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James has been looking back at some of his all-time favourite guests on Full Disclosure. He's dug deep into the vault and plucked out an episode that really stands out. It's a classic with one of his very first guests, the comedian and actor Steve Coogan.
Steve Coogan is such a private individual for someone who's so incredibly well-known. He rarely does interviews. James waited 25 years to get one with him. So when it happened in 2019, James was both incredibly nervous and incredibly excited. Steve talks about everything from his early life in Manchester, the creation of Alan Partridge and conquering Hollywood.
This episode was originally released on the 6th of May 2019.

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@aw4925 10 месяцев назад

I grew up at the same time as Steve and had 2 brothers who introduced me to 'alternative' comedy and music ( for which I am very grateful). Listening to Steve's explanation of how it all came about for him made me appreciate again that influence people can have on you and also why I gravitated towards Steve Coogan's humour myself. He is very intelligent , articulate and self aware all of which have made him extremely skilled at what he does. Brilliant actor too. Loved the interview.

@ibp2007 11 месяцев назад

It was a pleasure. Thank you.

@sratus 11 месяцев назад

I do like that he always gives a shout out to Rising Damp when talking about influences growing up. Rossiter was one of the best comedy performers we've ever had and that was a wonderful sitcom. There are shades of Rigsby in Partridge.

@dezmundo1251 11 месяцев назад

100% agree - I think there's a shared sense of someone who is desperately clinging onto sanity

@sratus 11 месяцев назад

@@dezmundo1251 Yes, both characters are also petty, vindictive, lacking in self-awareness & frustrated with their lot in life.

@richardboland1935 11 месяцев назад

"You can laugh at someone and you can love them at the same time" - Steve Coogan

@henryjohnfacey8213 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for your very interesting interviews. Thank you. Ps I wish I was so elucid. My father attended school in the 1920s. He was lucky he went to school in plimsolls most were bare foot. No chance to attend Grammar school. End of WWll he spoke Arabic fluently. Depriving children of a decent education is just Heart braking. BBC, R3, R4, World Servise, educated me. So much appreciated. Greetings from Yorkshire.

@Nigel_Pugh 10 месяцев назад

I've never watched, or even listened to a podcast before, but I thought this was brilliant. Steve Coogan is incredibly talented and came across really honest in this. Let's not forget also, a great bit of interviewing by James. Very insightful.

@bernarddodd9788 11 месяцев назад

All I want to say to this incredible and insightful man is, thanks for the full belly laughs my family have had and shared an expansion of joy.

@GWills-ys6rd 11 месяцев назад

Coogan is a very challenging person to interview as he is so uncomfortable with self-analysis. But his work is simply sublime no matter the genre due to his exhaustive and innovative craft. He's a 100% authentic national treasure without any doubt whatsoever. The world would have been a much duller place without him!

@terri6854 11 месяцев назад

Back of the net!

@randyschwaggins 11 месяцев назад

I think his only work of note is Partridge...and that's not to say that is a simply brilliant legacy in itself...because it is. However apart from that central work of genius...I would have to say Coogan hasn't really made the most of his talents...despite landing some very lucrative roles in Hollywood movies.

@GWills-ys6rd 11 месяцев назад

I disagree, how about taking a look at more of his work!

@philipgalvin1796 11 месяцев назад

Shepherds and Butchers to Greed via the Trip and Philomena

@whahappened8398 4 месяца назад

@@randyschwaggins you've not seen his portrayal of Savile ?

@paulthompson2991 9 дней назад

Wonderful interview - thank you

@Tellhimhesdead-m1y 11 месяцев назад

James- I`m not sure if this is live and you can read my message so... it`s ok being insufferable on the radio, but let Steve finish what he`s saying. Stop ending his sentences for him and let him do his own thinking as i`m pretty sure he knows what he is doing. Chow.

@adriftinaboat3452 11 месяцев назад

When many on my working class estate were buying colour TV’s in the late 60’s early 70’s, my socialist working class dad bought a second hand piano. I’ve never looked back 😊

@jaxcoss5790 11 месяцев назад

Brilliant stuff. We had a colour TV, but I was always an avid reader. My parents encouraged me to read even more when colour TV rolled up. I actually still love both.

@DrakeBurroughs 11 месяцев назад

Very doubtful that they bought them as they were hideously expensive. More likely rented, as ours was - 26" with touch screen controls and concertinaed screen doors - even though I presumed my dad had bought it. Watching "The Persuaders" as the first programme was like being beamed into the future.

@isabella6206 9 месяцев назад

Just a few words thank you for this, as I was of the time just pure magic describing the times from all the shows before and the grammar school trials ,the education books the comedies and comedians there was one name missing Harry Worth.

