Steve Pemberton On His League of Gentleman Breakthrough and Inspiration For Inside No.9

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This week Rob is joined by actor, comedian and writer Steve Pemberton to talk about latest play "The Pillowman," out now at The Duke of York’s Theatre. Steve reminisces about his early days at the Edinburgh Fringe, his breakthrough with "The League of Gentlemen," and tells Rob where he gets his Inside No.9 character inspiration from. Steve also reveals he will be starring in a new movie ‘Better Man’, about the life story of Robbie Williams.
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@marks6928 11 ай бұрын

Steve Pemberton is a genius. From drama to comedy, from writing to acting, he is brilliant.

@BL1TZEN Жыл бұрын

Inside No 9 is one of the best television shows ever written. I got my 76 year old dad into it and he's now bought the book and everything.

@TheSuperQuail 11 ай бұрын

there's a book?

@milligan8679 11 ай бұрын

@@TheSuperQuail The Insider’s Guide to Inside No.9 by Mark Salisbury…..also two volumes of scripts

@TS-1267 11 ай бұрын

... Splendiferous Indeed 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🖖

@ticketyboo2456 11 ай бұрын

I loved Steve in Happy Valley. He showed his dramatic acting chops. He is a Renaissance man for sure .

@soulfoodie1 Жыл бұрын

Steve really is one of our greatest actors and a top man - we are lucky to have him

@danieladams9950 11 ай бұрын

Steve also genuinely lovely chap.

@andypalin3287 11 ай бұрын

Steve and Reece's imagination/creativity is off the scale! 😵

@NorthWalesKid 11 ай бұрын

I think The League Of Gentlemen is the greatest comedy show ever written in any country ever

@TheLadylexy 11 ай бұрын

Don't forget Psychoville! Pure comedy genius at everything they do :)

@lloroshastar6347 11 ай бұрын

Finding out that someone as talented as Steve had no family background in theatre is really reassuring as someone who also has no family history in what I've wanted to achieve in my life. Shows you can be the best of the best and you don't necessarily need to have grown up with the right influences from a young age.

@MillerMooseMan Жыл бұрын

God, it would be fantastic to see the award winning dramatic actor Rob Brydon in Inside No 9! I feel like the odds are good 😅🤞

@kingloser4198 Жыл бұрын

We've had Lee Mack so maybe we will :)

@tonycowin Жыл бұрын

Set on WILTY and one of guests claims they murdered somebody.

@heatheryoung9254 11 ай бұрын

@@tonycowin that is an awesome idea, but like Steve said, everyone is quick with the setting, but write the other 98 pages and he’ll consider it. 😂 But seriously tho, that’s an awesome idea.

@marks6928 11 ай бұрын

Rob’s Reece impression was an unexpected delight

@heatherstephenson3559 11 ай бұрын

When in the interview does he do the impression, do you know, sorry?

@_boracic_atreus_23 5 ай бұрын

Steve Pemberton is genuinely one of the most brilliant talents this country has ever produced. Hilarious, terrifying, likeable, creative...he's got it all. His range is incredible. Inside No.9 can be a bit self indulgent at times, but by God it shows his acting and writing chops.

@vinceely2906 Жыл бұрын

'Middle-aged Welshman goes to wellness retreat. Something happens, somebody gets killed. Who did it? Who didn't do it?' Is Michael Sheen available? 😀

@andyhinds542 4 ай бұрын

Steve Pemberton is one of my favourite actors/writers/directors. He is so incredibly versatile, and everything he does is perfection.

@OfficialFingazMC Жыл бұрын

Steve is a genius! LoG, Psychoville and IN9 are programmes I regularly re-watch!

@shaolinpunkFTW Жыл бұрын

Steve and the League/Inside gang are truly legends of British comedy. Another banger of an interview Rob, how do you do it?

@rambledogs2012 Жыл бұрын

Verbally, I think!

@simonsaysrewind Жыл бұрын

@@rambledogs2012 😆 🤣

@shaolinpunkFTW 11 ай бұрын

@@rambledogs2012 the more oral the better, that's what I say.

@robyourtime 11 ай бұрын

I love all the League, but Steve has always been my favourite. So humble for such incredible talent

@mostlyholy6301 Жыл бұрын

I love these interviews, they are so friendly and good-natured. You are a true treasure Mr Brydon.

@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын

Back when BBC America was filled with all the best sitcoms I found him thru League of Gents. Then he popped up on a show about Jack the Ripper copy cat killings. He was a Ripologist working with the police. Good show.

