Andrew Legge on LOLA, Pravesh Kumar on LITTLE ENGLISH and Josie Lawrence on A CLEVER WOMAN
Kermode on Film
HLA Agency
4.4 • 913 Ratings
🗓️ 5 August 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Kermode on Film, Mark is joined by three fantastic guests for a lively film conversation, recorded at the BFI Southbank on Monday 10th April 2023.
This is Part 1 of Show 79, in which Mark welcomes director Andrew Legge to discuss his innovative debut feature LOLA, a genre-defying Irish-British sci-fi set during World War II. Andrew talks about the creative challenges and joys of shooting the film in a “found footage” style, and about the journey of bringing such a unique vision to the screen.
Next up is director Pravesh Kumar, who speaks about his heartfelt debut feature Little English, a comedy-drama set in suburban Slough about family, tradition, and finding your voice.
Mark then welcomes actor, writer and improvisational legend Josie Lawrence, who talks about her performance in A Clever Woman, a bold and intimate film created through improvisation.
Films and Productions Mentioned in This Episode:
- LOLA (Andrew Legge)
- Little English (Pravesh Kumar)
- A Clever Woman (Jon Sanders)
- Pakeezah (Kamal Amrohi, 1972)
- Rosemary’s Baby (Roman Polanski, 1968)
- Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence (Nagisa Ôshima, 1983)
Guests in This Episode:
- Andrew Legge
- Pravesh Kumar
- Josie Lawrence
Opening title quotes from:
Mary Poppins (Robert Stevenson, Walt Disney Productions – featuring Julie Andrews)
Nope (Jordan Peele, Universal Pictures – featuring Keke Palmer)
Withnail & I (Bruce Robinson, HandMade Films – featuring Richard E. Grant)
The Exorcist (William Friedkin, Warner Bros. – featuring Ellen Burstyn and Linda Blair)
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| 1:05.8 | Thanks for listening to this edition of Kermode on film, |
| 1:08.0 | recorded live at the BFI South Bank back in April 2020. I'm joined by director Andrew Legg to talk about his time-travelling feature Lola, |
| 1:16.0 | which toys with the disturbing idea of erasing David Bowie from history, and by writer-director |
| 1:20.7 | Pravesh Kumar, who discusses his debut feature Little English, comedy about a dysfunctional Punjabi |
| 1:25.8 | family in Slough. I'm also joined by Josie Lawrence to talk |
| 1:29.1 | about her starring role in John Suther's thoughtful family drama, A Clever Woman. We've got a |
| 1:35.3 | fantastic show for you tonight. We've got an absolutely brilliant show. It's completely packed |
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