and their advertising team
53:30Wanted to do
53:32The theme of
53:34Going back to that nostalgic time
53:36And they needed a song
53:38And there might have been half a dozen that they chose
53:40They could have chosen
53:42They chose the one that I was singing on
53:44So, voila
53:46Voila
53:48Yeah
53:50And it must have been quite a nice day when you got that call
53:52I screamed like a juvenile
53:54For about five minutes
53:56I couldn't stop squealing
53:58And Alison, do you get the staff discount now?
54:00Yes, it did
54:02Yeah, yeah, yeah, they've been very generous to me
54:04And I'm more than happy to go shopping
54:08Yeah
54:10Congratulations Alison
54:12Thank you so much for that amazing performance
54:14Alison Limerick everybody
54:16Now, that is nearly it where we go
54:18Just time for a New Year's Eve visit to the big red chair
54:24I hope these stories are suitable, Owen
54:28I'll be cautious
54:30Hello, sir
54:32Melvin
54:34Sorry, Melvin?
54:36No, now-ven
54:38Oh, now-ven
54:40Oh, yeah, what's your name?
54:42I'm Tommy, and I'm from Keithley in Yorkshire
54:44You're Tommy from Yorkshire, okay
54:46I'm very nervous
54:48Oh, don't be nervous, you're fine, you're fine
54:50Do you live up in Yorkshire still?
54:52Yeah, in Keithley
54:54Oh, Keithley, and what do you do up there?
54:56I'm a civil servant, which 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
55:04I'll give that up
55:06Oh, you go with this story
55:08I've high hopes, high hopes
55:10Okay, so I go back to a few years ago
55:12When I was a keen runner
55:14So I used to go out running early every morning
55:16So one morning, I'm out in the park running
55:18And I get really bad cramps
55:20And I think, I'm not gonna make it home
55:22I'm gonna have to go to the toilet
55:24And not for a number one
55:26So I look around, there's nobody about
55:28So I think I'll go behind this bush
55:30I go behind the bush
55:32In no time, this Labrador comes bounding towards me
55:34With the owner shouting after him
55:36It's all gone
55:38Well done
55:40Well done, Owen
55:42I like self-censoring
55:46The Americans, the Americans are going to
55:50People in Britain just shit themselves
55:52Is that all that happened?
55:54It's so festive
55:56All the stories end in kind of the same way
56:00Off we go with somebody else
56:02Here we go
56:03Hello
56:04Hi
56:05Hi, what's your name?
56:06Maria
56:07Maria, hello Maria
56:08And where are you from?
56:09From Mexico
56:10Oh, from Mexico, wow
56:11Do you live here now?
56:12Yeah
56:13You do?
56:14What do you do here?
56:15I work in higher education
56:16All right
56:17Off you go with your story all the way from Mexico
56:20Okay, well, English 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 for whatever reason
56:29And I said like
56:30Oh, you know
56:31Houses in Mexico are made out of cement
56:33And people are like
56:35What?
56:36Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
56:37Cover your ears
56:39Like how?
56:41And I'm like
56:42No, you know
56:43Builders, they just put loads of it everywhere
56:45A couple of minutes later
56:47They are like
56:48Wait, Maria
56:49Are you trying to say cement?
56:50And I'm like
56:51Yeah, cement
56:52Oh, no
56:54Oh, no
56:55Oh, no
56:56Stop it
56:57I didn't mean that to happen
56:58I feel awful now
57:00I wanted for the war
57:02Oh
57:03Is she all right?
57:04Hmm?
57:05Is she all right?
57:06No, she's dead now, Lord
57:07I 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
57:15You know, if it goes well
57:16I mean, the glory
57:17But
57:18Yeah
57:19Oh, well
57:20All right
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
57:25For telling your story
57:26You can contact us
57:27Via our website
57:28At this very address
57:29Please say a huge thank you
57:30To all of my guests tonight
57:31Alison Limerick
57:33Owen Cooper
57:35Tim Key
57:37Terry Mulligan
57:39Will Arnett
57:40Laura Dern
57:41And Tom Hiddleston
57:42We'll be back on the 9th of January
57:44Rob Beckett, Dawn French, Cynthia Erivo
57:46And Hollywood star Chris Pratt
57:47Until then, have a very happy new year
57:49Good night
57:50Bye-bye
57:51Bye-bye
58:01Yay
58:02To all of myVia
58:09You're the number one
58:12Who?
58:20You're the number one
58:21Two teams
58:22No one
58:24Peace
58:25All right
58:29Totally
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