Elizabeth Mcafferty is an actress and journalist, she has starred in Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) and Dumbo (2019) and her work has been published in VICE, The Guardian, Dazed and The Independent.

We talked to Elizabeth about getting into acting via body doubling, approaching stories with compassion and seeking out the stranger stories in life. 

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Lucy Ann Beaumont is a British actress, writer, and stand-up comedian. Well known for her comedy series Meet the Richardsons, and Hullraisers. Lucy's 2014 debut show at the Edinburgh Festival, 'We Can Twerk it Out' was nominated for that year's Best Newcomer Award.

We talked to Lucy about how amazing grandparents can be, using challenging life experiences to inform your creativity, and trying to break into comedy.

If you enjoyed listening to Lucy go and see her on tour!  Tickets are on sale now

https://lucybeaumont.co.uk

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Pauline Cox is a nutritionist who co-founded Sow & Arrow in 2018 with a mission of creating easy-to-access information on health and wellbeing as well as a place to get convenient healthy food on the go. She is a functional nutritionist, passionate about food and nutrition, and also writes articles about health and well-being, particularly women's wellbeing.

Pauline spoke to Giles and Jim about her own health journey, the challenges that face getting nutrition information out against fast food advertising, and her new book, Hungry Woman.

Pre-order Pauline's book here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/452747/hungry-woman-by-cox-pauline/9781529199109

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Zoiey Smale is an internationally acclaimed inclusion activist, her 20-year career in sport has seen her move from Athlete to Inclusion consultant, where she now works with amateur and professional sports organisations. Zoiey is a qualified coach across various disciplines and adjudicating official. She is also a podcaster and presenter.

We talked to Zoiey about the power of sport in building communities, the incredible work and impact of coaches at grass roots level and the ongoing work of promoting inclusivity and diversity at all levels of sport.

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Due to scheduling issues we are unable to bring you a new episode this week so instead we have delved into the archives to bring you a Classic Blank episode with Gary Lineker.

Gary is in the new this week after being suspended by Match of the Day for refusing to apologise for tweeting his political views. Gary spoke to us way back in 2018 about his twitter usage and you can hear him talk about that at 50:05 in this episode.

Gary Lineker is a former professional footballer and current sports broadcaster. He holds England's record for goals in FIFA World Cup finals, with 10 scored and is England's third highest top scorer.

His media career began with the BBC, where he still presents the flagship football programme Match of the Day since the late 1990s. He has also worked for Al Jazeera Sports, Eredivisie Live, NBC Sports Network and currently hosts BT Sport's coverage of the UEFA Champions League.

Gary very kindly invited Giles and Jim to his house in South West London back in 2018 for a cuppa and a chat about all things BLANK. We talked about making big decisions at a young age and the feeling of getting to a point where you're confident in what you do.

Gary also talked openly about those moments off the field, including when his first son George was diagnosed with leukaemia as a child, had affected him and how football helped him through that time. With Christmas just around the corner, Giles and Gary share some cooking tips while Jim ponders what a waterbath is.

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Kimberly Hart-Simpson is an actor best know for appearing in Hollyoaks and Coronation Street.

She spoke to Giles and Jim about auditions, growing closer to her mum, Naked Attraction, making up new phrases and loads more.

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Happy 200th podcast to us! To celebrate reaching this massive milestone we picked some clips from our favourite episodes and chatted about some of the stories behind them. Thanks so much to everyone who has listened to us over the past four and a half years.

Sponsored by Gousto. Head to gousto.co.uk and use code BLANK for 60% off your first box + 25% off all boxes for two months.

Full episodes:

John Motson

https://audioboom.com/posts/7927595-john-motson

Jon Ronson

https://audioboom.com/posts/7827989-jon-ronson

Dawn French

https://audioboom.com/posts/7827945-dawn-french

Sanjeev Bhaskar

https://audioboom.com/posts/7827959-sanjeev-bhaskar

Wim Hof

https://audioboom.com/posts/7827914-wim-hof

Dame Kelly Holmes

https://audioboom.com/posts/7827940-dame-kelly-holmes

David Harbour

https://audioboom.com/posts/7827955-david-harbour

Vicky McClure

https://audioboom.com/posts/7828302-vicky-mcclure

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Tom Chapman is an award winning barber, author, public speaker, global barber director and international educator.

We talk to Tom about his love of WWE, his journey into hairdressing via being a musician and founding The Lions Barber Collective, which started as a group of international barbers raising awareness for suicide prevention.

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John Simpson CBE is an English foreign correspondent and world affairs editor of BBC News. He has spent all his working life with the BBC, and has reported from more than 120 countries, including thirty war zones, and interviewed many world leaders.

We talk to John about his 50-plus years at the BBC, the scary moments when his life was in danger, reporting from the frontlines and trying to find the humanity in such a troubled world.

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Andrew Gower is an actor and musician. Best known for his role as "Bonnie Prince" Charles Edward Stuart in "Outlander" and for playing Nick Cutler, the vampire solicitor in season 4 of "Being Human, he's also appeared in Carnival Row and Black Mirror. Andrew is also lead singer of The Gustaffsons.

We talked to Andrew about his love of football and how it often compares to acting, going through drama school and how we need to reframe failure.

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Tickets to Jim's February show here: https://www.angelcomedy.co.uk/event-detail/jim-daly-football-and-fatherhood-9th-feb-the-bill-murray-london-tickets-202302091830

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