Jimmy Nesbitt is one of the guests we've always wanted to get on the podcast. He doesn't do many interviews, so we're thrilled he chose to sit down with us and look back at his extraordinary career.

From his very first performance (aged 5) he recognised the buzz he got from performing, and having started as a comic actor his portrayals of The Throubles in Bloody Sunday showed the world what a versatile performer he is. Since then he's taken roles which (in his own words) mean he's lost about four children and as a cop about ten partners - and he's now starring in one of the world's most-watched shows; Harlen Coben's Run Away on Netflix.

James spoke to us from his home in Belfast after an extremely busy start to the year and reminisced about his Dad and everything he taught him (literally - his Dad was his primary school teacher), the people in his life who've changed the narrative - like Director Paul Greengrass who cast James in Bloody Sunday.

It's a fabulous chat, so we hope you can find somewhere to enjoy it.

As ever - thanks for listening, and cheers!

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It's our 7th birthday, congratulations if you've been listening since we started back in early 2019!

One person who did feature on one of our early episodes is Scarlett Moffatt. She's always been one of our favourite guests and we're thrilled she's popped back in for a chat this week.

She's always brilliant and in this episode we talk about the jobs she had before she became famous as Scarlett's about to release a documentary she's presented about side hustles.

Scarlett is always honest, and as you'll hear we've now made a promise to have her on EVERY January.

Thanks for listening (whether you're one of the OG 2019 listeners, or if this is you're first time listening) - we really do appreciate it.

Cheers,

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Ready to feel inspired?

All this month we're digging into our archive of almost 500 episodes to bring you the MOST inspirational guests - and well, it doesn't come more inspirational than this. If you've ever looked up to the stars and wondered about the enormity of space... well today's White Wine Question Time guest has done more than just dream. He's been there.

Sir Tim Peake had to undertake the equivalent of two degrees as part of his training to go to the International Space Station - including being fluent in Russian. His desire to travel into space served as his motivation, also drawing on his military training and reserves.

His perspective on life has changed, and it serves as a timely reminder that we are all inhabitants of Earth - whatever our race, religion or politics - we all call this third rock from the sun 'home'

Enjoy this episode from our archive and we'll be back on Thursday with something brand new.

Cheers!

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