Interview: Actor and RADA President David Harewood

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 August 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Today we speak to David Harewood, actor and the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

David has starred in shows like Homeland and Line of Duty and will soon be appearing in season two of Sherwood. In February 2024 he was appointed President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art which he first attended as a student. Adam speaks to David about his role as president, what the recent riots tell us about race in the UK and which role he’d like to play next.

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Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray with Gemma Roper. The technical producer was Ben Andrews. David Harewood photography credit: Helen Murray. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, music radio podcasts.
0:05.0	Hello, it's another one of those episodes of newscasts where we spend the whole episode
0:09.1	just chatting to an interesting person, and today it's the actor David Herwood who yes of course you remember him from
0:15.7	Homeland which was a massive hit a few years ago but he's been in lots of other things and
0:19.6	recently he became the president of Rada, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
0:25.1	Basically, the Actors Acting School and all the famous names have been there,
0:30.0	whether it's Anthony Hopkins or Amel de Staunton or Tom Hiddleston and previous
0:34.2	presidents have included John Gielgood, Kenneth Brana and at one point Princess
0:39.1	Diana. So there's lots to ask him about about the acting school, the world of showbiz, and also he's written very, very honestly about lots of things like the racism he experienced growing up in Birmingham, his family's history when it comes to slavery,
0:58.4	and also his own mental health because he had a breakdown quite soon actually after he graduated from Rada the acting school
1:05.6	where he's now the president of so that is what you'll hear on this episode of
1:09.3	newscast.
1:10.3	Newscast.
1:11.3	Newsscast from the BBC.
1:15.0	David, hello.
1:19.0	Hello, how are you?
1:20.0	Welcome to Newscast.
1:21.0	Well, I'm very pleased to see you.
1:22.0	Oh, thank you for inviting me.
1:23.4	So, Rada, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, which you're now the president.
1:28.3	El Presidente, I call me.
1:30.0	Oh, right, okay, Continental.
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