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Apr 22, 2024 • 27min

Andrea Riseborough, Alice & Jack | MASTERPIECE Studio

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Alice & Jack.For lead actor and executive producer Andrea Riseborough, love can look like many things. From confusion and estrangement to laughter and awkwardness, love is always beyond our control. This week, Andrea brings us inside the mind of her character Alice, and to the heart of her tragic relationship with Jack, as this beautifully complex love story comes to a close.
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Apr 15, 2024 • 34min

Aisling Bea, Alice & Jack | MASTERPIECE Studio

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for episode 5 of Alice & JackActor Aisling Bea delights in bringing nuance to her characters and finding the humor in dramatic roles. This week, Aisling joins us to discuss playing Jack’s dynamic and resilient ex-wife Lynn in Alice & Jack, and how her character maintains her poise and dignity despite the chaos of Alice and Jack’s relationship.
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Apr 8, 2024 • 33min

Gwyneth Hughes, Mr Bates vs The Post Office | MASTERPIECE Studio

For writer Gwyneth Hughes, Mr Bates vs The Post Office is the perfect culmination of her years of experience as a journalist, documentarian, and dramatist. This week, Gwyneth joins us to discuss how she adapted this true story for the screen, and the real-life impact of this drama series as the fallout from the scandal continues to echo in Parliament, the courts, and the halls of power in Britain. 
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Apr 1, 2024 • 44min

Helena Bonham Carter, Nolly | MASTERPIECE Studio

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Nolly. Actor Helena Bonham Carter enjoys playing complex, dynamic roles. From Princess Margaret to Bellatrix Lestrange, she never shies away from complicated characters. This week, we talked with Helena about playing the trailblazing Noele Gordon in Russell T Davies’ Nolly, a role for which she earned a BAFTA Television award nomination for Leading Actress.
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Mar 25, 2024 • 37min

Blair Mowat, Nolly | MASTERPIECE Studio

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Nolly. Composer Blair Mowat has written music for a long list of film and TV productions, including Class, After The Flood, and recently, Russell T. Davies’ bittersweet love letter to the Queen of the Midlands, Nolly. This week, we talked with Blair about how he approached composing the music for this eloquent and emotional real-life drama, for which he earned a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Original Music.
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Mar 18, 2024 • 32min

Victor Levin, Alice & Jack | MASTERPIECE Studio

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Episode 1 of Alice & Jack. For Alice & Jack writer and creator Victor Levin, love is a messy business worth fighting for. It often bypasses the rules of reason and logic and throws all kinds of emotional curve balls. But in the end, it’s the best thing we have. In this interview, Victor joins us to share his feelings on the nature of love, and what he hopes viewers take away from this series.
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Feb 29, 2024 • 23min

Stuart Martin Says Goodbye, Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 4 | MASTERPIECE Studio

Explore the departure of the Duke from Miss Scarlet and the Duke, the impact on the storyline, the future direction of the series, and the evolution of Eliza as the sole detective in London. Delve into character development, new relationships, and the anticipation of upcoming season dynamics.
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Feb 26, 2024 • 30min

Wartime Rations and Black Markets, All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 | MASTERPIECE Studio

Dr. Mark Roodhouse, historical consultant for All Creatures Great & Small, and lecturer in History at the University of York, joins us to discuss his role on the show, and the real-life history behind rationing and black markets in World War II-era Britain. 
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Feb 19, 2024 • 31min

Nicholas Ralph, All Creatures Great and Small Season 4 | MASTERPIECE Studio

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Episode 7 of All Creatures Great and Small Season 4.  Lead actor Nicholas Ralph returns to the podcast to reflect on Season Four of All Creatures Great and Small, and how his character, James Herriot, learned to embrace the ever-present uncertainties of life while training a new vet, joining the RAF, and becoming a father.
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Feb 12, 2024 • 17min

Rachael New & Ben Edwards, Episode 6 Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 4 | MASTERPIECE Studio

WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for Episode 6 of Miss Scarlet and The Duke Season 4.  Writers Rachael New and Ben Edwards are back to wrap up Season Four of Miss Scarlet and The Duke. At the end of this season, Eliza steps out of the shadows cast by her father, Nash, and the Duke, and finally hangs her own shingle. This week, Rachael and Ben join us to discuss the Season Four finale, and what this huge shift might mean for Eliza and the show going forward.

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