Interview: John Simm as Detective Superintendent Roy Grace

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ITV Press Centre9 Mar 2023 John Simm reprises his role as Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, for a third series of ITV crime drama Grace. John Simm reprises his role as Brighton-based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace (Photo: ITV) SERIES 3 OVERVIEW As East Sussex police bid farewell to ACC Alison Vosper, the announcement of her … Continue reading →

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John Simm: ‘I got rid of the music and clubbing and got into some proper serious drama’

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The Big IssueAdrian Lobb9 May 2022 The seven ages of Simm: actor John Simm on The Lakes, Life On Mars, Doctor Who, Macbeth, Grace… and the Game of Thrones prequel that got away John Simm in Macbeth, The Lakes, Grace, Life on Mars and Doctor Who.Photo illustration: The Big Issue (Images: Alamy / ITV) John … Continue reading →

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Exclusive Interview: John Simm talks to Fabric Magazine about his latest work Strangers

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Fabric Magazine October 2018 Issue Liz Skone James Exclusive Interview: John Simm Star of the Small Screen With one of the most recognisable faces on the small screen, John Simm has rarely been unemployed since graduating from drama school. We caught up to chat latest roles, career goals and dealing with fame… –> read more … Continue reading →

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John Simm: “I wish women ran the whole world, don’t you?”

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The Big Issue Adrian Lobb 12 Feb 2018 Full version of my @BigIssue interview with John Simm now online ahead of his return to TV in #Collateral (BBC2) and #Trauma (ITV) – both are ace, both (ridiculously) start tonight at 9pm… https://t.co/qmdaniYgGJ — Adrian Lobb (@adey70) 12. Februar 2018 Collateral begins at 9pm on BBC … Continue reading →

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John Simm Backstage for Matt Humphrey Book

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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 →

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Interview: John Simm talks about his role for Code of a Killer, meeting Sir Alec Jeffreys and reuniting with David Threlfall

Posted on 31/03/2015 by Administrator • 1 Comment

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 →

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Interview: John Simm: This Much I Know

Posted on 27/05/2013 by Administrator • 1 Comment

The Observer Olly Richards 25 May 2013 I’m good at being on my own. As a kid I was always in my room alone, so I have a high threshold for it. If I’m bored, I’ll read. Hanging around doesn’t go well with me. The 90s are hazy. I was a party boy in my 20s … Continue reading →

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Q & A: John Simm discusses all things Manchester United

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Official Manchester United Website M Froggatt, A Bostock May 2013 The Mad Dogs star sits down to reveal his Red credentials, recall bygone eras and cast his vote for United’s Player of the Year award… When did you start following United? “From as far back as I can remember – I can’t put a date on … Continue reading →

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Interview: John Simm stars as John Middleton for BBC One’s The Village

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BBC One Begins Sunday 31 March 2013 9:00-10:00pm THE VILLAGE with John Simm as John Middleton The Village is an epic drama series charting the life and turbulent times of one English village across the twentieth century. The Village is written by BAFTA winning writer Peter Moffat. The camera never leaves the village. Births, deaths, love … Continue reading →

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John Simm: ‘I am not comfortable being myself in front of a crowd’

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The Observer | Culture Kate Kellaway 19 May 2012 The actor talks about the genius of Pinter, the joys of GarageBand and the consolations of middle age Infidelity is a bracing subject on a weekday morning over coffee and pain au chocolat but John Simm has been thinking about it all week. He is about to open … Continue reading →

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Television actor John Simm is returning to the stage for Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’

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FT.com Interview: Television actor John Simm is returning to the stage for Pinter’s ‘Betrayal’.ow.ly/1MpR1k — John Simm Society (@JohnSimmSociety) May 19, 2012 Continue reading →

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The Horror of Hamlet – John Simm

Posted on 30/10/2011 by Administrator • 1 Comment

ShortList Magazine Joe Ellison Issue 199 27 Oct 2011 Five leading men discuss tackling the greatest role ever penned. Ahead of Michael Sheen’s performance as the prince onstage, Joe Ellison finds out why, for actors, it remains the most daunting of roles. Life has given us many weighty questions to mull over. Alongside “Why are … Continue reading →

