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Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Martin Kemp

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.63.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

How does a shy little boy go on to perform to arenas brimming with thousands of screaming fans? Martin Kemp of Spandau Ballet fame speaks to James about how his life was transformed by a local drama school teacher and how it led him to the dizzying heights of rockstar fame. Martin's book, Ticket to the World is a celebration of 80s culture from one man at the centre of it all.

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0:00.0

If I had to picture a moment of calmfulness, it would have to be at the beach.

0:05.0

On the edge of the sand, with the waves at my toes, what's yours?

0:10.2

Calm's Herbal Remedies.

0:12.2

Calm's days, a traditional herbal medicine used for stress, exclusively based on traditional use only, contains Valerian Root. Always read the label.

0:22.1

This is a Global Player Original Podcast.

0:46.2

Hello and welcome to Full Disclosure, a podcast project designed to allow me to spend more time with interesting people than I would ever get to do on the radio.

0:49.5

And this week, Martin Kemp is here. Thank you, Martin.

0:51.3

Oh, thank you so much for having me here.

0:53.2

We need four. We did four podcasts.

0:57.8

Child Star, Pop Star, Hollywood Star, Soap Star.

0:58.5

Yeah.

1:01.8

And then, of course, Celebrity Dad now.

1:02.7

Yeah, that's right.

1:03.6

We're sitting in.

1:07.0

We've changed the branding in the studio at the flick of a button,

1:09.5

but it is actually right next door to the Capitol Radio studio. I know, yeah.

1:10.1

I was actually in here

1:11.4

this morning talking to him you know as usual he was taking a mickey out of me that's what he was

1:16.3

you must be very proud yeah of course i am you know he was he was he was born to do this job

1:22.6

you know when he first i remember when he was really young he had this incredible this talent mimicking people like even when he was really young, he had this incredible, this talent mimicking people.

1:30.0

Like even when he was about 12 years old, he used to go into school.

1:33.1

And the first thing the school would, like, the first thing they would do was put him on the table,

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