@mattmid7012 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, Whitechapel that was called.

@samanthab1923 Жыл бұрын

@@mattmid7012 Oh! That’s it. Thanks 👋

@ThreadBomb Жыл бұрын

Whitechapel was great! And I think it was only about Jack the Ripper in the first season. Then it was themed around other historical murders and urban myths.

@petercnixon Жыл бұрын

Steve's comments about being seen as very normal early on in his career, having no real interest in his appearance and just wanting to play the characters brought to mind a quote from the late great Ronnie Barker: I've always known I haven't a personality of my own, I have to be someone else to be happy. That's why I became an actor, I suppose."

@SongBillong 11 ай бұрын

Steve is such an incredibly likeable bloke!

@elisabethj.v.beardsell9853 11 ай бұрын

Steve pemberton is a class actor! Brilliant in all his productions❤hello someone, whoever you are.

@DanielMassey690 11 ай бұрын

Saw Steve in The Pillowman a few days ago and he was completely fantastic in it. The whole cast was, though Lily Allen stole it all really. I never knew she was so good!! Outstanding show, with plenty of laughs and some very dark moments indeed.

@alexmousley7213 11 ай бұрын

Two extraordinary talented guys - their body of work is so good I can watch it repeatedly and enjoy it all the more.

@1sparkyj Жыл бұрын

Let's have Rob play Al Pacino at a wellness centre in Inside No. 9

@unitexconquer375 Жыл бұрын

Al pacino calling and checking in on John Mulaney? Haha

@simonsaysrewind Жыл бұрын

Superb interview... love that Steve played against type in Benedorm... this character was very funny whilst playing a typical holiday dad type and with the amazing cast it had made hilarious comedy gold. 👍

@keithrobson593 Жыл бұрын

My father in law to a tee.

@danieladams9950 11 ай бұрын

Rob's impersonation of Reece Shearsmith perfect: exasperated and angry for no reason, but brilliant.

@tonycowin Жыл бұрын

There was a wellness centre in both Nighty Night and Saxondale. With all the Baby Cow/Gavin and Stacey crossovers it could be a great third act.

@chrisw9643 11 ай бұрын

Steve is a legend

@JonnyRollin 11 ай бұрын

Inside No 9 has drama, comedy, pathos,slapstick, music-hall and horror and writing, that is up there with Galton and Simpson and La Frenais and Dick Clement: every episode-a modern classic.

@kernowarty 11 ай бұрын

Steve would make an excellent Inspector Goul in An Inspector Calls.

@richwearz 11 ай бұрын

I've worked in film for over 15 years and Steve Pemberton is my favourite actor and script writer of all time, a genius

@kurisensei Жыл бұрын

Brilliant actor

@stephenanderson4603 11 ай бұрын

Rob, A Welsh Les Patterson? Pure compliment 👍

@pinback2504 Ай бұрын

i LOVE how much rob loves Steve's impersonations. the joy in his face is everything. love the show. great job xx

@frankleemorris2431 8 күн бұрын

lovely, lovely. well said rob. steve is a genius, and you gave him a great mic opportunity. thanks a lot!

@kieranwhite6647 Жыл бұрын

Great interview, Steve is a top bloke

@emmaemma6641 11 ай бұрын

I LOVE HIM! I love them all.. Saw LOG on stage years ago where they all just wore a tux and it was brilliant. (Came away with a Creme Brule T shirt too 😊) Obviously I watch everything they are in ..and even read Marks books. But my fave was Phsychoville ! I was absolutely bereft after binging that ❤ God love the funny people of this world xxx

@ChorltonandtheWheelies 11 ай бұрын

emmaemma6641. Do you know where I can watch Phycoville? Sorry I can't spell! It's not on BBC I player and I can't find it in KZfaq either? 😊✌

@zakramsey3508 11 ай бұрын

@@ChorltonandtheWheelies TheFlixer website.

@superman00001 Жыл бұрын

Lovely. Lovely sense of humour.

@celticredhead 10 ай бұрын

Steve is one of our greatest character actors and an incredible writer.

@johnboy8623 Жыл бұрын

Bernie Clifton dressing room is perfection ❤

@soulfoodie1 Жыл бұрын

Facts!

@lukerapsey3773 Жыл бұрын

Woop woop, just pulled over for lunch, thanks for something to watch 👍

@troygulbrandsenHistorienBak 11 ай бұрын

Masterclass! Great interview. Pemberton is the best.

