1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,640 Merry Christmas. 2 00:00:01,640 --> 00:00:03,180 I'm Graham Norton. 3 00:00:03,180 --> 00:00:04,720 Welcome to my show. 4 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:12,680 CHEERING 5 00:00:22,120 --> 00:00:23,160 Hello! 6 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:25,600 Good evening. 7 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:31,000 You're all so welcome to the show. 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:32,040 Yay, we're great. 9 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,840 Hello to our virtual audience watching at home. 10 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:36,880 Hiya! 11 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:38,320 Yes, we're back in tier three. 12 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,720 It's the best one. 13 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:44,000 But, hey, it's nearly Christmas. 14 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:52,000 Time to sing those traditional songs, the One Day of Christmas, No 15 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,840 Mistletoe and Wine, and I Saw Mummy Kissing Santa Claus Because She's 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:56,320 a Filthy Super Spreader. 17 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:57,760 There is some good news, though. 18 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:58,800 Yes. 19 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:00,960 It looks like there might be a Brexit deal 20 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,000 after all. 21 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:09,320 The only sticking point now is fishing. 22 00:01:09,320 --> 00:01:11,960 There's Boris with the UK's quota for the next ten years. 23 00:01:11,960 --> 00:01:14,840 Actually, Boris does love a photo opportunity with a fish, he really 24 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:20,440 does. 25 00:01:20,440 --> 00:01:23,280 Here is manhandling a herring, kissing a cod, and almost groping a 26 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:24,760 sturgeon. 27 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,400 APPLAUSE 28 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:35,360 All right, who is on the show tonight? 29 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:40,080 With me here in the studio, it's the star of the Crown and 30 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,200 Mission Impossible, Vanessa Kirby is here! 31 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,080 She is the co-creator and star of This Country, it's Daisy May 32 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,120 Cooper! 33 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,000 They are two of our greatest actors, back together for a new 34 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,920 series on the lockdown stage, it's Michael Sheen! 35 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:53,960 And David Tennant! 36 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:56,120 Shortly, we'll be joined by Hollywood great George Clooney. 37 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:57,160 CHEERING 38 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:58,200 I know. 39 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:00,280 And Oscar winner Viola Davis will be here. 40 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:03,560 Plus we'll have music right here in the studio from 41 00:02:03,560 --> 00:02:04,760 Michael Ball and Alfie Boe! 42 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:05,800 It must be Christmas. 43 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,480 It's Christmas. 44 00:02:08,480 --> 00:02:10,400 Can I just say, well done on everyone 45 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:12,320 getting the Christmas memo. 46 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:17,920 It's very... 47 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:25,320 I mean, think you got the memo twice, Daisy. 48 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:26,360 Oh, God. 49 00:02:26,360 --> 00:02:28,040 No, you look very Christmassy, it's nice. 50 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:29,440 And do you know what? 51 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,240 I managed to pack the Christmas stuff, but I've got two left 52 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:34,000 boots. 53 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,160 So I've had to wedge my foot into it. 54 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,240 Do you have two pairs? 55 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:42,240 Do you have two pairs of the same boot? 56 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:48,880 Yeah, I've got two pairs the same. 57 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,760 But as you can tell, the laces, they're completely different. 58 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,680 It's either that, or just really bad shoplifting. 59 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:55,720 Or they'll all left. 60 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:57,640 What's nice is, David and Michael, you have 61 00:02:57,640 --> 00:02:58,680 been working together in 62 00:02:58,680 --> 00:02:59,720 lockdown. 63 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,360 Is this your first time seeing each other in the flesh? 64 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,520 Well, we have, since we were on this show, 65 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:05,720 promoting Good Omens, a year 66 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:07,720 and a half ago... 67 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:10,120 When we were allowed to sit close to each other. 68 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:11,840 Yeah. 69 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,680 This is only the second time we have physically seen each other 70 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:15,760 since then. 71 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,160 And yet, I have stared at this face almost daily. 72 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:20,560 I have seen more of him than my own family. 73 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,760 And lockdown, I mean, it's been so strange. 74 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:26,160 I know in your flat, Vanessa, someone's been doing DIY. 75 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,440 This isn't you doing DIY. 76 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:31,600 No, this is my brother. 77 00:03:31,600 --> 00:03:34,480 It kinds of sums up how good our family are at DIY. 78 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:36,840 Before I show you his DIY, how old is your 79 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:37,880 brother? 80 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:38,920 He's 34. 81 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:39,960 OK. 82 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:44,680 That sheds a new light on it. 83 00:03:44,680 --> 00:03:47,320 His girlfriend asked him to put up, like, a towel rail 84 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,360 thing. 85 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,040 I don't even know what it's called. 86 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,240 I doubt he does either. 87 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:52,920 I think it's just a towel rail. 88 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:54,120 It has like a hook. 89 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,160 Coat hooks. 90 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:56,020 OK. 91 00:03:56,020 --> 00:03:57,880 There are just so many things he got wrong 92 00:03:58,180 --> 00:03:59,260 in this. 93 00:03:59,560 --> 00:04:01,720 This is the coat hook thing he put up. 94 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,280 How? 95 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:07,720 I mean, wrong wood, too high... 96 00:04:07,720 --> 00:04:08,760 I know. 97 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,160 I mean, you either can't open that door, or you 98 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,840 can't shut it, one or the other. 99 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,760 And he used a drill, which was worrying 100 00:04:14,760 --> 00:04:15,800 as well. 101 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,200 Yeah, I don't think that man should have a drill. 102 00:04:18,200 --> 00:04:19,240 I can't... 103 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:21,640 I still can't work out which way it should go. 104 00:04:21,640 --> 00:04:24,720 Well, not that way. 105 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:30,600 I like the fact that he did that and then still went ahead and drilled 106 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:35,240 it, like he didn't go, "That can't be right." 107 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:37,840 He thought, "That looks about right." 108 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:40,040 No, I think he was quite confident. 109 00:04:40,040 --> 00:04:42,920 Plus, it's not really in the centre either, is it? 110 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:45,440 I think that's the least of your worries. 111 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:48,240 It's the least of your worries. 112 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,320 Does everyone come home and just throw their hat at it like James 113 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:53,000 Bond, like Sean Connery as James Bond? 114 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:55,800 Just catch them like hoopla? 115 00:04:55,800 --> 00:04:57,960 Listen, we start out with series two of Staged. 116 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:00,080 It stars Michael Sheen and David Tennant as Michael 117 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:01,160 Sheen and David Tennant. 118 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,560 It begins on the 4th of January on BBC One. 119 00:05:03,560 --> 00:05:06,920 So if people didn't see the first series, what is kind of the premise? 120 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,280 And how has it changed and developed in season two? 121 00:05:09,280 --> 00:05:10,360 Go. 122 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,280 Well, season one was the idea that lockdown 123 00:05:12,280 --> 00:05:15,400 happened and we were supposed to be rehearsing a play together, so we 124 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:17,560 decided to try and keep doing it, over Zoom. 125 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,440 And then it was basically just an excuse for us kind of 126 00:05:20,440 --> 00:05:23,880 moaning at each other. 127 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:28,320 The premise for both series is two actors being 128 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:29,360 crap at home. 129 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:30,560 That is essentially the premise. 130 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:31,600 Yes. 131 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,760 And the second season, do you leave your houses? 132 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:34,800 Well... 133 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,960 Well, that would be giving stuff away, wouldn't it? 134 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:40,880 I think the first series, I think it reflected that 135 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:44,240 time when you were literally locked in and you couldn't leave and you at 136 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:45,280 least knew the rules. 137 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:47,680 The second series exists in a world that we are 138 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:49,160 all in. 139 00:05:49,160 --> 00:05:52,280 We are going, yesterday I could do that but today I'm not allowed, 140 00:05:52,280 --> 00:06:00,240 or I'm allowed if I go with my Gran, I'm not sure. 141 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,000 I can go out but I have to be back at six o'clock. 142 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:05,920 It's very much reflecting that confusion that I 143 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:08,320 think we are all in, but we are still mostly 144 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:09,360 staring at each other. 145 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,280 We're constantly on the verge of going somewhere. 146 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:12,720 But maybe never quite getting there. 147 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:13,920 Listen, we've got a clip. 148 00:06:13,920 --> 00:06:14,960 This is Michael. 149 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:16,000 Michael has a plan. 150 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,680 Has this never happened to you before? 151 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:18,720 Once. 152 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:19,760 You got recast? 