Alexander Armstrong
Brydon &
Rob Brydon | Wondery
4.6 • 597 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2024
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
This week, Rob is joined by the multi-talented comedian, actor, and presenter Alexander Armstrong. They chat about everything from honing impressions, his iconic partnership in ‘Armstrong and Miller’ to hosting the long-running and hugely popular game show ‘Pointless’. Alexander shares his passion for classical music, behind-the-scenes anecdotes, and reveals the inspiration behind his new children’s book, ‘Evenfall: The Golden Linnet.’
Packed with wit, charm, and inspiration, this is an episode you won’t want to miss!
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| 0:00.0 | I've known Xander Armstrong, because if you know Alexander Armstrong, you don't call him Alexander. |
| 0:07.0 | You call him Xander. I've known Xander for a long time, and I was so pleased when he came into the studio to talk with me. |
| 0:16.0 | We talked about all sorts. I mean, one of the things that came up was how he's kind of drifted from comedy into presenting. |
| 0:23.6 | And I've loved his comedic stuff from, you know, Armstrong and Miller, obviously. But then to little |
| 0:30.2 | things like, you know, what he did in Hunderby, Julia Davis's brilliant show. And what he did in Saxondale, he plays this kind of Jeremy Clarkson character, |
| 0:39.1 | and the great podcast, which I suppose is still out there that he and Ben Miller did, where they |
| 0:46.2 | play rather pretentious, very modern critics. Check that out. We talk about it in the podcast. |
| 0:53.1 | I think you will enjoy an hour or so in the company of Briden and Alexander Armstrong. |
| 1:10.2 | Have you been approached ever to do The Masked Singer? |
| 1:12.9 | Yes. |
| 1:13.6 | Have you done it? |
| 1:14.2 | No. |
| 1:14.4 | No. |
| 1:14.7 | I was a judge on the final of the last series. |
| 1:19.0 | Were you? |
| 1:19.8 | As a guest. |
| 1:20.7 | As a guest judge on the one episode. |
| 1:24.4 | I did the last series. |
| 1:26.2 | And who did you? |
| 1:27.5 | Who were you? Well, you weren't in the final, were you? I, no, I had the last series. And who did you? Well, you weren't in the final, were you? |
| 1:29.3 | I had the best result ever actually, which is I got evicted of show one. |
| 1:34.6 | Literally my first show. |
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