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EL PODCAST DE CINE DE CULE Y BANDERASHeretic, Hugh Grant, Sophie ThatcherEstimados cinéfilos, Hoy Jimena y Pelayo nos ayudan a comentar (sin espóiler) un interesantísimo Thriller psicológico centrado en la religión. Dos chicas jóvenes, fieles a la religión mormona, visitan a un espectacular Hugh Grant para intentar convertirlo a su religión. No contaban con que en éste caso, Hugh es todo un hereje. Fantástica puesta en escena, interesantísimos diálogos y soberbias actuaciones de los tres protagonistas, donde destaca la actriz americana Sophie Thatcher, todo un descubrimiento! No perdáis detalle del salseo sobre Hugh Grant que nos trae Jimena, es espectacular...2025-04-2957 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedBridget Jones Mad About the BoyOscar and Diggory review Hugh Grant's role in the fourth instalment of the Bridget Jones series - Mad About the Boy (Michael Morris, 2025).After the death of her husband Mark Darcy, Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is determined to get her life back on track. Returning to work and new to the dating apps, she's pursued by the young, dashing Rex (Leo Woodall) and her son's hot science teacher (Chiwetel Ejiofor). To live her new life to the fullest, Bridget will need a babysitter for the kids. Who better than her friend and former lover, Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). 2025-03-2736 min
Straight UpHugh Grant, Lisa Kudrow’s new thriller plus the best TV and films of 2024Hunnies we’ve made it to the end of the year! And our Christmas present to you is a definitive top 10 across both TV and film of 2024, so that you are happily entertained over the next few weeks. Also, we thought it was a good time to dive into Hugh Grant’s ‘freak show era’ now that his intriguing new horror film Heretic is out, and of course it wouldn’t be Christmas without a feminist reappraisal of Love Actually. We hope everyone has a lovely festive break, but we send big hugs and thoughts to anyone struggling at what can b...2024-12-1946 min
UncolonizedS16E6: Breaking Down Heretic – Hugh Grant’s Sinister New RoleThis week on Uncolonized, we dive into the gripping thriller Heretic, starring Hugh Grant in a chilling performance as the diabolical Mr. Reed. Directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, and featuring a talented cast including Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East, and Topher Grace, the film tells the story of two young missionaries who find themselves ensnared in a deadly game of cat and mouse after knocking on the wrong door.We discuss the film’s intense premise, standout performances, and how it explores themes of faith, morality, and survival. Tune in as we unpack this suspenseful tale an...2024-12-0237 min
T&T Filmpodcast318. HERETIC med Hugh Grant som galenpanna : BioSpotting.Med anledning till den bioaktuella skräck-thrillern HERETIC med Hugh Grant i huvudrollen precis har haft sin premiär så var vi tvunga att släppa ett bonusavsnitt där vi snackar om den.
Vi börjar som vanligt att vi träffas på ett fik och snackar upp kvällens huvudperson Hugh Grant och går igenom hans roller och många filmer.
Sedan får ni en rykande spoilerfri recension av filmen direkt efter biobesöken där vi ventilerar våra tankar när vi väl kommit ut från biografen.
Handlingen i k...2024-11-2732 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHereticHugh Grant mega fans Oscar and Diggory return for a review of the Bumbling Brit's newest film - Heretic (Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, 2024)...
After a long day, two young Mormon missionaries in Sister Barnes (played by Sophie Thatcher) and Sister Paxton (played by Chloe East) knock on the door of the all-too-welcoming Mr Reed (played by Hugh Grant). When the blueberry pie and Mrs Reed that he promised don’t turn up, the Sisters realise something is wrong. Now trapped in his home, the girls are forced to play his deadly game of cat and mouse designed to...2024-11-1925 min
Feature UndergroundHeretic Review • The Hugh Grant ShowAnd here's my review of Heretic, the latest A24 production. It stars Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East. It's directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods.
We meet two Mormon girls (Thatcher and East) on their uphill assignment of converting complete strangers to an entirely new religion. They're naive, but smart, and easy targets for mockery. When Mr. Reed (Grant) opens the door with a humble smile, it's a radical contrast to the cruel bullies from earlier in the day. But their pleasant visit quickly turns into a sinister lecture on religion.
Hunter discusses how Hugh Grant carries...2024-11-0513 min
Scandales[REDIFFUSION] Hugh Grant : coups de foudre, Notting Hill et prostituéeAu commencement, il y a un jeune homme en costume trois pièces, la raie au milieu, des lunettes de vue d’étudiant en histoire. Et est-ce que ça fait rêver ? Pas vraiment. Quand on le découvre dans 4 mariages et un enterrement, Hugh Grant a 34 ans et s’apprête tranquillement à rester dans les limbes de l’anonymat. Sauf que c’est tout le contraire. En fait, c’est même sa coiffure de collégien, son regard inoffensif et sa confiance inexistante qui vont soudain faire de lui le prototype du séducteur à l’anglaise, capable de faire tomber n’impor...2024-08-1939 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedFans SHOCKED by Hugh Grant in new Heretic trailerOscar and Diggory dissect the trailer for Heretic, a horror about two young missionaries who are given the ultimate test of their faith by an evil, twisted man, played by Hugh Grant...
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Hugh Grant is a British actor who is best known for starring in films like Love Actually, Notting Hill and The Undoing alongside huge stars su...2024-07-2022 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedUnfrostedUnfrosted, directed by Jerry Seinfeld, and released in 2024. Kellogg's Bob Cabana (Jerry Seinfeld) assembles a team to engineer a toasted pastry that could change breakfast forever: the Pop Tart. However, it won't be so straightforward.
Kellogg's archnemisis, Post, is racing to develop a rival product first. Milkmen from Big Milk are threatening repercussions should Kellogg's stray too far from cereal. And a potential coup is developing inside Kellogg's, amongst disgruntled cereal mascots like Snap, Crackle and Pop and their leader, Tony the Tiger, played by Hugh Grant.
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Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant WILL return in Bridget Jones 4!14th February 2025 will see the return of Daniel Cleaver to our screens as Hugh Grant and Renée Zellweger team up again for the fourth instalment of the Bridget Jones saga.
Join Oscar and Diggory as they chat about what we can expect in Bridget Jones: Mad About A Boy, speculate about the casting of White Lotus and One Day star Leo Woodall and theorise as to how Daniel Cleaver survived the plane crash he was said to have had in Bridget Jones's Baby.
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Taking Hugh for GrantedThe RegimeThe Regime is a limited series for HBO created by Will Tracy and released in 2024.
Losing her grip on her country, Chancellor Elena Vernham (Kate Winslet) becoming increasingly paranoid and unstable and turns to an unlikely confidant in volatile and disgraced soldier, Herbert Zubak (Matthias Schoenaerts).
With Zubak's help, Vernham attempts to diminish foreign superpowers like China and the US, defeat local rebels and stave off a lingering political threat from the country's previous Chancellor, Edward Keplinger, played by Hugh Grant.