153 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:20,800 I did. 154 00:06:20,800 --> 00:06:21,840 Why? 155 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:22,880 Don't want to say. 156 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:23,920 But you know. 157 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,960 I know. 158 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:26,000 Go on. 159 00:06:26,000 --> 00:06:27,040 No, no. 160 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:28,080 Why not? 161 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:29,760 Because I am doing something about it. 162 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:30,800 What? 163 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:32,000 Can you keep a secret? 164 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,600 Evidently. 165 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:40,760 I am befriending him slowly and methodically, 166 00:06:40,760 --> 00:06:47,760 engineering ways for us to work together, insinuating my way into 167 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,400 his life, the better to exact my slow and decisive revenge. 168 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:52,760 Very good! 169 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:54,440 That makes it look rather dramatic. 170 00:06:54,440 --> 00:06:58,680 It does. 171 00:06:58,680 --> 00:07:00,600 And there's a confusion because your real partners 172 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:01,640 are also in it. 173 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:02,680 Yes. 174 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:03,720 They are. 175 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:04,760 Which is great. 176 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:06,680 But when lockdown started, there wasn't anybody else. 177 00:07:06,680 --> 00:07:07,720 There was no choice. 178 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:08,760 Charming! 179 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:09,800 Yes, darling. 180 00:07:09,800 --> 00:07:16,040 You can be in it. 181 00:07:16,040 --> 00:07:18,200 No, I was thrilled, because Georgia and I have 182 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:20,800 been trying to work together for ages, and suddenly nobody could 183 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:21,880 argue. 184 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:23,320 It was like, well, we're here. 185 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:26,200 One of David and Georgia's 20 children appeared at one point in 186 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:27,200 season one. 187 00:07:27,200 --> 00:07:28,280 In silhouette only, yeah. 188 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:29,280 By mistake. 189 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:30,760 But we just kept it in. 190 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:32,680 Because the other thing is in the show, 191 00:07:32,680 --> 00:07:34,080 you only ever see me in 192 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:35,160 one place. 193 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:36,200 I'm in my kitchen. 194 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,520 In that clip, that's all you ever see. 195 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:41,680 David is in a different place every single shot 196 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:42,880 almost because there are so 197 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:48,160 many children in his house, he has to keep moving around the house. 198 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:49,840 Yes, pure expediency, but of course people 199 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:55,160 think it's a choice. 200 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:57,560 Oh, I love what you did - you're always moving, 201 00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:58,600 Michael's always steady. 202 00:07:58,600 --> 00:07:59,640 Interesting. 203 00:07:59,640 --> 00:08:00,680 No, it's just... 204 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,120 It's the only choice we had. 205 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,520 So the tribe is harder to work around than the 206 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:05,560 new... 207 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:06,600 Well, not quite newborn. 208 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:07,640 How old now? 209 00:08:07,640 --> 00:08:08,680 She's 15 months now. 210 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:09,720 Oh, wow. 211 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:10,920 She'll have a line soon. 212 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:11,960 Exactly. 213 00:08:11,960 --> 00:08:13,880 I mean, we really wouldn't be able to... 214 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:20,280 If we filmed any more, she now runs, she propels herself through the 215 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:22,640 house, there's no stopping her, she's a force of nature. 216 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:23,720 Yeah. 217 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:25,640 But there are scenes that Georgia and I 218 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:27,560 do together which would always have to be, 219 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,000 which we just do ourselves in 220 00:08:29,000 --> 00:08:31,160 the house, and that, that would be very tricky 221 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:34,280 because you could get the baby down for a nap, you get one 222 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,160 on an iPad, one on a film, one on a colouring book. 223 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:39,320 You'd have about 20 minutes to sort of... 224 00:08:39,320 --> 00:08:41,480 There's always one you're not sure where they are, 225 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:42,720 isn't there? 226 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:44,160 If it's only one, that's fine. 227 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,440 That's fine. 228 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:49,600 Just send Myrtle out to find her and come 229 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:50,640 back. 230 00:08:50,640 --> 00:08:52,800 Do you count them up to bed at night? 231 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:57,680 Like Fagin in Oliver? 232 00:08:57,680 --> 00:08:59,840 Watch them go out and watch them come back 233 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:00,880 in. 234 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:03,520 Now, in lockdown, we've all had challenges, and Daisy May Cooper, 235 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:04,560 you love a challenge. 236 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:05,600 You love a challenge. 237 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:06,640 Well... 238 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:07,680 So you saw this... 239 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:10,320 Was it on Instagram or Facebook you saw this challenge here? 240 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,240 Yes, I found that on Instagram, and I 241 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:13,920 thought, I've got to take that on. 242 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,280 And I'll just say, Daisy May Cooper, she did pass that test, and then 243 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,520 some. 244 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:25,320 But now the other pictures we have, did people send them to you? 245 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,680 So, it just kind of went mental and I think people were just really, 246 00:09:28,680 --> 00:09:29,720 really bored. 247 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:30,760 And it got... 248 00:09:30,760 --> 00:09:33,560 I mean, I don't know what you've got to show, 249 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:37,280 but my favourite one was a woman sent me a picture of an entire car 250 00:09:37,280 --> 00:09:38,560 parcel shelf under her tits. 251 00:09:38,560 --> 00:09:39,960 It's just insane. 252 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,280 I mean, how strong are they? 253 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:44,840 We've got a nice lady here. 254 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:50,440 She's got the entire Godfather collection. 255 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,000 And then this woman... 256 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:54,920 I mean, this woman can fly Ryanair anytime. 257 00:09:54,920 --> 00:10:01,400 Look at that. 258 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:02,440 God! 259 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:03,480 That's impressive, isn't it? 260 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:06,960 Oh, yeah. 261 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,360 That's a rack. 262 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:10,400 LAUGHTER 263 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:13,560 Hey! 264 00:10:13,560 --> 00:10:14,600 APPLAUSE 265 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:15,640 Oh, you've been 266 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:16,680 working in lockdown. 267 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:17,800 Very good. 268 00:10:17,800 --> 00:10:18,760 Very good indeed. 269 00:10:18,760 --> 00:10:20,200 Let's meet our first guest tonight. 270 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,640 He's a double Oscar-winning actor, director 271 00:10:21,640 --> 00:10:23,560 and producer, all of it, Hollywood legend, it's 272 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:25,000 only George Clooney, ladies and gentlemen! 273 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:27,320 CHEERING 274 00:10:27,320 --> 00:10:31,320 Yay! 275 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,480 Graham, nobody said that it was special sweater night. 276 00:10:33,480 --> 00:10:34,520 Clearly. 277 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:35,560 Clearly, they didn't. 278 00:10:35,560 --> 00:10:39,520 Why don't I just wear these flowers? 279 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:42,400 LAUGHTER 280 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:43,600 You've got a roaring fire. 281 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:44,800 It looks nice and Christmassy. 282 00:10:44,800 --> 00:10:45,840 It does. 283 00:10:45,840 --> 00:10:46,880 Watching the clip... 284 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:51,640 I've got flowers all over me. 285 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,160 Watching the clip... 286 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:55,200 Comedy's terrible. 287 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:57,600 Watching the clip, Michael, it looks like I'm in your 288 00:10:57,600 --> 00:10:58,640 kitchen. 289 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,760 That's what I just said to David, why is George Clooney in my 290 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:02,800 kitchen? 291 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:03,840 Yeah! 292 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:09,000 By the way, your wife says hello! 293 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:10,360 LAUGHTER 294 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:11,400 By the way, 295 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:12,600 can I just say this? 296 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:14,760 This is a very illustrious group you're there with. 297 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:19,880 David and Michael, by the way, it's too much 298 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:22,760 talent in one room, for you two to be doing a show 299 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:23,800 together is ridiculous. 300 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:28,040 Is my wife telling you to say that? 301 00:11:28,040 --> 00:11:30,160 Hang on a minute, let me ask her. 302 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:33,920 And, Vanessa, my wife and I, but my wife 303 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,360 in particular, yes, you've had this 304 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,720 extraordinary career, but the 305 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:39,880 Crown is literally her... 306 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,120 We both are fascinated by it, and you in 307 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,160 that are spectacular, spectacular, and I'm 308 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:46,280 just excited to see what the 309 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:54,240 rest of your career is going to be because you're just an extraordinary 310 00:11:55,680 --> 00:11:58,320 actress, and, Daisy, I just saw David Copperfield and it was 311 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,000 fantastic. 312 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,360 I haven't seen your show yet, but now that I'm aware of it, I 313 00:12:03,360 --> 00:12:04,800 will definitely see it. 314 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,200 Oh, my goodness! 315 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:12,880 That's a lot of talent in that room. 316 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:20,840 That was worth showing up for, right? 