Julie Hesmondhalgh: How good telly and theatre can change the world

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Lancaster legend Julie Hesmondhalgh is an actor, writer and activist. She's best known for playing Hayley Cropper in Coronation Street in what started as a short-term punchline and turned into a 16 year career. Since leaving the cobbles, Julie has gone on to star multiple dramas including Broadchurch, Happy Valley and more recently, Mr Bates vs The Post Office. She’s recently joined the cast of the world premiere of James Graham’s new play Punch, about the power of forgiveness.

Tickets for Punch are available at nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk/events

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0:00.0	The best day ever.
0:03.2	Whoa, look out, Storm Chasers!
0:05.7	Brace yourself for Tornado Springs.
0:08.5	With some serious spinning, thrilling and roller coaster in!
0:12.3	Discover a Lost Kingdom.
0:14.7	A Jurassic World with dinosaurs, two world-class coasters, and a lovable pig.
0:21.0	Wait, what?
0:22.5	Hello, I'm Pepper Pink.
0:24.9	Come and meet Pepper and her friends at Pepper Big World, Pepper's very own theme park.
0:30.4	And because one day won't do, book an official short break and get your second Park Day free.
0:36.5	Exclusions apply.
0:38.0	This is a global player original podcast.
0:52.3	Hello and welcome to Full Disclosure.
0:54.7	A podcast project conceived entirely to let me spend more time with interesting people than I would ever get on the radio.
1:00.7	And this week's guest, it fits very squarely into that category.
1:04.7	Julie Hasman Helch, welcome.
1:06.5	Thank you, James.
1:07.2	It's lovely to see you.
1:08.9	Are you a her-off, a her-off the tele actor, or are you someone that people automatically
1:15.6	say, oh, I automatically associate you with one role or not?
1:18.8	Because most recently, Happy Valley, Broad Church, and the absolute slam-dunk hit of the last
1:25.1	12 months by a country mile, Mr Bates versus the Post Office,
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