In this episode I chat with actor, performer, writer, teacher and director, Ben Keaton. Ben chats about his origins, growing up in Dublin in the 50s and his hugely varied career. Very driven from an early age, he became the first solo winner of the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 1986 and that opened many doors, one of which led to him being cast as Father Austin Purcell in the episode, 'Think Fast, Father Ted' in 'Father Ted'.

He chats about hiding out in Paris to escape the trappings of fame and the joys of working in the theatre.

We also chat about music and Ben dissects my accent..

You can find Ben on X here;

@benkeaton3

https://www.blindsummit.com/the-sex-lives-of-puppets

Ben's new Podcast, 'Dirty Stupid Wisdom with Ben Keaton' can be found here;

https://open.spotify.com/show/2gS4M8dkOkYHkZova2IVEt?si=b6eb55eba9064016

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In this episode I chat with producer, director, writer, creator and BAFTA winner, John Lloyd CBE. John chats about his beginnings in Kent in the 50s and what it was like being in a family that moved around a lot. He talks of going to Trinity College, Cambridge to become a lawyer and then being introduced to the Footlights Review, where his life soon changed..

We discuss the many projects he's worked on over the years, including 'Not The Nine O'Clock News', all of the Blackadder series', Spitting Image and of course the creation of a little series called 'QI'.. We also chat briefly about the music he loves.

https://www.waitingforsmith.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/@WaitingforSmith/about

Theme music is by;

Kevin McCloud - Blue Ska

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In this episode I chat with novelist, writer, director and comedy producer, Lissa Evans. We chat about Lissa's work as the Producer on Series 2 & 3 of 'one of the greatest tv sitcoms of all time', Father Ted. She talks about her journey from studying medicine at Newcastle Uni to becoming an Emmy & Bafta winning TV Producer. She tells stories of the recordings of the episodes, both on location and in the studio and the challenges of casting on the series.

She also chats about her eclectic taste in music and varied gig-going over the years.

https://lissaevans.com/

https://lissaevans.com/books/father-ted-book-by-lissa-evans/

music is by;

Kevin McCloud - Blue Ska

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