This week Alice is joined in the studio by actor, director and writer Clarke Peters. He chatted about his upcoming role in the new TV adaptation of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials in which he plays the Master of Jordan College. It being the Musicals and Theatre podcast Alice also had to ask him about Five Guys Named Moe, the Olivier winning musical he wrote. As well as acting and writing, they also chatted about the time he got arrested protesting the Vietnam War and his thoughts on Black History Month.

His Dark Materials starts on BBC 1 on 3rd November.