BBC Radio 6 Music with Shaun Keaveny 26 Nov 2015 John Simm joins Shaun Keaveny to chat about his new play ‘The Homecoming’. Play radio interview (00:10:09): Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 Front Row with John Wilson 25 Nov 2015 Harold Pinter’s great drama of familial power struggles, ‘The Homecoming’ was first staged half a century ago. As a new production opens, John Wilson talks to John Simm, who plays Lennie, its director, Jamie Lloyd, and Pinter’s biographer, Michael Billington, who, as well as … Continue reading
The Guardian Theatre 18 Nov 2015 Backstage dramas: theatre stars wait in the wings – in pictures Robert Lindsay, John Simm, Susannah Fielding and others get ready to make a great entrance in these exclusive photographs by Matt Humphrey whose company Curtain Call is producing a book of backstage images and interviews. The book will … Continue reading
BBC Radio 2 Chris Evans Breakfast Show 7 Aug 2015 John chats to Chris about his current play Three Days in The Country at the National Theatre, plus listen to Magic Alex’s ‘Super KK’ intro, then a question from a listener on whether John ever worked in a dairy in Salisbury, followed by John and Rory’s Hamlet … Continue reading
BBC Radio 5 live Afternoon Edition 6 Aug 2015 Sarah Brett and Dan Walker talk with John Simm on his new play Three Days in the Country at the National Theatre, his career and music with his band Magic Alex, how he’s more sedate than in his “Human Traffic” days in the 1990s, plus escaping … Continue reading
BBC Radio 6 – Radcliffe and Maconie, John Simm Radcliffe and Maconie 6 Aug 2015 Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie are joined by Royal Television Society Award-winning actor John Simm, to talk about Three Days in the Country, a new play he’s in at The National Theatre in London which also stars actor (League of … Continue reading
The Telegraph Chris Bennion 13 July 2015 Turgenev’s Three Days in the Country, starring Simm and Gatiss, opens on the Lyttleton stage at the National Theatre London on 28th July (Previews from 21 July). Here John Simm (Olivier-award winner [sic] and star of Doctor Who and Life on Mars) and Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, The League of Gentlemen) … Continue reading
The Guardian Katie Forster 31 May 2015 Echo and the Bunnymen’s Ian McCulloch and actor John Simm were each other’s heroes before they met. Now they enjoy a creative – and boozy – friendship HIS STORY Ian McCulloch, 56, musician I first met John after a Bunnymen gig in Kilburn in 1997. I’d seen him … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Drama, Mrs Robinson, I Presume Fri 24 Apr 2015 14:15 “John Simm gives Nichols humility and vulnerability – notably when recounting his origins as a Jewish refugee from Nazism” ~The Stage In 1963, fledgling producer Lawrence Turman read a novel by Charles Webb called The Graduate. He knew he had to … Continue reading
BBC Radio 6 Music Shaun Keaveny 8 April 2015 John Simm chats with Shaun Keaveny about his new ITV drama ‘Code of a Killer’, plus his upcoming Glastonbury gig with his band Magic Alex and what he’s working on next in 2015… (spoiler hint: Three Days in the Country | National Theatre) Play Radio Interview (00:11:44): … Continue reading
ITV Press Centre 26 March 2015 Q: Code of a Killer brings an extraordinary story to a wider audience? “I didn’t know anything about it until I read the script. It’s an extraordinary and amazing story. Alec Jeffreys is an incredible man who made one of the most important scientific discoveries ever. It changed … Continue reading
Hull Daily Mail Jeananne Craig 25 October 2014 Life On Mars star John Simm plays an ex-cop in gripping new drama Intruders. Jeananne Craig finds out why all those years watching Starsky & Hutch as a kid came in handy: Whether it’s the cult Brit flick Human Traffic or a clever cop show such as … Continue reading
What’s on TV 24 October 2014 TV & Satellite Week talks to John Simm headlining in an intriguing new US drama Intruders about a troubled marriage and a mysterious secret society (premiers Monday, BBC2). Intruders sets up some tantalising mysteries, doesn’t it? “I like the fact that you don’t have any answers for a while. … Continue reading
TV Choice Nick Flaca 21 October 2014 Former LA cop Jack Whelan’s world is rocked when his wife Amy goes missing from their Pacific Northwestern home shortly after displaying erratic behaviour. Meanwhile, an encounter with a stranger leaves nine-year-old Madison with nightmares, and an urge to head to Seattle. And then there’s the sinister Richard … Continue reading
Esquire Weekly Issue 51 Amy Raphael 25 September 2014 Esquire Weekly is the 100% original iPad and iPhone magazine from the people who bring you esquire.co.uk. Click the Gallery of circles below to view the digital interview. [To exit Gallery, find and click on the x in upper left corner of viewer] Continue reading
Sky Movies HD 25 Sep 2014 John Simm introduces his Sky Movies Playlist, picking classics like Taxi Driver and Once Upon A Time In The West. See his full list of choices here: Watch John Simm’s Playlist Continue reading
Entertainment Weekly Community Kelly Connolly 23 Aug 2014 John Simm interview: Intruders star says he heard voices on set On BBC America’s new drama Intruders, acclaimed British actor John Simm plays Jack Whelan, a former cop whose life is upended when his wife Amy (Mira Sorvino) disappears under mysterious circumstances. The EW Community talked to … Continue reading
Collider Christina Radish 23 Aug 2014 John Simm and James Frain Talk INTRUDERS, the Unsettling Tone, Providing Answers by the End of Season 1, and More From writer/executive producer Glen Morgan (The X-Files), the BBC America drama series Intruders is about a secret society devoted to chasing immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others. … Continue reading
ArcaMax Publishing Luaine Lee, McClatchy-Tribune Service 18 Aug 2014 BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — When he was 9 years old, British actor John Simm used to perform in clubs with his dad, singing harmony, strumming the guitar, executing little bits. “I thought that was what I was going to be,” he says in a meeting room … Continue reading
The Cast of INTRUDERS are super excited about their new Original Paranormal Drama BBC America series and recently went on a heady whirlwind press tour in Southern California. Oh, Intruders, they just wanna have fun! Courtesy of Entertainment Weekly’s Celebrity GIF Guide: Courtesy of Mira Sorvino on Twitter: Now this is just silly!Thought #INTRUDERS was … Continue reading
BBC London 94.9 Gaby Roslin 11 May 2014 Gaby Roslin talks to John Simm about Prey currently airing on ITV and his new paranormal drama, Intruders, that he’s currently filming for BBC America. Listen to radio interview (click play button) below (00:05:53): Continue reading
Mirror Online Alistair McGeorge 28 Apr 2014 Working on the thriller was almost too much for the Life On Mars actor, who “loved” the show but had to take a break after his injury John Simm tore his calf muscle while filming Prey, meaning production had to be stopped for weeks so he could recover. … Continue reading
The Custard TV Luke Knowles 22 Apr 2014 It's Here! My special podcast featuring #Prey writer Chris Lunt @dodgethedraft Listen here http://t.co/t5N24kNsNo #Prey Join the Hunt @ITV — Luke TheCustardTV (@LukeCustardtv) 22. April 2014 In this special podcast Luke Knowles chats to Chris about the origins of Prey, writing of television and the casting of … Continue reading
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