@stephenfarrow1351 11 месяцев назад

Talking about Tony Wilson without saying that Steve played him in 24hr Party People. Brilliant.

@taekwanlew 11 месяцев назад

"Manchesters biggest w4nker being played by Manchesters 2nd biggest w4nker" Peter Hook

@michaelmulhall5007 11 месяцев назад

@@taekwanlewHooky is one too talk

@bethhughes6800 11 месяцев назад

You got there before me Michael 😂

@Miss-Placed.1 10 месяцев назад

I've always enjoyed Steve's work and have to applaud him for taking the part in The Reckoning. Unfortunately I couldn't continue watching it beyond the first half of the first episode but from what I saw, his portrayal of Saville was very accurate. Great interview 👍

@garethwilkinson3456 10 месяцев назад

No, I won't be observing that type of darkness.

@joshuaDstarks 11 месяцев назад

James, they need you back on LBC. Your guest hosts are getting walloped.😂

@PDCRed 11 месяцев назад

Replacing James with a far-right, populist charlatan, albeit temporarily, really spoils my morning.

@kinomusic9110 11 месяцев назад

@@PDCRedMaybe get a job then.

@Rendell001 11 месяцев назад

@@kinomusic9110 Hilarious... maybe they should get you on LBC then?

@Sophienfreya 11 месяцев назад

@@PDCRedwho is it?

@brianpdeburca5029 11 месяцев назад

Enjoyed very much. Thanks

@stevenandrewlee44 11 месяцев назад

Buying the encyclopaedia stuff totally resonates.

@Scotlanz 10 месяцев назад

54:18 James O’Brien is just like David Brent laughing at Finchie. 😂

@lancedsouza1547 11 месяцев назад

Excellent actor and highly talented.

@andrewrobinson2565 11 месяцев назад

Steve Coogan and Harry Enfield are interesting in that they are much more comfortable in character than as themselves. Great interview 👍🤩👍.

@djbeard001 9 месяцев назад

Steve just wants to spit his story out. But James is desperate for some sort of reciprocal matey laugh-in. James keeps talking over Steve. It would be better if he spoke less and just let Steve talk. It’s not funny but it’s interesting.

@PaulHooton-w8w 11 месяцев назад

Love these guys both so articulate. I could listen to them all day . Just finished The reckoning Steve Cogan as Jimmy Evil oops Savil compelling viewing harrowing experience viewing at times how Savil got away with his henis abuse of under age girls and boy's boys . Steve Cogan played Savil to a T ..at times I thought it was Savile

@bethhughes6800 11 месяцев назад

Me too, I had to keep reminding myself

@steeleye2112 11 месяцев назад

He has made some of the greatest and most underrated comedy films of the last 50 years. Will never understand why they didn't get more attention.

@RalphBrooker-gn9iv 11 месяцев назад

Certainly share some cultural touchstones with Steve. But I failed my 11+. That sent me to a Catholic grammar instead of the local Big One. Drifted aimlessly through school. Listened to Monty Python records. Learned all the sketches. Would recite them with friends at school. Could do impressions. Went into the army. Found myself there.

@musicaltheatresongbook2512 11 месяцев назад

I was born and brought up in Alkrington about the same time as Steve, on Mount Road. I get the aspirational bit, typical of many families there including mine.

@kc8923 11 месяцев назад

The Reckoning is one of the best, if most disturbing, TV dramas ive seen for a while. Steve Coogan's portrayal of Jimmy Saville was chillingly accurate.

@doodlefisher234 9 месяцев назад

How do you know it was accurate

@elmexingles 9 месяцев назад

@@doodlefisher234maybe because he knows what saville looked like/acted like? Weird comment

@zorls 8 месяцев назад

@@doodlefisher234 Based on reports. Only false bits really are not shaming the BBC enough.

@patcampton7163 11 месяцев назад

Many people dont understand aspiration in the working class, the poor or the left. In my parents working class home books were considered important. We didnt have a television for quite a while, but we went to the cinema, the art galleries and museums.

@CarlCraven-r7v 11 месяцев назад

Mr. Coogan is Pure Genius....X.

@heffo67 11 месяцев назад

Excellent interview. It was really interesting. Very glad you reposted it, I missed it first time round. Thank you!

@bobadams7654 11 месяцев назад

I think that Alan Partridge is amazing - he plays the character of Steve Coogan so well. He really brings him to life.

@bobadams7654 11 месяцев назад

Are you joking? I've been listening to Alan's Norfolk radio program for years, long before he started playing Steve Coogan. Ps There's another actor, Tommy Saxondale, who sometimes impersonates Steve Coogan.

