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  • Paul Feig reminisces on Sabrina The Teenage Witch, Lindsey Burrow on grief and Genevieve O'Reilly talks Star Wars!
    2025/05/02

    This week Ryan spoke to Paul Feig about his new film, Another Simple Favour which stars Blake Lively & Anna Kendrick!


    Lindsey Burrow, wife of the late rugby player Rob Burrow, came in to discuss the release of her book, Take Care.


    Irish actress Genevieve O'Reilly popped by to chat about a galaxy far, far away, as she stars in the latest season of Andor on Disney+.


    Timmy Mallet dialled in to talk about his artistic tour of Ireland.


    Director Bryan Doerries came by to discuss Theatre of War productions.


    Will Lyons & Charlotte Ivers popped open the cork and spoke about the return of The Wine Times podcast.


    And Ben Macintyre dropped in to talk about the paperback release of his book, The Siege.


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    1 時間 31 分
  • John Cleese on the Fawlty Towers revival, Jane Casey has a new book Brian McFadden reflects on their boyband days
    2025/04/25

    Ryan spoke to one of his absolute heroes, John Cleese, ahead of The Fawlty Towers play returning to the stage.


    Senior Entertainment Correspondent and all-round good egg, Bronte Coy, stopped by to discuss the latest happenings in the world of showbiz.


    One of Ireland's finest writers, Jane Casey, joined us to chat about her new book, The Secret Room!


    And Brian McFadden from Westlife dropped in to talk about the upcoming BOYZLIFE tour!



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    1 時間 3 分
  • Brian Gleeson reflects on Bad Sisters, Lara Pulver thinks Adolescence was exceptional and Delroy Lindo encourages people to go to the cinema!
    2025/04/17

    This week, Ryan had the pleasure of chatting with the brilliant Brian Gleeson, who joined the show to discuss starring alongside Chris O’Dowd in The Brightening Air at The Old Vic.


    Star of stage and screen Lara Pulver stopped by the studio to talk about Guy Ritchie’s Mobland.


    The immensely talented Delroy Lindo kicked off the week by chatting about Sinners, which is now showing in cinemas.


    And Hollywood came to the top of the tower once again in the form of David Oyelowo, who stars in Apple TV+’s new comedy Government Cheese.






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    56 分
  • How to land a feature on an Ed Sheeran song, Tom Holland translates The Lives of the Caesars, and The Last of Us is back on our screens!
    2025/04/11

    We started the week with Becky Dell, the choir master, and Bryony Purdue, a member of The Citizens of the World Choir, who joined us to share the incredible story of how The Citizens of the World Choir had the opportunity to sing backing vocals on Ed Sheeran’s new song, Azizam!


    Tom Holland spoke to us about translating a 2,000-year-old book called The Lives of the Caesars!


    The immensely talented Anthony Horowitz chatted with us about the release of his latest book in the Magpie Murders series, Marble Hall Murders.


    Hollywood arrived on Thursday in the form of Gabriel Luna! Gabriel stars in HBO’s The Last of Us, and he stopped by to share the scoop on the second season.


    To round off the week, we were joined by the brilliant Harlan Coben, who spoke about his latest book, Nobody’s Fool!






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    1 時間 4 分
  • Harry Lawtey transforms into Richard Burton, The Waterboys reflect on their time in Ireland, and James McArdle looks back on Playing Nice!
    2025/04/04

    We started the week with one of Hollywood's rising talents, Harry Lawtey! He stopped by to chat about his transformation into Richard Burton in his new film, Mr. Burton, where he stars alongside Toby Jones!


    The Waterboys popped by to play a few tracks, which you can watch on the Virgin Radio YouTube channel.


    The great James McArdle, who recently starred in Playing Nice, stopped by to chat about starring in Four Mothers, which is in cinemas now!


    And to cap the week off Bronte Coy came on for a roundup of this week's showbiz news!




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    45 分
  • Will Sliney reveals how to get hired by Marvel, Stig Abell doesn’t like cosy crime and Hugh Dennis gets serious in Beyond Paradise.
    2025/03/28

    Ryan kicked off the week with Ireland’s finest illustrator, Will Sliney. Will creates artwork for many Marvel comics, including Spider-Man and Star Wars, but he also has a Sky Arts show and an accompanying book called Draw With Will!


    Stig Abell popped up from Times Radio to the top of the tower to chat about the release of The Burial Place, the third book in his Jake Jackson crime series.


    To wrap up the week, Ryan spoke to Hugh Dennis, who you’ll know from shows like Mock the Week and Outnumbered. He shared all about starring in the new series of Beyond Paradise!



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    36 分
  • St. Patrick's Day celebrations from The Devonshire in Soho, TFI Friday made Ocean Colour Scene and The Famous Five are back!
    2025/03/21

    We kicked the week off by celebrating St. Patrick’s Day at The Devonshire in Soho and Dara Ó Briain popped by and so did our very own Angela Scanlon!


    Cian Ducrot also performed some incredible live tracks which you can on our YouTube channel.


    Author and broadcaster Chris Smith came in to chat about bringing back The Famous Five!


    Simon Fowler from Ocean Colour Scene came by and he told Ryan about Chris Evans' role was in breaking Ocean Colour Scene into the mainstream back in the 90s! He also performed some live tracks which are also on our YouTube channel to watch.


    And if that wasn’t enough, the incredibly talented Liz Pichon came by to chat about her latest kids book, Meet The Mubbles!









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    56 分
  • Gary Lightbody has written a book, Mark Bonnar gets claustrophobic and Marisa Abela reflects on Amy Winehouse
    2025/03/14

    This week, Ryan had a fantastic chat with Gary Lightbody from Snow Patrol about his debut book, The Forest Is The Path!


    Ryan found an unlikely friendship with actor Mark Bonnar who came on to chat about starring alongside Woody Harrelson in Last Breath.


    Shebahn Aherne dialled in from Cheltenham to give Ryan the low down on all the festivities!


    And if that wasn’t enough, the formidable Marisa Abela came on to tell me all about starring alongside Michael Fassbender in Black Bag!







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    43 分