Episodes

  • DAME PIPPA HARRIS ON THE MAGIC FAR AWAY TREE

    DAME PIPPA HARRIS ON THE MAGIC FAR AWAY TREE
    May 20 2026
    Welcome to Screen Players Club with one of Britain’s most acclaimed producers - Academy Award nominated and BAFTA winner - Dame Pippa Harris who joins Charlotte Bogard Macleod from the set of the new Beatles movies to discuss The Magic Far Away Tree. Find out about Pippa’s extraordinary fourteen year battle to bring this instant children’s classic to the big screen. Pippa shares how the creative team managed to tread the fine line between honouring Enid Blyton’s work and creating something fresh and contemporary. She tells us what drew Andrew Garfield to this film, delves into the complex casting process to find the child leads, before revealing the surprising star who agreed to be the voice of ‘the fridge’. Pippa opens up about her extraordinary creative partnership with Sir Sam Mendes, and shares some secrets about Neal Street’s latest production, the much anticipated four films about The Beatles, which are currently being shot back to back. We can’t wait to share this very special episode with you. Thank you for joining our club!
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    31 mins
  • Charlotte Regan and Emma Laird on MINT

    Charlotte Regan and Emma Laird on MINT
    Apr 20 2026
    Welcome to Screen Players Club with two of Britain’s exciting new talents - the properly brilliant writer/director Charlotte Regan (Scrapper) and rising star, the mesmerising Emma Laird (The Brutalist) who join Charlotte Bogard Macleod to discuss their eight-part BBC drama Mint. We can’t wait for you to hear this episode, as Charlotte divulges her writing secrets and shares her top tips for not getting distracted by ChatGPT and videos of dogs. Charlotte tells us what inspired her to tell her crime series from the perspective of three extraordinary women, and why she’s a huge fan of putting grannies in leading roles. Emma Laird shares what drew her to the part of Shannon, what made the audition process so unique and how she prepared for the role. Emma also reveals how it was to work with Benjamin Coyle-Larner, also known at Brit nominated musician Loyle Carner, in his debut role, and how she felt about the baked good he brought to set every day. This episode is as joyous as one of Charlotte Regan’s films themselves. Excited for you to listen. Thank you for joining our club.
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    30 mins
  • Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard on Broken English

    Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard on Broken English
    Mar 27 2026
    Welcome to Screen Players Club with BAFTA nominated artist-directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard discussing Broken English - their docu-portrait about the singer songwriter and icon Marianne Faithfull. Don’t miss Iain and Jane divulging why and how they created a new documentary format to capture Marianne’s exuberant creative spirit. They discuss why they cast Tilda Swinton and George MacKay as fictional characters in a non-fiction film. They explain how they worked with Marianne’s collaborators Nick Cave, Beth Orton and Courtney Love to make the songs live in the present. They share the moving moment when they filmed Marianne Faithfull’s final ever performance, and the astonishing reaction from Marianne once she’d finished recording her song. We can’t wait for you to listen. Thank you for joining our club.
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    27 mins
  • Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt on Sentimental Value

    Joachim Trier and Eskil Vogt on Sentimental Value
    Mar 13 2026
    Welcome to Screen Players with award winning director Joachim Trier and his co-writing partner Eskil Vogt, here to discuss the process of bringing their movie "Sentimental Value" to the big screen. Joachim and Eskil share the secrets of their writing technique, explain how they found the movie’s cinematic through-line and reveal their moving ritual that sends their film into the world. Joachim reveals how he maintains the dynamics of chaos and control on set, which allows his actors the space to achieve such searingly honest emotional performances on screen. Thank you for listening.
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    36 mins
  • Rebecca Lenkiewicz

    Rebecca Lenkiewicz
    Mar 11 2026
    Welcome to Screen Players Film Club with Oscar and BAFTA winning screenwriter Rebecca Lenkiewicz who is responsible for some of the most nuanced, potent and beautiful films in contemporary cinema. In this episode she joins Charlotte Bogard Macleod at Soho Square Studios for an open, vulnerable and fiercely honest conversation about the movie “She Said.” Rebecca shares insights about how she went about adapting a book into a screenplay, when the book was still being written. She opens up to why this story resonated so strongly with her, and the personal impact of this project. We can't wait for you to listen to this unfiltered chat about female friendship, artistic integrity and the importance of writing your own truth. Thank you for joining our club. TW: Please note this episode contains discussions of sexual assault which may be distressing to some listeners. Listener discretion is advised.
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    34 mins
  • Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other

    Two Strangers Trying Not To Kill Each Other
    Mar 11 2026
    Welcome to Screen Players Film Club with filmmakers Manon Ouimet and Jacob Perlmutter discussing their documentary Two Strangers Trying Not to Kill Each Other. We’re also joined by the subjects of the film - writer Maggie Barrett and her husband, the legendary photographer Joel Meyerowitz. Wow! This documentary is good. It’s better than good. It’s an intimate exploration of the marriage of two charismatic creatives. Life, death and making meaning are at the heart of this extraordinary film. It’s wide open emotionally. And mesmerising cinematically. In this episode, listen to Jacob, Manon, Maggie and Joel discussing the making of this beautiful film - their honesty, authenticity and soulfulness will take your breath away. We can’t wait for you to listen. Thank you for joining our club.
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    32 mins
  • Sir Roger and James Ellis Deakins on The Man Who Wasn't There

    Sir Roger and James Ellis Deakins on The Man Who Wasn't There
    Mar 10 2026
    Welcome to Screen Players Film Club with one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, Sir Roger Deakins and his creative partner James Ellis Deakins, who join Charlotte Bogard Macleod to discuss the Coen Brother’s masterpiece “The Man Who Wasn’t There.” Don’t miss hearing about the hilarious pranks the Coen Brothers played on set, and how Roger and Ethan Coen developed an almost telepathic understanding. Learn the secrets behind how Roger and James experimented to get exactly the right tones of black and white for the movie by using colour stock. We can’t wait for you to listen. Thank you for joining our club.
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    38 mins
  • Hoss Amini on Drive

    Hoss Amini on Drive
    Mar 10 2026
    Welcome to Screen Players Film Club with Oscar nominated and Emmy Award winning screenwriter Hossein Amini talking to Charlotte Bogard Macleod at Soho Square Studios about the process of adapting James Sallis’ lyrical novel Drive for the big screen. Don’t miss hearing how Hossein plans his thrilling car chase sequences, and his jaw dropping confessions about his own driving skills. And find out what Hossein’s predictions for the future of screenwriting are. Can’t wait for you to listen. Thank you for joining our club.
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    38 mins