@fredflintstone8998 11 месяцев назад

Agreed. Partridge is a gifted mimic.

@MichaelCarrow79 10 месяцев назад

@@bobadams7654 prer Dave Cliftons show tbh

@bosshossmotorcycle385bhpwi9 10 месяцев назад

@@MichaelCarrow79 Dave Clifton is brilliant. Partridge plays him excellently.

@adam-cr5ht 10 месяцев назад

He's a chameleon. Partridge also portrays James o Brien in this very interview.

@ernie_hudds 10 месяцев назад

I love the honesty and thoughtfulness of Steve Coogan and there's nothing pretentious about him. I think it's a northern thing :D

@stevemsmith1 11 месяцев назад

Slightly annoying that James keeps trying to Finish the sentences of his guests. Understand that it's how he has to keep things moving along but I could detect a level of irritation. He should focus on great questions and then get out of the way for the answer.

@sarahadam8334 11 месяцев назад

brilliant interview, steve coogan legend

@patchso 11 месяцев назад

Really interesting interview. Worth the wait :-)

@Steventrafford 11 месяцев назад

That must have been a trip! Great interview

@rudegirlnycloy 11 месяцев назад

Philomena was a tragic, yet beautiful film. I cried my eyes out. Well done Steve Coogan. Great interview but what's with the neon lights. They serve no purpose other than to provide an unwanted distraction.

@capricornsounduk6023 11 месяцев назад

I inherited the calved black and white tv from our living room. When it got aged I’d have to thump the top of it to assist the vertical hold setting. I’ve got the vids of my nephews playing computer games. Now AI. Some transition!

@stevebrown8163 11 месяцев назад

Thank you

@londonlady227 11 месяцев назад

Coogan should get a Bafta for his performance as Savile. If they have the guts.

@icarus3604 10 месяцев назад

Wouldn’t that be a political hot potato?

@londonlady227 10 месяцев назад

@@icarus3604 I did state that. That's what I meant by saying "if they have the guts".

@icarus3604 10 месяцев назад

@@londonlady227 I’m agreeing

@londonlady227 10 месяцев назад

@@icarus3604 Aah yes. Sorry, this medium. I hope they do and the Baftas stand up to them.

@icarus3604 10 месяцев назад

@@MADCHESTERUTD-me7cu Have you listened to the interview of Coogan where he explains the thought process and the BBC’s reasoning behind making ‘The Reckoning’ ?

@patriciafinn5717 10 месяцев назад

Love both these guys❤

@AlienWooshie 11 месяцев назад

Fantastic interview!

@itsdebs 11 месяцев назад

Definitely relate to his Irish parenting, my mum was part of the shoeless population too.

@hoolley 11 месяцев назад

My mum too. I remember when I went to Ireland as a child and trying to copy my cousins as they were bare footed. It was only when I was older that my dad told me it was because they were poor

@chrisbrown1057 11 месяцев назад

Great stuff james and steve. You are both from 'my world' of adoptees, irishness, and comedy!

@ageinghippie 9 месяцев назад

Omg this is hardwork to watch, gave up halfway through

@DrakeBurroughs 11 месяцев назад

Steve comes across as a truly remarkable individual. Astute, reflective and insightful, with a vision and talent that needed to be nurtured. As he spoke about his childhood, I could see the 12 year old boy inside of him. "In actual fact", a phrase he uttered 3 times, was one my dad used.

@WilliamMcPherson-ln7wc 11 месяцев назад

Obrien trying to be nice feels awkward,im used to him bullying callers on his radio show.

@hughjass8430 11 месяцев назад

Yes, bit like Bradley Walsh on the Chase. Engaging, polite, funny with celebrities....... Depressed, sullen, caustic with civilians It's the British way!

@martinlaver007 11 месяцев назад

I have so much time for both Steve and James. Great watching/listening.

@billynuts1184 11 месяцев назад

two labour luvvies comparing bank accounts when the camera stops rolling

@neilewart4347 11 месяцев назад

We all know Partridges on the TV and Coogan has created a character who can keep going for ever.

@bobadams7654 10 месяцев назад

Yes, Partridge plays Steve Coogan extremely well.

@georgiajeff912 11 месяцев назад

I really enjoyed this. Thank you very much. Brilliant. 👏👏

@johncallaghan4616 10 месяцев назад

Regurgitated or no, just superb ! Keep at it James ! JCHK

@coolvideos8864 11 месяцев назад

13:00 "Stop getting bond wrong!" I know you thought it! lol

@lesleywhite123 11 месяцев назад

That is a perfect description of drama school. It’s so enlightening hearing what Steve is articulating and also made me feel a lot better about my own experiences 😊

@theoilandgasresourceportal2132 10 месяцев назад

The voice of smugness since 2019

@snshull 11 месяцев назад

If they ever make a film about Harold Lloyd, Steve Coogan should play the role.

