Sam West

Sam West

Author: Sony Music Entertainment December 21, 2021 Duration: 38:00
On kissing Julia Roberts, featuring as a pin up in the gay Doctor Who fanzine, and his life as a “shouty” activist. For this, the final episode in the season, actor and theatre director Sam West goes out to lunch with Jay Rayner.  Sam and Jay are served a delicious three-course meal in the William Kent Room at The Ritz, London: https://www.theritzlondon.com/dine-with-us/the-ritz-restaurant/  For official show merch, head to: https://kontraband.shop/collections/out-to-lunch  Out To Lunch is a Somethin’ Else and Jay Rayner Production.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pull up a chair and eavesdrop on a conversation that could only happen over a good meal. Out To Lunch, from Sony Music Entertainment, is an interview podcast that trades a sterile studio for the clatter and comfort of a top restaurant. With the brilliantly sharp and curious Ade Edmondson as your host, each episode is an invitation to listen in as he shares a table with fascinating figures from across the arts, culture, film, television, and society. You’ll hear from guests like musician Chrissie Hynde, comedian Reece Shearsmith, legendary producer Tony Visconti, and actor Daisy Haggard, among others. The setting does more than provide ambiance; it loosens inhibitions and steers the talk toward the personal, the unexpected, and the genuinely hilarious. Edmondson’s own background, from breaking into the comedy circuit in the 1980s to his varied career since, informs his approach-he’s both a peer and a provocateur, asking the questions that arise between courses. The result is a wonderfully intimate and witty dialogue that feels less like a formal interview and more like you’ve managed to snag the best seat in the house, right next to the most interesting table in the room. This podcast captures the unique alchemy of food, company, and conversation, delivering a listening experience that is as satisfying and unpredictable as the meals themselves.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

Out To Lunch
Podcast Episodes
Dame Eileen Atkins [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:47
On stealing lifts home with Laurence Olivier, Colin Farrell's proposition of sex without strings, and turning down working with Martin Scorsese, award-winning stage and screen actor Dame Eileen Atkins goes out to lunch w…
Bernardine Evaristo [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 41:27
On a past relationship with a “mental dominatrix”, changing how she spoke to fit in, and burning pianos for firewood, Booker-winner Bernardine Evaristo goes out to lunch with Jay. Bernardine and Jay enjoy pressing the bu…
Mary Beard [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 42:57
On the origin story that birthed a passion for classics, the catharsis of being the only female lecturer in her Cambridge University faculty during the rise of 1970s feminism, and the failings of her LRB article on 9/11,…
Nina Conti [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:30
On cooking a rack of lamb for Arthur Miller, seducing actor, writer, and director Ken Campbell, and how her puppet Monkey helped her survive as a woman in comedy, the inimitable Ventriloquist Nina Conti goes Out to Lunch…
David Hare [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:55
On having lunch with Hitchcock, awkward conversations with Steven Spielberg and loving Carey Mulligan’s spaghetti bolognese, playwright, screenwriter and director David Hare (Skylight, The Hours, The Worricker Trilogy, a…
Miriam Margolyes [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:23
On working alongside Daniel Day-Lewis and Barbra Streisand, being pushed into the closet in LA, and absolutely never doing it up the bum, BAFTA-winning actor Miriam Margolyes goes Out to Lunch with Jay. Miriam and Jay en…
Introducing… Out To Lunch: The Cheese Course [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 6:02
The Cheese Course, a new monthly bonus episode only for subscribers to Out To Lunch on Apple Podcasts. In each episode Jay invites a previous guest back for a catch up over a plate of the finest cheese and biscuits. List…
Introducing... Out To Lunch Season 6 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 2:29
Miriam Margolyes, David Hare, Bernadine Evaristo, Dames Eileen Atkins and Mary Beard, Nina Conti, Patrick Kielty and many more… The table is set, the wine uncorked and the chefs are ready for service. This is a brand new…
Omid Djalili [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:17
On being mistaken for someone else by Robert Redford, receiving the comedy stamp of approval from Whoopi Goldberg, and gate-crashing The Mummy premiere, award-winning actor, comedian and writer Omid Djalili joins Jay for…
Charles Dance [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:32
On receiving financial advice from Arnold Schwarzenegger, directing Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, and how Sir Michael Caine tipped big things for him, actor and Game of Thrones star Charles Dance goes Out to Lunch w…