People, Just People (Series 3)

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People, Just People (Series 3)

By: Dermot O'Leary

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From an Oscar winner to a bomb disposal expert, Dermot O’Leary interviews people who have lived fascinating lives. He talks to some of the biggest names in the business in TV and film, music, books, sport, fashion and politics.

Plus he finds out about the lives and careers of those who don’t always have the spotlight on them. If they’ve led an interesting life, then consider them booked!

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Ep. 1: Olivia Colman and Andrew Scott

Mar 16 2021

In a remarkably candid conversation, two of the finest actors of their generation share stories – and gin and tonics with Dermot, as they discuss their stage and screen work - which includes Fleabag, The Crown, Sherlock and The Simpsons.

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1 hr

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Ep. 2: Niall Horan

Mar 16 2021

As part of One Direction, Niall Horan saw worldwide hysteria rarely seen since the days of The Beatles. He began on X Factor – where he first met Dermot. This is the first chance Dermot has had to ask him about those days – as well as his hugely successful solo career.

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52 mins

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Ep 3: June Sarpong

Mar 16 2021

As a fellow T4 Weekend television presenter, Dermot and June began on a similar career path – nursing the UK’s hangovers in the early noughties.

June interviewed the likes of Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela – before moving to America as she felt her race was hindering her career progression. An advocate for change in black representation in the media, June was recently made the BBC’s first ever Director of Creative Diversity. She chats about her career so far and the tasks ahead of her.

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43 mins

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Meet the guests

Episode 1: Olivia Colman

Olivia Colman won an Academy Award, Bafta and Golden Globe for her role as Queen Anne in The Favourite. She also plays the leading role of Queen Elizabeth II in Series 3 and 4 of The Crown for Netflix, for which she's earned a Golden Globe.

She is well known for her role as DS Ellie Miller in ITV1's hit drama Broadchurch, for which she was awarded the BAFTA for Best Leading Actress in 2014.

Olivia recently won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in a Series for her role in The Night Manager. She also plays the godmother in Fleabag, created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge for BBC One.

Episode 1: Andrew Scott

Andrew Scott won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Moriarty in Sherlock. Other television credits include his much acclaimed “Hot Priest” role in Fleabag, as well as Black Mirror and His Dark Materials. His film roles include Spectre and 1917.

He is also a celebrated stage actor with roles in notable productions such as Cock and A Girl in a Car with a Man at the Royal Court, receiving an Olivier Award for both.

Episode 2: Niall Horan

At the age of 16, Niall Horan auditioned for the The X Factor. Although he did not make the final rounds as a solo vocalist, he joined forces with Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson to form the boy band One Direction. They went on to become a global phenomenon…selling over 70 million records and winning over 200 awards – including seven Brit Awards.

In 2016 Niall released his debut solo album Flicker which became a US No 1. His follow up Heartbreak Weather came out in March 2020, just as the world went in to lockdown. It hit No 1 in the UK.

Episode 3: June Sarpong

June Sarpong OBE is an internationally renowned broadcaster, writer and campaigner on diversity issues. She started her career as a DJ and presenter on MTV, Kiss FM and for ten years on Channel 4’s T4 youth strand – interviewing the likes of Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela.

Since 2010, she has built a reputation as a leading campaigner on a wide range of diversity and inclusion issues. In 2019 she became the BBC’s first ever Director of Creative Diversity.

Episode 4: Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman is an English actor, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, Tim in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office – the first British comedy to win a Golden Globe, Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series Fargo.

He has recently starred in the Marvel blockbusters Captain America and Black Panther.

Episode 5: Ben Macintyre

Ben Macintyre is a columnist and Associate Editor on The Times. He has worked as the newspaper’s correspondent in New York, Paris and Washington. He is the author of nine previous books including Agent Zigzag, shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award and the Galaxy British Book Award for Biography of the Year 2008, and the no. 1 bestsellers A Spy Among Friends, Operation Mincemeat, Double Cross and SAS: Rogue Heroes.

In 2019, The Spy and the Traitor, which tells the story of double KGB agent Oleg Gordievsky, was a No.1 Sunday Times Bestseller and shortlisted for the Ballie Gifford prize and National Book Awards. Ben’s latest book Agent Sonya: Lover, Mother, Soldier, Spy tells the story of Ursula Kuczynski – codename Sonya – the greatest female spy of the 20th Century.

Episode 6: Simon Pegg

After co-writing and starring in two groundbreaking seasons of cult television show Spaced Simon Pegg starred as the eponymous hero Shaun in Shaun of the Dead which he co-wrote with Edgar Wright. It was voted one of the Best British Comedies ever made by Empire magazine, Channel 4 and many more. After conquering zombies, award ceremonies and the rest of the world, Pegg and Wright created smash-hit Hot Fuzz. Pegg and Nick Frost returned to the screen together in their feature film Paul with a cast including Seth Rogan and Sigourney Weaver and completed the final installment of their ‘Three Flavours Cornetto Trilogy’ with The Worlds End, again directed by Edgar Wright. Pegg’s other notable credits include Run Fatboy Run, How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, The Adventures of Tintin and Burke & Hare. Simon was also seen boldly going into the J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek and Star Trek: Into Darkness playing Montgomery Scott (Scotty), as well as co-writing and starring in 2016’s Star Trek Beyond.

He reprised his Mission: Impossible 3 role of Benji Dunn twice more in Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol and Mission: Impossible Rogue Nation. Pegg and Frost set up production company Stolen Picture with ghost-hunting series Truth Seekers as their first major release.

