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The Take is now on Patreon: www.patreon.com/kermodeandmayo
Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show—a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time.
Our guest this week is James Graham, one of Britain’s most prolific and successful writers, including of the brand new BBC series Dear England. Adapted from a play which Graham also wrote, it charts the journey of Gareth Southgate’s England men’s team from the disappointment of the ‘golden generation’ to the success we all cheered on in recent years—except for Mark, of course. No chance of him following the football. James talks to Simon about the highs and lows, moving from stage tp screen, and why Gareth Southgate has a redemption narrative straight outta Shakespeare.
Mark reviews it too, plus three more of the week’s big releases—a packed show again. We’ve got Power Ballad, a dark musical comedy of unfulfilled potential and stolen success starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, Backrooms a new A24 horror that started life as a viral YouTube video, and Tuner, the crime thriller starring Dustin Hoffman and last week’s Take guest Leo Woodall.
All that plus the usual lovely nonsense. Enjoy!
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
10:04 Power Ballad review
16:38 Box Office 10
30:29 James Graham interview
47:00 Dear England review
53:33 Laughter Lift
01:00:31 Backrooms Review
01:08:22 Tuner review
The fundraising page for Dave Mitchell, director of Alien On Stage can be found here:
https://www.goodhub.com/go/helpdave
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo.
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Become a Vanguardista or an Ultra Vanguardista to get video episodes of Take Two every week, plus member-only chat rooms, polls and submissions to influence the show, behind-the-scenes photos and videos, the monthly Redactor’s Roundup newsletter, and access to a new fortnightly LIVE show—a raucous, unfiltered lunchtime special with the Good Doctors, new features, and live chat so you can heckle, vote, and have your questions read out in real time.
Our guest this week is James Graham, one of Britain’s most prolific and successful writers, including of the brand new BBC series Dear England. Adapted from a play which Graham also wrote, it charts the journey of Gareth Southgate’s England men’s team from the disappointment of the ‘golden generation’ to the success we all cheered on in recent years—except for Mark, of course. No chance of him following the football. James talks to Simon about the highs and lows, moving from stage tp screen, and why Gareth Southgate has a redemption narrative straight outta Shakespeare.
Mark reviews it too, plus three more of the week’s big releases—a packed show again. We’ve got Power Ballad, a dark musical comedy of unfulfilled potential and stolen success starring Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas, Backrooms a new A24 horror that started life as a viral YouTube video, and Tuner, the crime thriller starring Dustin Hoffman and last week’s Take guest Leo Woodall.
All that plus the usual lovely nonsense. Enjoy!
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
10:04 Power Ballad review
16:38 Box Office 10
30:29 James Graham interview
47:00 Dear England review
53:33 Laughter Lift
01:00:31 Backrooms Review
01:08:22 Tuner review
The fundraising page for Dave Mitchell, director of Alien On Stage can be found here:
https://www.goodhub.com/go/helpdave
You can contact the show by emailing correspondence@kermodeandmayo.com or you can find us on social media, @KermodeandMayo.
🌎 Get an exclusive 15% discount on your first Saily data plans! Use code [Take] at checkout. Download Saily app or go to https://saily.com/Take ⛵
A Sony Music Entertainment production.
Find more great podcasts from Sony Music Entertainment at sonymusic.com/podcasts and follow us @sonypodcasts
To advertise on this show contact: podcastadsales@sonymusic.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices