This week on Life’s A Beach, Alan Carr is joined by actor, writer and all-round talent Richard Armitage.

From his early holiday memories in Anglesey to skiing adventures, to living in New York, and even bumping into Lady Gaga on a flight, Richard shares some amazing travel tales from his acting career.

He opens up about writing his new book (and how his stories are getting optioned!), how filming The Hobbit made him fall in love with New Zealand, and we find out where he’d like to be at 100 years old.

Plus, Alan has some classic confessions of his own along the way…

⏰ Timestamps 

00:00 Intro 

00:15 Make up for dogs 

00:50 Rich’s first holiday memories of Anglesey 

01:56 Richard’s writing a new book and how writing started 

03:07 His books getting optioned 

03:30 The Cut: story and inspiration 

05:05 How scary Weapons is 

06:01 Why Richard loves skiing 

08:24 Lionel Blair is Alan’s dad 

09:10 Has Richard ever had a holiday romance? 

10:14 Richard in Beijing and the Great Wall of China 

13:02 Richard and the superstar on the flight (Lady Gaga) 

16:18 Is Richard adventurous with food? 

17:30 How filming The Hobbit made Richard fall in love with New Zealand and Alan’s New Zealand hidden gem 

19:30 Richard’s New York hidden gem: Carnitos 

21:03 Broadway stories 

22:50 Richard wanted to ski down Mount Ruapehu as a dwarf 

23:57 Does Richard complain? 

25:19 Richard’s love of Berlin 

26:15 Richard returning to the stage 

27:00 Where does Richard want to be when he’s 100 years old? 

28:20 Starting our descent – the quick fire quiz ✨

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