@bigsmiles768 11 ай бұрын

I do not know a lot about this industry but 9 is quite wonderfully directed and performed, by all involved. Engaging and exciting. I adore the old work, but this gives me a happy experience in the current time. Thankyou.

@Liberated_from_Religion 11 ай бұрын

Herr Lipp is one of my favorite characters, because I speak German. Pemberton's German accent is very good. Normally, English native speakers are terrible with foreign languages.

@-______-______- 11 ай бұрын

Steve Pemberton. Absolutely HILARIOUS characters.

@nbell63 Жыл бұрын

absolutely crackin' - thank you, lads!

@TheStevenWhiting Жыл бұрын

I never watched Inside No 9. For some reason I thought it was a political comedy about Downing Street :) never saw a trailer or anything for it. Then a few months ago I watched one, realised what it was about and then binge watched several series worth :)

@LoudMinded 29 күн бұрын

Hahha love that!

@unitexconquer375 Жыл бұрын

What a wonderful story and interview ❤

@loreleia7025 26 күн бұрын

Steve and Reece would be two of my dream dinner party guests.

@WobblyLance 11 ай бұрын

Steve Pemberton is a phenomenal actor; he disappears into whatever character he is playing, from idiotic to scheming to pitiful. He's astonishing.

@hixyhicks Жыл бұрын

Fantastic 😊

@ThreadBomb Жыл бұрын

I will always regret that they never did a third season of Psychoville. Not even as a radio series!

@ragman1960 11 ай бұрын

Amazing they have so much time to do a podcast!!!!

@FineYungCannibal. 10 ай бұрын

Love all the guys from the LoG! Sad that Inside No9 is ending but excited to see what they do next. Was thinking of one of his characters this week as I have been on holiday in Whitby, you see Whitby Scampi on the menu a lot. Made me think of the debt collectors. "I was right to looking forward to that scampi!" 😂😂

@stevereed5046 11 ай бұрын

Hey, fantastic relaxed and genuine interview really enjoyed it. Steve is absolute great as are inside number nine and the old favourite of the league of gentlemen brilliant. 26:22

@warmeggs 11 ай бұрын

'WE DIDN'T BURN HIM!!' ;) xx

@kildogery 10 ай бұрын

Lovely stuff.

@Keepinitreal61 Жыл бұрын

You broke my heart when you left Benindorm

@strikeachord7228 3 ай бұрын

Brydon and Pemberton?! Woo hoo!!!

@unmasked8861 Жыл бұрын

Mick Gravy👍

@gonufc 11 ай бұрын

I find it hard to believe they were so incredibly intimidated by David bloody Walliams considering the dramatic difference in quality between the output of them!

@thesimpsons17 Ай бұрын

Seeing Steve slip between Herr Lipp, Pauline and Pop made me giddy with happiness

@shaunlodwig 5 ай бұрын

Psychoville was my favourite but ive caught up on my Inside no.9 and it could be my favourite out of the 3 they have made, fantastic. 3 of the best shows ever made, shows how good they are as writers and actors. I hope they go past series 9 [as unlikely as that is]

@andrewsmith8707 Жыл бұрын

9 maverick bars !

@Question3verything 7 ай бұрын

if they ever make a film or tv special about Sir Alex Ferguson.. i think Steve would nail the role!

@janholding5206 11 ай бұрын

Steve, sorry to be so personal in such a public way but I have no way to message you privately. I can see that you have rosacea....so do I. My advice to you would be to go lower carb and in particular, cut out grains/gluten. My rosacea has improved almost totally by doing those things. Good luck and love your work! ❤

@paul7t5 Жыл бұрын

LoG seems like yesterday. It's a shock to see him looking old!

@soulfoodie1 Жыл бұрын

He doesn't look old, he looks like a healthy man in his mind 50s (with three children who are now young adults) who has.a successful career for over 2 decades

@Keepinitreal61 Жыл бұрын

can I put this out there, forget your footballers, pop stars, you both are the weavers of imagination. Thank you.

@eggymayo3271 11 ай бұрын

There's room for all

@nsrlegaltech 11 ай бұрын

Vale Papa Lazarou the most terrifying zany character wow! 🤡👹 Thank you Gentlemen ….and Dave.

@harri7416 Жыл бұрын

Where is the best place to find all the back catalogues of LoG and Inside no9, outside of BBC?

@tonycowin Жыл бұрын

Yes all are on the iPlayer.

