The Interview

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  • Summary

  • The Mirror has been talking to the biggest names for more than 100 years - now you can hear more from them than ever by listening in on our feature length face to face interviews. From TV stars, celebrities and comedians to politicians, sports stars and people who have had fame thrust upon them, we help you discover the person behind the headlines in their own words. Tell us who you'd like to hear from when you leave a review, subscribe to make sure you catch all the best chats and don't forget to follow @DailyMirror on Twitter and Facebook to find out what they do next.
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  • Real life: Clifford Thompson talks life as a firefighter, the moment that changed things and surviving PTSD
    Oct 18 2017
    When East End lad Clifford Thompson joined the London Fire Brigade at 19 he was quickly hooked on the danger.“Firefighters crave the next callout - the action and drama,” he explains. “No one claims to be a hero but you learn to play that role and love being in the grip of a crisis. It’s an addiction, to the gruesome and the bizarre, fuelled by adrenaline."But in 1991 Cliff's world fell apart when a three year old boy died before his eyes.Guilt, anger and bottled-up horrors sent him spiralling into depression. Diagnosed with PTSD he left the fire service and became a writer and BBC journalist. And he's now written a searingly-honest memoir called Falling Through Fire.In the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower tragedy Cliff, 50, spoke to Rachael Bletchly the Daily Mirror's Chief Writer, about his own experiences and the pressures faced by our 999 heroes. Please leave a review and let us know who you'd like to hear in The Interview in future. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • Russell Howard talks hard-working NHS staff - and fears we value reality TV stars more
    Sep 20 2017
    With a doctor for a girlfriend and a gran and grandad who were cared for by hard-pressed hospital staff before their deaths, Russell Howard knows a thing or two about the struggles facing the NHS For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • Jamie Oliver talks Bake Off, his new cooking show and ageing on TV
    Sep 4 2017
    Jamie Oliver is a chef known to millions of people around the world for his restaurants, TV shows and healthy eating campaigns. The 42-year-old has now spent around 20 years on TV, having been spotted by the BBC when working as a sous chef in The River Cafe. His own debut series The Naked Chef, which was followed by his first cook book subsequently becoming the No. 1 best-seller in the UK. And since then his career has flourished. He trained up disadvantaged young people to work in his restaurant Fifteen and has also campaigned to include the quality of school dinners.For his latest TV series Quick & Easy Food on Channel 4, he is aiming to get people cooking after work with a series or recipes that use just five ingredients. He talks to Daily Mirror showbiz editor Mark Jefferies (@MirrorJeffers) about his last 20 years on TV, the current show and his aims for the next decade.Let us know who you'd like to hear in The Interview in future when you leave a review. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    33 mins

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