@TheObliviousi 11 месяцев назад

Very enjoyable, thank you

@estebancomulet 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic interview. You think you kind of know someone, but despite all the tabloid scrutiny you realise how little they actually inform (they are unedifying pieces of trash). But learnt more about Coogan here than I have my entire life, beyond what we see of him in his comedic and dramatic roles. Great job James.

@David-bs6fq 11 месяцев назад

I avoided watching Grease at cinema to watch Peter Sellers Pink Panther for same reason 🕵️‍♂️

@phil7222 11 месяцев назад

Great interview.

@PaulRoseGuitar 11 месяцев назад

Fascinating stuff.

@billyhodges7194 11 месяцев назад

Steve is an incredible actor and a wonderful person and very grounded for such a famous person, I love especially the trip and saxondale and his interpretation of tristram shandy was brilliant

@chrissieedghill-crump9745 11 месяцев назад

Brilliant interview 👏

@pinkzweibel985 10 месяцев назад

Steve is very intense.. interviewer is laughing a lot .. both seem uncomfortable.

@capricornsounduk6023 11 месяцев назад

Steve Coogan as Partridge. Trump taking himself seriously. I remember the episode where he was touring on stage talking total tosh. Partridge was a wheeze. Trump is serious!!!

@TomNoles007 11 месяцев назад

Have you been polishing that shoehorn, it has a lovely shine to it?!

@blatherskite3009 11 месяцев назад

Excellent interview. I could've listened to another hour of that.

@kevinmcguire1049 11 месяцев назад

That's worth a follow-up interview. There is more to share...

@showtimeshowcase 11 месяцев назад

It’s was great as a young person to see Coogans run and see characters who, living in the working class north midlands, I could recognise as being from a world I knew.

@kaboomblueskies 11 месяцев назад

It would have been great if the old woman eating the boiled sweets had said "Ey you, Watch your f***ing language." But probably funnier because the original sounds so true.

@marcusjenkins 11 месяцев назад

These days underprivileged families will stretch their budgets to buy the latest smartphones. Not so that they can access all of human knowledge, rather so that they have full HD TikTok 24x7.

@mpstab6276 11 месяцев назад

Yes, makes sense when it's cheaper to access the encyclopedia on-line version,

@tz6414 10 месяцев назад

Definitely, the more underprivileged, the more they spend on phones and clothes, yet still look underprivileged.

@davidoneill913 11 месяцев назад

Enjoyed that.

@nickfanthorpe8500 11 месяцев назад

What's the collective name for a couple of lefty bell ends?

@derekmassam1755 11 месяцев назад

Ha ha ❤

@Catonius 7 месяцев назад

a metastacy.

@logtothebase2 11 месяцев назад

I think Alan Partridge was the one character of Steve's that I never found laugh out loud funny, OK watchable, but that style of slightly socially awkward, but unaware of it ernest goof, was not my cup of tea, I'm not fond of stuff that makes you cringe. The office UK doubled down on that with Ricky Gervais's character and I couldn't watch it. The Northern characters, Paul Calf and co and stuff he does with Rob Brydon i really like.

@randomdaveUK 11 месяцев назад

I agree with you. Very much the same as you with this. On the office, I thought Extras was far better. Had a story that meant much more too.

@Toronto_James 11 месяцев назад

I think the genius of partridge is that the first time you watch it, you cringe with discomfort, however when you watch it again, it becomes amusing & then funnier still, the more familiar you become with it. I had to turn the "Dan, Dan, Dan..." scene off when I saw it for the first time, now I giggle every time I think about it. "A school for the deaf? Does that mean that there will be noise or won't be noise?" genius.

@logtothebase2 11 месяцев назад

A bit Will, yes. @Will__Wonks

@TomNoles007 11 месяцев назад

There is a very persuasive argument that goes: if you don't 'get' Partridge, you ARE him...

@randomdaveUK 11 месяцев назад

@@TomNoles007 just because someone doesn't find partridge funny doesn't mean they don't get what Coogan is going for... I love clever comedy. Wordplay. Surprise punchlines and built up scenarios that absolutely pay off. Partridge has some of those but it's just not the best if I had a choice. It's not terrible, just not for me.

@samilede 11 месяцев назад

Omg, I'm utterly shocked! I've watched and listened to so much Alan Partridge over the years, I thought that's what SC actually sounded like in real life!!