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Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant's SHOCKING upcoming role and new HBO show with Kate WinsletHuge Hugh Grant News as Oscar and Diggory discuss his appearance at the BAFTAs, his new HBO Show with Kate Winslet and his strange involvement in an upcoming film about Pop-Tarts...
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Hugh Grant is a British actor who is best known for starring in films like Love Actually, Notting Hill and The Undoing alongside huge stars such a...2024-03-1330 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedWonkaDisclaimer: At 33:00 we messed up our own ranking! We tried to place Wonka in our overall ranking of all of Hugh Grant's movies, but we inexplicably forgot to add our two scores together, which meant Wonka ended up placing 49/50 films! The movie would have finished 25th place if scored correctly.
Wonka (2023), directed by Paul King, tells the origin story of Willy Wonka, a character from the 1964 novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, featuring his early days as a chocolatier. Wonka is the third live-action movie based on Dahl's famous book, after Willy Wonka & the...2024-01-2638 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedAll 50 Hugh Grant Films RANKED- Ep 5: 10-1Over four years, Hugh Grant experts Diggory Waite and Oscar Beardmore-Gray watched every Hugh Grant film ever made. Now, they're ranking them all from #50 to #1.
In episode 5, Oscar and Diggory rank Hugh Grant top 10 films EVER. Will The Gentlemen, Notting Hill, Paddington 2, About a Boy or Bridget Jones's Diary claim number one spot? And what hidden gems will make the top 10? Listen to find out!
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Taking Hugh for GrantedAll 50 Hugh Grant Films RANKED - Ep 4: 20-11Over four years, Hugh Grant experts Diggory Waite and Oscar Beardmore-Gray watched every Hugh Grant film ever made. Now, they're ranking them all from #50 to #1.
In episode 4 of Hugh Grant's best ever films list, Oscar and Diggory rank some of Hugh's best work. Fans will find it hard to believe that Love Actually slips to 20th position, but there is heaps of praise for movies like Florence Foster Jenkins, Mickey Blue Eyes, and Dungeons of Dragons: Honour Among Thieves. With only a few movies left to rank, which of Hugh's films will rise to the top of our ranking...2023-12-0538 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedAll 50 Hugh Grant Films RANKED - Ep 3: 30-21Over four years, Hugh Grant experts Diggory Waite and Oscar Beardmore-Gray watched every Hugh Grant film ever made. Now, they're ranking them all from 50 to 1.
In episode 3 of Hugh Grant's best ever films list, they cross the half way line discussing 30th place to 21st. Blockbusters like The Man from UNCLE and critically acclaimed titles like Sense and Sensibility share the stage in this episode, but will they rank above Two Weeks Notice? Check out the episode to find out!
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Taking Hugh for GrantedAll 50 Hugh Grant Films RANKED - Ep 2: 40-31Over four years, Hugh Grant experts Diggory Waite and Oscar Beardmore-Gray watched every Hugh Grant film ever made. Now, they're ranking them all from 50 to 1.
In episode 2 of Hugh Grant's best ever films list, they count down from 40th place to 31st. There are some titles you'll have heard of like Death to 2020 and Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and others that will consigned to the film history books for ever more after this episode!
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ScandalesHugh Grant : coups de foudre, Notting Hill et prostituéeAu commencement, il y a un jeune homme en costume trois pièces, la raie au milieu, des lunettes de vue d’étudiant en histoire. Et est-ce que ça fait rêver ? Pas vraiment. Quand on le découvre dans 4 mariages et un enterrement, Hugh Grant a 34 ans et s’apprête tranquillement à rester dans les limbes de l’anonymat. Sauf que c’est tout le contraire. En fait, c’est même sa coiffure de collégien, son regard inoffensif et sa confiance inexistante qui vont soudain faire de lui le prototype du séducteur à l’anglaise, capable de faire tomber n’impor...2023-11-2039 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedAll 50 Hugh Grant Films RANKED - Ep 1: 50-41Over four years, Hugh Grant experts Diggory Waite and Oscar Beardmore-Gray watched every Hugh Grant film ever made. Now, they're ranking them all from 50 to 1.
In episode 1 of Hugh Grant's best ever films list, they count down from 50th place to 41st, discussing some of the 'less good' Hugh Grant productions. Listen out for such films as An Awfully Big Adventure, Impromptu and Cloud Atlas...
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Talk2TheHand 90sStars of the 90s - Hugh Grant - The Reluctant CelebrityCome along for the ride as we delve deep into the fascinating life of Hugh Grant, the charismatic British actor who became a Hollywood sensation. From the his towering success to the infamous incident with sex worker Divine Brown, we explore the highs and lows of Grant's career, the unforgettable films that defined him, the controversies that made him a tabloid sensation, and his fight back against the press - including attacking a photographer with a tub of beans!
In the 90s, Hugh Grant's charm and wit captured hearts worldwide, and we'll discuss how films like "Four...2023-10-3136 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedOperation Fortune: Ruse de GuerreBetter late than never folks!
Diggory and Oscar wholeheartedly apologise for their late review of Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre, which was finally released on limited release in the US in March 2023 and on streaming platforms elsewhere in April 2023. It's come six months late, but what side of the coin will this latest Hugh Grant effort fall? Are we taking Hugh for granted or not?
Directed by Guy Ritchie, this film sees super spy Orson Fortune (Jason Statham) track down and stop the sale of a deadly new weapons technology wielded by billionaire arms broker...2023-10-0434 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant seen as an Oompa Loompa for the first time in new Wonka trailerHugh Grant is generating a buzz in the showbiz world again after a trailer was dropped this week for upcoming blockbuster Wonka. Grant will play the role of an Oompa Loompa in the film that is due to be released in December 2023, and was clad in full orange and purple make-up in a short exchange with lead Timothée Chalamet at the end of the trailer. Fans online were quick to pass judgement and at one point the news was the front page of BBC News.
Diggory and Oscar catch up for an emergency podcast to discuss t...2023-07-1418 min
Bonsai Time Podcast14 - Aussie Natives and Bonsai as Art with Hugh GrantIn today's interview, we had the honor of hosting Hugh Grant from Australia who came on to share his story and thoughts on the evolution of bonsai in Australia and around the World. Hugh explained how his background as an art student led him to study at Bonsai Mirai and shapes how he thinks about modern bonsai displays. Hugh also taught Ryan and Kevin about the diversity of Australian ecosystems and the native trees there which make for decent bonsai once you learn their quirks! Hope you enjoy and get as much out of this talk as we did.
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One of Us is a Filmmaker - a Nostalgic Movie PodcastS109 A Look Back At The Classics: Hugh Grant’s Rom-com EraIn this episode, we focus on the filmography of the classic British actor, Hugh Grant! While we live through the 'Hugh Grant Renaissance', Orion and Cassiah discuss the 'rom-com' era of Hugh Grant, as well as many more facts and tidbits about this iconic British actor.
