Harry & Alex are joined by legendary British screenwriter and director, Richard Curtis. He's gifted us with some of the best rom-coms EVER! Love Actually, Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral. He is also the co-founder of Comic Relief, which celebrates 40 years and fundraising totals of over £1.6 billion! Richard shares his top must-watch films, behind-the-scenes stories at the Oscars and what happened when he had lunch with Demi Moore!

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Chapters:

01:57 – Billy Monger’s Ironman Challenge

04:56 – Comic Relief - how did it start?

17:07 – Richard is back from the Oscars - what did Director Sean Baker say to him?

24:20 – Richard Curtis' top film pick for 2025 (and it's not out until May!)

41:06 – Having lunch with Demi Moore

Recommendations:

Films

A Man Called Otto (Netflix)
The Ballad of Wallace Island (Cinemas in May)
Breaking Away (Apple TV)
The Worst Person in the World (MUBI)
Elf (Amazon Prime)

TV Shows

Colin from Accounts (BBC iPlayer)
Big Boys (Channel 4)
Nobody Wants This (BBC iPlayer)
Slow Horses (Apple TV)
Kin (BBC iPlayer)
Severance (Apple TV)
Paradise (Netflix)
Deadloch (Amazon Prime)

Books

The Man Who Was Magic (Ebay)

Podcasts

The Archers Podcast (BBC Sounds)

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Exec Producers: James Carpenter & Jon O'Donnell

Production Co-ordinator: Vic Amott

Video Editor: Alistair Nolan

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