Ep. 445 - John O’Farrell Returns!
My Time Capsule
Cast Off Productions
4.8 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
John O’Farrell returns with a brand new time capsule! John O’Farrell is an author and comedy script writer. He was a writer for such shows as Spitting Image, Grumpy Old Men and Have I Got News For You. He co-wrote the Aardman animation film Early Man with Nick Park and wrote the film Chicken Run and it’s sequel Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget. He wrote the book for the Broadway musical Something Rotten which was nominated for 10 Tony Awards including a “Best Book” nomination for John. He also wrote the Broadway and West End hit music Mrs Doubtfire and the upcoming Live Aid Musical Just, For One Day, He’s written numerous books including Things Can Only Get Better, An Utterly Impartial History of Britain and The Man Who Forgot His Wife and has sold over 1 Million books in the UK alone. His latest book, Family Politics, is now out in paperback.
John O’Farrell is our guest in episode 445 of My Time Capsule and chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he'd like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
Buy John’s new book, Family Politics, here - https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/458800/family-politics-by-ofarrell-john/9781804992968
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| 0:00.0 | An Apple original film, Blitz. |
| 0:02.0 | Please, Mom. Don't set him me away. |
| 0:04.0 | It's only until all this is over. |
| 0:06.0 | Steve McQueen's Blitz is a triumph. |
| 0:09.0 | Your son did not arrive at his destination. |
| 0:11.0 | You were meant to be looking after him. Where's my boy? |
| 0:14.0 | Critics Rade. |
| 0:16.0 | Sershya Ronan is superb. |
| 0:18.0 | I just want to go home. |
| 0:19.0 | A monumental achievement in British cinema. I'll be back when I sound my boy. |
| 0:23.6 | A masterpiece. Blitz. Streaming on Apple TV Plus 22nd of November. Subscription required. |
| 0:32.2 | This episode is sponsored by Shopify. |
| 0:35.3 | You know where that sound is, don't you, John? |
| 0:37.5 | Yes, it's the sound of another sale on Shopify. |
| 0:39.9 | That's what I was going to say. |
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| 0:45.5 | Are you actually listening to anything? |
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