Tim Sullivan - longtime friend of Craig and author of DS George Cross books

Joy with Craig Ferguson

Craig Ferguson & Studio71

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.7 • 743 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Tim Sullivan and Craig have known each other for more than 30 years. That means they were both running wild doing stupid things. Then they both got older Tim worked in TV and movies (Alfresco, Sherlock Holmes, Flushed Away, Shrek 4) as Craig went to the US to star in TV and host a late night talk show. When the world shut down in 2020, Tim found a new passion, writing detective novels. Specifically a series of detective novels featuring the title character George Cross. The books, 8 in total, were first self-published but have since been picked up and published in various different languages. On October 21st his new book, The Dentist will be published by Grove Atlantic. You can order it here. Craig sits down with his old friend and reminisces of their time growing up, tell some incredible stories about their friendship and how Tim found a new secondary career later in life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is me, Craig Ferguson.
0:02.9	I'm inviting you to come and see my brand new comedy hour.
0:06.0	Well, actually, it's about an hour and a half, and I don't have an opener because these guys cost money.
0:09.8	But what I'm saying is I'll be on stage for a while.
0:13.2	Anyway, come and see me live on the Pants on Fire Tour in your region.
0:18.9	Tickets are on sale now and we'll be adding more as the tour continues throughout
0:23.0	2025 and beyond. For a full list of dates, go to the Craig Ferguson Show.com. See you on the road,
0:31.4	my dears. Welcome to the Joy podcast. My name is Craig Ferguson. I am the host of this podcast.
0:37.0	As you can see behind me
0:38.4	in the beautiful streets and chimney suites and Victorian urchins, I'm in London. And my guest today is a very
0:45.8	fancy London detective writer. He's not detective. He's a writer of detective fiction. His name is Tim
0:53.4	Sullivan.
1:00.0	So Tim, what we're going to do, I think, is what we have to do first.
1:01.8	I want to talk about... Let's begin with George Cross.
1:04.8	George Cross, the antagonist of the series of... How many books have you written with georgian him now finishing book 8 on
1:14.1	wednesday well you're finishing it on wednesday how do you know you're going to finish it on
1:18.0	wednesday like and i will write chapter 100 on wednesday no i kind of well i've always worked
1:24.7	to deadlines because i was a screenwriter for most of the first of life.
1:27.7	So I kind of need to have deadlines.
1:30.4	I've got to know on Wednesday.
1:32.6	I deliver it the following Wednesday,
1:34.0	so I like a week to just read.
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