From child auditions on the West End to starring in not just one huge movie, ‘My Fault: London’ but now its follow up ‘Your Fault: London’ Asha Banks has been working since she was seven years old! And at 22, she is only just getting started. 

In this chat with Josh, Asha reveals the brutal reality of child auditions and how rejection at a young age built the resilience she relies on today. She looks back on her meteoric rise over the last 18 months, going from playing a show for 40 people to 65,000 people in Hyde Park, and tells Josh who keeps her grounded through all of it.

Asha gets into why intimacy coordinators create freedom rather than limit it, and lets Josh in on the great chat that kick-started her friendship with co-star Matthew Broome on a five hour flight to Tenerife.

Plus she joins the group chat to answer your questions. Alright then, fancy a chat? 

Watch ‘Your Fault: London’ on Prime Video and stream Asha’s new song ‘Come Down’ now.

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The chats that matter

Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show is the podcast that reveals the chats that made our guests who they are today.

After years of interviewing some of the biggest names on the planet, Josh Smith knows how to get people talking. Known for asking the questions others don’t, he’s built a reputation for uncovering the stories, secrets and surprising moments you’ve never heard before.

In each episode, Josh gets guests to revisit the conversations that changed everything, from career-making advice and unforgettable encounters to hilarious mishaps and life-defining moments.

Full of laughs, revelations and brilliant stories that will get you talking, Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show proves that behind every great story, there’s a great chat. These are the chats that matter.

Senior Producer: Faye Lyons-White

Creative Director: Carrie Rose

Head of Production: Damy McConnell

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From American Idol runner-up to the first openly gay man to have a number one album in the US, Adam Lambert has spent the last 17 years doing things entirely on his own terms. And with his sixth studio album ADAM out now, he's never been more honest.

In this Pride month special, Adam talks candidly about toxic masculinity within the queer community, why visibility has become a double-edged sword and what he thinks Pride really means in 2026.

Adam also tells Josh about the piece of advice Lady Gaga gave him backstage at the Oscars; how he reacted when he was told to tone himself down for a Biblical musical; and why the new album, written in the rawest moments post a five year breakup, is the most unfiltered thing he has ever made. He’s also now changing his approach to relationships too! 

Plus, Adam joins the group chat to answer your questions. Alright then, fancy a chat?

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The chats that matter

Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show is the podcast that reveals the chats that made our guests who they are today.

After years of interviewing some of the biggest names on the planet, Josh Smith knows how to get people talking. Known for asking the questions others don’t, he’s built a reputation for uncovering the stories, secrets and surprising moments you’ve never heard before.

In each episode, Josh gets guests to revisit the conversations that changed everything, from career-making advice and unforgettable encounters to hilarious mishaps and life-defining moments.

Full of laughs, revelations and brilliant stories that will get you talking, Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show proves that behind every great story, there’s a great chat. These are the chats that matter.

Senior Producer: Faye Lyons-White

Creative Director: Carrie Rose

Head of Production: Damy McConnell

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From Derry Girls to Motherland, Amandaland, and now a BAFTA nominee, Philippa Dunne has spent years quietly becoming one of the funniest actresses on British television. But getting here wasn't easy. 

In this chat with Josh, Philippa opens up about the relentless years of rejection before Motherland came along, the once a month conversation she'd have with herself about quitting acting for good, and how close she came to walking away entirely. She talks candidly about growing up desperate to fit in, why her character Anna feels like 13 year old her, and how comedy became the skill she built just to survive the playground.

Plus she joins The Group Chat to answer your questions, including which celeb fangirls over Amandaland, the moment Stephen Graham complimented her at the BAFTAs, and her ranking of the ultimate movie silver foxes.

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The chats that matter

Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show is the podcast that reveals the chats that made our guests who they are today.

After years of interviewing some of the biggest names on the planet, Josh Smith knows how to get people talking. Known for asking the questions others don’t, he’s built a reputation for uncovering the stories, secrets and surprising moments you’ve never heard before.

In each episode, Josh gets guests to revisit the conversations that changed everything, from career-making advice and unforgettable encounters to hilarious mishaps and life-defining moments.

Full of laughs, revelations and brilliant stories that will get you talking, Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show proves that behind every great story, there’s a great chat. These are the chats that matter.

Senior Producer: Faye Lyons-White

Creative Director: Carrie Rose

Head of Production: Damy McConnell

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You've been added to the group chat. Each week we invite our celebrity guests into the group chat and ask them your questions. Quick fire questions, honest answers. Anything goes in the group chat.

