BBC Radio 2 JohnnyWalkerShow 4

MW: (laughing) Now. when you played Lee m Cold Feet that. tliat was the last serłes. wasnt it?

RA: Yeah. Cold Feet

MW: Gym instructor. and you did a lot of stuff ui the pool but you can t swim ot you don t swim veiy well?

RA: I’m not a great swimmer. I bave a land of fear of water. which comes frorn something that happened when I was really a lad. I land of fell into a duck pond m my push chair so I just, for sonie reason havc a fear of water. but -

\1W: Weil. 1.1 can understand why if that happens. yeah.

RA (laughing) But I. yeah, and when I land of saw that he was a swim-ming instructor. I sort of thought. well. okay. I’ve got to get over the fear and it nuned out that he was.. .what do they cali it when they land of teach pregnant women how. you know. aqua-aerobbicy thing?

MW: Okay. yeah. yeah. yes

RA So I went and did sonie research in a swlmmmg pool with Iots of pregnant women. which was a - (laughs)

MW: (laughing) I'11 bet you madę their day.

RA: Yeah. it was kind of entenauung and a. ..but I didn t actually get in the water.

MW: Did you not?

RA: No. no. I land of stood on the edge sort of. you know. stratting around.. .so didn t actually have to swim or dive. so that. that was a good thing.

MW: So. can. can you actually swim?

RA Yeah. I can swim. I m just not greał with. you know. really deep water

MW: Because you look. and I...obviously the girls know this. but you look super, super fit -

RA: Aw. cheers

MW: You look like you could swim the ocean if you wanted to compared to my linie pot- bellied twisted frame ,.’my precious’. (both laughing)

No w, of the many. many questions that have come through from listeners. at the very top of the Ust is what are you up to now. next. when are we gomg to see you?

RA: I‘m actually rehearsing...the BBC are dome four adaptations of Shakespeate plays and lhey ve land of given them a contemporary flavor in a sumlar way to they did the Canterbury Tałes.

MU': Yeah

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