This month podcast features: Paterson Joseph is one of the UK's acclaimed stage and film actors.

Sofie Mason asks Paterson Joseph:

- How did he get started? What inspired his career choice?

- When you could appear in any number of films or television, what keeps you coming back to the stage? And in particular, what makes the smaller "Off West End" theatres so important as a part of your ongoing inspiration?

- What does "Off West End" (fringe) theatre mean to you? And why is it so important?

- For actors - what is the difference between theatre and film? Large and small theatres?

And about his upcoming performances (summer 2007) in:

- "Saint Joan" by Bernard Shaw at the National Theatre

- "The Emperor Jones" - Originally developed and produced by The Gate, London (Paterson Joseph plays the role of African-American 'Brutus Jones')

IN FILM:

Paterson Joseph's Hollywood and global film appearances include:

"THE BEACH" (2000) - Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Virginie Ledoyen, Tilda Swinton, Robert Carlyle, Guillaume Canet; Directed by: Danny Boyle; Produced by: Andrew Macdonald, Callum McDougall

"Greenfingers" (2001)

"The Long Run" (2002)

"BJX" (2004)

"Aeon Flux" (2005)

"Neverwhere" (1996)

"In the Name of the Father" (1993)

ON TV:

Paterson Joseph's recent UK television appearances include:

- the smooth, slick, stylish 'Alan Johnson' in Channel 4's 'PEEPSHOW'

- the ladies man 'Lyndon Jones' on Channel 4's "GREEN WING"

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON PATERSON VISIT:

www.offwestend.com