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Who's Tom & Dick

Miriam Margolyes

Who's Tom & Dick

Patrick Mortimer & Martin Weavers

Anxiety, Cancer, Cardiac Arrest, Comedy Interviews, Hospice, Mental Health, Comedy, Stents, Lung Cancer, Heart Disease, Depression, Health & Fitness, Heart Failure, Heart Attack, Breast Cancer

5.0811 Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Send us Fan Mail Season 3 Episode 3 Miriam Margolyes better known for her role in Harry Potter as Professor Sprout, Miriam joins the boys on the Podcast today for a rollercoaster ride of fun and giggles. Buckle up for a backstage conversation with national treasure, truth-teller, and all-round force of nature Miriam Margolyes. Recorded live at Norwich Theatre Royal, this episode takes you right into the thick of her world – candid, hilarious, and gloriously unpredictable. Miriam opens up abou...

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0:00.0

You're listening to Who's Tom and Dick, a weekly podcast with your host, Martin Weavers, fighting states for lung cancer, and Patrick Mortimer, living with heart disease.

0:19.7

Why not grab yourself a cup of coffee?

0:21.8

Sit back and enjoy the chatter as we discuss and share information talking about tough subjects

0:27.8

and offering help, support and motivation with a positive mental attitude.

0:33.0

Well, good morning, everybody, and welcome to another episode of Who's Tom and Dick?

0:54.2

Good morning, Martin. Good morning, Patrick. How the devil are you? I'm good. And we're out on the road today, aren't we? Find ourselves out on the road. And tell them where we're heading. Well, we're heading to Norwich to meet up with a celebrity. Well, she's famous all over the world, isn't she? She's very famous all over the world, probably known best for her role in Harry Potter.

0:59.8

Yeah.

1:00.7

Professor Sprout.

1:02.0

That's who she plays.

1:03.0

But I'm sure that you will all recognise the name as we introduce Miriam Margulies.

1:10.5

Marguerlees, yes, Miriam Margulies. Marguer, yes, Miriam Marguerleys.

1:12.7

And I first saw Miriam Margulies in 1984 in a play in Colchester.

1:20.8

With Liz Gerbhardt, he used to be in Bleas, sir.

1:24.1

Name that play.

1:25.3

It was called 84 Charing Cross Road. Excellent. I'm going to mention that to her when I'll see you. Good memory, mate. Good memory. So we've been invited backstage because Miriam is currently on tour and she kicks off the tour today in Norwich and that's where we're heading at North. We've both got our passports ready. Yes. Across the border. We have.

1:45.2

Into Norfolk. And we've been invited backstage after the show. Now, she is very press for time.

1:51.7

So she's not going to be able to give us a full 30 minutes, but she's going to give us exactly what she can.

1:58.0

So we're going to hope we get a few minutes out of it. And we want to thank

2:01.4

the whole team for sorting this out because this should have been done a year ago, shouldn't it?

2:05.9

We were due to interview Miriam last November, I believe. Yeah. But unfortunately, that didn't

2:12.6

come about due to me being ill. Exactly. But he's fine fit, ready to face Miriam.

2:21.2

So without further ado, let's hear what she's got to say.

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