2023-04-3052 minOne of Us is a Filmmaker - a Nostalgic Movie PodcastS109 A Look Back At The Classics: Hugh Grant’s Rom-com EraIn this episode, we focus on the filmography of the classic British actor, Hugh Grant! While we live through the 'Hugh Grant Renaissance', Orion and Cassiah discuss the 'rom-com' era of Hugh Grant, as well as many more facts and tidbits about this iconic British actor.
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Taking Hugh for GrantedDungeons and Dragons: Honour Among ThievesIn this episode, Oscar and Diggory delve deep into Hugh Grant's new film, Dungeons and Dragons: Honour Among Thieves, discussing the film in detail, Oscar's holiday to Australia and Dutch footballers from the 90s.
After escaping the arctic prison of Revel’s End, Edgin Darvis (played by Chris Pine) must team up with a band of amateur adventurers to help free his daughter from his old friend and the new evil Lord of Neverwinter, Forge Fitzwilliam (played by Hugh Grant)…
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Bang On#240: Oscars, Hugh Grant, Meg White
#240: Oscars, Hugh Grant, Meg WhiteOoh it’s a big one this week, as we unpack THE awards ceremony of every year, the Oscars. From the champagne (beige) carpet, to what Hugh Grant said on it. Little donkeys and Cocaine Bear’s. We celebrate the reason for the season too, the incredible and historic wins in a year dominated by Everything Everywhere All At Once.The Oscars gift bags get a look in too, for better and worse. Why were bits of Aboriginal land gifted, with an Indigenous groups name attached, without their knowledge?An...2023-03-1555 min
Bang On#240: Oscars, Hugh Grant, Meg White#240: Oscars, Hugh Grant, Meg WhiteOoh it’s a big one this week, as we unpack THE awards ceremony of every year, the Oscars. From the champagne (beige) carpet, to what Hugh Grant said on it. Little donkeys and Cocaine Bear’s. We celebrate the reason for the season too, the incredible and historic wins in a year dominated by Everything Everywhere All At Once.The Oscars gift bags get a look in too, for better and worse. Why were bits of Aboriginal land gifted, with an Indigenous groups name attached, without their knowledge?An...2023-03-1554 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryOscar and Diggory start 2023 by reviewing Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and breaking down Hugh Grant's stunning 30-second cameo. They reflect on some of his other cameos, including an eerily similar one in Trevaux, and ponder what a third Knives Out movie starring Daniel Craig and Hugh might look like.
Five long-time friends are invited to the Greek island home of billionaire Miles Bron (played by Edward Norton). All five know Bron from way back and owe their current wealth, fame and careers to him. The main event is a murder weekend game with Bron to b...2023-01-1628 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant on our screens at Christmas for the third year in a row; is cast in upcoming HBO series The Palace with Kate WinsletAfter a hiatus of four months, Diggory and Oscar are back to spread Hugh Grant-related Christmas cheer! First up on the agenda is new film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, which premiered in November but will be largely enjoyed on Netflix when it's released on December 23. Hugh has a very fleeting cameo in this 'whodunnit' starring Daniel Craig, but nonetheless it's got Hugh Grant fans talking!
The boys also debrief on an ABC News 20 years retrospective on Love Actually, where Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson and others reflect on making the Christmas classic. Can you believe Love A...2022-12-1822 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant attends Comic-Con to promote new movie, Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among ThievesHugh Grant just can't stay out of the news this summer and we bloody love it! At the age of 61, Hugh has left it to the twilight of his career to appear at Comic-Con, the international comic book convention in San Diego, California. He was there along with other co-stars from upcoming movie Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves and couldn't resist cracking jokes about playing D&D (and S&M), leaving the audience in stitches.
It's also been announced that Hugh is pulling out of Kaos almost as quickly as he was cast in it. It's a...2022-08-1027 min
The Bird Emergency075 Bird Conservation Policy and (much more) with Hugh PossinghamProfessor Hugh Possingham is widely know in Australia, as the Chief Scientist in the State of Queensland, but also as a champion of birds, and for his work assisting to develop conservation stragegy and plans utilising his skills as a mathematician, combined with his training as an ecologist to devise conservation initiatives that integrate spatial planning and economic factors. He has co-authored more than 650 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 30 in the world’s top two scientific journals Science and Nature, and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in. In 2016, Hugh was elected a Foreign Assoc...2022-07-121h 26The Bird Emergency075 Bird Conservation Policy and (much more) with Hugh PossinghamProfessor Hugh Possingham is widely know in Australia, as the Chief Scientist in the State of Queensland, but also as a champion of birds, and for his work assisting to develop conservation stragegy and plans utilising his skills as a mathematician, combined with his training as an ecologist to devise conservation initiatives that integrate spatial planning and economic factors. He has co-authored more than 650 peer-reviewed papers, with more than 30 in the world’s top two scientific journals Science and Nature, and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in. In 2016, Hugh was elected a Foreign Assoc...2022-07-121h 26
Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant rumoured to play Tony the Tiger, plus cast as Greek god Zeus in new Netflix seriesWe've got two pieces of Hugh's News to announce, fans! First, the announcement that Hugh Grant has signed on to a leading role in eight-part Netflix series Kaos. The series is billed as a bold, darkly comic, contemporary take on Greek mythology, exploring love, power and life in the underworld and Grant is set to portray the seemingly all-powerful, yet desperately insecure and vengeful Zeus, who has long enjoyed his status as King of The Gods.
If the prospect of Hugh playing a Greek god wasn't enough, he has also been confirmed to play a role in U...2022-07-1130 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedTwelfth NightTo take Hugh for Granted or to not take Hugh for Granted? That is the question.
Join your hosts Oscar and Diggory as they watch Hugh Grant play Sebastian in an animated rendition of Shakespeare's classic 'Twelfth Night'. The boys also ask where Hugh's next film 'Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre' has gotten to, as well as speculate about Hugh's intention of suing of The Sun newspaper in the UK and the teaser trailer for Hugh's 2023 film, 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves'.
Synopsis: Viola (voiced by Fiona Shaw) and Sebastian (voiced by Hugh Grant) are lo...2022-04-2624 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedTill We Meet AgainAh, the year is 1989 and the world hasn't yet realised the potential of two soon-to-be superstars of the late 20th century. We are of course referring to none other than Hugh Grant and the wonderful Courteney Cox, who star together in this two-episode television miniseries based on the 1988 Judith Krantz novel, Till We Meet Again.
In the full swing of the First World War in 1915, Eve (played by Lucy Gutteridge) meets Paul de Lancel (played by Michael York) while performing for the army and falls in love with him. Devastated by Paul working in the army and...2022-04-1231 min
Money Talk With TiffThe Role of City Council with Hugh Holston | Ep. 96Hugh Holston joins Tiffany on the podcast to discuss how city council effects your money and your day to day lives. In this episode, Hugh explains his role within the Greensboro city council and how city council effects different areas of your life. About Our Guest Hugh Holston is a native of Fayetteville, North Carolina and is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Professionally, Hugh currently serves on the Greensboro City Council as a Council-member At Large. Additionally, he serves as a...2022-04-0729 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant cast as James Bond!!EMERGENCY PODCAST!!!!