317 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:31,680 George Clooney, you're here to tell us 318 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:32,880 about your latest film, The 319 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:33,920 Midnight Sky. 320 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,080 It's out on Netflix from Wednesday, the 23rd of 321 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:37,120 December. 322 00:12:37,120 --> 00:12:38,320 And this is your baby. 323 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,440 You've produced it, directed it, you're in it. 324 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,000 So tell us about the story. 325 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:46,440 It's based on a book, right? 326 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:47,640 It's based on a book. 327 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:48,680 Let me see. 328 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:50,360 How can I get to it quickly? 329 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:51,560 Everyone dies in the end. 330 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:52,600 How's that? 331 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:53,640 LAUGHTER 332 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:54,680 Oh... 333 00:12:54,680 --> 00:12:57,560 I was going to say something, but no, I mustn't spoil it. 334 00:12:57,560 --> 00:12:59,240 It's basically the idea of what mankind 335 00:12:59,240 --> 00:13:01,640 is capable of doing to itself if we don't pay 336 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:02,680 attention, quite honestly. 337 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:05,320 It's as film about regret and redemption and, in some ways, 338 00:13:05,320 --> 00:13:07,000 about whether or not this whole struggle 339 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:10,360 is worth it, and I think the argument is it is, but we're not 340 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:18,240 going to get out of it alive, but we might get out of it intact. 341 00:13:18,240 --> 00:13:19,920 It's sort of set in two places. 342 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,560 Part of it is in space and part of it is 343 00:13:22,560 --> 00:13:24,240 kind of the ends of the earth. 344 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:25,280 Yes. 345 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:26,960 I'm the ends of the earth part. 346 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,640 And we're about to see a clip. 347 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,360 This is you and this is your character, 348 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:36,400 Augustine, making contact with the spaceship for the first time. 349 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:40,640 This is Lake Haven weather station. 350 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,800 Lake Haven, I can't tell you how happy I 351 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:44,000 am to hear your voice. 352 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,920 For some reason, you're the only person who 353 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:47,120 wants to talk to me. 354 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:48,800 We've lost contact with NASA and everyone 355 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:53,400 else. 356 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:59,040 Do you have information on our transmission blackout? 357 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,200 Lake Haven, are you there? 358 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:04,600 How much do you know about the conditions on Earth? 359 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:05,640 We have received nothing. 360 00:14:05,640 --> 00:14:06,680 I'm sorry, Lake Haven. 361 00:14:06,680 --> 00:14:12,560 I missed that last transmission. 362 00:14:12,560 --> 00:14:15,680 Is that mission control? 363 00:14:15,680 --> 00:14:17,120 Late Haven, are you receiving this? 364 00:14:17,120 --> 00:14:18,560 I don't know all the details. 365 00:14:18,560 --> 00:14:21,480 I know it was a mistake. 366 00:14:21,480 --> 00:14:22,560 APPLAUSE 367 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:26,400 Ooh. 368 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:27,280 Graham, I have your... 369 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:28,320 I have your beard. 370 00:14:28,320 --> 00:14:29,760 Yeah! 371 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,920 I like to think you've modelled it on me! 372 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:36,080 LAUGHTER 373 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:38,720 Our very own David Oyelowo and Felicity Jones are in there. 374 00:14:38,720 --> 00:14:39,800 Yeah. 375 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,920 And tell me this, as a director, when did you kind of come 376 00:14:42,920 --> 00:14:46,280 to the realisation that you might be able to play the gnarly old guy? 377 00:14:46,280 --> 00:14:47,320 LAUGHTER 378 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,400 That's funny! 379 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:50,800 I did an interview, Graham, you'll enjoy this because you're 380 00:14:50,800 --> 00:14:52,000 now the gnarly old guy. 381 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:53,040 Oh, yeah. 382 00:14:53,040 --> 00:14:54,080 Oh, yeah. 383 00:14:54,080 --> 00:15:01,000 And so, I was doing an interview the other day and they said, 384 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,880 "You used to be in all these movies like Out of Sight 385 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:04,920 and Ocean's Eleven." 386 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,360 And they go, "Is this the... 387 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:09,040 Is this what you want to now do with your career?" 388 00:15:09,040 --> 00:15:10,080 I was like, "No!" 389 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:11,120 LAUGHTER 390 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:13,520 I don't want to be the old, old gnarly guy! 391 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:15,960 It's old age, there's nothing I can do about it. 392 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:18,120 If I could go back to 1998, I would. 393 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:20,280 But the young actor playing the young Augustine, Ethan... 394 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:21,360 Is it Ethan Peck? 395 00:15:21,360 --> 00:15:22,400 Oh, there he is. 396 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:23,440 Yeah. 397 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:24,480 There he is. 398 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:28,320 That is me as a young man. 399 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:30,960 And I'm directing, and I'm casting, and so he's six foot 400 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:32,040 three, great looking. 401 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:35,240 And I'm like... 402 00:15:35,240 --> 00:15:38,360 I can't cuss on this thing, but I said, you know, "Screw it, 403 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:39,400 I'm hiring that guy!" 404 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,760 LAUGHTER 405 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:44,600 But now, we can see how accurate he is, in terms 406 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:47,240 of being you at that age, because we've got a picture 407 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,440 of you at that age. 408 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:49,640 Here you are. 409 00:15:49,640 --> 00:15:50,680 Look at you! 410 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:51,720 Oh! 411 00:15:51,720 --> 00:15:53,240 WOLF-WHISTLES 412 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:54,280 That wasn't that age! 413 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:55,320 You are a rat! 414 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:56,360 LAUGHTER 415 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:57,480 Are you... 416 00:15:57,480 --> 00:16:04,320 Are you younger there or older? 417 00:16:04,320 --> 00:16:05,760 I'm 22, look at the mullet! 418 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:07,680 You don't have that mullet when you're 30! 419 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:08,720 LAUGHTER 420 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:09,760 That's a 22-year-old mullet. 421 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:11,480 But here's the thing, here's the thing. 422 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:13,640 We can go further back, George, because your father, 423 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,080 your father recently, he revealed this 424 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:16,280 picture of you at 11. 425 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,680 Now, if anyone at home is thinking, "God, my children 426 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:21,360 are so ugly," er... 427 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,200 This is, no, this is really cheery, because this 428 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,720 11-year-old grew into George Clooney. 429 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:26,920 LAUGHTER 430 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:28,240 Yeah. 431 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:29,280 Yeah. 432 00:16:29,280 --> 00:16:30,320 APPLAUSE 433 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:31,360 Oh, my God! 434 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,240 Hope for all! 435 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:38,840 In fairness, we didn't have a lot of cash and my mom cut my hair. 436 00:16:38,840 --> 00:16:40,320 And, clearly, that's not her skill. 437 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:41,840 LAUGHTER 438 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:44,120 She was in a hurry that day! 439 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:46,040 Ray Charles could have cut my hair better! 440 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:49,280 LAUGHTER 441 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:52,920 You're 11 in that picture, George. 442 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:54,600 Were you already a prankster at 11? 443 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,160 Were you one of those kids? 444 00:16:56,160 --> 00:16:57,640 Yeah, I thought things were funny. 445 00:16:57,640 --> 00:17:00,800 I mean, I think... 446 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:03,480 Yes, I thought there were things that were funny to do, 447 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,160 got in trouble in school a lot. 448 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:07,480 I guess. 449 00:17:07,480 --> 00:17:09,880 And I hear even your kids now, they're three, they're 450 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:10,920 already being pranksters? 451 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:12,000 Yeah, I... 452 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,600 So, look, my kids are clearly my wife's children, right? 453 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,040 They are three and they speak fluent Italian. 454 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:21,200 And they're way ahead... 455 00:17:21,200 --> 00:17:23,080 My wife's a genius, they're brilliant kids. 456 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:25,000 It is my job to dumb them down. 457 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:31,240 LAUGHTER 458 00:17:31,240 --> 00:17:34,600 It's my job to put, you know, the actor in 'em a little bit. 459 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,280 And so, I teach them horrible things... 460 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:38,200 Because remember, it's only the four of us, 461 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,320 so I just want to hear the shriek from my wife and I 462 00:17:41,320 --> 00:17:42,360 know I've succeeded. 463 00:17:42,360 --> 00:17:44,240 You know what I mean? 464 00:17:44,240 --> 00:17:46,640 So, I taught them to put Nutella in their nappy, 465 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:50,480 and then go upstairs and take it off, and then pick it up and eat it. 466 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:51,520 LAUGHTER 467 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:52,560 APPLAUSE 468 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:55,000 And the sound you hear... 469 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:56,040 Who has a 15-month-old? 470 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,240 One of you guys does. 471 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:01,960 Michael. 472 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:03,000 Yeah, both of us. 473 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:04,040 Both of you do? 474 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:07,000 OK. 475 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:09,640 You guys are very elegant. 476 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:10,680 Teach 'em this move. 477 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:12,600 I promise you, it's going to be good. 478 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,640 You should do it. 479 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,800 But weirdly, Daisy May Cooper, your daughter has been... 480 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:16,840 Is she pranking you? 481 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:17,920 No. 482 00:18:17,920 --> 00:18:19,080 I think she's a psychopath. 