The Two Shot Podcast

Season's greetings TSP listeners. Lovely of you to join us at this time of the year. Hope you're all feeling suitably festive. It's a little bit of a break from the norm this week as we take a look back at your favourite bits from the first 23 episodes of the podcast. Thanks to everyone who took the time to get in touch and suggest an clip, it's really special that we can make an episode just for...

Season's greetings TSP listeners. Lovely of you to join us at this time of the year. Hope you're all feeling suitably festive. It's a little bit of a break from the norm this week as we take a look back at your favourite bits from the first 23 episodes of the podcast. Thanks to everyone who took the time to get in touch and suggest an clip, it's really special that we can make an episode just for...

Hello Two Shot Pod listeners. Thanks for downloading. You are all absolute champs. This week on the podcast we have a lovely chat and a (Yorkshire strength) brew with Rebecca Callard. Rebecca is an actress. You may have seen her on the telly back in the day when she was in The Borrowers, The Grand and Sunburn or more recently in the acclaimed BBC4 comedy The Detectorists. But... this being the Two...

Alright alright alright. How's it going? It's episode 22 time and it's a chat with Andy Sheridan! We visited Andy in Manchester where he was acting in the play People, Places and Things alongside previous TSP guest Michael Balogun. Craig first worked with Andy in the feature film Control - That was ten years ago. When Andy wasn't acting and being a father he never stopped learning and feeding his...

We cannot believe that it's episode 20! Flown by right? Well, we thought we'd mark the occasion by getting the magnetic DANNY MAYS in for a pot of tea and good old chin wag! We're so glad we did cos this is a very special episode with one of the UK's finest (not to mention, funniest) actors. You'll know Dan from all sorts ranging from his BAFTA nominated turn as Danny Waldron in series 3 of Line O...

Good morning, afternoon or evening, and a very warm welcome to Episode 19 of The Two Shot Podcast. This week it's back down south and straight into Soho to grab the teapot and settle down with THOMAS COOMBES. It was another one of those episodes where Craig & Producer Griff had never met Thomas but are now very pleased they have. It's another great natter covering all sorts of things including, a...

How the devil are you this Thursday? Just going back through the archives of TSP and this week we thought we’d bring you a classic episode with the incredible human that is AMANDA ABBINGTON. It’s a beautiful natter with Amanda that we recorded last year in soho, London in a favourite tea shop on Greek Street, Maison Betaux. We talk about her early years, cruelty at school and strength in life, rai...

Happy Thursday! Before we get down to it PLEASE READ THIS... We want to say a HUGE thanks... To you! Yes! YOU! Our dear listeners. Two bits of cracking news this week. We were on a list in The Observer (decent paper for those outside these isles). The Two Shot Podcast was in the top 10 most talked about podcasts of 2017! The next day we topped the iTunes Charts of Tv & Film straight in at NUMBER 1...

Hiyer. How're you keeping? Thanks very much for downloading and listening to this, the sixteenth installment of the Two Shot Podcast. What a spectacularly good episode we've got in store for you this week. Craig and Producer Griffin met up with Tony Pitts down in Soho just after catching a screening of Tony's new film ('Funny Cow', got Maxine Peake in it, very good).  Tony has been loads of ace st...

Well, you know what they say; time flies. It's Episode 15?? Yep. That's right, and this week we get the kettle on with the very lovely Tamzin Outhwaite. Craig & Producer Griff travelled to London to meet up with Tamzin and she welcomed them into her home. Once the cables were plugged, mics checked and tea brewed, it was down to business. We were thrilled to have her on. You'll know Tamzin from UK...

Eyup, eyup. How're you keeping? Thanks for joining us for this, the 14th episode of the Two Shot Podcast. This week we were kindly invited into the home of the actor Joe Sims. We sat down and had a brew (Clipper liquorice or summert) and some delicious cannoli and had a right good chat. Joe is a Bristolian and proud. His love for the people of his home town (and people in general) shine through in...

Alright. How's it going? Thanks for downloading episode 13 of the Two Shot Podcast. This week Craig and Producer Griff took a trip to Derby to have a chin-wag with Lauren Socha. You might know her from her roles alongside our host Craig in Misfits, or from her great performace in The Unloved.   In this chat, Lauren is brutally candid and incredibly open. She reveals her own insecurities and regret...

