It's Friday! with Jim White
Our top critics bring you everything that’s REALLY worth seeing, doing, or buying in the week ahead. Join Event magazine’s Jim White and guests for 30 minutes of hype-free insider chat on the hits, misses and run-a-milers from the world of entertainment. With star turns from the Daily Mail’s legendary showbiz king Baz Bamigboye and the stars of stage, page and screen. Free every Friday morning with Mail+ Briefings.Podcasts
Lord Michael Cashman on going from Albert Square to Parliament Square
Published: Aug. 20, 2020, 1:34 p.m.Duration: 27 minutes 9 seconds
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Kiki Dee on still sounding good in your 70s (and why she always kills Elton John's Christmas presents)
Published: Aug. 13, 2020, 3:30 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 4 seconds
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Thriller king Mark Billingham on his 20th novel (and his band the Fun Loving Crime Writers)
Published: Aug. 6, 2020, 3:18 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 4 seconds
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Comedian Ian Stone on how The Jam electrified a generation
Published: July 29, 2020, 11 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 57 seconds
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Queen of crime Val McDermid on how lockdown inspired her next novel
Published: July 23, 2020, 2:08 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 10 seconds
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Nigel Planer on how lockdown has devastated Britain's theatre industry
Published: July 16, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 25 seconds
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Peter James on why he follows Hemingways advice: Write drunk, edit sober
Published: July 9, 2020, 3:30 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 57 seconds
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Jenny Eclair on her new book on surviving the menopause (and why life is better in your 60s)
Published: July 2, 2020, 2:27 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 10 seconds
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Thriller maestro Harlan Coben on suddenly having three hit Netflix series at once
Published: June 25, 2020, 1:44 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 38 seconds
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Historian Bettany Hughes on losing her pants overboard while filming her new series in Greece
Published: June 18, 2020, 3:16 p.m.Duration: 51 minutes 22 seconds
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KT Tunstall on why lockdown has made her reconnect with her fans
Published: June 11, 2020, 2:44 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 33 seconds
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Peter May on 'Lockdown', his pandemic novel rejected for being 'too far-fetched'
Published: June 4, 2020, 1:57 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 7 seconds
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Is Thanos really the scariest screen villain of all time? No, Mr Bond...
Published: May 28, 2020, 3:28 p.m.Duration: 45 minutes 6 seconds
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Artist Axel Scheffler on how his creation the Gruffalo beat Harry Potter
Published: May 21, 2020, 2:30 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 38 seconds
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Author Ann Cleeves on her detective Vera Stanhope (and why Brenda Blethyn is too good looking)
Published: May 14, 2020, 3:24 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 33 seconds
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Jeff Wayne on the return of War of the Worlds... and why were all still afraid of Martians
Published: May 7, 2020, 3:39 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 20 seconds
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Ruby Wax on the reason Donald Trump threw her off his private jet
Published: April 30, 2020, 3:26 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 30 seconds
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As Britain binges record amounts of streaming TV, we sniff out the best lockdown comfort viewing
Published: April 23, 2020, 1:42 p.m.Duration: 49 minutes 51 seconds
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The celebrities entertaining us in lockdown and the ones getting it VERY wrong (sorry, Naomi)
Published: April 16, 2020, 2:27 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 35 seconds
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Thriller king David Baldacci on going from trial lawyer to writing 47 hit novels
Published: April 9, 2020, 3 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 57 seconds
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How to enjoy theatre, culture and walking tours... without ever leaving your sofa
Published: April 2, 2020, 3:45 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 49 seconds
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Thriller king Linwood Barclay on why self-isolation is normal (if you're a novelist)
Published: March 26, 2020, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 44 seconds
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As the world becomes obsessed with virus films, our critics pick the classics
Published: March 19, 2020, 5 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 43 seconds
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Bill Oddie talks about life after the Goodies and dishes the dirt on his departure from Springwatch
Published: March 12, 2020, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 51 seconds
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Griff Rhys Jones on still missing Mel Smith (but why his comedy partner's death came as no surprise)
Published: March 5, 2020, 3:45 p.m.Duration: 40 minutes 25 seconds
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Author and Masterchef winner Emma Kennedy on eating spam for a fortnight. Plus, should we welcome the Friends reunion - or fear it?
Published: Feb. 27, 2020, 4:55 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 5 seconds
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Chris Packham on his love of badgers, military history... and deafeningly loud punk music
Published: Feb. 20, 2020, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 37 minutes 58 seconds
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Cupid... or just stupid? The best (and worst) rom coms of all time, plus an interview with romance queen Katie Fforde
Published: Feb. 13, 2020, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 35 minutes 16 seconds
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Oscars Special: Plus a tribute to Kirk Douglas, last of the golden age Hollywood titans
Published: Feb. 6, 2020, 4:45 p.m.Duration: 44 minutes 24 seconds
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Is Robert Downey Junior's British accent the most awful of all time (even worse than Dick van Dyke's)?
Published: Jan. 30, 2020, 4:01 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 31 seconds
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Exclusive! Donald Trump guest stars in our culture and showbiz podcast via Dead Ringers star John Culshaw
Published: Jan. 23, 2020, 4:09 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 27 seconds
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Jack Reacher author Lee Child reveals the unlikely secret of his 100-million-selling page-turners
Published: Jan. 16, 2020, 5:05 p.m.Duration: 47 minutes 50 seconds
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The Masked Singer and more 'so bad it's good' TV... and Lesley Garrett on singing with the Barmy Army
Published: Jan. 9, 2020, 5:15 p.m.Duration: 54 minutes 8 seconds
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Entertainment to look forward to in 2020, from a new series of Killing Eve to the last hurrah of Daniel Craig's 007
Published: Jan. 3, 2020, 12:42 a.m.Duration: 21 minutes 9 seconds
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The best films, music and TV of the year, plus what was the most iconic entertainment of the decade?
Published: Dec. 27, 2019, 10:16 a.m.Duration: 46 minutes 38 seconds
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Festive legend Christopher Biggins on what makes a perfect panto... and what's the best Christmas film of all time?
Published: Dec. 19, 2019, 5:20 p.m.Duration: 41 minutes 10 seconds
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Crime author Ian Rankin on his similarities to his creation Inspector Rebus... and has Star Wars had its day?
Published: Dec. 12, 2019, 4:59 p.m.Duration: 48 minutes 1 second
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The return of The Who, and can James Bond really survive in the age of #MeToo?
Published: Dec. 5, 2019, 3:37 p.m.Duration: 46 minutes 26 seconds
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The many talents of Clive James, and why do TV series never go out gracefully?
Published: Nov. 28, 2019, 3:15 p.m.Duration: 43 minutes 27 seconds
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Will the return of Frozen 2 leave you cold and can Coldplay still cut it?
Published: Nov. 22, 2019, 7 a.m.Duration: 41 minutes 33 seconds
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Have we had enough of Pudsey and can we get enough of Chris Kamara the crooning soccer pundit?
Published: Nov. 15, 2019, 4:40 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 54 seconds
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Is Terminator: Dark Fate a sequel too far and is Scorsese's The Irishman worth three-and-a-half hours of your time?
Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 4:13 p.m.Duration: 33 minutes 12 seconds
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Has Netflix killed off terrestrial TV and will Ewan McGregor survive the sequel to The Shining?
Published: Nov. 1, 2019, 6:03 p.m.Duration: 30 minutes 39 seconds
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