This week we're sliding into the DMs with Russell T Davies, the TV icon behind Queer as Folk, It's a Sin, Doctor Who and now Tip Toe. He reveals the hardest scene he has ever had to write and what he said to a TV exec who told him to give a character a tick because they were boring. He also shares the news that It's a Sin is coming to the stage as a nationwide ballet tour, and gets candid about when he first felt seen on screen as a young gay man and how that moment changed everything.

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From Queer as Folk to Doctor Who, It's a Sin and now Tiptoe, Russell T Davies has spent 30 years starting conversations that nobody else dares to. And he's not finished yet.

In this chat with Josh, Russell opens up about why he wrote Tip Toe, a gripping new drama about two neighbours whose feud grows darker and more dangerous, and how it reflects a world where online anger is spilling into real life with terrifying consequences. 

He talks candidly about what it still feels like to come out every single day, why the MeToo movement barely scratched the surface, and why he thinks intimacy coordinators on set are essential, not optional. He also gets into why visibility, the very thing he has championed his whole career, may now be making the queer community a bigger target, and why he believes a fight is coming that we all need to be ready for.

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You've been added to the group chat. Each week we invite our celebrity guests into the group chat and ask them your questions. Quick fire questions, honest answers. Anything goes in the group chat.

This week is a special extended edition - we're sliding into the DMs with Charly Clive, the British actress you need to know from the HBO Max hit Rooster - the show that you need to be chatting about in YOUR group chats. She opens up about nearly packing it all in before landing her dream role opposite Steve Carell, what he said to her on set that changed everything, and why getting the thing you always wanted can sometimes be the hardest thing to enjoy. She also gets candid about being diagnosed with a brain tumour at 22 and how it changed her whole approach to life.

Plus she reveals her biggest onstage comedy bomb, why she'd fake her own death to get out of a group chat, and that her revenge tip is strictly for DMs only.

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From seven years playing Veronica Lodge in Riverdale, to starring in the new movie Masters of the Universe, Camila Mendes has quietly done a lot of growing up in public. 

In this chat with Josh, Camila opens up about her battle with an eating disorder in her early twenties, and the full circle moment of intentionally gaining muscle and strength for her biggest role yet. She talks candidly about the mental health retreat that changed everything, and the power of saying no. Now Camila believes if success is getting in the way of her happiness, it isn't worth it.

She also shares the advice her dad gave her about relationships that stopped her in her tracks, and why the friendships she made with her Riverdale co-stars are so important to her.

Oh, and she is now officially a Barbie doll. And yes, she has already sold out.

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You've been added to the group chat. Each week we invite our celebrity guests into the group chat and ask them your questions. Quick fire questions, honest answers. Anything goes in the group chat.

This week we're sliding into the DMs with Dame Elaine Paige, the First Lady of Musical Theatre. She reveals why she absolutely cannot stand group chats, being silly with Freddie Mercury, and her top advice for acing an audition. She also opens up about the pantomime she swore she'd never do, which turned out to be her final ever performance on stage.

Oh, and Josh's fiance Tom makes a special appearance via voice note. A big day for the household.

Elaine’s album Miscellaneous Paige is out July 17th and her single Only A Lifetime is out now

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From an unknown actress to the First Lady of Musical Theatre, Dame Elaine Paige's story is one of the great showbusiness journeys. Eighteen years of auditions, rejection, and near-quitting before one role changed her life overnight.

In this chat with Josh, Elaine opens up about the chaos that happened when the world found out she'd been cast in Evita, how she escaped a pack of journalists who chased her down the street, and the moment she burst into tears telling her mum she didn't want the fame that came with it. She tells the extraordinary story of how she came to perform the iconic song Memory in Cats, and taking to the stage in Sunset Boulevard only a few hours after recovering from breast cancer surgery.

She also reflects on meeting actress Rachel Zegler who took on Elaine’s famous role in Evita, the life-changing wisdom Stephen Sondheim passed on to her, and why she thinks music and arts in state schools should be everybody's urgent priority.

Oh, and she has a copy of her 23rd solo album, Miscellaneous Paige on its way to Buckingham Palace for the King.

Elaine’s album Miscellaneous Paige is out July 17th and her single Only A Lifetime is out now

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You've been added to the group chat. Each week we invite our celebrity guests into the group chat and ask them your questions. Anything goes in this group chat!

Today Lucy Halliday, the breakout star you know and love from The Testaments is added to the Group Chat. She reveals the name of the cast group chat, how they have gossip that could shut down the world and who sends the funniest messages. Lucy also walks us through filming the most iconic scene in the show, shares her best night out in Glasgow, and tells us exactly which Testaments castmate she'd call in a crisis. Oh, and she has a message for Theo James about replying to her texts.

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