Hugh Grant is announced as the eighth actor to play James Bond! Oscar and Diggory discuss why they think the appointment was made, why Hugh is perfect for the role of the deadly spy and how excited they are for his first film as 007!
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Unsure who we're on about? Hugh Grant is a British actor who is best k...2022-04-0125 min
Kasterborous Classic TV: Exploring Doctor Who & Classic Sci-Fi391: Is Hugh Grant Doctor Who Number 14 & What Would Your MCU-Style Spin-offs Be?This week's show is a bit shorter than usual, to let you find out what we think about the Hugh Grant Doctor Who rumour, and have some fun with some possible spin-off ideas.
In case you had forgotten, Hugh Grant was approached to lead Doctor Who way back before Christopher Eccleston was cast. He had also appeared in Steven Moffat's Comic Relief special The Curse of Fatal Death as the final male incarnation of the Doctor.
To discuss Hugh Grant's Doctor Who potential, Gareth Kavanagh joins Christian Cawley and James McLean, with a few ideas of...2022-03-2220 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Demon LoverCome out from behind your couch and settle down as Oscar and Diggory discuss Hugh Grant's role in Shades of Darkness: The Demon Lover (1986), including the strange way that they don't show Hugh's face for a lot of the film but when they do - how lovely his hair is.
In 1941 in England, despite the war, for Robert Drover (played by Hugh Grant) relatively speaking all is well. He is in love with a wonderful young woman but this soon presents a problem for his mother, Kathleen (played by Dorothy Tutin). This burgeoning love leads her to r...2022-03-1531 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Trials of OzOrder, order! All rise for your right honourable judges Oscar and Diggory as they put Hugh Grant's performance in the TV Movie 'The Trials of Oz' up on the stand. Your hosts discuss the context to the film as well as Hugh Grant's rock 'n' roll look, his slightly patchy Australian accent and his excellent performance.
After releasing a particularly risque edition of the British underground magazine "Oz", Richard Neville (played by Hugh Grant) and his fellow editors are put on trial and charged with obscenity in what would become a famous case in 1971...
Make su...2022-03-0130 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant to star as Oompa Loompa in upcoming Wonka filmHuge news Hugh Grant fans! Hugh Grant has been spotted in Oxford alongside Wonka actor Timothée Chalamet sparking rumours that Hugh Grant has been cast in the upcoming 2023 film. The film is due to follow the early adventures of Willy Wonka, with Chalamet starring as the famous chocolatier and Hugh Grant as one of his Oompa Loompas!
Oscar and Diggory discuss Hugh Grant's reception in Oxford when spotted by fans waiting to see Chalamet, his potentially controversial casting as an Oompa Loompa and who else we can expect to see in the film...
We ho...2022-02-2514 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedChampagne CharlieIn this episode, Oscar and Diggory discuss what their partners make of their Hugh Grant obsession before reviewing the TV special 'Champagne Charlie', in which Hugh Grant puts on another dodgy accent and sports a never-before-seen style!
Amid the turmoil prior to the American Civil War, Charles Heidsieck (played by Hugh Grant) has built a champagne empire across 19th-century France and the United States. Along with battling his uncle for control of the vineyard, reluctant French spy Heidsieck must do his best to avoid the Union Army attempting to capture and imprison him…
Make sure you...2022-02-1540 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedTravauxBonjour Hugh Grant fans!
Join Oscar and Diggory for a very special episode in which they complete having watched all of Hugh Grant's feature films that are currently released. For this film, the boys were forced to watch it entirely in French and were not so sure what was going on or whether Hugh Grant was even truly in it, but they stuck with it anyway. Listen to hear them discuss Hugh's cameo, their limited understanding of French and Hugh's love of Pret a Manager.
Defence lawyer Chantal Letellier (played by Carole Bouquet) decides to re...2022-02-0128 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedDeath to 2021A new year, but the Hugh Grant content never stops!
Following on from last year’s Death to 2020, Death to 2021 (created by Charlie Brooker, Ben Caudell and Annabel Jones) has some new faces, as well as some old ones, not least Hugh Grant reprising his role as history professor Tennyson Foss. The light Netflix special pokes fun at another rollercoaster year, revisiting all the dread and occasional delight that 2021 had to offer.
Make sure you're following Taking Hugh for Granted on Instagram and Facebook (@TakingHughforGranted) as well as Twitter (@TakingHugh). You can get in touch wit...2022-01-0427 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedBest of 2021Happy New Year! As 2021 comes to a close, Oscar and Diggory take a look back over a year of the internet's number 1 Hugh Grant podcast...
You can listen to all of the episodes featured in this compilation, with the episodes featured in order being: Notting Hill (with Jessica Waite), We did it! Hugh's Grant I'm Still Here actor credit removed from IMBd, Happy 61st Birthday Hugh Grant, Colin Firth Things First: Bridget Jones's Baby and Mickey Blue Eyes.
Make sure you're following Taking Hugh for Granted on Instagram and Facebook (@TakingHughforGranted) as well as Twitter (@T...2021-12-2850 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedFirst trailer drops for Hugh Grant's new film 'Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre'Huge Hugh News Hugh Grant fans!
After a poster and trailer dropped late last week, we get our first look at Guy Ricthie's new film 'Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre' starring Jason Statham, Aubrey Plaza and, of course, Hugh Grant! Your hosts discuss their thoughts on Hugh's character's look, his voice, the similarities to his character Fletcher from The Gentlemen, the similarities in the plot to Team America and much, much more.
What did you think of the trailer? Are you excited for Operation Fortune: Ruse De Guerre? Let us know!
Make sure you...2021-12-1418 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant returns to our screens this Christmas in Death to 2021It's fair to say that 2021 has been a quiet year for Hugh Grant. After a stellar 2020 which saw Hugh star in both The Undoing and The Gentleman, 2021, so far, has been lacking in our favourite actor. But just when you thought we wouldn't be seeing Hugh on our screens this calendar year, the news broke that he's due to reprise his role of Tennyson Foss in Death to 2021. Scheduled to air on Netflix on December 27, Hugh will return alongside a host of household names including Lucy Liu, Tracey Ullman, Samson Kayo, Joe Keery and William Jackson Harper, to give...2021-12-0715 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe DawningIn the penultimate film of Hugh's catalogue, Oscar and Diggory review The Dawning (Robert Knight, 1988). They've put in some serious legwork too, by buying two copies of the DVD off eBay. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Diggory's copy didn't play properly so he's finally admitted that Oscar is the real Hugh Grant scholar.
An idealistic young Nancy Gulliver (played by Rebecca Pidgeon) is surprised when she discovers IRA gunman Angus Barrie (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins) whilst he’s on the run from the government. As they begin to get to know each other better, and Nancy beg...2021-11-2331 minTaking Hugh for GrantedHonour, Profit and PleasureIt's Oscar and Diggory's honour and pleasure to present to you their review of Honour, Profit and Pleasure (Channel 4, 1985) in which they discuss Hugh Grant's first ever movie credit as 'Hugh Grant', his appearance in the film and what he must have made of the outfits they made him wear in the film.
