15 episodes
What is Love Actually? Unknown Penguin
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- TV & Film
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4.9 • 34 Ratings
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Welcome to the podcast dedicated to discovering just what the 2003 romantic Christmas film 'Love Actually' is by taking it apart and putting it back together again.
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Christmas in July: The Holiday (w/ the Out for Blood Podcast!)
Chris Adams and Holly Morgan from the podcast Out for Blood: The Story of Carrie the Musical join Patrick and Beth to break down the movie that so many of our guests thought was Love Actually.
We cover: the agony and the agony of Cameron Diaz, very British children, the Nancy Myers of it all, trolls and their bridges, Kate Winslet’s cottage, why Patrick won’t AirBNB and/or Uber.
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more about Beth
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13. Red Nose Day Actually
Patrick and Beth are back! They have heard your voicemails, read your missives, and are ready to bring you all the Christmas cheer you expect from your favourite (with a “u”) podcast that directs Love Actually in this manner!
We cover the Love Actually and Four Weddings and a Funeral Red Nose Day sequels (are they sequels?), the race for the 2020 UK Christmas number 1, introduce our new theme song (maybe), and finally put #Schiffergate to bed (except we don’t).
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Listen to Patrick & Beth on the Taking Hugh for Granted podcast!
The 2020 UK Christmas number 1 song is……?
The Christmas 2020 UK Singles Charts (in case you're interested)
“Thank You Baked Potato”
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12. And at Christmas You Tell the Truth
Patrick and Beth try to make sense of all this, tally the scores, and endeavour to discover just what is Love Actually?
We cover erroneous commas, Love Actually in the news, Lulu Popplewell, the A Christmas Prince drinking game, Schiffergate, longing for the 4-hour cut of this movie, and how this repeated viewings of Love Actually led Patrick back to the works of Paul Thomas Anderson (specifically Magnolia).
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Yahoo! News - “Richard Curtis: I have respect for people who don’t like my films” (9/6/20)
Lulu Popplewell on the podcast Almost Famous with Barnaby Slater (10/15/20)
Cosmo - “Love Actually star slams the film as cheesy and sexist” (10/18/20)
The Irish Times - “Harsh words about Love Actually will not spoil this classic for me” by Marie Louise McConville (10/24/20)
E! Online - “Let's Settle This One and For All: Is Love Actually a Good Movie?” by Tierney Bricker (11/4/20)
The New Zealand Herold - “The weirdly popular Christmas movie that isn't actually a Christmas movie” (11/9/20)
RNLI Charity Auction: Love Actually. A framed film cell featuring the final frame of film from the original 35mm reel.
Buy Patrick’s book Visual Literacy: A Practical Text on the Analysis, History, and Creation of Visual Media is available from Kendall-Hunt.
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11. Ringo Starr Married a Bond Girl
Robbie Rozelle & Robert W. Schneider from the Gay Card Revoked podcast join Beth & Patrick to revel in the story of Daniel (Liam Neeson, Darkman, Schindler's List), Sam (Thomas Brodie-Sangster, The Queen’s Gambit, Game of Thrones, Phineas and Ferb), Joanna (Olivia Olson, Phineas and Ferb), and Carol (Claudia Schiffer).
We cover Robbie’s funeral plans, Rob’s Emma Thompson stories, Liam Neeson’s family kidnapping issues, animal porn, airport runs, and we finally settle Schiffergate once and for all (except we don’t).
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Perfect Crime: New York’s longest-running play.
The Gay Card Revoked Podcast
Buy Robbie’s album Songs from Inside My Locker available on Broadway Records!
Behind the Curtain: Broadway’s Living Legends - Rob’s podcast with Kevin David Thomas
about Robbie Rozelle
about Robert W. Schneider
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10. Both Sides Now
Wonder duo Jenna Duncan (theatre director) & Rick Westerkamp (actor, teacher) join Patrick & Beth to sob through the chronicle of Harry (Alan Rickman, national treasure), Karen (Emma Thompson, two-time Oscar winner & damn national treasure), and Mia (Heike Makatsch, Resident Evil).
We cover dirndls, how to seduce your boss with Beth & Jenna, Jenna’s many soapboxes, the issue with Rufus the Angel, and how much we love Emma Thompson.
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Jenna’s Instagram
Rick’s Instagram
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09. Would We Call Her Chubby?
Married-acting-singing persons Evan Casey & Tracy Lynn Olivera join Beth & Patrick to glance askance at the saga of David (Hugh Grant, from this mugshot) and Natalie (Martine McCutcheon, EastEnders).
We cover the Casey/Olivera Christmas watchlist, how Billy Bob Thornton can get it, the Teapot Dome Scandal, recasting Hugh Grant & Colin Firth with Willem Dafoe & John Malkovich, body positivity, and we finally settle whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie (it isn’t not).
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Hugh Grant & Colin Farrell - Actors on Actors - Full Conversation
about Evan at Capitol Steps Dot Com
about Tracy at Wikipedia and Levine Music Dot Org
more about Beth
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Tweet us: @loveactuallypod
Facebook us: @loveactuallypod
Customer Reviews
Love it!
While i disagree with a lot of the drawn conclusions, this is fun and funny. Amazing how many different perspectives there can be on one piece of film. Episode 7 should have come first—the true Brit and the American expat give excellent insight that would have been valuable to the hosts from the beginning. I watch this movie every year as a part of our Christmas movies all advent/Christmastide, and any extra just brings joy!
Hilarious and Informative
The perfect podcast to listen to and laugh with while you're getting ready for Christmas.
Giving me life!
So fully disclosure I have never seen this movie all the way through. But listening to these folks discuss it is absolutely a delightful way to pass a few hours! The talk is honest and funny but filled with respect and some affection for the movie (at least as much as it deserves). The different guests have such a variety of takes that each episode is different and fresh and fun. Great idea for a limited-run holiday podcast!