Josh Smith's Great Chat Show

Naomi Ackie has played Whitney Houston, starred in Star Wars, won a BAFTA - and now she’s joining the DC Universe in Clayface. In this episode of Josh Smith’s Great Chat Show, Naomi opens up about living with panic attacks since the age of 11, and the lengths she went to hide them. She speaks to Josh about the impact of losing her mum in her early 20s and how she has learnt to live with grief, as...

This episode is brought to you by Shopify. If you’re ready to launch your business before Black Friday, go to shopify.com to start your free trial.   Jessica Biel is back on the big screen for the first time in nine years with Matchbox: The Movie, and she’s sitting down with Josh for a chat covering everything from John Cena’s secret piano skills to the wildest 40th birthday parties...

James Nelson-Joyce has gone from working part-time jobs in bars and restaurants to BAFTA nominations and now, apparently, 6/1 odds to be the next James Bond. He's sitting down with Josh for a chat packed with Scouse charm and moving stories. James talks to Josh about the iconic moment he met Stephen Graham in Nando’s, and how Stephen has become a "big brother" to him ever since; the classism he fa...

Tom Hopper is back on our screens in season two of The Terminal List, and he's joining Josh for a chat packed with Black Hawk helicopters, Navy SEAL friendships and some seriously good marriage advice. Tom opens up about the body dysmorphia he quietly dealt with throughout his teens, modelling himself on 80s and 90s action stars, and how that insecurity still shows up for him today. Josh and Tom d...

Chris Olsen has built an empire on TikTok with fourteen million followers, his own coffee brand and a bestselling memoir, and he's sitting down with Josh for a chat that goes way deeper than the algorithm usually allows. Chris talks to Josh about his recent breakup, his close friendship with Meghan Trainor and some of the most formative conversations of his life that he had with his mum whilst she...

Fiona Shaw is an icon of stage and screen, after roles in Killing Eve, Bad Sisters, Harry Potter and now as she stars in Sense and Sensibility she joins Josh for a chat that proves she's still got the same mischief that once landed her on the front page of the Irish Times, much to her father's horror.  She and Josh dig into her scene-stealing turn as Mrs. Jennings in the new Sense and Sensibi...

From Downton Abbey to a leading lady of Mobland season two, Joanne Froggatt sits down with Josh for a proper catch-up five years in the making. Joanne tells Josh how she feels about the rumours about Tom Hardy’s on-set behaviour that have been following the cast of Mobland around, and the chat she had with him that put her completely at ease when she needed it most.  Josh reminds Joanne of th...

Miku Martineau is living out our dream life leading Netflix's new love triangle drama ‘Crew Girl’ and it’s the show we are all going to be chatting about!  In this chat with Josh, Miku opens up about growing up as a Japanese Canadian in a predominantly white neighbourhood, feeling like an outlier at school, and how the things that once made her stand out are now the things she wears as a badg...

Eleven Grammys. Six decades. And a life that has taken in the Black Panther Party, a brief consideration of the convent, and a farm in rural Georgia with her own well water. Chaka Khan has GREAT CHAT!  Chaka takes us back to the beginnings of her iconic journey, opening up about running away from home at 16, singing in Chicago clubs for twenty dollars a night and her time with the Black Panth...

He is the man behind one of the most talked about lines on TV this year. But there is a lot more to Tom Glynn-Carney than playing Aegon Targaryen in ‘House of The Dragon’.  In this chat with Josh, Tom breaks down THAT season three finale moment and shares so many stories from filming the show. He also reflects on being cast in ‘Dunkirk’ with no film experience whatsoever and the note Christop...

The group chat is open and things are about to go off. In this special, Josh revisits some of the group chat moments that have really got you talking, and answers your questions too… there is no holding back. Theo James reveals his deeply embarrassing MSN Messenger name, the last time he had his heart broken, and what people consistently get wrong about him. Dame Elaine Paige tells us exactly what...

Six months in and the great chats are still coming. To mark the milestone, Josh is revisiting some of the episodes that have meant the most to him and got the most of you talking. In this special, we kick things off with Jason Isaacs, who came in saying he doesn't usually go in depth on things and then absolutely went in depth on things. Then there is Charithra Chandran, whose honesty about race,...

From his breakout role as the unforgettable Marc St. James in Ugly Betty, to starring alongside Harrison Ford in Shrinking, Michael Urie has spent the last two decades building an acclaimed career across TV, film and Broadway. Fresh from his run in London's West End in Oh, Mary! Michael is Josh's guest on this week's episode of Josh Smith's Great Chat Show. In this chat with Josh, Michael looks ba...

As Netflix's Heartstopper comes to an end, after three seasons and now a movie, Josh revisits two of the greatest chats he has ever had on the podcast, with Kit Connor and Joe Locke, the lead actors at the heart of it all. Kit opens up about the phone call that changed everything, what it was like to film alongside Olivia Colman, and why he will never forget the fan who used his coming out scene t...

Gemma Chan has been acting for 20 years, and right now she is having the year of her life. In this chat with Josh, Gemma talks about her karaoke night out with Jennifer Garner on the set of Five Star Weekend, and why the central theme of sisterhood hits close to home. She talks candidly about always putting a brave face on things, why asking for help doesn't come naturally, and the impact Crazy Ri...

She was a total nerd growing up, reading books about warrior cats and playing her DS. Now she's playing one of the most iconic characters in pop culture history. Lexi Minetree was handpicked by Reese Witherspoon from over 3,000 auditions to play Elle Woods in the new Legally Blonde series, and she has not looked back. In this chat with Josh, Lexi opens up about the acting teacher who told her she...

For 30 years Katie Price has been one of the most talked about women in Britain, and rarely the one telling her own story. With a brand new tell-all documentary, she's finally taking back control of the narrative. In this chat with Josh, Katie gets honest about her relationship with Lee Andrews, and why for the first time she says she wants a man rather than needs one. She opens up about the break...

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 lo...

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 a...

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, a...

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 sa...

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 li...

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...

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 th...

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 adv...