Mac and Me.  

On this episode we speak to British screenwriter and film director Stewart Raffill.

Raffill made his feature debut as director with The Tender Warrior (1971), starring Dan Haggerty. Raffill also helped write and produce, and handle animals. It was shot at the Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Raffill sold it to Warner Bros, was unhappy with what they did with it, bought it back, and re-distributed it.

His second script was Napoleon and Samantha, which he sold to Disney. Raffill also worked on the film, which starred Jodie Foster and Michael Douglas, as a producer and animal supervisor.

He wrote and directed When the North Wind Blows. He shot animal footage for the documentary Wonder of It All.

Raffill directed and wrote Mac and Me, made to provide royalties to the McDonald's Foundation and to have a lead with spina bifida, which became a cult favorite and won Raffill a Golden Razzie for Worst Director

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Can't Swim.  

On this episode we speak to Chris LoPorto. Chris is the lead singer of the band Can't Swim. 

Can't Swim signed to Pure Noise Records in December 2015.[6] Following the signing, Can't Swim released their first EP a few months later in 2016 titled Death Deserves a Name. In February 2017, the band announced plans to release their debut studio album.The album, Fail You Again, was released on March 10, 2017 via Pure Noise Records.
On October 4, 2018, the band released a new single (with an accompanying music video) titled "My Queen." They also released an album titled This Too Won't Pass, on November 16, 2018.

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Searching for Candy. 

On this episode we speak to Marks good friend/author Tracey Morgan. Tracey is an animal lover and John Candy biographer. She lives in Shrewsbury, UK, with her cats, boyfriend and two old chickens. She loves her allotment, making jam and she day dreams - a lot.

Searching for Candy is available to buy now on Amazon 

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The King of Kong.

On this episode we speak to American restaurateur, businessman, and former competitive gamer, Billy Mitchell, He initially rose to fame in the 1980s when Life magazine included him in a photo spread of video game champions during the height of the golden age of arcade video games

This is a world exclusive interview 

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The Kid Who Would Be King.

On this episode we speak to English comedian, television and radio presenter, film director, writer and actor, Joe Cornish 

Joe is known for Attack the Block , Ant-Man, The Adventures of Tintin and new movie The Kid Who Would be King

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The Descent.

On this episode we speak to the actress Shauna Macdonald known portraying Sarah in the horror film The Descent and its sequel.

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Get Tragic.

On this episode we speak to the singer of the band Blood Red Shoes, Laura-Mary Carter. Blood Red Shoes are an alternative rock duo from Brighton, England consisting of Laura-Mary Carter and Steven Ansell. They have released four full-length albums, Box of Secrets (2008), Fire Like This (2010), In Time to Voices(2012), and Blood Red Shoes (2014) as well as several EPs and a number of singles. Their 5th album Get Tragic is out now.

Get Tragic is OUT NOW! - www.bloodredshoes.co.uk

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All That Divides.

On this episode we speak to the singer of the band Black Peaks, Will Gardner.

The band formed in 2012, initially under the name Shrine, and released a debut self-released EP Closer to the Sun in 2014. After a run of UK and European festivals and tours, the band signed to Sony for the release of their debut album Statues in 2016.

The album was well received, and singles 'Glass Built Castles' and 'Saviour' brought the band support from Zane Lowe,Daniel P. Carter and daytime airplay on BBC Radio 1.

This increased profile resulted in a busy touring schedule across 2016-2017, including dates supporting Deftones, System of a Down, The Dillinger Escape Plan,Prophets of Rage and Mastodon.

Towards the end of 2017, the band announced that they had parted ways with bassist Andrew Gosden, replaced with new member Dave Larkin and were currently in the studio recording their second album, titled All That Divides. All That Divides was released in October 2018 and met with critical acclaim.

I caught up with Will in January of 2019, This was during Black Peaks supporteing Enter Shikari on their second leg of the Stop the Clocks tour‘

All That Divides’ OUT NOW! - www.blackpeaks.com

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Classic Scrapes.

On this episode we speak to one of the UK's finest stand up comedians James Acaster. With countless appearances on the BBC show Mock The Week and has a 2018 Netflix show entitled Repertoire, consisting of four hour-long stand-up comedy performances. He has also written a book, James Acaster's Classic Scrapes, consisting of true stories originally told on the Josh Widdicombe show on XFM

Be sure to see James Acaster in 2019 on tour. Tickets and details here https://www.jamesacaster.com/gigs/

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My Arse.

On this episode we speak to English actor, comedian, author and political activist Ricky Tomlinson. He is best known for his roles as Bobby Grant in Brookside, DCI Charlie Wise in Cracker, Mike Bassett in Mike Bassett: England Manager and Jim Royle in The Royle Family. 

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