Ep. 125 – MARK ‘BILLY’ BILLINGHAM - A Conversation With… – INTERVIEW SPECIAL

The Lovejoy Hour

Lovejoy

Society & Culture, Football, Sports

4.6 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

This week Tim Lovejoy talks to former SAS member, bodyguard turned TV personality Mark ‘Billy’ Billingham. Tim and Billy discuss the gruelling SAS selection process, the ups and downs of a career in the special forces and what it’s like to be a bodyguard to the likes of Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Tom Cruise.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dear Lovejoy podcast sponsored by Cooker, spelled quicker, pronounced cooker, 100 degree boiling hot water straight from your kitchen tap.
0:11.6	Today's podcast is a special.
0:14.1	It's a conversation with Mark Billy Billingham, who is ex-S-S-s-s special forces you might knowed s mark he's
0:25.4	s a yes I mean we find out all about my mistakes with that during the interview and
0:30.3	you might know him from SAS Who dares wins that's a program which I love they just
0:35.3	finished the celebrity version which which Wayne Bridge won.
0:40.8	He's also, he was in the forces for years.
0:45.5	He also used to train and go through, he was one of the selectors for the SAS.
0:49.6	He also used to be a bodyguard to celebrities.
0:51.2	We talk all about that as well. So he's worked with people like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie,
0:54.7	Sir Michael Cain, Jude Law, Hulk Hogan, Cape Mars, Russell Crowe, Tom Cruise, blah, blah, blah, blah,
0:59.7	blah, blah. There's a great story, isn't there? There's a very great anecdote. He tells some
1:04.7	fascinating stories. We discuss all about training regimes and things in the forces and the special forces.
1:11.9	And as Mark alluded to a little bit earlier on, I find out the difference between the SAS and the SBS.
1:18.2	I hope you enjoy it.
1:19.3	This is Mark Billy Billingham.
1:21.0	We know him as Billy.
1:22.5	This is just a guide to modern life.
1:26.8	Modern life is hard to get just right.
1:30.8	It can frustrate you and annoy it.
1:34.6	And if it does, right into dear love, joy.
1:42.4	Billy, welcome to my kitchen.
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