@harri7416 Жыл бұрын

@@tonycowin thanks

@kieron63 11 ай бұрын

Fergie hooter!😉 Whitechapel was superb!

@eyemoeba 11 ай бұрын

fucking gold. gotta love these two. it's like itv v bbc. behemoths both. mein camp.

@circle2867 5 ай бұрын

@rob where did you get that amazing hair transpant from? they did a proper good job for saying you had it a long time ago

@mikkique 11 ай бұрын

7:55 that actually sounds like reece LMFAOOOOOOOO

@johnmightymole2284 Жыл бұрын

Good as usual . Volume out of whack

@donepearce 11 ай бұрын

Steve looks like he's rather fond of the sauce.

@donepearce 11 ай бұрын

@@TheBionicRectum Having your face eaten by birds can do it too. But the alcohol is rather more likely.

@LOUDERthanU 11 ай бұрын

Is he local?

@mikehinton9079 11 ай бұрын

Benidorm he carried that show

@AndersWatches Жыл бұрын

I’m going to be annoyed as a struggling actor from Stoke if there aren’t any genuine or at least convincing potters accents in that Robbie film 😂 it’s only like the third time ever that a big project has had cause to seek out actors with my accent 😅🙃

@heatheryoung9254 Жыл бұрын

No mention of Benidorm, huh? 😅😅

@puppyash9656 11 ай бұрын

the BAFTA was well and truly deserved.

@paulcurran6747 11 ай бұрын

Love rob and steve great podcast but steve wasn't told that red nose day has gone 😊

@hincksman 11 ай бұрын

No, I can't believe the man that gave the world Uncle Harvey Toad-Face would confuse a monkey and an ape

@zaroffhound Ай бұрын

...and then came an episode where a welsh man, at a wellness retreat in the wilds of wales, finds at breakfast absolutely nobody in the rest of the episode...no birds singing, cars won't start, phones missing, no staff, no life. Worries he is in a coma, or a movie, insane, or somesuch. However...his memory starts returning of how everyone died. He is the last man alive. But there is a huge physical wall around wales he can't get over...then he hears the howls...

@euansmith3699 11 ай бұрын

Rob Brydon, "Sometimes I see people in the street, and I think, I could play him." Ben Miller, "Are you lookin' at me?"

@matthewconnor6817 11 ай бұрын

LOL Mrs Dowding - horrible teacher, a prototype 'Mrs Snotty' Katharine Birbalsingh. she was deputy head when I was at St Pricks (St Michael's Chorley). Wonder if sweaty Lumb of the library and Latin inspired a few too - always though Harvey Denton / Herr Lipp had a lot of 'sweaty's' slimy character in there

@TheBondyboy Жыл бұрын

Love inside no 9 but last series had quite a few misses imo

@Schmidtelpunkt Жыл бұрын

Rob's German sounds more Austrian.

@andypalin3287 11 ай бұрын

Steve ...it takes class to have no dress sense! 😂

@TS-1267 11 ай бұрын

... "… Morning Jobseeker's.. You Bone Idle Twat's…"… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥪🥃 1:44

@nineteen8486 Жыл бұрын

League of gentlemen is a comedic treasure … probably not for the American audience… indeed not always for the British audience .. but for those not tainted by modern woke culture ….and a caustic sense of humour 🤡

@marknewbold2583 11 ай бұрын

What do you mean by woke culture?

@nineteen8486 11 ай бұрын

Jog on

@OvercookedOctopusFeet 4 ай бұрын

This steve guy seem like he's nice i suppose.

@SquiddyBonneBouche 6 ай бұрын

Steve is hot af.

@alanpassmore2574 10 ай бұрын

League of gentlemen would never be given the green light now in this time of pussy brained wokeness. I loved the dark sickness of those characters. To laugh yet be repulsed is a great talent.

@crispsandchats 8 ай бұрын

the league of gentlemen would cringe at anyone who uses the phrase “pussy brained wokeness” you daily mail reading troglodyte

@92RedRevolver 11 ай бұрын

Steve looks like the ghost of a clown these days. Still, the best thing to come out of Chorley ever.

@kernowarty 11 ай бұрын

He gotta red nose

@slevinslevin5700 11 ай бұрын

Why is Rob a fan of Jimmy saville

@user-yg1zj5dz9f 10 ай бұрын

what about a brydon character who seems so nice but is really drugging pemberton so he is frail and needs help giving brydon the excuse to cling on to him .a munchausens by proxy type thing...this might be the only way to squeeze nice brydon into a sinister role