After the success of his London debut, German composer George Frideric Handel (played by Simon Callow) settles in England. However, after the public rejects a string of his operas and a stroke nearly fells him, Handel embarks on a high-risk gamble for his 1742 oratorio "M...2021-11-0931 minTaking Hugh for GrantedNight Train to VeniceImagine you woke up one day and realised it was all a dream...
In this our 50th episode of Taking Hugh for Granted, Oscar and Diggory take a look at Night Train to Venice (Carlo U. Quinterio, 1993), discussing Hugh Grant's monobrow, the not-so-horrifying horror elements of the film and whether Hugh was right when he said that this film was the worst he'd ever made...
Scottish Journalist Martin Gimmle (played by Hugh Grant) is travelling on the Orient Express night trip to Venice to drop off his copy of a book on European Neo-Nazism to...2021-10-2633 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedSirensG'day Hugh Grant fans! Take a trip to New South Wales with Oscar and Diggory as they enchant you with their review of Sirens (John Duigan, 1994). Hugh Grant plays a young Reverend Anthony who, along with his wife, Estella (played by Tara Fitzgerlad), travel from England to Australia to minister to their flock. A local asks Anthony to visit Norman (played by Sam Neill), an eccentric artist whose latest work has been deemed blasphemous. Anthony must convince Norman, who also happens to live with his wife and three beautiful models, to remove the controversial painting named ‘Crucified Venus’ from his...2021-09-1425 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHappy 61st Birthday, Hugh Grant!Happy Birthday, Hugh Grant!
To mark Hugh Grant's 61st birthday, Oscar and Diggory get behind the mic to talk about Hugh's previous birthday parties and ponder what Hugh could be doing this year on his special day. They also get challenge themselves to a Hugh Grant related quiz which you can play along with them here - https://www.absurdtrivia.com/quiz/000454/hugh-grant/
Merry Grantmas, one and all.
Make sure you're following Taking Hugh for Granted on Instagram and Facebook (@TakingHughforGranted) as well as Twitter (@TakingHugh). You can get in touch with us th...2021-09-0919 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedPrivilegedTake a trip down memory lane with Oscar and Diggory as they take a look back to where it all began - Hugh Grant's first ever film, Privileged (Michael Hoffman, 1982).
Hughie Grant (as he's credited in the film) begins his acting career playing the role of Lord Adrian - a posh, entitled Oxford student with a slain deer slung over one arm, a girlfriend who doesn't love him on the other and his soon-to-be iconic floppy hair flowing lusciously behind him. For Hugh Grant fans, this is a must watch!
Notable for being the first th...2021-08-1729 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedAn Awfully Big AdventureThis week the boys travel to Neverland to review An Awfully Big Adventure (Mike Newell, 1995), or as they’ve officially renamed it – 'An Awfully Shite Adventure'. That being said, this film is definitely worth sticking in your VHS player because acting legend Alan Rickman stars alongside our man Hugh Grant.
In 1947, a naive teenage girl named Stella (played by Georgina Cates) joins a shabby theatre troupe in Liverpool. The troupe, led by the mean-spirited and flamboyant Meredith Potter (played by Hugh Grant) put on a production of Peter Pan. After P.L. O’Hara (played by Alan Rickma...2021-08-0432 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedOur SonsCome fly the flag with us this 2021 Pride month as we look back on Our Sons (TV Movie, 1991), one of a select and special few Hugh Grant projects in which he plays a LGBTQ+ character. Your hosts, Oscar and Diggory, discuss the movie's (many) mishaps, pitfalls and mistakes but also how, despite all that, it's rather inspirational...
Donald Barnes (Zeljko Ivanek) is dying of A.I.D.S. His lover, James (Hugh Grant), pleads his mother, Audrey (Dame Julie Andrews), to go to Fayetteville, Arkansas to convince Donald's mother, Luanne (Ann-Margret), to end her estrangement from Donald...2021-06-2235 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedRowing with the WindTo honour Elizabeth Hurley's birthday, today we're reviewing Rowing with the Wind, the film where Hugh Grant and Liz met and began a 13-year romance that captured the imagination of people around the world. Happy birthday Elizabeth! While Hugh and Liz parted ways many years ago, people still talk about that Versace dress! Punters might talk less about this film however, but it's nonetheless intriguing to see this 1990s power couple starring on screen together.
Rowing with the Wind, original title Remando al Viento, was directed by Gonzalo Suarez and released in 1988. The film begins in the y...2021-06-1030 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedWe did it! Hugh Grant's 'I'm Still Here' actor credit is removed from IMDbWe did it Hugh Grant fans!
After writing an open letter and creating a petition demanding that IMDb remove Hugh Grant's acting credit from their website for his appearance in Casey Affleck & Joaquin Pheonix's 2010 film 'I'm Still Here', Oscar and Diggory celebrate its removal. Rejoice!
Make sure you're following Taking Hugh for Granted on Instagram and Facebook (@TakingHughforGranted) as well as Twitter (@TakingHugh). You can get in touch with us there or via our email takinghughforgranted@gmail.com2021-05-2716 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedI'm Still HereThis week we comb through 2010 mockumentary I’m Still Here (Casey Affleck, 2010), which follows Joaquin Phoenix’s Hollywood ‘breakdown’ and attempt to start a tone-deaf rap career.
Now I know what you’re all thinking – this isn’t a Hugh Grant film. We thought so too, until we discovered that it appears on Hugh Grant’s IMDb page as an official acting credit – forcing us to review the film.
The problem is this: Mr. Grant does NOT feature in the film at all. In fact, the only reference to him throughout the movie is a picture that only...2021-05-2532 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedNine MonthsIn today's episode, Oscar and Diggory review Hugh Grant's first ever Hollywood blockbuster, Nine Months (Chris Columbus, 1995). There's certainly plenty to sink their teeth into in this episode, including Robin Williams' dreadful Russian accent, Hugh's ostentatious piercing and that infamous incident that took place in Los Angeles just a two weeks before Nine Months' release.
Plush San Francisco apartment, sports car, friends, family and girlfriend, Samuel Faulkner (played by Hugh Grant) has the perfect life. That is, until he finds out his girlfriend Rebecca Taylor (played by Julianne Moore) is pregnant. Now, commitment-phobe and expectant father Faulkner m...2021-04-2735 min
Bonsai Mirai: AsymmetryHugh GrantIn this episode of Asymmetry, Ryan Neil is proud to announce a new Mirai Live educator and Australian bonsai professional Hugh Grant. As the founder and creative force behind Tree Makers Bonsai, Hugh teaches outstanding technical and aesthetically driven bonsai concepts with reference to native Australian species. As a long-time friend of Bonsai Mirai, Hugh joins us to share his unparalleled understanding on Australian bonsai culture that is soon to come to Mirai Live.
