🎬 What happens when you turn your childhood passion into your career?

This week on Goodfellerz, Clarke and Shaun are joined by Jack Cooke, founder of Beyond Films, for an inspiring and entertaining conversation about filmmaking, entrepreneurship, career changes and following your dreams.

Jack takes us right back to where it all began — watching films as a child, experimenting with a home video camera and recreating famous scenes with his brothers.

We hear how an unexpected meeting with Andrew Lincoln, known for The Walking Dead and Love Actually, helped open doors in the television industry.

But Jack's career was anything but straightforward.

From working in television to leaving the industry, becoming a personal trainer, travelling around Australia with his wife Kate and eventually rediscovering his passion for filmmaking, Jack shares the experiences that shaped his journey.

We also discuss:

🎥 Breaking into the film and television industry
🎬 The art of storytelling and video production
💼 Building Beyond Films from the ground up
💷 Understanding your value as a business owner
❤️ Following your passion despite setbacks
🌏 Travel, family and changing career paths
🚀 The importance of creativity, persistence and taking opportunities

Jack also shares how his wife encouraged him to return to filmmaking and how a small creative project eventually developed into the business he runs today.

🥤 Drinks of the Week: We swap our usual beer review for a tasting of TRIP drinks, trying Blood Orange, Apple Blossom and Elderflower & Mint.

It's a conversation full of fascinating stories, business advice, unexpected career twists and classic Goodfellerz banter.

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This week we're talking about mates, nights out and what happens to friendships as you get older.

After finally reuniting with a group of mates we hadn't properly been out with for years, we headed to Pasture in Bristol for steak before spending the night drinking, gaming and reliving our youth at NQ64.

And somehow, despite the years that had passed, it felt like we'd seen each other yesterday.

That takes us back to where the group started: a stag do in Berlin in 2018 — superhero costumes, WWE outfits, getting rejected from the KitKat Club and the sort of stories that still get brought up nearly a decade later. Pasted text

We talk about our best nights out, legendary stag dos, friendships that survive years apart, making new best mates in your 30s and 40s, and whether a small reliable circle beats having loads of friends.

We also ask the important question:

Pub & club or meal & games?

At our age, we might finally be switching sides. 😂

Later, our mate Chris joins us to talk about the incredible progress of GY30 and being named a finalist in the BBC Radio Make a Difference Awards.

Chris talks openly about his own journey with mental health, how exercise helped him rebuild his life and why he's now dedicated so much of his time to helping other people improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Pasted text

And then, naturally, we drag him into the night-out conversation — which leads to Prague, Krakow, stag dos, clubbing until 4am and an absolutely brutal fake bungee-jump prank.

🍺 Beer of the Week: Waterloo Belgian farmhouse ale, supplied by Beers of Europe.

What's the best night out you've ever had — and do you think nights out actually get better as you get older?

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£1 million today or a second chance at being 20? Free food or free travel? A rewind button for your life or a pause button?

Clarke and Shaun tackle a round of Would You Rather that swings between ridiculous scenarios and honest conversations about family, happiness, money and what matters most.

Expect football loyalties, food debates, film favourites and some questionable toilet etiquette—alongside the bigger question of whether you’d rather your kids remember your success or remember you always being there.

Meanwhile, a daddy longlegs does its best to derail the episode.

Play along, send us your answers and follow Goodfellerz for more from the Fellas Series.