Felicity Jones on TRAIN DREAMS, Tamsin Greig on RIOT WOMEN, and John Simm on his career

Kermode on Film

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4.4 • 913 Ratings

🗓️ 25 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to this episode of Kermode on Film, in which Mark talks with three exceptional actors who appeared on the MK3D show at the BFI Southbank on Monday 17 November 2025.

First, Mark is joined by Tamsin Greig to discuss her role in RIOT WOMEN, the fantastic new BBC series by writer Sally Wainwright.

Mark then speaks with Felicity Jones about her work in the new feature TRAIN DREAMS.

Finally, he welcomes John Simm to talk about his extraordinary work across screen and stage — from HUMAN TRAFFIC to HAMLET, from LIFE ON MARS to DR WHO.

If you missed Part 1, featuring Jack Howard, Caroline Goodall, Hannah Onslow, Amy Berg and Christopher Frayling, you can listen to it here: https://shows.acast.com/kermodeonfilm/episodes/jack-howards-caroline-goodall-hannah-onslow-for-the-second-t

Thanks for listening. Stay safe, and keep watching the skies.

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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)

These films are essential viewing.

Watch them. Love them. Share them.

They are masterpieces.

Mark Kermode Live in 3D and Kermode on Film are HLA Agency productions

This episode was edited by Alex Archbold Jones

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0:00.0	In every job that must be done, there is an element of fun.
0:03.6	You find the fun and snap!
0:08.5	Did you know that the very first assembly of photographs and sequential order to create a motion picture
0:13.8	was a two-second clip of a black man on horse?
0:17.8	We want the finest wines available to humanity.
0:21.0	We want them here and we want them now.
0:24.2	You really don't want me to play, huh?
0:26.5	No, I do.
0:27.9	Captain Hardy said no.
0:29.6	Captain who?
0:32.0	Welcome to this episode of Kermodon film, in which I talk with three brilliant actors.
0:37.0	I'm joined by the fabulous and versatile
0:39.0	Thames and Greg to talk about her role in Riot Women, fantastic new BBC series by writer Sally Wainwright.
0:44.5	I also talk with Felicity Jones about her work in the new featured train dreams, which is
0:48.3	becoming a real awards contender, and I welcome John Sims to talk about his extraordinary work on
0:52.8	screen and stage, from human traffic to Hamlet, from Life on Mars to Doctor Who.
0:58.0	Enjoy.
1:03.0	Now, how many of you have been watching Riot Women on television?
1:08.0	You will be thrilled by the fact I'm about to say please welcome Tamsin Greg.
1:13.6	Hello. Thank you so much for coming on the show. So we were talking in the green room and I said, I have to tell you, I watched the whole thing on one binge. Linda, my partner and I sat down, we watched the first episode, and due to the miracle of BBC Eye Player, we just watched the whole thing. And you said, how childish. And then you said, no, I meant childlike. So we're going to watch a little clip from the scene.
1:45.7	Before we do, for anyone who hasn't been introduced to it, what is it?
1:49.9	Right Woman is the new project by Sally Wainwright, who is actually in the audience.
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