Taking Hugh for Granted

Hitch a ride with Diggory and Oscar as they travel to early 1940s Kenya to catch a look at one of Hugh Grant's early works: White Mischief (Michael Radford, 1987). Based on the novel of the same name,  White Mischief dramatises the events of the Happy Valley murder case when  "Jock" Broughton (Joss Ackland) was tried for the murder of Josslyn Hay (Charles Dance). 

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In this spoiler-free episode, Diggory and Oscar take a butcher's at Hugh Grant in Guy Ritchie's 2020 British gangster flick 'The Gentlemen'. 

Fresh out the cinema and on to the back of bus, Diggory and Oscar give their hot takes on the film discussing all things Hugh Grant: his bizarre estuary accent, his sleazy look and what is next for Hugh on the big screen. 

Synopsis: A drug kingpin (Matthew Mcconaughey) is looking to get out of the game and sell off his illegal empire. Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a private investigator working for a tabloid paper documenting the whole bloody affair from the shadows. 

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Join in the festivities as Diggory and Oscar rewatch the Christmas classic 'Love Actually' (2003) in an attempt to answer the all important question nobody is asking - are we taking Hugh for Granted? 

While eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways, the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) takes a shine for his Catering Manager, Natalie (Martine McCutcheon), at his new residence in Number 10. 

Listen as Diggory and Oscar discuss their respective Christmasses, sing Hugh-inspired Christmas carols and examine what is perhaps Hugh Grant's most famous moment committed to celluloid: that dance scene.

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Listen if you dare as Diggory and Oscar discuss Hugh's performance in the 1988 Thriller/Horror 'The Lair of the White Worm'.  After young archaeologist Angus Flint (played by Peter Capaldi) discovers a large and inexplicable skull, strange things start happening in the rural English countryside.  Could this skull belong to the D'Ampton Worm, a mythical beast supposedly slain generations ago by the ancestor of the current Lord D'Ampton (played by Hugh Grant)? Find out the answer to that question, and whether we've been Taking Hugh for Granted, right here.

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In our inaugural episode Diggory and Oscar take you back to the Sussex countryside in the summer of 1994 to pick apart the film that made Grant a household name, ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’. It’s the height of the wedding season and Charles (Hugh Grant) appears to be unlucky in love, before meeting American Carrie (Andie MacDowell). After one night of passionate lovemaking he thinks his luck has finally changed. But the romance is cut short leaving Charles heartbroken. Can he use his trademark bumbling charm to win her back? Find out the answer to that and whether we’ve been Taking Hugh For Granted, right here.

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