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John Simm: Lancashire is still my spiritual home

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The Citizen Jemma Humphreys 4 May 2011 One of TV’s finest actors, John Simm, was back on our screens this week in BBC psychological thriller Exile. The publicity-shy Nelson star tells us how filming in East Lancashire took him back to his youth. When Burnley-born Paul Abbott created the plot for Exile it had Nelson-raised … Continue reading →

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John Simm: Antihero making headlines again

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The Independent James Rampton 25 April 2011 John Simm has given some memorable performances over the years. Think of the troubled detective Sam Tyler in Life on Mars, the equally troubled journo Cal McCaffrey in State of Play, the even more troubled painter Vincent van Gogh in The Yellow House, and the most troubled of the lot, … Continue reading →

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John Simm: ‘I wish I’d done another series of Life on Mars’

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Manchester Evening News Ian Wylie 21 Apr 2011 John Simm does his best to cope with the fame game. But he isn’t happy when it gets too intrusive. The Lancashire-raised actor admits: “I find it excruciating. It’s horrible to get a cameraphone shoved in your face every time you walk out the door. Not nice. … Continue reading →

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Paul Abbott’s Exile: The prodigal returns

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The Guardian Amy Raphael 18 Mon 2011 Shameless sent him to the States – but now Paul Abbott is back with Exile. On set, Amy Raphael hears about Alzheimer’s, how to get an all-star cast, and where British TV should head next When Paul Abbott was in his early 20s, he would regularly do a 10-hour day … Continue reading →

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Interview: John Simm for Exile

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BBC Press Office 18 April 2011 What did you think when you first read the script and what attracted you to the role? The quality of the script shone out at me straight away. It’s not often that you get a script of such quality and it’s quite few and far between in TV or … Continue reading →

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The exile of John Simm

Posted on 06/04/2011 by Administrator • 1 Comment

British GQ Stuart McGurk 6 April 2011 Here’s one reason why GQ likes John Simm: “When I was shooting The Lakes, the World Cup was on, but the producer wasn’t keen on football. He said we were going to finish a scene, and I said, ‘No, we’re really not,’ and staged a walkout. Well, I did warn him…” … Continue reading →

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Life On Mars pair John Simm and Philip Glenister reunited

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The Guardian Amy Raphael 5 February 2011 Fortysomething crime caper Mad Dogs takes the duo to Mallorca in the company of Max Beesley, Marc Warren and Ben Chaplin It’s sometime after lunch in southern Mallorca and John Simm, escaping the intense heat of summer, lounges around in the shade sipping bottled water. It’s odd; he … Continue reading →

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Mad Dogs: Hustle and Life on Mars stars unite for new series

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Daily Mail Online Lisa Sewards 4 Feb 2011 We’re in this together: How fears of their midlife crisis united the stars of Life on Mars and Hustle on and off screen He’s the antithesis of his alpha alter ego in Hustle and describes himself as a woman’s man, but Marc Warren has brought together the … Continue reading →

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February Sky Magazine: Mad Dogs – Greed, Corruption and Murder in Majorca

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Sky Magazine February 2011 There’s more new original drama on Sky 1 HD as four of the biggest actors in Britain come together for a tale of greed, corruption and murder. Click Sky Magazine page images below for large PDF View Continue reading →

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John Simm on playing Hamlet

Posted on 15/09/2010 by Administrator • 1 Comment

Telegraph.co.uk Dominic Cavendish 14 Sep 2010 Terror is integral to the pleasure of John Simm, who takes on “the greatest role ever written”, Hamlet, at the Sheffield Crucible. Three giant black-and-white photographs, dominated in turn by Derek Jacobi, Kenneth Branagh and Joseph Fiennes, are ranged across a wall of the Sheffield Crucible’s swish new bar. … Continue reading →

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Is Hamlet to be, or not to be, John Simm’s crowning glory as an actor?

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Yorkshire Post Chris Bonde 12 Sep 2010 JOHN Simm manages to come across as both laidback and edgy at the same time. In the 25 minutes I spend in his company he is charming, witty, intense and just a little bit acerbic. These are all traits that should stand the Life on Mars star in … Continue reading →