Happy Thursday to each and everyone one of you! Thanks so much for joining us for episode 12 of the Two Shot Podcast. This week we're very happy to share a chat with an actor still very much in love in acting; ANDY NYMAN. Craig & Producer Griff travelled to London to spend some time with Andy and have a brew and a natter. I think you're gonna like this one. It's a very positive chat with Andy. His...

Here we are again. Thanks for coming on board! Episode 11 is here and this week, Craig & Producer Griff travel to London meet up with the mighty SANJEEV BHASKAR. We talk, drink tea and eat some very delicious cake provided to is by Sanjeev's lovely wife MEERA SYAL (massive shout to Meera, that was some banana bread!) You'll know Sanjeev from his groundbreaking work in Goodness Gracious Me, The Kum...

This week we're celebrating some of the talented, past TSP guests who've been recognised at this year's BAFTAs. This episode with Joseph Gilgun first aired September 14th 2017. Alright. How’s it going? Thanks loads for downloading and listening.  Here we at our tenth episode. La Decima! We’ve got something special for you this week...  it’s a Two Shot Podcast chat with the one and only Joseph Gilg...

How the devil are you? Good week? We hope you're well and looking forward to EPISODE 9 of The Two Shot Podcast. We're thrilled that we can bring you a conversation with the one and only Thoms Turgoose!  Craig & Producer Griff were all set to jump in the motor with the mics to meet Tommo in his home town of Grimsby but, an actors schedule is never set in stone and all three of us managed to meet fo...

Good morning/Good afternoon/Good Evening. The warmest greetings to you, wherever you may be and whatever you may be doing. It's Thursday and it's EPISODE 8 of THE Two Shot Podcast. Two months down already and this week Craig & Producer Griff travel to London to meet the very funny and chatty (always helps!) MAYA SONDHI!  You may know Maya from her fabulous work in Line Of Duty or Citizen Khan or p...

Here we are again. It's episode seven of the two shot podcast! Our guest this week is the actor, stand-up comedian and raconteur MICHAEL SMILEY. Craig & Producer Griff met with Smiley in London and after a not so successful coffee order for Smiley (don't ask!) we popped the kettle on, had our selves a brew (very successful!), sat down and dived in. You'll know Michael from playing the part of 'Tyr...

Happy Thursday! Hope you're all well. Here we go again. It's episode six! I say "here we go again" but this weeks guest is surprisingly different. Different in that usually, we tell you who it is and a little bit about them. Can't do that this week. Our guest wants to remain unnamed and this is something we respect on the Two Shot Podcast. For those of you who don't know (and why would you?) we gi...

Greetings Two Shot Pod listeners. It's that time of the week again and this time it's the turn of the magnificent Kate Ashfield. Craig and producer Griff took a trip to the Big Smoke and visited Kate in her super-cool East London flat. They talked drama groups, risk-taking, balancing writing and acting, and Gary Oldman's school reports. It's a fabulous chat. You'll know Kate from her brilliant por...

Episode 4. EPISODE 4! ALREADY! That's right. We're a month in and it's flying by. This week Craig & producer Griff travelled to Oldham to pop the kettle on with professional northerner WILLIAM ASH!! Once the tea was brewed we got right down to business. We talk about loads with Will; from football to broken legs to ending up in the "Children's Ward". You'll quickly learn that Will has both feet fi...

Here we are again! It's EPISODE 2 of THE TWO SHOT PODACAST. After a triumphant opener last week with Nottingham's First Lady, Vicky McClure, this week Craig & producer Griff travel from East Midlands to the great city of Manchester to get the kettle on with the deliciously eloquent and brutally honest NEIL MORRISSEY. Depending on your age you may know Neil's work from Boon, Bob the Builder and Men...

Here it is! The first episode of the Two Shot Podcast: a podcast about actors and acting. Our host Craig Parkinson and producer Griff went down to sunny Nottingham to have a brew and a chat with the actor Vicky McClure. Vicky was honest and frank about her early years as an actor in her local drama workshop and getting her breakthrough roles, and she talked openly about her route to becoming an ac...

Here's a little taste of what we've got coming up for you in the first six episodes of the Two Shot Podcast. Our host Craig Parkinson (Line of Duty, Misfits, Four Lions) sits down with our brilliant guests and has a good old chat about acting and how they came to be actors. Excerpts from Vicky McClure, Will Ash, Neil Morrissey, Susan Lynch, Kate Ashfield. Subscibe to this feed. The first episode w...