#417 — Simon Bird

The Empire Film Podcast

Bauer Media

Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2020

⏱️ 111 minutes

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Summary

On the latest locked-down episode of the Empire Podcast, Simon Bird — former Inbetweener, current Friday Night Dinnerer — tells Chris Hewitt all about Days Of The Bagnold Summer, the charming comedy that marks Bird's directorial debut. It's an interview that features more Guess Who? chat than you could shake a stick wearing glasses, a hat, and a beard at. Then, in the virtual podbooth, Chris is joined by Helen O'Hara, Amon Warmann, and James Dyer as they get serious (for about five minutes) and discuss the Black Lives Matter protests that have been happening all around the world. Plus, the film fact segment returns and controversy abounds, they answer listeners' questions, discuss the week's movie news including Ryan Gosling playing the Wolfman, and review Days Of The Bagnold Summer, The County, Banana Split, and Atom Egoyan's Guest Of Honour. Sorry for the delay in this going up — enjoy.

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0:00.0	All the Emperor podcasts this week we explore the days of the Bird Summer assignment bird
0:19.4	ex-impro- tweener talks about his directorial debut days of the bagnell summer.
0:24.4	Plus all usual news and nonsense on the movie podcast that is expected to see John
0:28.3	Baiega in a lot of films over the next few years and if we don't there'll be hell to pay.
0:33.8	Hello, part on Chris Hewitt and welcome to the Emperor podcast. This week, unlike last week where
0:37.3	the fourth rotating chair was was empty. There was nobody in it. I am joined by three colleagues
0:43.4	of such lethal cunning. Oh yes geek queen Helen O'Hara. Hello. How are you? I'm very well. Thank you.
0:50.0	Good. That is excellent. James Dyer is also here which, technically speaking, I'm
0:55.2	contractually obliged to say, is nice I guess. How are you Jimbo? I am fine. Thank you Christopher.
1:00.6	It is a thrill and a joy as ever to be in your virtual presence.
1:09.4	And I'm delighted to confirm that unlike last week, the fourth rotating chair has a pair of
1:15.7	buttocks firmly welded to it which means that the fact section is back folks. As right,
1:21.5	Gergerloins, it's going to happen. Oh yes. And the occupant of that fourth chair back for some more
1:28.1	is I'm on warm and I have to say I'm impressed with you. Really? How come? The last two conversations
1:35.5	we've had, this two virtual conversations we've had, you're actually wearing really good shirts and
1:41.0	glad that I finally started to rub off on you. It's about time. Well done. Oh my words. You've
1:46.6	been dropping off on Chris. Oh my goodness. That saved the rubbing off conversations for private
1:52.1	chance. I want to show me. You had to make it work. Okay. For an entrepreneur you're here.
1:57.5	Making it weird is where I live. Anyway, what are you wearing today? I'm on it. It's a kind of
2:04.1	I don't know how to describe it. Yeah. I've warned this on the podcast before. It's like a ring or
2:09.6	a tape. Virtual or otherwise. What is it? It's, this is the technical term of course but it's a
2:14.7	blue thing with a white thing on it. Isn't it what we called a ringer tea in the 90s? Oh what?
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