To learn more about Hugh Grant and Tree Makers Bonsai go to https://www.treemakers.net/
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Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant set to star in 'Five Eyes' & 'Dungeons and Dragons'In this edition of Hugh's News, Oscar and Diggory discuss the announcement that Hugh Grant has been cast in the new untitled Guy Ritchie film (previously referred to as 'Five Eyes') and the upcoming Dungeons and Dragons movie.
Oscar and Diggory discuss the various synopses that are circulating online for Five Eyes and what they know about Hugh's character as the 'weapons dealer' in Five Eyes and the villain 'Forge Fletcher' in Dungeons and Dragons. After reviewing the cast and crew on board for Dungeons and Dragons, your hosts speculate on the potential comedic direction that the f...2021-03-2323 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a MountainHelo gefnogwyr Hugh Grant! Join Oscar and Diggory as they climb up a proverbial mountain by reviewing The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (Christopher Monger, 1995). Quite possibly the most unnecessarily long title in modern film history, Reginald Anson (Hugh Grant) is a cartographer sent to the small South Wales village of Ffynnon Garw, and is the said Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain.
It's 1917, in the middle of the Great War. When Anson and his fellow cartographer announce that their "mountain" is in fact a hill, t...2021-03-0229 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedMickey Blue EyesA podcast episode you can't refuse! Listen as Oscar and Diggory discuss Hugh Grant's role in 90s sleeper hit Mickey Blue Eyes (Kelly Makin, 1999). Hugh stars as an art-house auctioneer named Michael Felgate, who finds himself getting in deeper and deeper with the Mafia after proposing to the daughter of a crime Kingpin. Your hosts discuss how Hugh Grant and then-girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley worked together to co-produce the film, compare the film to the other Hugh Grant classic that came out in the same year - Notting Hill - and dissect what is perhaps the funniest scene of Hugh...2021-02-0227 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedBest of 2020Happy New Year! To celebrate 2020 coming to an end (and let's be honest, it's definitely worth celebrating), we've put together some of our favourite bits from The Taking Hugh for Granted podcast from the past year.
Oscar and Diggory take you through the usual way an episode of their Hugh Grant podcast would go - from a synopsis of Notting Hill from Synopsis Simon, to a discussion of Hugh's character in the Undoing, his performance in Impromptu and appearance in The Remains of the Day, to finally asking themselves whether Hugh has indeed been taken for granted i...2020-12-3149 min
Combat Chat PodcastEp 147 - Champion Mindset with Grant "The Bomber" BarkerYah boys are back this week with another special guest, former Multiple world champion during the golden era of Australian Kickboxing, Grant "The Bomber" Barker. Grant Talks about going from a Rugby player/kings cross bouncer to starting to train under one of Martial arts pioneer Mick Spinks that set him off on a journey to win a world title and how it felt after he achieved his goal and it isn't probably what you think. Grant has fought people like Stan Longinidis, Vitali Klitschko (he tells the story in the podcast) and Peter Aerts to name a few. N...2020-12-261h 05
Taking Hugh for GrantedLove Actually – The Christmas SpecialI caught Mummy kissing Hughie Grant! Underneath the mistletoe last night!
To get you through this festive season, we have a very special episode looking back at one of Hugh’s most legendary rom-coms – Love Actually.
For our Christmas episode, we get the thoughts of Beth Amann and Patrick Flynn, who host the What Is Love Actually? podcast – a 12-part pod that is dedicated entirely to dissecting this holiday classic.
We also speak to Christopher Orr, film critic and writer at The Atlantic magazine, who is notorious for writing two extremely negative reviews of Love...2020-12-211h 20
In the Envelope: The Actor’s PodcastHugh GrantThroughout his over 30 years in the biz, Hugh Grant has evolved through different phases, defining an era of romantic comedies before subverting expectations with the character-driven parts he’s always preferred. “I’d much rather have a silly voice, a funny haircut, and a funny walk,” he says, revealing the intricacies of his character-building process and how it’s changed since his 1990s Hollywood breakthrough. In particular, Hugh advises listeners on how to make each take fresh and believable: “On film, you have to mean it.”
A London native and Oxford student, Hugh dabbled in writing and performing sketch comedy before giving...2020-12-1056 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Undoing – The Finale and Series Review* The Undoing Episode 6 Spoilers ahead, beware! *
As promised, Oscar and Diggory convene to discuss the much anticipated finale of HBO's The Undoing and to compare notes on the series as a whole. In the final episode of the six-part miniseries, Hugh Grant fans were treated to a type of Hugh not seen before on screen – a manic, unhinged psychopath who appears crazed and dangerous.
The finale begins with the unsolved mystery of the murder weapon, which is somehow in the possession of Jonathan Fraser's (Hugh Grant) son, Henry (Noah Jupe). The trial into the murder of...2020-12-0130 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Undoing – Episode 4 & 5With just one episode left to go of HBO's latest drama The Undoing, we are still no closer to finding out who killed Elena Alves, and our man Hugh Grant remains very guilty indeed. The only thing that is certain is that Hugh is a deceitful husband, an untrustworthy father and a manipulative rogue. Vintage Grant. Join us on the airwaves or on YouTube as the boys chat about the best cliffhanger of 2020 and try their best to narrow down the list of suspects.
The Undoing follows Grace Fraser (Nicole Kidman) who is living the only life s...2020-11-2325 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Lady and the HighwaymanStand and deliver your ears to another episode of Taking Hugh for Granted in which Oscar and Diggory pick apart one of Hugh Grant's early TV films, The Lady and the Highwayman (TV Movie, 1989). Hugh Grant is at his sexy, swashbuckling best, but is that enough to ensure this film hasn't been taking Hugh for granted?
Synopsis: A young Panthea Vyne (played by Lysette Anthony) falls in love with a handsome highwayman (played by Hugh Grant) who saves her from her brutal husband. When Charles II (played by Michael York) is reinstated as King of England, Lady P...2020-11-1725 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Undoing – Episodes 2 & 3Since Oscar and Diggory's last review of The Undoing - Episode 1, Hugh Grant has betrayed his wife, lied to his father-in-law and returned to prison for the first time since Paddington 2. It's all kicking off and the investigation to find the murderer of Elena Alves heats up big time! The lads have a very special announcement too, launching the Taking Hugh for Granted YouTube channel to go alongside the podcast. Finally, you can see the faces behind our beautiful, albeit pompous voices!
The story follows Grace Fraser (Nicole Kidman) who is living the only life she ever w...2020-11-1022 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedTwo Weeks NoticeHappy US election day Hugh Grant fans! We saved this week's movie, Two Weeks Notice (Marc Lawrence, 2002) for day of the 2020 presidential election, because not only does it star Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock, but also man of the hour Donald J. Trump himself! Wherever your political alliances may lie, we hope you can join Diggory and Oscar having a good old chuckle at Hugh and The Don on-screen together.
