New season. Autumn. New day. Monday. Same old, same old. And we kick off Autumn Mondays with actor/musician John Mackie as he talks about having two accents (handy as an actor), the difference between acting in an international TV series and continuing drama, what it's like being on stage in a public square in Europe and how a career as an estate agent is perfect training as an actor.

John will be appearing in EXAM at the King's Arms, Salford between October 29 and November 3. It's sold out. So you've missed out. Unless you're in the future when he will be appearing in it again in London in August 2020. Unless he's been fired.