483 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:20,120 LAUGHTER 484 00:18:20,120 --> 00:18:21,200 There's this thing. 485 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:23,480 OK, so throughout lockdown, basically what she was doing, 486 00:18:23,480 --> 00:18:25,880 and I don't know why, but she was going out 487 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:28,280 to the shed and pooing in the shed, and then... 488 00:18:28,280 --> 00:18:29,320 How old? 489 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:30,360 Nearly three. 490 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:31,400 OK. 491 00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,560 So, I mean, she knows not to do that. 492 00:18:33,560 --> 00:18:35,240 She knows what a toilet is, yeah? 493 00:18:35,240 --> 00:18:37,680 Yes. 494 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,800 So, I mean, we had, like, this sort of weird VE street party 495 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:43,440 down our street and people got, like, little cakes and stuff. 496 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:44,480 And little... 497 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:47,320 I mean, it was a bit depressing because of Covid. 498 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:50,440 My daughter had taken one of these little flags out of the cupcake 499 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,600 and put it in her poo, in the shed! 500 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:54,040 LAUGHTER 501 00:18:54,040 --> 00:18:57,520 And I was in tears. 502 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,640 I said to my husband, "I think we've sort of got a bit 503 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:02,320 of a Dennis Nilsen on our hands! 504 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:03,760 What's the next step from this?" 505 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,440 But you got her to stop, right? 506 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:10,200 Well, I had to... 507 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:15,960 Because she's obsessed with Frozen, so I had to get this Elsa to do this 508 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:18,360 video Zoom to say, "OK, so I've spoken to Olaf 509 00:19:18,360 --> 00:19:20,520 and he said that you're pooing in the shed." 510 00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:22,800 LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE 511 00:19:22,800 --> 00:19:24,080 It could be worse, George. 512 00:19:24,080 --> 00:19:25,960 It could be worse. 513 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:27,640 I feel better about myself right now. 514 00:19:27,640 --> 00:19:31,440 LAUGHTER 515 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:33,360 George Clooney, so good to see you again. 516 00:19:33,360 --> 00:19:35,720 Good luck with The Midnight Sky. 517 00:19:35,720 --> 00:19:38,120 And a very happy Christmas to you and your family. 518 00:19:38,120 --> 00:19:40,480 George Clooney, everybody! 519 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:41,520 Bye. 520 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,720 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 521 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,920 Hey! 522 00:19:46,920 --> 00:19:48,600 Let's just love George for a bit. 523 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,240 Aw! 524 00:19:50,240 --> 00:19:51,280 Yeah. 525 00:19:51,280 --> 00:19:52,720 Because George loved all of you! 526 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:53,760 Yeah. 527 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,680 Well, he didn't really know who I was. 528 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,720 LAUGHTER 529 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:57,760 He Googled you. 530 00:19:57,760 --> 00:19:58,800 He Googled me! 531 00:19:58,800 --> 00:19:59,840 He Googled you! 532 00:19:59,840 --> 00:20:01,520 If he dies tonight, his search history 533 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:02,720 will include Daisy May Cooper. 534 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,200 LAUGHTER 535 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:07,840 And he knows you now as the mother of the girl 536 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,280 who puts flags in her poo! 537 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,120 That's how he'll always remember you. 538 00:20:12,120 --> 00:20:16,880 "Is that the woman with the Christmas gifts on her head?" 539 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,640 Also, you can relish the knowledge that the next time 540 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:21,800 George Clooney does a poo, he's going to think 541 00:20:21,800 --> 00:20:24,040 about putting a flag on it. 542 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,440 It's going to cross his mind just for a moment, 543 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:27,640 and that's because of you. 544 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:30,040 LAUGHTER 545 00:20:30,040 --> 00:20:32,200 Now, let's turn to Vanessa Kirby. 546 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:33,440 Already creating Oscar buzz... 547 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,480 I know it's embarrassing, but you are. 548 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:38,680 ..with her latest movie, Pieces of a Woman. 549 00:20:38,680 --> 00:20:40,600 It's out on Netflix from January the 7th. 550 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,640 January the 7th. 551 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,800 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 552 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:45,840 Yes. 553 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:48,840 Yeah. 554 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:50,040 And it's getting amazing reviews. 555 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:51,240 And you've already won awards. 556 00:20:51,240 --> 00:20:54,120 Here you are at the Venice Film Festival, with your lovely prize. 557 00:20:54,120 --> 00:20:55,680 It is quite the prize. 558 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:56,720 It's impossible to carry. 559 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:58,640 Is that marble at the bottom of it? 560 00:20:58,640 --> 00:20:59,680 I think maybe. 561 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:00,720 Yeah. 562 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:02,400 It's like a kind of football trophy. 563 00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:03,440 Don't complain about it. 564 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:04,480 Don't complain about it. 565 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:05,520 I'm not complaining. 566 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:07,800 No, but it's quite hard to hold. 567 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:09,720 It kind of like clangs like a cowbell. 568 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:10,880 LAUGHTER 569 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:17,000 Yeah. 570 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,160 So, if people haven't heard about this film - 571 00:21:19,160 --> 00:21:22,280 and there's been a lot of press already - who do you play? 572 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,480 Tell us about the story. 573 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,120 So, I play a woman called Martha who, at the very 574 00:21:26,120 --> 00:21:28,040 beginning of the movie, there's a kind of 575 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:29,080 30-minute birth scene. 576 00:21:29,080 --> 00:21:32,680 Continuous take that we did. 577 00:21:32,680 --> 00:21:37,600 And then, she kind of goes through an unspeakable tragedy. 578 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:40,720 And then, the film is really about how we all go through such 579 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:44,120 difficult times in different stages of our lives, and how you kind of... 580 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:48,360 when your world falls apart, how you kind of manage to get 581 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:50,520 through it and pull yourself together and get, you 582 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,360 know, get through... 583 00:21:52,360 --> 00:21:55,720 Sometimes, where it feels like an eternity, how do 584 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,840 you overcome it and come out the other side, basically? 585 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,240 And it deals with grief and how different people react 586 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:02,280 differently to that grief. 587 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:03,320 Yes. 588 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:05,640 We've got a clip. 589 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,640 This is you and your mother, played by the great Ellen Burstyn, 590 00:22:08,640 --> 00:22:11,280 basically kind of butting heads about how best to move forward. 591 00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:13,400 She has to pay for her incompetence. 592 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:14,440 Is this about money? 593 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:16,720 No! 594 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,600 Is it about what people think? 595 00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:21,760 It's about you. 596 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,440 It's about you having to face this. 597 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:24,480 I am facing this! 598 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:25,520 I am facing it! 599 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,200 I am facing this! 600 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,000 Well, I don't think you are! 601 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:30,400 We need... 602 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:31,920 We need some justice here. 603 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:34,240 No, you need. 604 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,120 That is what you want, that is what you need, that is... 605 00:22:37,120 --> 00:22:39,280 That is your way, that is not my way! 606 00:22:39,280 --> 00:22:42,640 That is what you need! 607 00:22:42,640 --> 00:22:45,800 Martha, if you had done it my way, you'd be holding your baby 608 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,760 in your arms right now. 609 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,240 Huh... 610 00:22:56,920 --> 00:22:57,920 You know what? 611 00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,400 You... 612 00:22:59,400 --> 00:23:01,800 You're ashamed. 613 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:04,040 You're so ashamed of me! 614 00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,320 You're ashamed because I failed! 615 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:06,960 Ah, what a disgrace! 616 00:23:06,960 --> 00:23:08,200 Ah, what a disgrace! 617 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,600 I failed! 618 00:23:09,600 --> 00:23:11,400 APPLAUSE 619 00:23:11,400 --> 00:23:12,760 Oh, sad! 620 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:14,760 Very. 621 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,520 It is an extraordinary film. 622 00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,400 It's got scenes like that, but then it's got really such quiet... 623 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:21,440 Yeah. 624 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,480 ..beautiful moments. 625 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:23,920 That's like one of the crescendos. 626 00:23:23,920 --> 00:23:24,960 Yeah. 627 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:26,000 But the... 628 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,600 I mean, I knew what it was about before I saw it and I knew 629 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,760 that there was going to be this half-hour, one-take, 630 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:32,800 you know, labour scene. 631 00:23:32,800 --> 00:23:35,680 But it's kind of beautifully done, and it's frank, but it's not 632 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,720 impossible to watch. 633 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:39,360 I mean, how many times did you do that one take? 634 00:23:39,360 --> 00:23:40,400 The birth, yeah. 635 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,440 We did... 636 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:42,880 We did it over two days. 637 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:45,280 We did four takes the first day, two the second. 638 00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:48,160 And actually, to be honest, when they told me that they wanted 639 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,800 to do that, I thought, I was relieved because you can't... 640 00:23:50,800 --> 00:23:53,200 You know, as actors, you're always trying to be present, 641 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:57,280 in the present moment, and things come into your head 642 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:58,480 about, "Oh, this is happening." 