Episode 7: Jessie Ware

Jessie Ware is an award winning English singer-songwriter, podcaster and author. With over a million albums sold worldwide and BRIT and Mercury Prize nominations under her belt, in 2020 Jessie released her highly anticipated fourth record Whats Your Pleasure which charted at no.3 in the UK album chart and re-entered the chart at no.9 eight months after original release following her Graham Norton performance of ‘Remember Where You Are'.

In 2019, Jessie won Best New Voice at the Audio Production Awards for her hugely successful podcast Table Manners which she hosts alongside her mum, Lennie. Hilarious and hugely lovable Table Manners has hit more than 22 million listens since launching in 2017 and continues to top the iTunes podcast chart series after series. Her new book Omelette releases on 10 June, 2021.

Episode 8: Arsène Wenger

Arsène Wenger was the manager of Arsenal FC from 1996 to 2018. He won three Premier League titles – including the legendary unbeaten Invincibles season, seven FA Cups and reached the final of the Champions League. His contribution to English football through changes to scouting, players' training, and diet regimens had a knock on effect worldwide.

He is currently FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development.

Episode 9: Oti Mabuse

Since arriving in the UK six years ago - Oti Mabuse has become one of the nation's favourite TV personalities. She is probably best known for appearing on BBC1's Strictly Come Dancing - making history to be the first pro-dancer to win back-to-back series for the last two years--with Kelvin Fletcher and Bill Bailey. She has also mentored the winning acts for two series on The Greatest Dancer and kept the nation dancing in lockdown with her online dance classes.

Her presenting work includes BBC1's Morning Live, Channel 4's Steph’s Packed Lunch, The One Show and Sports Relief.

Her first children’s book, Dance with Oti, is published in June and she is also filming her own prime-time documentary with the BBC - Oti's South African Odyssey later in the year.

Episode 10: Kim Hughes

Kim Hughes GC served in the British Army until 2020. While active, he was the most highly decorated bomb disposal operator serving in the Armed Forces. He was awarded the George Cross in 2009, following a grueling six-month tour of duty in Afghanistan, during which he defused 119 improvised explosive devices, survived numerous Taliban ambushes, and endured a close encounter with the Secretary of State for Defence.

His non-fiction memoir, Painting the Sand, became a Sunday Times bestseller. Operation Certain Death is the first of a series of novels.

Episode 11: David Schwimmer

David Schwimmer began his acting career performing in school plays at Beverly Hills High School. After graduating from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts in theatre and speech Schwimmer co-founded Lookingglass Theatre Company. From starring in television movie A Deadly Silence in 1989 he went on to appear in shows including L.A. Law, The Wonder Years and NYPD Blue.

David gained worldwide recognition as Ross Geller in the sitcom Friends, for which he received a Screen Actors Guild award and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Following the series finale of Friends in 2004, David made his West End stage debut in Some Girl(s), then his Broadway debut in The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. His feature film directorial debut followed with Run Fatboy Run, and in 2007 he made his Off-Broadway directorial debut in Fault Lines. In 2016, he starred in The People v. O. J. Simpson, leading to a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Episode 12: Beth Rigby

Beth is the political editor at Sky News, bringing viewers the latest news and analysis from Westminster. She has worked as a political journalist for nearly a decade, covering two general elections, the Scottish independence and EU referendums, and all the twists and turns of Brexit. Beth has interviewed the biggest names in British politics, from Theresa May to Tony Blair, as well as breaking exclusive stories around cabinet reshuffles, splits and the Brexit crisis.

Before joining Sky, Beth worked as a newspaper journalist for nearly two decades at The Times and Financial Times, where she held a variety of positions including media editor, deputy political editor and consumer industries editor. A former financial journalist, she won awards for her work as the Financial Times' retail correspondent and hedge fund writer. She was also chair of the parliamentary lobby in 2015.

Episode 13: Peter McGowran

Pete was raised in Sparkhill, Birmingham as the eldest of eight children. He enrolled in the RAF Regiment at 17. During his career in the RAF he served in Hong Kong, Germany, Gibraltar and the UK. He left The Royal Air Force in 2000 after 25 years’ service, reaching the rank of Flight Sergeant.

In 2009 he successfully applied to become a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London and was promoted to Yeoman Serjeant in 2013, followed by Yeoman Gaoler, before taking up the position of Chief Yeoman Warder in 2018. As head of the Yeoman Body and with a ceremonial role, Pete gives guided tours to VVIP’s including members of the Royal Family, contributes to the safety and security of this World Heritage Site and conducts ceremonial duties such as Gun Salutes, Ceremony of the Keys and various state parades. He is the 41st Chief Yeoman Warder since the role evolved in 1550.

He has been married for over 44 years to Debbie, also former RAF, and is the proud father to three children Adam, Laurie and Conor, and grandfather to seven grandchildren. In his spare time he enjoys going to concerts and theatre, playing music and walking.

About the host

As host of ITV’s The X Factor and his BBC Radio 2 show Saturday Breakfast With Dermot O’Leary, Dermot O’Leary is a household name. Career highlights include ten years hosting the National Television Awards, presenting the RTS Award winning Live From Space, the BAFTA red carpet and Soccer Aid for Unicef. Dermot has won three Sony Gold Awards and was named Music Week Presenter Of The Year and TRIC Radio Personality Of The Year for his radio work.

Dermot’s first children’s book Toto The Ninja Cat And The Great Snake Escape was published in September 2017, his follow up Toto The Ninja Cat And The Incredible Cheese Heist was published in 2018, with the third book in the series Toto the Ninja Cat and the Superstar Catastrophe released in 2019, and the fourth, Toto the Ninja Cat and the Mystery Jewel Thief, released in 2020.

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Really fun and warm show, perfect tone for right now! Intimate and interesting chat, definitely recommend

Brilliant listen!