James Nesbitt the Plot Twists, Pinch-Me Moments and Perks of Parenting.
White Wine Question Time
Biscuit Jim
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🗓️ 22 January 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Jimmy Nesbitt is one of the guests we've always wanted to get on the podcast. He doesn't do many interviews, so we're thrilled he chose to sit down with us and look back at his extraordinary career.
From his very first performance (aged 5) he recognised the buzz he got from performing, and having started as a comic actor his portrayals of The Throubles in Bloody Sunday showed the world what a versatile performer he is. Since then he's taken roles which (in his own words) mean he's lost about four children and as a cop about ten partners - and he's now starring in one of the world's most-watched shows; Harlen Coben's Run Away on Netflix.
James spoke to us from his home in Belfast after an extremely busy start to the year and reminisced about his Dad and everything he taught him (literally - his Dad was his primary school teacher), the people in his life who've changed the narrative - like Director Paul Greengrass who cast James in Bloody Sunday.
It's a fabulous chat, so we hope you can find somewhere to enjoy it.
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on this episode of Whitewine question time |
| 0:05.4 | it's funny it's like on screen I've sort of been either the worst or the most unlucky |
| 0:11.8 | parent or worst or most unlucky cop in history you know I've lost about four different |
| 0:17.1 | children I've lost about 10 different partners in the police over the years. |
| 0:22.6 | We used to go on holiday to Butkins and I sang in the Under Five competition. |
| 0:27.6 | I signed the theme tune to an old TV show called Zed Cars and I won. |
| 0:32.6 | But I remember as clear as day being on stage and thinking, this is all right. |
| 0:38.3 | You know, I quite fancy this. |
| 0:41.3 | Harlan, I got on the phone from America and I spoke for an hour |
| 0:45.3 | and I just, I clicked with him to tell you the truth. |
| 0:48.3 | It was like, I felt like a teenager somehow. |
| 0:51.3 | It was like kind of, you know, in a sort of metaphorical way, oh, fancy him. |
| 0:55.8 | I really like this guy. |
| 0:59.2 | Hello and welcome to White Wine Question Time, the podcast that asked its guests three thought-provoking |
| 1:03.9 | questions over three glasses of wine. And my guest this week is a leading man who's been on |
| 1:08.9 | our big and small screens since the 90s. |
| 1:12.0 | We first fell for him as the charming but flawed Adam Williams in Cold Feet and from there |
| 1:17.2 | followed roles in movies like Bloody Sunday, a role but won him a BAfter, welcome to Sarajevo, |
| 1:22.5 | the Hobbit films, Waking Ned and his small screen wins. |
| 1:25.9 | Include the likes of Murphy's Law, Jekyll, Stan Lee's The Lucky Man, |
| 1:29.5 | The Missing Bloodlands, and most recently Harlan Coburn's runaway success for Netflix runaway. |
| 1:37.2 | Born in 1965 in Balamina, County Andrim, he grew up in the coastal town of Coleraine in Northern Ireland with his three elder sisters and parents he adored. |
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