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Legendary British writer, broadcaster, ex-MP and TV star Gyles Brandreth hosts “Rosebud”, in which he talks to famous and fascinating people about their first memories and first experiences.
Expect laughter, nostalgia, memorable stories, revelations and, of course, the odd name-drop from Gyles. 
 
We want to hear about your first memories - email us at hello@rosebudpodcast.com

And you can follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @therosebudpod
 
Artwork: Freya Betts.
Music: Phil Lepherd.
Producer: Harriet Jaine.

Rosebud is a 'Plain Jaine' / 'Keep It Light Media' Production
 
Creator: Gyles Brandreth/Plain Jaine Productions

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Productions / Keep It Light Media

    • Society & Culture

Legendary British writer, broadcaster, ex-MP and TV star Gyles Brandreth hosts “Rosebud”, in which he talks to famous and fascinating people about their first memories and first experiences.
Expect laughter, nostalgia, memorable stories, revelations and, of course, the odd name-drop from Gyles. 
 
We want to hear about your first memories - email us at hello@rosebudpodcast.com

And you can follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @therosebudpod
 
Artwork: Freya Betts.
Music: Phil Lepherd.
Producer: Harriet Jaine.

Rosebud is a 'Plain Jaine' / 'Keep It Light Media' Production
 
Creator: Gyles Brandreth/Plain Jaine Productions

    Robert Lindsay

    Robert Lindsay

    Robert Lindsay is Gyles's guest this week, and the conversation they have is brilliant: evocative, revealing, and funny. Robert takes Gyles back to his working class childhood, growing up as the son of a carpenter in a two-up-two-down house in Derbyshire; he reminisces about his parents' love for each other and for dancing and laughing together, and about the practical jokes they used to play on their neighbours. Robert talks about how he was encouraged to act by teachers at school, who spotted his talent and nurtured it; and about his time at RADA and the early days of his career. He tells Gyles about the intoxication of his days on Broadway, and how he started to believe his own hype after he won the Tony for Me and My Girl, and about the failure of the feature film he made with Carl Reiner. This is a fascinating chat, full of great stories. Thank you, Robert.


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    • 1 hr 6 min
    Björn Ulvaeus - ABBA legend

    Björn Ulvaeus - ABBA legend

    Björn Ulvaeus is pop music royalty, a founder member of one the most successful pop groups in history - ABBA. So when Gyles was given the opportunity to interview him at a special event in Bridlington, the Rosebud team hotfooted it up there to record it. What you're going to hear is a very special, wide-ranging and fascinating conversation about Björn's life and his incredible career. Björn grew up in Västervik, a small coastal town on Sweden's east coast. It was a happy childhood, but he knew his future lay beyond the little town, and it turned out that his guitar was his escape route. In this interview, Björn tells Gyles about meeting Benny, how they clicked immediately and started to write songs together. He tells Gyles about their songwriting process, which is riveting. He talks about the night ABBA won Eurovision, and the difficult period that followed. He talks about the band's split, and about the effect of fame on his family. Gyles and Björn also - exclusively - reveal that they've been writing a song together. Will it ever see the light of day? You'll have to listen to find out...

    Our thanks to the team at Bridlington Business Day. And our thanks to Björn Ulvaeus and Christina Sas.
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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Suzy Eddie Izzard

    Suzy Eddie Izzard

    This week's guest is the stand-up comedian, actor, marathon-runner and political activist Suzy Eddie Izzard. Suzy tells Gyles about her new name, and why she's relaxed about what people to choose to call her. She then takes Gyles back into her childhood, spent in Aden, Northern Ireland and South Wales, until the sudden death of her mother changed everything and Suzy and her brother were sent to boarding school.
    Suzy talks about what made her want to perform, what gives her drive to take on new and greater challenges all the time; she and Gyles talk about street performing, and about Suzy's current, ground-breaking solo production of Hamlet (on at London's Riverside Studios in Hammersmith). Enjoy this fascinating episode of Rosebud.
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    • 57 min
    Chris McCausland

    Chris McCausland

    Gyles gets together with comedian Chris McCausland to record a really special episode of Rosebud. Chris takes Gyles back to his childhood days, playing football and messing about in the streets of West Derby Village in Liverpool, part of a close-knit family and friendship group. Chris talks about the beginnings of the problems with his sight, which started in childhood, how this affected his schooling and could, at times, make him feel self-conscious. He and Gyles also talk about whether Chris's sight problems affect his memories - which is fascinating. Chris tells Gyles about getting into stand-up, his best friend, how he met and married his wife and his experiences of being a dad. This is a life-affirming, inspiring, profound and at times, moving, episode of Rosebud - as Gyles demonstrates at the very end of the interview! Our huge thanks so Chris for giving his warmth, wit and wonderful reminiscences to us.
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    • 1 hr 8 min
    Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal

    Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal

    Who is the cleverest person in Britain? When Gyles asked this question to readers of his columns last year, one name was mentioned more than any other; that of Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow, the Astronomer Royal. Lord Rees is one of the most distinguished scientists in the country, a former President of the Royal Society and a Cambridge fellow. He wrote the first papers on quasars (a type of black hole) and he, alongside other greats such as Dennis Sciama and Stephen Hawking, helped to develop our understanding of the origins of the universe. He is also, Gyles discovers, a man of incredible modesty who just got into science because "he wasn't much good at anything else".

    This is a wide-ranging conversation which takes in not only Rees's childhood in Shropshire and early academic career, but also includes discussions of the big bang, the future of the earth, and what happens to scientists when they get old. Plus, there's a bombshell revelation about Sir Isaac Newton. This is one of our most profound and intelligent Rosebuds yet: which isn't surprising, given our guest. Thank you, Martin Rees.
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    • 1 hr 3 min
    Alexander Armstrong

    Alexander Armstrong

    Gyles and Alexander Armstrong reminisce about Alexander's idyllic childhood in Northumberland, the son of a country GP. They talk about his school years, when he was an 'odd little boy' who sang in the school choir and was obsessed with Gilbert and Sullivan. They discuss the joy of Evensong, and the delights of PG Wodehouse, and Gyles finds out what it was like to live on Imogen Stubbs's barge in Chiswick. This episode was recorded on a sunny day in May, and we hope you can feel the sunshine as you listen to it - enjoy.
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    • 1 hr

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