Hugh Dennis on finding your people, the joy of letting things happen, and his unlikely James Bond cameo
White Wine Question Time
Biscuit Jim
4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 12 April 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Joining us today is the esteemed actor and comedian you’ll no doubt know from shows like Mock the Week, Fleabag, Outnumbered - and even a few scenes of the latest James Bond film. It’s the wonderful Hugh Dennis!
Before heading back out on tour with Steve Punt for the first time in a decade, Hugh chats to Kate about the joys of letting your career dictate its path, how he found himself in the likes of Fleabag and James Bond, and the importance of finding your tribe.
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| 0:00.0 | Isn't it funny how some things in life are good when they're high, but others are good when they're low. |
| 0:04.4 | Take exam grades, for example, those are good when they're high. |
| 0:07.4 | But your 5K time, now that's much better low. |
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| 0:23.2 | Weightrows, food to feel good about. |
| 0:25.8 | Selected stores subject to availability, prices may vary in little |
| 0:28.4 | waitros, channel islands and concessions. Coming up on this episode of White Wine Question Time. |
| 0:40.0 | The same was true of outnumbered when they did the sort of taster film for that they went do you want to come and do this? |
| 0:47.5 | It's on a Saturday morning. There's literally no money. Can you bring your own clothes you know we'll film it and there is |
| 0:56.8 | I was sitting there in his makeup chair next to Michael Hutchins who as far as I could |
| 1:02.2 | work at he was on a mobile phone for me to the time, and he seemed to be buying a ranch in Montana. |
| 1:08.0 | That's what I could work out. |
| 1:10.0 | They couldn't decide whether he was going to be shot in the head or shot in the chest. |
| 1:15.6 | But they did know what I was going to be shot. |
| 1:19.2 | So I had to practice different types of death. |
| 1:21.8 | So I was ready when it came to. |
| 1:27.0 | The pitch was, we don't bother to research your dead relatives. We talk to them. Hello and welcome to White Wine Question Time, the podcast had asked its guest three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine. |
| 1:55.6 | And my guest this week is an actor, writer, comedian, impressionist and presenter. |
| 2:00.8 | He also appeared on every single episode of Mock the Week for 17 years. |
| 2:06.3 | You may also know him as Pete from Outnumbered, Toby from Not Going Out, or the Kindly Bank Manager from |
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