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Buying a Honda NSX in Japan sounds like the sort of assignment most petrolheads would accept before you've even finished asking the question.

But this is Wheeler Dealers, so naturally things don't go entirely to plan.

On the latest episode of The MarshyCast, I caught up with Mike Brewer and Marc 'Elvis' Priestley to talk about Season 3 of Wheeler Dealers World Tour, which once again takes the pair around the globe in search of incredible cars and the people who love them.

The new series begins in Japan with one particularly exciting target: the legendary Honda NSX.

It's a car with a huge following around the world, and buying one in its homeland should have been a dream start to the new adventure.

Then came the gearbox.

A problem with the car suddenly meant Mike and Elvis weren't simply enjoying the sights and sounds of Japan. Instead, they found themselves spending days working in a garage, with the trip even involving sleeping on floors.

Perhaps not quite the five-star international television experience you might imagine!

However, their Japanese adventure also takes them somewhere very special: Suzuka Circuit.

The famous race track has an enormous place in motorsport history, and Mike and Elvis had the opportunity to visit the circuit and meet fellow NSX enthusiasts who share their passion for one of Japan's most celebrated performance cars.

During our conversation, we talked about what happened when their plans started to unravel, the work needed to get the NSX sorted and what it was like experiencing the car culture surrounding it in Japan.

And Japan is only the beginning.

I also asked Mike and Elvis about where the rest of Season 3 takes them as Wheeler Dealers World Tour once again goes hunting for cars, stories and automotive adventures around the globe.

Because apparently travelling the world making a television programme about incredible cars isn't quite challenging enough without the occasional broken gearbox thrown in.

🎧 Hear my full conversation with Mike Brewer and Marc 'Elvis' Priestley now on The MarshyCast, available on Apple, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.

Wheeler Dealers World Tour Season 3 airs Wednesdays at 9pm on Discovery UK.

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How do you deliver a great acting performance when your script doesn't actually contain any words?

That's one of the fascinating things I discovered when I caught up with actress Kate Harbour for the latest episode of The MarshyCast to talk about Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.

Having recently seen the film myself, I went into this interview as a very happy customer. It's a brilliant family film, but one of the things that particularly struck me was how much there is for adults to enjoy alongside the younger audience.

Kate and I talked about that delicate balancing act and why some of the best animation doesn't really feel as though it's been made exclusively for children or adults. It simply works for everyone.

We also explored the different worlds of animation.

CGI might dominate many modern animated movies, while traditional 2D animation has its own distinctive style, but there's something wonderfully tangible about stop motion. With every tiny movement carefully created, the amount of work involved in bringing characters such as Shaun and the inhabitants of Mossy Bottom to life is extraordinary.

But there's another part of the process that viewers might not immediately appreciate: the voice acting.

With Shaun the Sheep, performers have the unusual challenge of communicating character and emotion without conventional spoken dialogue.

Kate explained how surprisingly physical that can become. A performance might ultimately be something we only hear, but creating those sounds can involve using your whole body in the recording booth.

We also spoke about the changing world of animated voice casts and what it's like when big-name actors come in to lend their voices to a production.

For Kate, though, this isn't simply about standing behind a microphone and making a few noises. It's acting, just with a very different collection of tools.

Naturally, I couldn't finish an interview about The Beast of Mossy Bottom without venturing into horror territory.

So I gave Kate a scenario: you're stuck on a farm and you're allowed one horror character to protect you.

Who are you choosing?

Her answer rounds off a conversation covering everything from the painstaking craft of stop motion to the strange art of acting without saying a single actual word.

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You've spent years knowing where your children are, what they're doing and, broadly speaking, whether they've remembered to eat.

Then one day, you leave them at university... and drive home without them.

On the latest episode of The MarshyCast, I spoke to Myleene Klass MBE about what happens to the relationship between parents and children when they reach that next stage of independence.

Research suggests parents receive an average of 528 texts a year from children who've left for university, yet nearly half worry they're checking in too often themselves.

And it's easy to understand why.

Saying goodbye can be one of the hardest parts of the university experience for parents. Suddenly, you have to trust that all those years of advice, encouragement and occasionally wondering whether they're listening to a word you're saying have prepared them for life without you constantly being there.

Myleene knows that transition personally, with one of her own children at that stage of education, and we talked about finding the balance between staying connected and giving young people the space to build their own lives.

Thankfully, keeping in touch doesn't necessarily mean a nightly phone call home anymore.

Today's families communicate through everything from WhatsApp and FaceTime to memes, GIFs and TikToks. Sometimes a silly video sent without any explanation can effectively mean, "I'm thinking about you."

Of course, there are also those timeless communications between children and their parents.

"Can you send me some money?"

And the occasional appearance of a bag of washing probably says: "I love you, Mum" in its own peculiar language too.

But beneath the laughs is something every parent eventually has to confront. At some point, you have to loosen your grip and hope you've given your children what they need to make their own way.

I finished our conversation by asking Myleene something more personal: is she proud of the mum she's become?

Her answer was a lovely way to finish the interview, and one I suspect will resonate with plenty of parents.

🎧 Hear my full conversation with Myleene Klass now on The MarshyCast, available on Apple, Spotify and wherever you get your podcasts.

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