643 00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:06,000 You know, you get taken out of the moment. 644 00:24:06,000 --> 00:24:08,600 But at least in that, you could sort of, I wouldn't 645 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:11,480 have to break it up, or go to lunch, then come back 646 00:24:11,480 --> 00:24:13,880 and pretend that I was six hours into a labour. 647 00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,080 You know what I mean? 648 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:16,120 GRAHAM LAUGHS 649 00:24:16,120 --> 00:24:18,520 Which is like, you always feel like such a phony 650 00:24:18,520 --> 00:24:19,960 when you do stuff like that. 651 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:22,600 So it was kind of, it was sort of exhilarating really, 652 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:25,240 because you got to just like do the flow of it. 653 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,440 And it was kind of like a play really. 654 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:30,520 And you've worked in theatre a lot, but you were in the very, 655 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:32,440 you know, lauded production of Streetcar Named Desire, 656 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:33,640 which won lots of awards. 657 00:24:33,640 --> 00:24:35,560 But you were working with a revolving stage, 658 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:36,600 which is no-one's friend. 659 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:37,640 Yeah, which is no... 660 00:24:37,640 --> 00:24:39,360 Especially not mine, I'm not very coordinated, 661 00:24:39,360 --> 00:24:40,760 so that was already a risk. 662 00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:41,800 Yeah. 663 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:43,960 But did you get stuck in it or something? 664 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,000 I did, I did. 665 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,080 Oh, my God! 666 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:47,640 It was one show. 667 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,480 So... 668 00:24:49,480 --> 00:24:52,120 And it was a really unfortunate moment in the play because... 669 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:53,800 So, the stage is obviously going round. 670 00:24:53,800 --> 00:24:55,480 It goes round in every scene change. 671 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:58,120 And I had a big birthday cake because my character was... 672 00:24:58,120 --> 00:24:59,560 It was Blanche's, Gillian Anderson's birthday. 673 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:06,200 And the stage was going round and I did my normal route. 674 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,360 I think they maybe changed the times or something, 675 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:09,560 or I'm just not coordinated. 676 00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:11,240 And as I stepped onto the stage... 677 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,360 I also had a fake pregnancy bump as well, which was quite heavy. 678 00:25:14,360 --> 00:25:17,000 As I stepped, my foot got stuck under the moving revolving 679 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:18,440 stage, and I thought, "Shitting hell!" 680 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:19,480 LAUGHTER 681 00:25:19,480 --> 00:25:20,600 And it was moving. 682 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,040 And as it was moving, I was, like, getting dragged. 683 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,680 I was just trying to get my foot out of it. 684 00:25:25,680 --> 00:25:28,520 And it was a good 20 seconds of me trying to, "Uh!". 685 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:29,560 And then I couldn't. 686 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:30,600 So I fell. 687 00:25:30,600 --> 00:25:33,000 As I fell back, the cake went all over me! 688 00:25:33,000 --> 00:25:34,040 LAUGHTER 689 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,080 And all over the... 690 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:36,520 And I was being dragged along. 691 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:37,560 Oh! 692 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:39,000 And I sort of went, "Help! 693 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,360 Help!" 694 00:25:42,360 --> 00:25:45,480 And I think the audience thought it was part of the play. 695 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,080 And eventually, like, no-one... 696 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,880 I was hoping the stage manager, because, you know... 697 00:25:51,880 --> 00:25:54,520 And I ended up saying, "Frankie!", who was the stage manager, 698 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:55,560 "Frankie, Frankie!" 699 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:56,600 And no-one came! 700 00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:57,640 LAUGHTER 701 00:25:57,640 --> 00:25:59,400 And eventually, I managed, somehow... 702 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,280 It was so bruised for, like, a month. 703 00:26:02,280 --> 00:26:04,200 I managed to yank it out, get up. 704 00:26:04,200 --> 00:26:05,240 Wipe the cake off. 705 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:06,680 Like, rescue a bit of it. 706 00:26:06,680 --> 00:26:08,360 Go on stage. 707 00:26:08,360 --> 00:26:10,520 And the lights were sort of semi-dimmed, and then 708 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:12,920 the lights came up, and then we just carried on. 709 00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:16,000 And all the while, I was thinking, the audience 710 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,040 are wondering, "Who's Frankie? 711 00:26:17,040 --> 00:26:18,800 Is this some kind of...? 712 00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:20,160 Is this part of the...? 713 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:24,760 What an unusual interpretation!" 714 00:26:24,760 --> 00:26:27,400 And why is no-one mentioning the cake is shit?! 715 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:28,880 LAUGHTER 716 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:30,320 And why is she a hunchback? 717 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:34,080 Because, David, you had, well, you did it yourself. 718 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,120 You were playing Romeo. 719 00:26:35,120 --> 00:26:37,160 Oh, yeah, yeah. 720 00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:45,120 I was playing in Romeo and Juliet and, one night, 721 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,720 as I went to the tomb at the end and Juliet's laying 722 00:26:49,720 --> 00:26:51,880 out in the crypt all supposedly dead, and I... 723 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:53,080 Don't spoil it for people! 724 00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:54,120 LAUGHTER 725 00:26:54,120 --> 00:26:57,480 And you have a bit of a fight with Paris just before that bit. 726 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:58,520 You know, dispatch him. 727 00:26:58,520 --> 00:26:59,720 And then you find Juliet. 728 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,640 You do a bit of a death aria. 729 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:02,680 Take some poison. 730 00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:03,880 You die, she wakes up. 731 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:04,920 You know? 732 00:27:04,920 --> 00:27:05,960 That... 733 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:07,000 That old one. 734 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,040 Yeah. 735 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:09,080 So one night... 736 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,960 And I was wearing this beautiful sort of white, all in white... 737 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:13,880 I think we've got a picture of you. 738 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:14,920 Do you? 739 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:15,960 There you are. 740 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:17,000 There I am! 741 00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:18,040 Yes. 742 00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:19,080 Oh! 743 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:20,120 Look at the youth! 744 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:21,160 Oh! 745 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:23,560 So I was off to the crypt, all in white. 746 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:24,600 Paris comes up. 747 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:25,640 Dish-dash-dosh. 748 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,080 And he just caught my finger. 749 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:28,120 Oh. 750 00:27:28,120 --> 00:27:29,560 You can still see the scar. 751 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:32,200 He just cut my finger and I thought, "Ooh, that was..." 752 00:27:32,200 --> 00:27:35,080 But at the time, you thought, "A bit nippy, but it's fine." 753 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:36,760 You know, dimmed footlights, you keep going. 754 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:39,640 So I get into the crypt, he's dead, get into the crypt. 755 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:42,280 Juliet's there, she is in a long white gown, laying out. 756 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:43,320 I get down. 757 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,240 I just take her in my arms, "Oh..." 758 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:46,920 And then I realise, this is bleeding. 759 00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:47,960 I mean, a lot. 760 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,120 There's, like, it's coming down my white suit quickly. 761 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:51,160 Going very Amityville horror! 762 00:27:51,160 --> 00:27:52,200 It's all... 763 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:54,600 And of course, it's also dripping onto Juliet as well. 764 00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:55,640 LAUGHTER 765 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:58,280 And then as the blood starts coming, I start going, "Oh, 766 00:27:58,280 --> 00:28:01,400 no, I'm going to pass out! 767 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:04,040 I'm a bit squeamish for blood anyway and I was losing 768 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:05,080 a relatively large amount! 769 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:12,800 LAUGHTER And I'm thinking, "Oh, what have I got, 20 lines left? 770 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:13,840 Can I do this? 771 00:28:13,840 --> 00:28:14,880 Am I good?" 772 00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:18,160 So I sort of quickly galloped to the end of this piece, 773 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:20,320 just about got through it, swigged the poison and 774 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:21,360 then merciful death. 775 00:28:21,360 --> 00:28:24,000 And of course, by this time, of course, Juliet's been asleep 776 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,040 through the whole thing. 777 00:28:25,040 --> 00:28:27,200 She has no idea that she's now looking like... 778 00:28:27,200 --> 00:28:28,240 Carrie. 779 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:29,280 Sissy Spacek in Carrie! 780 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:30,320 Yeah! 781 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:31,360 LAUGHTER 782 00:28:31,360 --> 00:28:32,400 And she wakes up... 783 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:34,560 I can't remember the lines, what are the lines? 784 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:36,000 "Thus with a kiss, I die." 785 00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:37,040 That's what you say. 786 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:38,240 I do that, I'm dead. 787 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:39,440 She wakes up, shits herself! 788 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:40,480 LAUGHTER 789 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:41,520 Oh! 790 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,560 APPLAUSE 791 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:45,760 Not the most romantic thing between Romeo and Juliet. 792 00:28:45,760 --> 00:28:48,160 But the schools parties in that night, they remembered it. 793 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,200 Yeah! 794 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,600 "It was really good, it was better than I thought 795 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:52,800 it was going to be!" 796 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:53,840 What an effect! 797 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:56,960 Did any bit of your mind think, I am actually going to die? 798 00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:58,000 Properly die. 799 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,400 I'm very much in character, Michael, so I'm always thinking... 800 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:01,440 Yes, of course. 801 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:02,480 Of course. 