Tuesday, October 22

Backstage podcast: Ridley Scott, Jodie Whittaker, Hannah Waddingham and Squid Game: The Challenge

Welcome to Backstage, the TV and movie podcast from Sky News.

Ridley Scott’s newest theatrical launch, Napoleon, is in cinemas this week.

The 85-year-old director tells us about his “bum-ache factor” in the case of movie runtimes, Joaquin Phoenix’s use of an American accent when portraying the as soon as Emperor of France, and updates us about filming the brand new Gladiator film starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Denzel Washington.

It’s an enormous week for Doctor Who followers because the BBC premieres the primary of the collection’ specials – starring former physician David Tennant.

We get a sneak peak of the present (no spoilers!) and listen to what Tennant and Jodie Whittaker must say concerning the sixtieth anniversary particular episodes.

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Whittaker additionally tells us about her new Paramount Plus collection, One Night, and her resolution to tackle robust appearing roles.

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Plus, Hannah Waddingham tells us about her Apple TV+ particular, Hannah Waddingham: Home For Christmas, we hear from the celebs of Channel 4’s new collection The Couple Next Door and the staff chat about new Netflix actuality TV collection Squid Game: The Challenge.

Hosts: Claire Gregory, Katie Spencer and Stevie Wong

Producer: Debbie Ridgard

Video director: Kevin Donaldson

Podcast Editor: Paul Stanworth

Video Editor: Dave Colley

Content Source: information.sky.com