We've Started So We'll Finish (ft. guests Bradley Cooper & Will Arnett)
The Empire Film Podcast
Bauer Media
4.6 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 January 2026
⏱️ 106 minutes
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Summary
This week's episode of the Empire Podcast sees Chris Hewitt sit down with Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett, director, co-writers, and stars of the new dramedy, Is This Thing On?, which takes inspiration from the real-life story of British comedian, John Bishop. It's an in-depth chat that we bring to you in full (although we did cut out a bit where someone poured a glass of water. Sorry to all you water completists out there), and it's well worth your time. It starts at 55:50 approx and runs until 1:20:14 approx. Either side of that, Chris is joined in the podbooth by Helen O'Hara, James Dyer, and Alex Godfrey for a fun episode in which they discuss the movie moments guaranteed to make them cry no matter how many times they've seen them; run their eyes over what passes for movie news (it was quite a slow week); review Is This Thing On?, action-comedy The Wrecking Crew, Jason Statham's Shelter, mad monkey movie Primate; and Richard Linklater's love letter to the French New Wave, Nouvelle Vague. Oh, and we make good on last week's promise, and bring you James, Helen, and Chris tackling their specialist subjects in a round that pays homage to classic BBC quiz show, Mastermind. It's pure chaos. Thanks to Magneto Magnetosson, for stepping in at short notice to host. Enjoy.
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| 0:00.0 | The Virgin Atlantic Holiday Sale is now on. |
| 0:03.1 | This is your sign. |
| 0:04.7 | To dive into the crystal water of an ancient cave pool in Mexico. |
| 0:09.5 | Or dry off in the sun on a white sand beach in the Maldives. |
| 0:15.2 | Or pour yourself into the culture and chaos of a night market in Thailand. |
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| 0:49.3 | What's on TV? The answer is a lot. There's never been more choice ever what to put on the box with an abundance of great new shows, but you can miss them all if you don't know where to look. And that's where the pilot TV podcast comes in, your essential guide to every show that matters. Each week, we sift through the very best in Prestige TV to help you decide what's worth spending your time on and what isn't. So join me, James Dyer, as well as venerable TV critics, Boyd Hilton and Kay Ribeiro, |
| 1:14.4 | and let us help take the stress out of your downtime. |
| 1:17.1 | The Pilot TV podcast, because you can't watch everything. our podcast this week, Bradley Cooper and Will Arnett are two stand-up guys who sit down with us to talk about their new movie, is this thing on? |
| 1:44.7 | All that plus usual news and nonsense on the movie podcast, it toyed with an intro that for the third week running |
| 1:50.8 | hinged on me not understanding how Mike's work for comedic effect, but I decided not to do it, |
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