James O Brien Meets Brian

From the world of variety to the West End stage,

This episode was recorded in the autumn of 2022. From a childhood in Dundee marked by loss, poverty and resilience, ...

For thirty-six year,

James O

Chapters 00:00 - I'd say I'm a public historian who recently quit his job 03:48 - Becoming obsessed with making utopian ideas a ...

Rob Brydon has done pretty much everything you can. From radio DJ & Voice over artists, hosting one of the UKs most loved ...

00:00 – It's weird having hero's 02:32 – I'm definitely not here to promote anything… 04:37 – It was either football or cricket 08:24 ...

Before he became one of the world's best-known chefs, Jamie

It is 18 years since

When he was 25 years old,

U.S. Senator and former presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders is the longest-serving independent member of Congress in ...

When Joe Pasquale was just seven years old, his mum was involved in a car accident that left her with concussion and epilepsy.

At 21 years old, Gary Stevenson joined Citibank as its youngest trader. Three years later, he became the bank's most profitable ...

This is a catch-up version of

01:27 The Influence of Television and Education 04:05 Growing Up in Swansea and Finding a Voice 06:14 From Drawing to ...

This episode was recorded in the summer of 2022. From a childhood in Oxford shaped by unconditional love, Jewish heritage and ...

Actor, activist, and unapologetic truth-teller, Jameela Jamil has lived many lives and survived every single one of them with grit, wit ...

Chapters 00:00 – I didn't know men very well 04:49 – Synaesthesia: I smell music 10:57 – Abandonment syndrome 12:54 ...

"I wasn't driven by being famous, I was driven by being successful. I wanted to be recognised by my peers, people who I ...

Chapters 00:00 – A small, North Wales, Village 05:01 – Father's nervous breakdown 11:08 – Young Jonathan – “You're a bottle of ...