91: Hugh Grant

Soundtracking with Edith Bowman

Edith Bowman

Music, Arts, Tv & Film

4.6 • 786 Ratings

🗓️ 25 May 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We all know Hugh Grant, from his floppy haired romantic performances, dad dancing down the stairs at No 10 Downing Street and most recently high kicking his was in pink prison Lycra in Paddington 2.

There is much more than meets the eye with Hugh, particularly when it comes to music and specifically in projects he’s involved in as a producer. He very clearly appreciates and understands the power of music, both for him as an actor but also in how it should be carefully crafted into a film.

Currently starring in the BBC Drama A Very English Scandal as the British Liberal Party leader, Jeremy Thorpe, who in 1979 was accused of the attempted murder of his gay ex-lover. It is directed by the award winning Stephen Frears and written by the fabulous Russell T Davis who brought on board his regular collaborator, composer Murray Gold. In this episode you will hear Murrays work for the show along with some familiar pieces of music from Hughs back catalogue. Not least the memorable work done by Badly Drawn Boy for About A Boy.

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0:00.0	Our latest episode of Soundtracking features a much-loved British actor whose many credits include
0:05.7	four weddings and a funeral, Love Actually and Paddington too. I am of course talking about Hugh Grant.
0:13.0	Now, Hugh's been involved in plenty of memorable musical moments in front of the camera
0:17.4	and takes a keen interest in the scores feature in his projects with his
0:21.5	producer hat on two. His latest project is a very British scandal, an incredible true story
0:28.0	available now via the BBC I player and I highly recommend checking it out if you have access
0:33.7	to that particular service wherever you're listening in the world. Also starring Ben Whishall, A Very English Scandal is a three-part story of an illegal love
0:42.2	affair that threatened the life of one man and the entire British establishment.
0:47.2	Adding to a formidable roster of talent, our director Stephen Frears, writer Russell T. Davis
0:52.8	and composer Murray Gold, with whose title theme we begin. I'm going to be the Hugh Grant, welcome to soundtrack
1:45.9	and now I have to confess that you've actually appeared on one of these episodes before
1:50.2	without maybe realising.
1:52.0	David DeHamond very kindly spoke to us for Paddington 2
1:54.5	and whilst we were mid-interview, you bounded into the room to use the gentleman's toilet
1:58.3	and all we could hear in the background was,
2:01.9	just finding a toilet,
2:03.9	as you kind of proceeded to...
2:05.6	I'm at that age.
2:07.3	But we're glad to have you properly on the show.
2:11.5	Let's start with a very English scandal.
2:12.9	Congratulations on this.
2:14.2	I've seen all three episodes, and it's absolutely incredible.
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