@tomstickland 11 месяцев назад

Same here and I thought I understood these things.

@suerawson8034 11 месяцев назад

Just great 👍 so revealing & captivating,l hung on to every word.Cheers to Steve & James. 🥂💕

@pblossom3757 11 месяцев назад

We were only allowed a black and white portable television because our father said we needed to use our imagination.. We had monument shelves filled with books and even now memories of laying on the carpet looking up at the book spines is so evocative .. Adore books even now 😍

@TheLucanicLord 11 месяцев назад

We really had to use our imagination - t'telly didn't work! In the snow, uphill etc.

@patcampton7163 11 месяцев назад

Yes, like my family. I too still love books.

@pblossom3757 11 месяцев назад

@@patcampton7163👏📖👏😍

@TomNoles007 11 месяцев назад

We weren't allowed eyes, we just had to imagine everything, dad gave us some rocks to help us imagine Ben Hur once - I later discovered I had imagined the chariot scene with frightening accuracy. He got 4 years for helping us imagine Planet of the Apes...

@pblossom3757 11 месяцев назад

@@TomNoles007😅love this 😂

@Catonius 7 месяцев назад

A-HA!

@rahuldahoob 4 месяца назад

You beat me to it😅

@Alan_Connor 11 месяцев назад

Great interview, the most candid I've seen Steve in that situation. kudos to James.

@Domzdream 11 месяцев назад

I still watch ‘I’m Alan Partridge to this day. It’s just brilliant!

@Scotlanz 10 месяцев назад

Steve looks like an amalgam of Woody Allen, Charles Hawtree and Mike Joyce in this video.

@akinsamuel2007 10 месяцев назад

Alan Partridge interviews Alan Partridge 😂

@bobshuwab1988 11 месяцев назад

2mins in, ads. Ffs

@monkeytron5061 11 месяцев назад

Impersonations are funny, if done very well, because it’s a surprise like most comedy. Isn’t that at the heart of most comedy? Surprise. Make me think one thing, then flip it and surprise me. The bigger the surprise, the more it makes me want to laugh. Not sure why.

@Midlander1956 11 месяцев назад

James! “messing everything up?” Tut tut, “messing up everything”……

@denisesf5 11 месяцев назад

James' face at the 34:27 mark is priceless! I laughed so hard 😂😂 Being Canadian I don't know who Steve Coogan is but this excellent interview makes me want to check him out... Thanks James!!💚💚

@ianbroome6652 11 месяцев назад

you are in store for a treat. Alan Partridge is quite special.

@phily8093 11 месяцев назад

You're aware of that insufferable, smug, giggling schoolboy, that is James O'Brien, but you don't know the creative genius that is Steve Coogan? That's not right.

@thadtuiol1717 11 месяцев назад

How can you not know who Coogan is?

@jamesmullarkey3667 11 месяцев назад

Steve Cougan is fantastic check out his characters still relevant & funny after all these years Characters are amazing Paul & Pauline Calf, Partridge, Saxondale, Darren Thicket. He’s a legend

@niallglennon83 11 месяцев назад

@@thadtuiol1717 Maybe because the whole world doesnt revolve around the UK.

@martinslocombe2288 11 месяцев назад

I like Coogans day time work but like Lineker he should keep his mouth shut on politics .

@rodbutler9864 11 месяцев назад

Although it’s very unfashionable and very non-PC now, Bill Cosby’s comedy LP records were hilarious back then.

@hezkyden Месяц назад

I couldn't stand James O'Brien before I watched this and another of his 'Full Disclosure' podcasts. I've warmed to him. He's a much more human figure than the, imo, deranged lefty character which he presents on his radio show on LBC. I just wish he would let people speak instead of feeling the need to fill in any gaps when the guest is searching for a phrase or word.

@bluetreacle 9 месяцев назад

doesn't like being talked over does he, steve

@jeffsimon9594 9 месяцев назад

They are both intolerable

@tomstickland 11 месяцев назад

Alan Partridge is such a strong image in my mind that I barely recognise him as Steve Coogan.

@davidgerrard8661 11 месяцев назад

Must have been great to surf the Zeitgeist in the early days, I actually knew someone like Paul Calf in the early 80s so that resonated with me 100%. Saw John Thompson doing Bernard Righton in a pub in Hulme a bit later when I'd moved to Manchester. There was such a buzz there when I first visited, just had to move there. I lived the Hacienda even when it was a draughty, empty shed 😂 Can still feel the echoes of those days now. Great to heat Brian Glancy get a mention and the wonderful Caroline Aherne😍