Larry Lamb on curiosity, connection, and life’s big chapters

Larry Lamb on curiosity, connection, and life’s big chapters

Author: Kate Thornton April 11, 2025 Duration: 1:09:27

With a career spanning five decades across stage and screen — and unforgettable roles in EastEnders and Gavin & Stacey — today’s guest is one of British television’s most beloved actors, whose life has been anything but ordinary. It’s the brilliant Larry Lamb!


In this episode, Larry reflects on the winding road that brought him to acting. From a difficult and volatile childhood in London to an early life working abroad in Germany, Libya, and Canada, he talks candidly about the decades it took to truly understand himself, the life-changing decision to leave a successful corporate career in his 30s to pursue acting full-time, and the surprising way his beloved Gavin & Stacey character, Mick Shipman, helped him on his own journey of self-discovery.


Larry also shares his thoughts on ageing, therapy, sobriety, and explains why he finally feels at peace with who he is. And as he embarks on yet another creative chapter with his debut novel, All Wrapped Up, he shares what keeps him curious and why he’s not ready to slow down just yet!


All Wrapped Up is available on 15th April, wherever you get your books.


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