Anne Reid

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media

Society & Culture, Unknown

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Joining Gyles this week is is one of Britain's best loved actresses, Anne Reid. Anne's long career began when a teacher at school persuaded her to apply for RADA at only 16, and after a stint in weekly rep and appearances on The Benny Hill Show and Hancock's Half Hour, she became a household name as Valerie Barlow in Coronation Street in the 60s, and then as a regular performer with Victoria Wood in the 80s. But it is arguably in later life that Anne has had the most notable, and interesting, roles in series like Last Tango In Halifax, Years and Years and The Sixth Commandment, as well as in the feature film The Mother with Daniel Craig. Anne tells Gyles about her childhood, growing up in the north-east during the war, about bombing raids and ballet classes. She talks about her parents' move to India, and delights Gyles with a story of an amazing trip she took to Delhi during her school holidays. She talks about her marriage to the producer Peter Eckersley, who sadly died in 1981, and her life since then. Thank you, Anne, for sharing your wonderful stories. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:56.7	Hello again. This is Giles Brandreth here and welcome to another episode of Rosebud. It's the holiday season and this week even my producer Harriet Jane is away. Yes, she is on a beach in Greece and I am here holding the fort. But it's not a bad fort.
1:15.8	I'm at Grovenor House in Park Lane, so I'm not complaining. But let's hope I remember to press
1:21.0	record. Do you put two buttons at the same time? Oh gosh, how does this thing work?
1:31.5	Oh, I hope to get it right. Oh, dear.
1:35.6	All right. Here goes. I'm just going to say the words and maybe the magic will happen.
2:04.6	Cue the music. Another Rosebud and another guest and another actress. This is somebody I know quite well, but not very well. I know her well enough to call her Annie, when her name is Anne professionally. She's Anne
2:10.9	Reed. She first became famous playing Valerie Tatlock in Coronation Street.
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