BBC Radio 2 JohnnyWalkerShow 3

for mc. with seven lines. to sign their kmd of Star Wars' memorabilia. which was just insanc...I mean abso-lutely mad. and I was kind of embanassed. but you know.. .great.

MW: And what. I mean. . .just out of interest. I mean. I'm nor a massive Star Wars fan. I liked rhe first film and then my interest sort of diluted tbeieafter.

RA: Yeah

MW: It must be an enormous production tliough. wben you. when you walk on set straight out of drama school. Your eves must have been spinning in yoiu be ad

RA: Yeab. I was terrified and that’s tbe,..I think tliafs probably one of the best thmgs about it. Ir was like into tbe deep end and you kind of walk on to...it was a set in. just off tbe motorway in Luton. wbicb was an old air......

MW Which is quite bizarre in itself. isn't it?

RA: Yeah. and tbey land of btuld all tbese sets to son of just above bead height and the iest is CG1. But even so. it’s still land of.. .it’s sbghtly sort of epic. sort of set witb millions of eatras. and. and a...yeah. I was quite intimated but. you know. ezcited. obsiously. to be tbere.

MW: 1 bet. 1 bet. OK. Richard, we ie gołng to talk a linie bit morę to Richard Annnage. a llttle bit morę about Cold Feet as well. after this...

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The building is quite empty Tbe whole of the BBC have gone to Texas for some love-m. Richard. Tm taliang to Richard Annitage herc. and. and one of the great joys of this job is we have reseaichers that lun aroiuid diggmg uiteresbng facts up. and I noaced s ou have down here rock smger. down on your spotlight fomi.

RA: (laughing) Where did you find that?

MW Ifs. u's down tbere. ifs in your. ifs in your Internet Spotbght actor's form.

RA: Is it? I probably should get rid of that nght away.

MW: And ifs a musie and dance. bantone. cello. Flamenco. flute-very high standard, period dancing, and rock singer.

RA: Rock singer. Yeah. I think thafs probably a llttle fantasy of minę. I've never actually done any rock singing but wbat if I do sing. it kind of. yeah it would. it would be that style. I suppose.

MW: Really. so what do. what do you listen to out of interest?

RA: Tve got quite an eclectic taste in musie. I kind of listen to ebeesy pop for the gym: I listen to. you know. I like Keane; I like Franz Ferdinand. and then I*ve got. you know. a great interest in a lot of classical musie and admire Mozart.

MW: Because you obviou$ly play everything from flute-bigh standard, cello. and -

RA: Yeah. cello not so good anymore, but I. l'm land of trymg...try not to annoy the neighbors with it.

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