802 00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:03,520 Stupid of me, sorry. 803 00:29:03,520 --> 00:29:04,560 Yeah. 804 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:06,200 Silly, silly. 805 00:29:06,200 --> 00:29:07,240 Now, here's an odd... 806 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,680 I mean, not an odd thing. 807 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,120 Just, I did not know it. 808 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:11,800 Daisy May Cooper, you went to RADA. 809 00:29:11,800 --> 00:29:12,840 Oh, yeah. 810 00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:13,880 I did, yeah. 811 00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:14,920 So did he, don't... 812 00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:15,960 Me too. 813 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:17,000 Me too. 814 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:18,040 Did you? 815 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:19,080 Yeah. 816 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:20,120 How was your experience? 817 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:21,560 They were still talking about you. 818 00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:22,640 Oh, no! 819 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:23,800 That doesn't work, does it? 820 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:24,840 Sorry. 821 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,800 LAUGHTER 822 00:29:27,800 --> 00:29:31,920 I loved it. 823 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:33,120 I had a great time. 824 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:34,160 Yeah. 825 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:35,240 It wasn't for me. 826 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:36,400 Did you do the whole... 827 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,320 Was it two or was it three years? 828 00:29:38,320 --> 00:29:39,400 Three years, yeah. 829 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,080 And did you do the whole thing? 830 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,200 Yeah, and I hated every single second of it 831 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:44,240 because I don't... 832 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:45,280 I mean, I... 833 00:29:45,280 --> 00:29:47,920 It was like the Shakespeare and stuff, I was just terrible. 834 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:55,920 I mean, I was trying really hard to do Lady 835 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,040 Macbeth, and the director started laughing, and I 836 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,640 said, "What's wrong?" 837 00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:03,080 And he just said, "Your face." 838 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:04,120 No! 839 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:05,160 Wow. 840 00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:06,200 Yeah. 841 00:30:06,200 --> 00:30:07,880 I mean, yeah, it was an experience. 842 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:08,920 Yeah. 843 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,080 But we're all such huge fans of This Country. 844 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,760 Give This Country a round of applause. 845 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:14,440 And This Country is going to America. 846 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:15,720 Yeah, I mean... 847 00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:18,600 Apparently so, yeah. 848 00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,480 I mean, I'm getting some money for it, but I've got nothing 849 00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:29,440 to do with it particularly. 850 00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,680 And did America come to kind of woo you? 851 00:30:32,680 --> 00:30:33,720 Yeah. 852 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,200 I mean, no, it was amazing. 853 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:37,840 We had Paul Feig come over to Cirencester, to my hometown, 854 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,720 and we sat in a pub that did, like, two for one 855 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,320 meals and he said, yeah, I'd really love to direct this. 856 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:44,360 And it was bizarre. 857 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:46,120 It was absolutely mental. 858 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:50,120 And are they the same scripts? 859 00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:51,560 Where's it going to be set? 860 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:52,600 Obviously in America somewhere? 861 00:30:52,600 --> 00:30:53,800 It's set in America somewhere. 862 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:54,840 I said that. 863 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:56,520 I was hoping for some more detail. 864 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,000 Do you know what? 865 00:30:58,000 --> 00:30:59,400 I don't really know. 866 00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:04,200 It's got Stifler in it. 867 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,920 Stifler from American Pie is playing the vicar, which is a bit mad. 868 00:31:08,920 --> 00:31:10,360 But, you know, I've been paid. 869 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:13,120 It's all right. 870 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:14,560 You've got your American money now. 871 00:31:14,560 --> 00:31:19,000 Who cares? 872 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,760 Who cares? 873 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,160 OK, it's time to call LA and meet our second 874 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:27,360 remote guest of the night. 875 00:31:27,360 --> 00:31:29,280 She's the Oscar, Emmy, and double Tony star 876 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:30,760 of Doubt, How to Get Away 877 00:31:30,760 --> 00:31:31,760 with Murder, and Widows. 878 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:32,800 It's Viola Davis, everybody! 879 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:33,840 APPLAUSE 880 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,760 Yay! 881 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,080 Oh, it's so... 882 00:31:40,080 --> 00:31:42,480 I'm so sorry you're not here, but I love you, 883 00:31:42,480 --> 00:31:43,520 Viola Davis. 884 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:45,200 I'm so thrilled you're on the show. 885 00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:46,240 No, thank you. 886 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,320 I love the love. 887 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:50,360 Oh, do, do, do. 888 00:31:50,360 --> 00:31:51,560 We've been talking about lockdown. 889 00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:52,600 You went full lockdown. 890 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:56,520 You got the dog. 891 00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,880 I got the dog, Graham, and let me tell you something, before, I said, 892 00:31:59,880 --> 00:32:01,800 we're not having any dogs in this house. 893 00:32:01,800 --> 00:32:02,840 I'm not going out. 894 00:32:02,840 --> 00:32:05,000 I'm not picking up dog shit, I'm not doing 895 00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:06,040 anything. 896 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,160 But let me tell you, the minute that puppy came, I'm up at 897 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,080 three in the morning with my hazmat suit, 898 00:32:11,080 --> 00:32:13,560 picking up doggy poop. 899 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,200 This puppy, it has been an elixir to ease my anxiety. 900 00:32:16,200 --> 00:32:18,160 It's good, isn't it? 901 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:22,280 You have to worry about something else, it's great. 902 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,720 Yeah, I mean, when I'm wiping his ass, that's 903 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,320 another story. 904 00:32:28,320 --> 00:32:30,480 And I'm a very serious and passionate and committed 905 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:38,000 ass wiper. 906 00:32:38,000 --> 00:32:40,880 Now, Viola, this is the time of year when normally all of 907 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:45,800 the great films are coming out, and sure enough, they still are, 908 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,840 because Viola's film is Ma Rainey's Black 909 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:48,920 Bottom. 910 00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:50,600 It's out today on Netflix. 911 00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:54,480 So tell us, Ma Rainey is a real person. 912 00:32:54,480 --> 00:32:56,640 Tell us about her, tell us about the story. 913 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,800 Ma Rainey was considered the mother of the blues. 914 00:32:58,800 --> 00:32:59,840 That was her label. 915 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,240 And she sang around the turn of the 20th century. 916 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:05,120 She was a bisexual. 917 00:33:05,120 --> 00:33:08,240 She was a woman who had a lot of gold teeth in her 918 00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:09,280 mouth. 919 00:33:09,280 --> 00:33:11,400 She sang from her gut. 920 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,160 She probably would be considered to be 921 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:21,880 the original sort of feminist during that time 922 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,520 the original sort of feminist during that time because she literally, 923 00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,440 towards the end of her career, she bought 924 00:33:26,440 --> 00:33:28,680 a theatre, bought a house in 925 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,560 Georgia, a lot of these travelling shows came to perform in this 926 00:33:31,560 --> 00:33:38,680 theatre that she owned. 927 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,800 So she was sort of an anomaly, a woman who was before her 928 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:42,840 time, she was before 929 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:45,640 Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, all of them. 930 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:50,120 But yet she is the one who is not known. 931 00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:51,160 Let that land. 932 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,080 She has this extraordinary sense of her own 933 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:54,120 value. 934 00:33:54,120 --> 00:33:55,800 And she's not going to compromise that. 935 00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:56,840 Yeah. 936 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:01,560 I always say to people, it's not just that she 937 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,200 knew her worth, she had to remind people of her worth. 938 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,880 She wasn't hustling for it, she wasn't 939 00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:07,080 bartering with it, you know? 940 00:34:07,080 --> 00:34:09,000 She just walked in the room and said, 941 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:13,640 let me remind you who the hell I am, OK? 942 00:34:13,640 --> 00:34:17,120 Let's start from the beginning. 943 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:20,240 Which, for me, Graham, those are the black women I grew up with. 944 00:34:20,240 --> 00:34:28,200 I grew up with a black woman who would be 945 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:32,600 beating up a 200lbs man in a juke joint on Saturday 946 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:33,800 night and on Sunday they 947 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:34,840 would be at church. 948 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,480 So I grew up with those women who were bold and 949 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:40,360 when they walked into the room, everybody had to feel their presence 950 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:41,400 or else. 951 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:44,040 You just didn't know who you were in the presence of. 952 00:34:44,040 --> 00:34:46,640 So that is what I channelled a lot with Ma. 953 00:34:46,640 --> 00:34:50,960 Viola, your performance is sensational and we've got a clip. 954 00:34:50,960 --> 00:34:54,080 This is you as Ma Rainey, really reminding your manager of some of 955 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:55,120 those things. 956 00:34:55,120 --> 00:34:56,680 You've been messing with my song. 957 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,320 If you haven't got what the people want, let them take 958 00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:04,720 it somewhere else. 959 00:35:04,720 --> 00:35:11,880 I'm singing a Ma Rainey song. 960 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:14,720 I ain't singing no Levy song. 961 00:35:14,720 --> 00:35:16,840 Now, that's all there is to it. 962 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:19,480 Get my nephew on down there, introduce him to the band. 963 00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:24,120 I promised my sister I'd look out for 964 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:32,080 him, so he's going to do the voice intro to the song, my way. 965 00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:37,920 We just figured... 