Harvard educated lawyer Lucy Kelson (Sandra Bullock), uses her career for social activism. George Wade (Hugh Grant) is the suave public face of the Manhattan-based Wade Corporation, a...2020-11-0329 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Undoing - Episode 1Fresh from watching the first episode of HBO's 'The Undoing', Oscar and Diggory sit down to dive into Hugh Grant's long-awaited return to our television sets. The Hugh Grant fanatics discuss murder theories, super couple Grace and Jonathan Fraser and whether there was nod to Paddington 2 in the making of the first episode...
The story follows Grace Fraser (Nicole Kidman) who is living the only life she ever wanted for herself. She's a successful therapist, has a devoted husband (Hugh Grant) and young son who attends an elite private school in New York City. Overnight a chasm...2020-10-2617 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Pirates! Band of MisfitsAhoy there Hugh Grant fans! Come walk the plank with Oscar and Diggory as they strike gold in this treasure chest of a film, The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord, 2012).
A Pirate Captain (voiced by Hugh Grant) sets out on a mission to defeat his rivals Peg Leg Hastings (voiced by Lenny Henry), Cutlass Liz (voiced by Salma Hayek) and Black Bellamy (voiced by Jeremy Piven) for the Pirate of the Year Award. The quest takes the Pirate Captain and his crew from the shores of Blood Island to the foggy streets of Victorian London where a...2020-10-1331 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedRestorationEnter the frame with Oscar and Diggory as they discuss the stroke of genius that is Hugh Grant's performance of painter 'Finn' in Restoration (John Hoffman, 1995).
Your hosts speak about Hugh's beef with Robert Downey Jr and (probably) Sir Ian McKellen, Hugh Grant's fabulous look and piss-taking performance as Finn and analyse in great detail the tale of two halves that is Restoration.
After befriending King Charles II (played by Sam Neill), aspiring young physician Robert Merivel (played by Robert Downey Junior) is living a new lavish lifestyle in the King’s court. In order to r...2020-09-2930 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHappy Birthday, Hugh Grant!In this very special Hugh's News episode, your hosts Oscar and Diggory celebrate Hugh Grant's 60th birthday!
To mark 6 decades of having the wonderful man on our planet, Oscar and Diggory choose their favourite moments from each decade from Hugh's birthday on the 9th September 1960 through to today - 9th September 2020! From dashing dresses to deluded dances to dalliances with politics, Oscar and Diggory discuss it all!
Share your favourite Hugh Grant moments with us on Instagram and Facebook (@TakingHughforGranted) as well as Twitter (@TakingHugh). You can get in touch with us there or via o...2020-09-0920 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe RewriteDon your graduation caps and gowns and join Oscar and Diggory as they return to University to unpick Hugh Grant's role in The Rewrite (Marc Lawrence, 2014). Your hosts discuss the film's few highs, its ironic and frequent lows and then turn their critical crosshairs toward their own peculiar names: 'Diggory Waite' and 'Oscar Beardmore-Gray'.
Resting on his laurels from his 1999 smash hit melodrama entitled "Paradise Misplaced", Oscar-winning screenwriter and one-hit-Hollywood-wonder, Keith Michaels (played by Hugh Grant), is forced to leave sun-kissed L.A. and teach a screenwriting course in rainy Binghamton, New York. Once there Keith takes a...2020-08-2528 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedHugh Grant to star in 'The Undoing' on HBOIntroducing our first episode of Hugh's News - a bonus Taking Hugh for Granted podcast series and your first stop for all news regarding Hugh Grant.
In this issue of Hugh's News, Oscar and Diggory discuss the announcement of the release date for Hugh Grant's new HBO show 'The Undoing', pontificate on what the miniseries could have in store for us and just what kind of role Hugh could have to play. 'The Undoing' is set to release on the 25th of October in the US and from the 26th of October worldwide.
In this ep...2020-08-1209 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Remains of the DayTuck in your shirt, do up your tie and brush your hair because Hugh Grant academics Oscar and Diggory are breaking down The Remains of the Day which was nominated for eight academy awards in 1994. Based on the Kazuo Ishiguro novel of the same name, the rigid, resolute and rule bound Mr Stevens (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins) cultivates a world of manners and decorum in the Darlington household. However, the arrival of housekeeper Miss Kenton (played by Dame Emma Thompson) and Reginald Cardinal (our boy Hugh Grant) threaten to upset the highly professional culture Stevens, as the home’s H...2020-08-1131 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedSense and SensibilityLose your senses with Oscar and Diggory as they discuss Hugh Grant's role in director Ang Lee's 1995 Oscar-winning period drama Sense and Sensibility.
When a certain Mr. Dashwood dies, he must leave the bulk of his estate to the son by his first marriage, which leaves his second wife and their three daughters Elinor (played by Dame Emma Thompson), Marianne (played by Kate Winslet), and Margaret (played by Emilie François), out of house and home. They are taken in by a kindly cousin, but their lack of fortune affects the marriageability of the practical Elinor and th...2020-07-2828 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedMauriceThink Hugh Grant's big acting break was 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral? Think again!
Join Diggory and Oscar as they discuss Maurice (James Ivory, 1987), and what could the best looking Hugh has ever been on screen - until he grows a moustache half way through the film at least...
In 1909, Maurice Hall (played by James Wilby) attends Cambridge university, where he befriends Clive Durham (played by Hugh Grant). The two embark on an intense but paranoid affair. Homosexuality is illegal in British Edwardian society so the two men must now decide to reject their t...2020-06-3027 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedImpromptuJoin Oscar and Diggory as they discuss Hugh Grant's fascinating portrayal of Polish composer and pianist Frédéric Chopin in Impromptu (Lapine, 1991).
Set in 1830s France, Impromptu follows George Sand (played by Judy Davis), who is known as an eccentric maneater, traversing the world without a care for societal norms and leaving a trail of adoring men in her wake. However, when she meets pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin (played by Hugh Grant), George Sand is overcome. Chopin must be hers.
Make sure you're following Taking Hugh for Granted on Instagram and Faceb...2020-06-0228 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe Hughnger GamesVolunteer as tribute to listen to this special 'Question and Answer' episode, Oscar and Diggory field questions from loyal THFG listeners. Oscar and Diggory discuss how they met, which films they wish Hugh Grant had been cast in and set the parameters for The Hughnger Games: a hunger games style battle royale scenario in which it's last Hugh standing.
Also, Oscar and Diggory interview Mary, one of the first listeners to the podcast. They talk to her about how she found the podcast, her love of British actors and of course, which Hugh Grant film she'd take t...2020-03-2445 min
Roll The CreditsHugh GrantHugh Grant "joins" the show as Tina and Ryan discuss some of his older romantic comedies he has starred in. In this episode Ryan talks about the profound impact some of his friendships have had on his life, even some that are no longer in his life. Tina talks about a trip that changed her outlook on life and how sometimes you just need to hit the reset button. All of this and more including some really special "Good News Stories" at the end. Please enjoy Hugh Grant on this episode and follow along for an agave update!2020-02-191h 08
Taking Hugh for GrantedPaddington 2Diggory, Oscar and Paddington Bear (voiced by Ben Wishaw) invite you to join in the investigation as to who has stolen Aunt Lucy's 100th Birthday present. With Paddington framed and jailed, the lead suspect soon becomes the devilish and egotistical actor Phoenix Buchanan (played by Hugh Grant).
