Not every actor in a film takes part in the promotional side of things, although with the rise of big budgets and social media, it’s common for everyone on the cast, and many of the higher echelons of the crew, to hit the road and sell the show. That wasn’t always the case. With the premier of The Divide taking place at SXSW some thirteen years ago…

Today, we’re going for a historical moment as I talk to the team behind 2011’s ‘Attack The Block’, where a teenage street gang have to defend themselves from predatory alien invaders on a council estate in South London. It’s an interview as part of the promotional cattle call, so everyone lined up for the interview gets ten minutes from walking in …

One of the most recognisable names in the world of the Eurovision Song Contest is Austria’s Conchita Wurst. In the weeks before her victory for Austria with ‘Rise Like A Phoenix’, I caught up with the singer to find out more about their public and personal sides. We discussed attitudes, dreams, songs, Shirley Bassey, and Austria’s entry into Eurovi…

During 2013’s Edinburgh Fringe, I invited an up-and-coming writer and their director into the studio to talk about a little show called ‘Fleabag.’ Directed by Vicky Wood, and written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, this small show took place in the depths of the Underbelly. It remains the gold standard of Fringe legends… from a theatrical da…

In 2017, I spoke to Vint Cerf at the IEEE Tech For Humanity conference. Cerf and Bob Kahn developed TCP/IP, the communications protocol that lies at the heart of the Internet. Without that, nothing works, hence why many call Cerf and Kahn the fathers of the Internet. When he joined Google, after he was talked out of working as an Archduke, he was g…

Gene Cernan flew in space three times, walked in space twice, and as the commander of Apollo 17 was the last man to walk on the moon in 1972. Documentary film-maker Mark Craig approached Cernan to make a film about his life, his time as an astronaut, and his impact on the history of the world. In this episode of The Interview, director Mark Craig a…