966 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:39,200 Who is this we? 967 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:42,920 What do you mean we? 968 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:44,600 Come here talking this sweet stuff, we? 969 00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,400 We decided... 970 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:50,400 You decided, huh? 971 00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:51,440 I'm just bumbling along. 972 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,840 I'm just going to go whichever way the river drift, 973 00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,360 is that it, you decided? 974 00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:58,280 No, we just thought... 975 00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:01,640 I got no good sense, I 976 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,760 don't got my own music, I don't know what a good song is, 977 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:07,160 and you know more about my fans than I do. 978 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,200 It's not that, Ma. 979 00:36:08,200 --> 00:36:09,880 It's more of what the people want. 980 00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,760 I tell you something, Irvin, and you can go up there and 981 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:13,960 you can tell him too. 982 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:16,120 What you all say don't count with me, you 983 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:17,160 understand? 984 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:18,360 Ma listen to her heart. 985 00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,040 Ma listen to the voice inside her. 986 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:21,240 That's what count with Ma. 987 00:36:21,240 --> 00:36:22,280 APPLAUSE 988 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:23,320 There aren't 989 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:24,760 many of us here, but we 990 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:25,960 are all clapping very loudly. 991 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,640 We must mention, Viola, the next project. 992 00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:29,080 You are playing another real person. 993 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,120 Slightly more famous. 994 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:32,520 Share with the group who you are going to be. 995 00:36:32,520 --> 00:36:33,760 Michelle Obama. 996 00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:37,120 I wish somebody had taken me aside when I thought about that and said, 997 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:38,960 Viola, let me give you... 998 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,120 Let's have a little bit of vodka and really 999 00:36:42,120 --> 00:36:44,040 think about this because people love Michelle Obama. 1000 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:45,520 They feel like they know her. 1001 00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:46,960 They feel like they own her. 1002 00:36:46,960 --> 00:36:49,080 And they don't want anything that's negative to touch 1003 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:50,160 her. 1004 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,160 Now, as an actor, you're like, where is the mess? 1005 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:54,920 Where's the complexity? 1006 00:36:54,920 --> 00:37:00,040 I don't do that with Michelle Obama. 1007 00:37:00,040 --> 00:37:03,720 Has she given you her blessing? 1008 00:37:03,720 --> 00:37:11,680 Oh, yeah, she's... 1009 00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,960 Listen, everything you think, feel, see with Michelle is all that she 1010 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:16,000 is, OK? 1011 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,840 We know that. 1012 00:37:18,840 --> 00:37:23,160 But I always say, you can talk to my husband, 1013 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,920 you can talk to my daughter, you can talk to my mom about me. 1014 00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:29,560 If someone were going to play me in a biopic, 1015 00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,200 but you would still only know 40 or 50% of me. 1016 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,080 You could not get to know some deep, dark secrets that I 1017 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,720 wouldn't even share with the people who are closest to me. 1018 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:40,120 And it's all that info that you gather as an 1019 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:41,560 actor to create another human being. 1020 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:44,440 So now I got Michelle Obama, what do I do with that? 1021 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:46,360 I mean, what do I do with that? 1022 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,040 I mean, she didn't kill her husband. 1023 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:49,240 He's still very much alive. 1024 00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:50,280 Yet, yet! 1025 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,680 But, weirdly, we have got some people here who played 1026 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:53,720 very famous real people. 1027 00:37:53,720 --> 00:37:55,400 Michael Sheen, you did Tony Blair three 1028 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:56,440 times? 1029 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:57,480 Yeah. 1030 00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:00,360 But you didn't meet him until after the third time, is that 1031 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:01,400 right? 1032 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,280 I met him just before I played him for the third time. 1033 00:38:04,280 --> 00:38:05,320 OK. 1034 00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:06,360 I thought... 1035 00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:07,800 Because normally, people I have played 1036 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,000 who are real people, I 1037 00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:12,360 have chosen not to meet if there has been the opportunity to meet them, 1038 00:38:12,360 --> 00:38:15,480 because I have sort of not wanted to, and this, I would imagine, 1039 00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:17,400 would be very tricky thing for you, Viola, 1040 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:18,440 as well. 1041 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,120 Because you feel beholden to the person. 1042 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:22,520 Like you said, the thing you're interested in is the 1043 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,680 mess, the complication, and the warts and all stuff, 1044 00:38:24,680 --> 00:38:27,800 and if you meet them, then you feel like, well, now I feel 1045 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:29,240 like I can't do that and... 1046 00:38:29,240 --> 00:38:31,160 So I waited until just before the third 1047 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,080 time, and then, just by chance, I was... 1048 00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,440 I had the opportunity to meet him at a dinner party, and so I 1049 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:39,800 went along, and he still, to this day, says that he has never seen 1050 00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:42,920 anyone who has played him, not just me, but any of the things. 1051 00:38:42,920 --> 00:38:44,360 And I'm not sure about that. 1052 00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:45,800 He's quite interested in his image. 1053 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:46,840 Yes. 1054 00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,280 And, of course, Vanessa, Princess Margaret, 1055 00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:49,720 I mean, you went deep in 1056 00:38:49,720 --> 00:38:50,760 your Princess Margaret research. 1057 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:51,960 Like, you brought her home. 1058 00:38:51,960 --> 00:38:53,880 I brought her everywhere in my home, yeah. 1059 00:38:53,880 --> 00:38:55,560 You must have driven your flatmates mad. 1060 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:57,000 Well, I was just so nervous. 1061 00:38:57,000 --> 00:38:59,160 It's so scary playing someone real, especially, you know, 1062 00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,800 someone new, who people knew generally, and I just covered my 1063 00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:04,920 house with her, to try and absorb as much of her as possible. 1064 00:39:04,920 --> 00:39:07,560 I did sort of like what Vanessa did the other night. 1065 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:09,480 I said, I'm going to be Michelle Obama 1066 00:39:09,480 --> 00:39:12,120 even at home, and I told my ten-year-old daughter, I said, 1067 00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:14,520 Genesis, you're going to be sitting with Michelle Obama tonight. 1068 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:15,960 And she goes, oh, my God! 1069 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,040 Mommy, I am? 1070 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,920 I said, yes! 1071 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,560 We're going to go into the movie theatre and we're going 1072 00:39:22,560 --> 00:39:24,000 to watch Becoming with Michelle Obama. 1073 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:25,440 She was like, oh, my God! 1074 00:39:25,440 --> 00:39:26,880 When is she going be here? 1075 00:39:26,880 --> 00:39:28,800 And I said, it's going to be me. 1076 00:39:28,800 --> 00:39:33,600 And she went, aww. 1077 00:39:33,600 --> 00:39:35,960 Listen, Viola, it's been such a pleasure meeting you at 1078 00:39:35,960 --> 00:39:39,880 last. 1079 00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:42,360 Good luck with Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. 1080 00:39:42,360 --> 00:39:44,280 Please come and see us when you can. 1081 00:39:44,280 --> 00:39:48,640 Have a lovely Christmas. 1082 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:50,720 Viola Davis, everybody! 1083 00:39:50,720 --> 00:39:51,760 CHEERING 1084 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:52,800 How nice is she? 1085 00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:54,640 Lovely. 1086 00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,560 Can I just check, though? 1087 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,200 Are you supposed to wipe a dog's arse? 1088 00:39:59,200 --> 00:40:02,120 I mean, I didn't like to say anything. 1089 00:40:02,120 --> 00:40:03,360 She's a new dog owner. 1090 00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,240 I'm pretty sure she read the wrong book. 1091 00:40:05,240 --> 00:40:13,200 OK. 1092 00:40:14,600 --> 00:40:17,520 Look, it'll shortly be red chair time, and we're back 1093 00:40:17,520 --> 00:40:20,600 with a virtual audience, so has anyone elected to be in the chair? 1094 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:21,640 I think it's me. 1095 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:22,680 Is it you? 1096 00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:23,720 Well done. 1097 00:40:23,720 --> 00:40:24,760 Thank you very much. 1098 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:25,800 It doesn't hurt. 1099 00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:26,840 Sure. 1100 00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:27,880 I don't know. 1101 00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:28,960 OK. 1102 00:40:28,960 --> 00:40:30,840 It's time for music, and it's a festive 1103 00:40:30,840 --> 00:40:31,920 treat. 