Kevin McCloud (Part Two)

Walking The Dog with Emily Dean

Goalhanger

Comedy, Kids & Family, Pets & Animals, Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture

4.7 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

We’re at Goodwood this week with the brilliant Kevin McCloud!

Kevin tells us about how a Channel 4 commissioner initially didn’t think he was the right presenter for Grand Designs, how he feels about having uncomfortable conversations on the show, and whether he makes a habit of judging other people’s homes.

Grand Designs celebrated its 25th year in 2024. You can watch every episode on Channel 4!

Follow @Kevin.mccloud1 on Instagram

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Goodwoof will be taking place on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May 2025. Early bird tickets are available now here! Kevin will be appearing at the event as part of Barkitecture.

Thank you to The Goodwood Hotel for kindly hosting us in one of their lovely dog-friendly rooms during our trip to East Sussex. The Hotel has 12 dog-friendly rooms. Dogs are provided with a bed, bowls, bags and treats.

The Kennels is the clubhouse for all of Goodwood Estate's members, a home away from home for those looking to relax and enjoy superb food in stylish surroundings.

Dogs are welcome at The Kennels and can also join as members with a Kennels' Dog Membership. Dog members receive a personalised dog bowl and their membership helps support the work of The Kennels' chosen charity, Hounds for Heroes.

Walking the Dog was given special access to the Goodwood Estate, exploring The Kennels, where Goodwoof is held. There are a number of permissive paths across the Estate – further details can be found here. We ask that dogs are kindly kept on a lead when walking on the Estate.

Follow Emily:

Instagram - @emilyrebeccadean

X - @divine_miss_em

Walking The Dog is produced by Faye Lawrence

Music: Rich Jarman

Artwork: Alice Ludlam

Photography: Karla Gowlett

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Transcript

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0:00.8	Welcome to Part 2 of Walking the Dog with Kevin McLeod at the glorious Goodwood Estate.
0:06.4	Do go back and listen to Part 1 if you haven't already.
0:09.3	And if you want to find out more info about Goodwood and the Goodworth Dog Festival,
0:13.4	it's all in the description of this episode.
0:15.7	I'd also love it if you gave us a like and a follow so you can catch us every week.
0:20.0	Here's Kevin and Ray Ray.
0:22.1	Tell me how you ended up moving into ground designs because we need to discuss this before.
0:28.0	Yeah, yeah.
0:28.7	Well, I've done a bit of telly, you know, because it's like teaching in that sense.
0:32.7	You're in front of the camera.
0:33.8	No, I've got plenty of our directors who still say to me, stop.
0:45.3	Cut. No, Kevin, can you get it again? Just make it half the length. And then they say that three more times. You know that you've done to about 16th. So, telly becomes in the end an exercise in rather like sort of writing copy from tabloid newspapers. You've got to try and keep the intelligence of what you're
0:56.2	saying, but get it really squeezed down. Do you know, I think that's why comedians are starting
1:02.0	to, someone realized in the 90s, why comedians have moved into TV and radio, is that what
1:07.9	comics specialize in is communicating quite complex ideas in a very succinct way.
1:14.6	Yeah, because comedy is a great way of doing it.
1:16.4	You have to get it down to five words. You know, you can't. And so I think, someone almost
1:21.0	realized, oh, you have comics can do this. They do this anyway. This is a muscle. They've
1:25.2	exercised their whole life. But you are such a great
1:29.1	communicator and I love watching it. Those closest to me will say I'm unable to communicate anything.
1:36.6	Come on. I mean, that's the thing about the difference between the professional circumstance and the real world.
1:42.2	Like, you know, say to a teacher, try and have a conversation
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