We have the return of new regular feature 'Synopsis Simon', discuss Oscar's final foray in to acting and of course do a deep dive in to what many believe is one of Hugh Grant's greatest performances on the big screen.
Make sure you're following Taking Hugh for Granted o...2020-02-0436 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedThe GentlemenIn this spoiler-free episode, Diggory and Oscar take a butcher's at Hugh Grant in Guy Ritchie's 2020 British gangster flick 'The Gentlemen'.
Fresh out the cinema and on to the back of bus, Diggory and Oscar give their hot takes on the film discussing all things Hugh Grant: his bizarre estuary accent, his sleazy look and what is next for Hugh on the big screen.
Synopsis: A drug kingpin (Matthew Mcconaughey) is looking to get out of the game and sell off his illegal empire. Fletcher (Hugh Grant) is a private investigator working for a tabloid pa...2020-01-0831 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedLove ActuallyJoin in the festivities as Diggory and Oscar rewatch the Christmas classic 'Love Actually' (2003) in an attempt to answer the all important question nobody is asking - are we taking Hugh for Granted?
While eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways, the Prime Minister (Hugh Grant) takes a shine for his Catering Manager, Natalie (Martine McCutcheon), at his new residence in Number 10.
Listen as Diggory and Oscar discuss their respective Christmasses, sing Hugh-inspired Christmas carols and examine what is perhaps Hugh Grant's most famous moment committed to celluloid: that dance sc...2019-12-2346 min
Taking Hugh for GrantedFour Weddings and a FuneralIn our inaugural episode Diggory and Oscar take you back to the Sussex countryside in the summer of 1994 to pick apart the film that made Grant a household name, ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’. It’s the height of the wedding season and Charles (Hugh Grant) appears to be unlucky in love, before meeting American Carrie (Andie MacDowell). After one night of passionate lovemaking he thinks his luck has finally changed. But the romance is cut short leaving Charles heartbroken. Can he use his trademark bumbling charm to win her back? Find out the answer to that and whether we’ve...2019-12-0642 min
My Favorite Episode with Michael SchneiderHugh Grant on "Fawlty Towers"Hugh Grant has become good friends over the years with John Cleese. But long before he ever met the British comedy icon, Grant was a fan from the very beginning of Cleese's legendary 1970s comedy "Fawlty Towers." On this edition of the podcast, we talk to Hugh Grant about his love of "Fawlty Towers," how he's still learning how to stream TV, how his Amazon limited series "A Very English Scandal" still feels resonant today, and why he'd like to ban all social media. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2019-07-1637 min
The Speaker Lab PodcastHow to Use Blogging to Book Speaking Gigs with Hugh CulverHugh is one of our rare 3-peat guests and he's back to tell us how to use blogging to book speaking gigs.On today's edition of The Speaker Lab, Hugh specifically explains why you should blog to grow your speaking business including how often you should blog, what you should blog about, how long your blog posts should be, and where you should promote your blog.In addition to being a keynote speaker and best-selling author, Hugh runs a business called BlogWorks. BlogWorks is a company devoted to helping speakers book more speaking gigs through...2019-03-1933 min
Kermode on Film# 2: Live MK3D! w Hugh Grant, Mike Leigh, Hayley SquiresLive show MK3D with Hugh Grant, Mike Leigh and Hayley Squires.A recording of my Mark Kermode Live in 3D show at the BFI Southbank on 29 October, I talk to the one and only Hugh Grant who is funny, irreverent and sometimes very rude; to legendary British director Mike Leigh about his film 'Peterloo' and to Hayley Squires about her roles in Ben Wheatley's 'Happy New Year Colin Burstead' and Peter Strickland's 'In Fabric'.Follow me on twitter on @KermodeMovie or find me at www.markkermode.co.uk© HLA A...2018-10-301h 00
Up To 90Paying for Sex: Hugh Grant and Eddie Murphy‘I did a bad thing and there you have it’
This week’s episode focuses on two men who got caught ‘paying for sex’ in the nineties: Hugh Grant and Eddie Murphy. We look at The Nutty Professor being a ‘Good Samaritan’ by kindly offering a transsexual sex worker a ride home and how Divine Brown succeeded in building an industry out of Hugh Grant’s ‘bad thing’. We talk playing the perpetual ‘I forgot my wallet’ card, Liz Hurley and THAT dress, numeric tattoos, bad decision-making, tea with the queen and ‘the existence of other children’.
If you are legally representing Eddie M...2018-07-1742 minThe Speaker Lab PodcastHow to Give a Memorable Speech with Hugh CulverWhat makes a speech a memorable one? Our guest for today knows! He says there are 5 keys you must include to make your speech memorable. Joining us for episode 120 is our repeat visitor and friend, Hugh Culver.He was previously here for episode 10, which feels like an eternity ago! If you missed his first visit, Hugh is an adventurer turned speaker. He started out in the adventure travel industry and later became a speaker. For the last dozen years or so, he's been speaking to corporate audiences about productivity.On today's show, Hugh tells us...2017-02-1434 min
Meet the Filmmaker: Interviews from 2007–2009Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, and Director Marc Lawrence: "Did You Hear About the Morgans?": Meet the FilmmakersJoin director Marc Lawrence and actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant as they discuss their new film, “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” The comedy follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming...2009-12-2200 minMeet the Filmmaker: Interviews from 2007–2009Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, and Director Marc Lawrence: "Did You Hear About the Morgans?": Meet the FilmmakersJoin director Marc Lawrence and actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant as they discuss their new film, “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” The comedy follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming...2009-12-2200 minMeet the Filmmaker: Interviews from 2007–2009Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, and Director Marc Lawrence: "Did You Hear About the Morgans?": Meet the FilmmakersJoin director Marc Lawrence and actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant as they discuss their new film, “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” The comedy follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming...2009-12-2200 minMeet the Filmmaker: Interviews from 2007–2009Sarah Jessica Parker, Hugh Grant, and Director Marc Lawrence: "Did You Hear About the Morgans?": Meet the FilmmakersJoin director Marc Lawrence and actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant as they discuss their new film, “Did You Hear About the Morgans?” The comedy follows a highly successful Manhattan couple, Meryl and Paul Morgan (Sarah Jessica Parker and Hugh Grant), whose almost-perfect lives have only one notable failure – their dissolving marriage. But the turmoil of their romantic lives is nothing compared to what they are about to experience: they witness a murder and become targets of a contract killer. The Feds, protecting their witnesses, whisk away the Morgans from their beloved New York to a tiny town in Wyoming...2009-12-2200 min