Larry Lamb: Damaged people are dangerous because they know they can survive

Full Disclosure with James O'Brien

Global

Society & Culture

4.6 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Known to millions as Mick Shipman in Gavin & Stacey and Archie Mitchell in EastEnders, Larry Lamb has lived a life far more complex than any character he’s played. From a fractured childhood in postwar London, to becoming one of Britain’s most familiar faces- his story is one of survival, resilience and transformation.

In this episode of Full Disclosure, James O’Brien sits down with Larry to explore the lesser-known journey behind the fame. Larry speaks candidly about the trauma of growing up with an abusive father and shares the unexpected twists that took him from oil rigs and sales jobs to amateur theatre and eventual stardom.

Moving, measured, and full of reflection, this conversation offers a rare window into how we carry our past, and how it can shape- without defining- the people we become.

Find out more about Larry’s debut novel All Wrapped Up and national book tour here

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0:50.3	Thank you. Global Player Original Podcast Hello and welcome to full disclosure, a podcast project conceived entirely to let me spend more time with interesting people than I would ever be allowed on the radio.
0:51.2	Larry Lamb, welcome.
0:54.1	Hello. Former colleague. standing for you when you
0:55.7	were away. It's true. Always went in and greeted old Nick Ferrari and asked out Attila the
1:00.0	hung was going and he'd say, well, a looming socialist. Like, what are you doing in here?
1:06.6	Better known, perhaps. Not to in any way dilute the power of LBC.
1:11.3	Better known for your acting work, particularly latterly.
1:14.7	But we will begin at the beginning.
1:17.0	And I hadn't realised.
1:18.7	You've got a new book out now which is a novel all wrapped up,
1:22.7	which I think uniquely approaches storytelling
1:26.0	from the perspective of an assistant director. But you've written a memoir before as well, about I think 13 approaches storytelling from the perspective of an assistant director.
1:28.2	But you've written a memoir before.
1:29.7	Yeah.
1:29.9	As well about, I think, 13 or 14 years ago.
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