1104 00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:33,840 Here performing Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, 1105 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:41,800 please welcome Michael Ball and Alfie Boe. 1106 00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:49,400 # Christmas future is far away 1107 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,760 # Christmas past is past 1108 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:54,000 # Christmas present 1109 00:40:54,000 --> 00:41:00,720 # Is here today 1110 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:08,680 # Bringing joy that will last 1111 00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:16,360 # Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas 1112 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:22,160 # Let your heart be light 1113 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,280 # From now on 1114 00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:33,240 # Our troubles will be out of sight # Have yourself a Merry Little 1115 00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:43,800 Christmas 1116 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:46,440 # Make the Yuletide gay 1117 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:51,000 # From now on 1118 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:58,600 # Our troubles will be miles away 1119 00:41:58,600 --> 00:42:01,360 # Here we are 1120 00:42:01,360 --> 00:42:04,280 # As in olden days 1121 00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:07,760 # Happy golden days 1122 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,240 # Of yore 1123 00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:13,880 # Faithful friends who are dear to us 1124 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,440 # Gather near to us 1125 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:23,000 # Once more # Through the years we all will be 1126 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:28,200 together 1127 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:36,160 # If the fates allow # Until then, we'll have 1128 00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:46,040 to muddle through somehow 1129 00:42:49,240 --> 00:42:57,200 # So have yourself a Merry Little Christmas now 1130 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:05,800 # Here we are 1131 00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:07,800 # As in olden days 1132 00:43:07,800 --> 00:43:11,920 # Happy golden days 1133 00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,360 # Of yore # Faithful friends who are dear 1134 00:43:15,360 --> 00:43:20,760 to us 1135 00:43:20,760 --> 00:43:27,760 # Gather near to us once more 1136 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,520 # Through the years 1137 00:43:30,520 --> 00:43:35,480 # We all will be together 1138 00:43:35,480 --> 00:43:40,520 # If the fates allow 1139 00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:45,280 # So hang a shining star 1140 00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:51,200 # Upon the highest bough 1141 00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:54,760 # And have yourself 1142 00:43:54,760 --> 00:44:02,720 # A Merry Little Christmas now.# 1143 00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:07,880 APPLAUSE 1144 00:44:07,880 --> 00:44:09,880 CHEERING 1145 00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:13,480 Michael Ball and Alfie Boe! 1146 00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:15,720 Well done and well done to the band, the 1147 00:44:15,720 --> 00:44:18,120 orchestra! 1148 00:44:18,120 --> 00:44:20,560 Come in, come in, sit down. 1149 00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:22,160 Oh, Michael, Alfie. 1150 00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:27,640 Well, there you go. 1151 00:44:27,640 --> 00:44:33,280 Look at that. 1152 00:44:33,280 --> 00:44:35,760 We're bubbling. 1153 00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:43,720 Is this all one bubble? 1154 00:44:49,440 --> 00:44:52,560 I just did the whole performance with my flies down, by the way, 1155 00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:54,200 I just thought I'd let you know. 1156 00:44:54,200 --> 00:44:55,920 Rudolph was about to pay a visit. 1157 00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:57,320 Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas. 1158 00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:58,400 LAUGHTER 1159 00:44:58,400 --> 00:44:59,840 You are bubbling, because you have 1160 00:44:59,840 --> 00:45:00,840 just been on stage. 1161 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:02,160 Not that stage. 1162 00:45:02,160 --> 00:45:03,200 The West End. 1163 00:45:03,200 --> 00:45:06,080 Yes, we were doing Les Mis up until Tuesday, and then we 1164 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,240 got the news that we had to close down. 1165 00:45:08,240 --> 00:45:09,280 We did ten performances. 1166 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:10,320 We were that bad. 1167 00:45:10,320 --> 00:45:12,000 I knew it wouldn't be a hit. 1168 00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:13,040 No. 1169 00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:14,080 The Government stepped in! 1170 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:15,120 It's got to stop! 1171 00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:16,320 It really sucks, it sucks. 1172 00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:17,760 We had an extraordinary opening night. 1173 00:45:17,760 --> 00:45:18,800 Kind of unique. 1174 00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:21,200 And then ten shows later, we have a closing night. 1175 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:23,360 And it was so emotional, I can't tell you. 1176 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:27,320 And who knows? 1177 00:45:27,320 --> 00:45:29,720 I mean, we're hoping we'll be back on January 9th. 1178 00:45:29,720 --> 00:45:31,400 But do you know what, who knows? 1179 00:45:31,400 --> 00:45:33,800 We should just say, that album, there it is, yes! 1180 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:34,840 Together at Christmas. 1181 00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,240 It is out and it is the number-one album, ladies 1182 00:45:37,240 --> 00:45:38,280 and gentlemen. 1183 00:45:38,280 --> 00:45:39,320 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1184 00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,480 I love the people you beat to number one. 1185 00:45:41,480 --> 00:45:47,160 Well, BTS. 1186 00:45:47,160 --> 00:45:49,280 BTS were the big one, who are, well, the 1187 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:50,960 second biggest boy band in the world! 1188 00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,000 LAUGHTER 1189 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:53,720 Yeah, I mean, it's extraordinary. 1190 00:45:53,720 --> 00:45:54,800 They have this... 1191 00:45:54,800 --> 00:45:56,960 I love the people going up to BTS kind 1192 00:45:56,960 --> 00:45:58,880 of going, "No, sorry, guys, you're number two." 1193 00:45:58,880 --> 00:46:02,120 And they're going, "Who's number one?" 1194 00:46:02,120 --> 00:46:03,800 Yeah, and then they still don't know! 1195 00:46:03,800 --> 00:46:06,200 Well, boys, thank you very much for giving us that 1196 00:46:06,200 --> 00:46:07,240 Christmas treat. 1197 00:46:07,240 --> 00:46:09,880 I'm sure the album will be number one for many, many 1198 00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:10,920 weeks. 1199 00:46:10,920 --> 00:46:11,960 Probably not in January! 1200 00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:13,000 I wouldn't be surprised! 1201 00:46:13,000 --> 00:46:14,600 I really wouldn't be surprised! 1202 00:46:14,600 --> 00:46:16,960 Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, everybody! 1203 00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:21,360 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE 1204 00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,120 Right, that is nearly it. 1205 00:46:24,120 --> 00:46:27,960 Before we go, just time for our visit to the big red chair. 1206 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:33,720 As you know, it's going to be people virtual in the chair. 1207 00:46:33,720 --> 00:46:35,160 But, David Tennant, very, very kindly... 1208 00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,200 You look perfect. 1209 00:46:36,200 --> 00:46:37,240 Thank you. 1210 00:46:37,240 --> 00:46:38,280 Perfect. 1211 00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:39,320 Thank you, I'm poised. 1212 00:46:39,320 --> 00:46:41,480 And it's nice and Christmassy back there, it's nice. 1213 00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,160 Who is telling a story for you? 1214 00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:44,200 Oh, hello! 1215 00:46:44,200 --> 00:46:45,240 Oh, now! 1216 00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:46,280 Now! 1217 00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:47,320 That's a face! 1218 00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:48,520 Hello, sir, what's your name? 1219 00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:49,720 Hi, Graham, my name's Darren. 1220 00:46:49,720 --> 00:46:51,640 Darren, we have high hopes for you, Darren. 1221 00:46:51,640 --> 00:46:52,680 This is David Tennant. 1222 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:54,560 Hi, Darren. 1223 00:46:54,560 --> 00:46:56,160 Do me proud. 1224 00:46:56,160 --> 00:46:57,200 Hi, David. 1225 00:46:57,200 --> 00:46:58,400 And where are you, Darren? 1226 00:46:58,400 --> 00:46:59,520 I'm in Queensland, Australia. 1227 00:46:59,520 --> 00:47:01,000 Excellent, very good. 1228 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:04,000 And what do you do there? 1229 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:08,040 Well, I was a sheriff, but I got a heart 1230 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,440 condition, so I'm now on disability pension at the moment. 1231 00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:12,080 Wow, already, that's a story! 1232 00:47:12,080 --> 00:47:14,360 It's already a story! 1233 00:47:14,360 --> 00:47:17,120 OK, off you go with your story, Darren. 1234 00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,000 OK, so, a few years ago, we were going to a New 1235 00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:23,840 Year's Eve party and it was eight o'clock at night and I had a bit of 1236 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:27,680 time on my hands, so I had a couple of model planes and cars that needed 1237 00:47:27,680 --> 00:47:30,520 fixing. 1238 00:47:30,520 --> 00:47:38,480 So, I decided I had a bit of time, go and do it. 1239 00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,680 So, I grabbed some superglue, went into the living 1240 00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:44,720 room, started glueing. 1241 00:47:44,720 --> 00:47:48,760 Did one or two models. 1242 00:47:48,760 --> 00:47:51,400 And then I dropped the lid of the superglue bottle under 1243 00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:52,440 the table. 1244 00:47:52,440 --> 00:47:55,320 So I figured that I could put my hand under the table. 1245 00:47:55,320 --> 00:47:57,480 So, as I was reaching for the thing, I 1246 00:47:57,480 --> 00:48:00,840 grabbed the lid after a couple of attempts and I was like, "I've got 1247 00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:01,880 the lid, woo-hoo!" 1248 00:48:01,880 --> 00:48:04,080 And anyway, I stuck my head to the table. 1249 00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:07,000 So, I glued my head to the table. 1250 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:08,040 LAUGHTER 1251 00:48:08,040 --> 00:48:10,480 Four hours at the hospital. 1252 00:48:10,480 --> 00:48:12,960 With a table? 1253 00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:16,080 The doctor came in and said, you know, "I'm Doctor such and such. 1254 00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:17,280 How can I help you?" 1255 00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:20,160 And I'm saying, I've got a coffee table stuck to my head! 1256 00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:21,200 LAUGHTER AND APPLAUSE 1257 00:48:21,200 --> 00:48:22,880 You can walk, Darren, you can walk! 1258 00:48:22,880 --> 00:48:23,920 Very good! 1259 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:25,360 Yay! 1260 00:48:25,360 --> 00:48:28,320 That really is all we've got time for. 1261 00:48:28,320 --> 00:48:31,040 If you'd like to have a go in that chair 1262 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,920 yourself and tell your story, you can contact us via our website 1263 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:35,120 at this very address. 1264 00:48:35,120 --> 00:48:37,720 Please say a huge thank you to all of my guests. 1265 00:48:37,720 --> 00:48:38,760 David Tennant! 1266 00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:39,800 CHEERING 1267 00:48:39,800 --> 00:48:40,880 Yay! 1268 00:48:40,880 --> 00:48:42,040 Michael Ball and Alfie BoE! 1269 00:48:42,040 --> 00:48:43,080 CHEERING 1270 00:48:43,080 --> 00:48:44,440 Daisy May Cooper! 1271 00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:45,480 CHEERING 1272 00:48:45,480 --> 00:48:47,000 Viola Davis! 1273 00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:48,040 CHEERING 1274 00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:49,080 Michael Sheen! 1275 00:48:49,080 --> 00:48:50,920 Yay! 1276 00:48:50,920 --> 00:48:51,960 CHEERING 1277 00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:53,520 Vanessa Kirby! 1278 00:48:53,520 --> 00:48:54,560 CHEERING 1279 00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:56,280 And George Clooney! 1280 00:48:56,280 --> 00:49:04,280 CHEERING 1281 00:49:04,280 --> 00:49:06,200 We'll be back on New Year's Eve with 1282 00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:07,240 double-Oscar nominee 1283 00:49:07,240 --> 00:49:08,280 Jessica Chastain. 1284 00:49:08,280 --> 00:49:09,320 Disco Queen Sophie Ellis-Bextor. 1285 00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:10,360 Comedian Nish Kumar. 1286 00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:11,400 Foodie Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 1287 00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:13,080 Film stars Jamie Dornan and Emily Blunt. 1288 00:49:13,080 --> 00:49:14,280 And the one-and-only Tom Hanks. 1289 00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:15,960 Until then, have a very happy Christmas. 1290 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:17,000 Goodnight, everybody, bye-bye! 1291 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:24,400 CHEERING AND APPLAUSE