HOW THE DEVIL ARE YOU?... ahh, it feels good to be back and OFFICALLY start the new term doesnt it?This week we hopped in the car and went up the road to Manchester, sat down and set up in the lovely Ziferblat on Edge Street in the Northern Quarter and were joined by the infectiously lovely actor and comedian Siân Gibson! We spent a magical hour or so drinking brews and discussing uncomfortable auditions, castings, family life, fallow periods and Wales. You'll know Siân from loads of telly programs, most notably playing Kayleigh Kitson in the BBC sitcom Car Share which she co-wrote with Peter Kay. Siân's outlook on life is completely inspiring and she shares the ups and downs of her acting life with wonderful charm. We loved it and we hope you love listening too. We've got a bunch more excellent TSP eps in the can now and we can't wait to share them with you. TSP thursdays are back in effect!!!Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yes, Yes, Yes! The Two Shot Pod is back and all up in your podcast feeds. Hope you've all had a lovely summer and are hungry for some more intensive TSP audio content. We're here to provide just that. This week is an episode we recorded in front of a live festival crowd in the magical Tim Peaks Diner at the fabulous Kendal Calling festival. We had the pleasure of spending an hour with Mr. Andrew Ellis. Andy is a Manchester lad through and through and his self-deprication, humour and humbleness are an absolute winning combination of traits. You'll recognise him as Gadget from Shane Meadows 'This is England' film and subsequent television series as well as loads of other televsion and film appearences. It's a great chat that turned a raucous festival crowd to rapt attentiveness and that's all down to Andy's great storytelling and sincerity. We're out recording around the UK again really soon and after another week's break (sorry) we'll be back to bringing you a fresh helping of TSP goodness every Thursday morning. Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Yep. That's right. We're back with another BIRTHDAY EPISODE!  We started a year ago with Vicky McClure and now we end our first year with JON MCCLURE... It's almost like we planned it!We met with The Reverend Jon McClure (and a silent Ed!) at Jimmy's bar in Manchester just before they were off to house party -not one of those- it's one where Jon and Ed go to a fans house and play an acoustic gig. Nice eh? You'll know Jon as the lead singer in the band Reverend & The Makers along with Ed and also his wife Laura. We chatted with Jon just after the release of their new album, The death of a king. We talked all things Sheffield, growing up, the music industry, fans and doing things his way. Jon's got bags of energy and oozes charisma and if you've ever seen the band live then you'll know what we mean! He's a top fella and you're gonna love hearing this episode.Grab yourself a brew, or something stronger (It is our birthday after all!), pop your feet up and get on this. ITS THE SECOND OF OUR SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PODCAST EPISODES WITH THE "HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD"....JON MCCLURE! Enjoy. Thanks so much for downloading.Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HAPPY THURSDAY!!! IT'S OUR PODCAST BIRTHDAY!!!That's right. Can you believe it's a whole year that we've been bringing you episodes? What a year it's been! We've met some incredible people, heard amazing stories, we've laughed, we've cried and drank many cups of tea along the way. It's been a rollercoaster of a year and we're so grateful you've enjoyed and supported the podcast - THANK YOU! As it's our birthday, we thought we'd do something a bit spesh and bring you not 1 episodes but 2! Nice birthday treat, eh? We kick things off with the brilliant Charlie Cooper. If you've seen BBC's award winning THIS COUNTRY then you'll know Charlie as one of the writers and stars. Charlie writes with his sister Daisy May Cooper based on where they grew up in a small village in Gloucestershire. It's a brilliant, hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking series and if you haven't seen it then do yourself a favour and get involved.When, a few months back, we were invited to bring the podcast to the wonderful Bath Festival, we wanted to try and get a local guest on, so Charlie was the perfect fit and lucky for us, the stars aligned and dates worked out and this is the result. Craig and Charlie sat down with a sold-out crowd in the beautiful city of Bath on a rainy evening and the conversation began. Think you're gonna love this one. We certainly did. We chatted about all sorts and began with the subject of male models...THANKS SO MUCH FOR DOWNLOADING AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN A BIT FOR ANOTHER BIRTHDAY EPISODE!!!Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Alright Two Shot Pod listeners. Hope you're all well and good. It's that time of the week again where we bring you the latest installment of the podcast, and this week we are joined by the Newham general himself, Mr Jimmy Akingbola. We met up with Jimmy in the cool confines of the basement at Maison Bertaux (go and have a brew there, tell em Two Shot sent you). It was a lovely sunny afternoon so we got a proper bevvy in and spent an invigorating hour or so chatting with the man himself. Jimmy is a magnificent individual full of passion, drive and charisma. We talked taking creative risks, booking holidays, foster families, getting nicked for stealing buns, and moving to LA amongst a load of other fascinating stuff. It's another great ep and we hope you enjoy listening along. We've sent the first batch of badges out to some very kind Patreon donors this week. Hope they found their way through your letterboxes. Thanks a load for your generous help. If you've enjoyed listening and you can spare a bob or two, then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. It's very much appreciated. Nice one. Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Greetings TSP listeners. Hope you're all very well. This week on the podcast, we've had right good chat with the actor Tom Bennett. We met Tom at our podcasting HQ in Soho and had spent a lovely hour discussing his formative years in Croydon, growing up with thespian parents, being a parent, dealing with downtime and enjoying your job. It's a lovely episode that we hope puts a spring in your step. You might know Tom from his roles in Phoneshop, David Brent: Life on the Road, Love and Friendship and loads, loads more. He's an absolute belter of a human being and a pleaure to listen to. Thanks a lot to you for listening and subscribing. If you like what you're hearing then drop us a rating or let us know on twitter or summert. We love hearing from you. To get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Nah then. Hope you lot are well. It's TSP day again and this week we've had a chin-wag with the actress Vinette Robinson. We sat down, as per, in the cool basement of Maison Bertaux in London's Soho on a hot summery afternoon. Vinette was an absolute ray of wonderfulness. We talked about her unbringing in Bradford, moving to London, family and work, and Spanish lessons!You might know Vinette from the BBC's Sherlock, Black Mirror and The A Word alongside former guest Greg McHugh. She's a great actor and a really great person. This is a really postive chat and we hope it lightens up your day like Vinette did ours. Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Right then. You Two Shot Podcast listeners have been asking for this one since episode one. We've finally got it together and had brew with the mighty Adrian Dunbar! We met up with Adrian at Maison Bertaux on an beautiful sunny day in May and had a lovely cup of coffee (tea for Craig) and spent a wonderful hour winding through his childhood in Enniskillen, his adventures as a young man in New York and London, his dual life as bass-player and slaughter-house worker, his writing process and of course, a little bit about his role in the brilliant Line of Duty.As well as his role as Ted Hastings in Line of Duty, you may know Adrian from brilliant films such as The General, The Crying Game, Hear My Song (which he also co-wrote) as well as appearances at the finest theatres across the land. He's an incredibly talented person and his humour and nature shine through in this episode. We're sure you'll enjoy every minute. Thanks a lot for listening.  Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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HERE WE ARE! It's Thursday and it's EPISODE 45 of THE TWO SHOT PODCAST. This week travel north to sit down with legendary DJ & author DAVE HASLAM!!A few months ago we got a call telling us that THE CHARLATANS were doing something pretty unique. They were going to put on a takeover in NORTHWICH, which is where they have recorded many of their albums and consider it a second home. They were going to play 4 gigs over over 4 nights with a different set each night and then stream the gig all over the world. Pretty special right?  They would also have other bands play and also a very special exhibition. They asked us if we'd like to be a part of it and host two LIVE episodes with an audience for each. We were lucky enough to bag our first guest in he shape of DAVE HASLAM and then our 2nd guest came on board and that was PADDY CONSIDINE. It was going to be a busy day. Thankfully we made it work and the audience came (if you were there, then thanks for coming!!) and it was a pretty special day. We'd been talking to Dave for just under a year about coming on so we were thrilled we could make it work for this and can't thank him enough for coming on. CHEERS DAVE !!We begin by chatting about where he started. Moseley, Birmingham. We also get treated to the man himself reading a piece from his memoirs, SONIC YOUTH SLEPT ON MY FLOOR (good title, eh?)You may have got down to Dave spinning tunes in the past but now here's a chance to get to know the man himself. ENJOY!! (Producer Griff says apologies for the sound this week. Whilst the venue was really cool, there are cosier aircraft hangars; which is why it sounds as if God himself is speaking. A few de-reverb modules were tried but it all sounded a bit digitally warpy so it was left as is. Sorry)Get in touch...Facebook- search 'Two Shot Podcast' Twitter- @twoshotpod Instagram- @twoshotpod If you've enjoyed listening then please click through to https://www.patreon.com/twoshotpod to make a donation to the running costs of the show. You'll get bonus pictures, video and audio in return. Nice one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices