>> James: OUR GUEST TONIGHT IS A FANTASTIC
ACTOR WHO STARS ON ONE OF THE BEST SHOWS ON TELEVISION,
"SUCCESSION," THE MIGHTY, THE MAGNIFICENT, MATTHEW MACFADYEN
IS HERE TONIGHT, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU, HOW ARE YOU, MATTHEW.
>> I'M VERY WELL, I AM EXCITED TO SEE YOU.
YOU KNOW, IN THE ZOOM FLESH.
>> James: YES, TO SEE YOU IN THE ZOOM FLESH IS GORGEOUS.
NOW THERE IS SO MUCH TO TALK ABOUT.
YOU'RE IN LONDON, I KNOW YOU ATTENDED THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
PROTEST IN LONDON THIS WEEKEND.
HOW WAS IT?
TALK TO ME ABOUT HOW IT FELT ABOUT PROTESTS IN LONDON THIS
WEEKEND.
>> WE WENT TO ONE YESTERDAY AT THE U.S. EMBASSIMENT AND IT WAS
MY DAUGHTER MAGGIE, MY 15 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, I MEAN WE HAVEN'T,
YOU DON'T KNOW WHY WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT OF GOING.
BUT WE SORT OF-- SHE WAS ABSOLUTELY DETERMINED THAT WE
DID AND WE SAID OF OF COURSE AND WE DID IT WAS BRILLIANT.
I'M GLAD WE WENT.
>> ALL OF, THE MAJORITY, IT SEEMED LIKE QUITE A VERY
BEAUTIFUL RECALL POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.
FOR LOTS OF PEOPLE.
>> PEOPLE FEEL A BIT HOPELESS AND THINK WHAT CAN I DO.
JUST BY GOING THERE, WAS JUST, THERE WAS A SORT OF AMAZING
ATMOSPHERE.
IT WAS VERY CALM AND CHARGED AT THE SAME TIME.
>> James: YES.
NOW OBVIOUSLY THE LAST THREE MONTHS FOR EVERYBODY HAS BEEN
TOUGH AND CHALLENGING.
WITH THIS SHELTER IN PLACE WE'VE HAD.
BUT YOU ARE, YOU ARE THE KIND OF FAMILY THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT THE
MOST.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THREE YOUNG CHILDREN.
AND OURS ARE NINE, FIVE AND TWO.
AND WE HAVE FOUND OURSELVES CONSTANTLY SAYING OH, I'M
PLEASED WE HAVEN'T GOT THREE TEENAGERS IN THE HOUSE.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT IS-- THAT IS I THINK REALLY TERRIBLE.
AND YOU HAVE THREE TEENAGERS IN YOUR HOUSE.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE?
>> THEY'VE BEEN REALLY COOL.
THEY'VE BEEN GREAT, ACTUALLY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE AND
THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING BUT THEY ARE JUST, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT
TEENAGERRISH BUT THEY ARE PRETTY GOOD, REALLY.
I TRY, STRAIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF LOCKDOWN WE INSTIGATED T WAS
MY IDEA, WE INSTIGATED A READING HOUR, EVERY DAY.
AND SO AT 5:00 I INSISTED AND THERE WAS COMPLAINING AND WE SAT
IN THE LIVING ROOM AND READ OUR BOOKS.
AND IT DIDN'T WORK.
AND MY I HEARD A PING AND HE HAD HIS MOBILE BEHIND HIS BOOK.
>> OH WOW.
>> AND MY DAUGHTER WENT DADDY, THIS IS CREEPY.
>> SO IT DIDN'T WORK.
THEY LASTED A DAY AND I SAID OKAY, YOU HAVE READING HOUR IN
THEIR BEDROOM AND THEY WENT.
>> YOU CAN CONVINCE YOURSELF THAT THEY ARE READING SOMEWHERE,
SAFE IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE ON THEIR PHONES.
>> EXACTLY.
>> James: NOW I VNLT SEEN YOU TO-- I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU TO TELL
YOU HOW MUCH I LOVE SUCCESSION.
I THINK IT IS ONE OF THE BEST WRITTEN AND PERFORMED SHOWS ON
TELEVISION, CERTAINLY, I THINK OF THE LAST DECADE.
IT IS SO GOOD.
DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU WERE MAKING THIS SHOW THAT YOU WERE
WORKING ON SOMETHING THIS SPECIAL?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS LIKE, YOU NEVER KNOW HOW IT'S
GOING TO TURN OUT.
YOU SORT OF HOPE FOR THE BEST.
I THINK WHAT I DID KNOW WAS THAT YOU YOU ARE WORKING WITH
EXTRAORDINARY ACTORS, IT IS LIKE WORKING WITH AN AMAZING THEATER
COMPANY.
BUT YOU, THE WRITING, IT IS THE WRITING.
ALWAYS THE WRITING.
AND IT IS SO FUNNY AND INTERESTING AND ST FUNNY.
YOU KNOW, SO I, IT WAS LIKE A SLOW BUILD THE FIRST SERIES AS
OPPOSED TO A BIG FANFARE, IT WAS MORE SORT OF HAVE YOU SEEN THE
SHOW.
AND FELT LIKE A SLOW BURN WHICH WAS GOOD.
AND SO AT THE END OF IT YOU ARE SORT OF AWARE THAT IT WAS
GATHERING MOMENTUM A LITTLE BIT.
>> WHAT WERE THE MOMENTS THAT MADE YOU THINK OH WOW, THIS SHOW
HAS JUMPED FROM GOOD SHOW ON TELEVISION TO SHOW THAT
EVERYBODY IS TALKERRING ABOUT.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK, I WAS AT AN AWARD-- AFTER THE FIRST SEASON
AND I GOT TAPPED ON THE SHOULDER BY BEN STILL ARE AND I WAS
REALLY THRILLED WITH THAT.
>> HE WAS LIKE, I LOVE IT.
>> James: STILLER WAS THE BENCH MARK.
YOU ARE RIGHT, THE CAST IN THE SHOW ARE SO INCREDIBLE.
LIKE THERE IS NOT A WEAK LINK ANYWHERE ACROSS THE ENTIRE SHOW.
WHEN YOU WERE AT YOUR FIRST READ THRU OF THE SHOW AND SIT DOWN
AND READ THE SCRIPT, WAS THERE A MOMENT WHEN YOU ARE THINKING OH,
GOSH, EVERYONE IS AMAZING.
BECAUSE I FIND THAT QUITE TERRIFYING.
I'M QUITE HAPPY IF SOMEONE IS NOT THAT GREAT BECAUSE THEN YOU
START THINKING IT MIGHT BE ME.
>> YEAH, THE WORST IN THE ACTING DEPARTMENT.
I WAS DOUBLABLY SCARED.
NOT ONLY THAT BECAUSE I WAS HAD AN AMERICAN ACCENT.
>> James: YOUR ACCENT IS SO GOOD.
>> WELL, THANK YOU, THAT IS VERY KIND.
BUT I WAS REALLY SCARED.
I HADN'T DONE IT BEFORE.
I HAD DONE IT ONCE ON AGE IN-- STAGE IN LONDON BUT IT'S
HARD.
>> James: YEAH.
>> IT HELPS THAT EVERYONE IS AROUND YOU, BUT I'M ALSO NOT ONE
OF THOSE ACTORS, I PROBABLY SHOULD BE.
I DON'T TALK IN THE ACCENT ALL THE TIME, SOME ACTORS DO.
>> James: YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BIT SILLY.
>> YEAH, BIZARRE.
>> James: BUT THAT'S NOT ENOUGH, SUCCESSION IS ONE OF THE
BIGGEST SHOWS ON TV.
YOU ALSO HAVE YOUR BRIL YNT NEW SHOW, "QUIZ" WHICH HAS ALREADY
BEEN ON AT HOME.
AND HAS BEEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST SUCCESSES OF THE YEAR.
IT IS NOW ON IN AMERICA.
FOR ANYONE THAT DOESN'T KNOW, TELL THEM ABOUT QUIZ AND WHO YOU
PLAY.
>> SO QUIZ IS THE STORY OF THIS COUPLE WHO GO ON-- AT THAT TIME
WAS THE MOST, THE BIGGEST GAME SHOW ON THE PLANET.
SCWIL ONS OF PEOPLE WATCHED IT, AND ITS WITH A BIG DEEM, I THINK
IT STARTED IN LATE 90S HEE, EARLY 2,000.
AND THEY GO ON THE SHOW AND ARE VERY SORT OF MIDDLE CLASS, SRN
TYPE OF ENGLISH COUPLE.
AND THEY GO ON AND THEY WIN THE MILLION.
OVER TWO NIGHTS.
AND THEY TURN TURNS OUT THAT THE PRODUCTION COMPANY WHO MADE THE
SHOW SMELL A RAT.
AND THEY DECIDE TO YOU WILL KA THE POLICE.
THEY THINK THEY CHEATED BECAUSE HIS BEHAVIOR ON THE SECOND NIGHT
IS SORT OF ERRATIC AND ODD AND THEY DON'T LIKE IT AND THINK
SOMETHING IS UP.
THE POLICE GET INVOLVED AND THEY ARE ARRESTED AND IT GOES TO
TRIAL.
AND AND THAT IS THE STORY.
AND IT IS VERY CLEVERLY DONE BY THE DIRECT ARE, AND JAMES
GRAHAM, THE WRITER.
VERY SORT OF REALLY, IN A VERY BRILLIANT NUANCED WAY BECAUSE
YOU SEE THE IRNG RAMS AND PRODUCERS OF THE SHORT AND IT IS
THE COURT ROOM DRAMA IT IS GOOD FUN.
>> James: IT IS A BRILLIANT SHOW.
AND I REMEMBER THAT TIME THE HOME SO VIVIDLY.
NOW YOU ACTUALLY GOT TO MEET CHARLES INGRAM, THE CHARACTER
YOU PLAY IN THE SHOW.
WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU MET HIM?
DO YOU THINK HE IS CAPABLE OF CHEATING?
WELL, WE MET THEM VERY BRIEFLY ON THE LAST DAY OF SHOOTING.
IT IS SO ODD, SO BUT THEY WERE LOVELY.
THEY WERE REALLY SWEET, SO THAT THAT WAS SORT OF FINEMENT BUT
I'M SORT OFFING AS NO TUCK.
I DON'T KNOW, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID IT.
AND I SORT OF DON'T MIND NOT KNOWING.
OR I DON'T MIND IF THEY DID OR THEY DIDN'T.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
WHAT I FOUND REALLY FASCINATINGS WITH NAIR RELATIONSHIP
THROUGHOUT IT BECAUSE THEIR LIES WERE TOTALLY EYE-- THEY SORT-OF,
I MEAN I THINK IT IS FAIR TO SAY THEY PROBABLY SUFFERED
DISPROPORTIONATELY TO THE CRIME THEY WERE ACCUSED OF.
THEY WERE REALLY VILIFIED IN THE PRESS SWRZ FOR SURE, THERE WAS A
REAL MOMENT OF TIME WHERE THEY WERE THE MOST FAMOUS COUPLE IN
THE COUNTRY.
I HAVE HEARD FROM SOME PEOPLE THAT THEY THINK THEY CHEATED BUT
NOT IN THE WAY THAT THEY WERE ACCUSED OF.
THE SHOW IS BRILLIANT.
YOU AS ALWAYS ARE FANTASTIC IN IT.
IT SAY REALLY GREAT WATCH.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP FROM QUIZ, THE FINAL EPISODE AIRS
THIS SUNDAY AT 9:00 ON A M.C.
>> I HAVEN'T, NO, I NEVER HEARD OF A SCHOOL GULL.
>> THAT IS NOT THE ANSWER.
>> KU GOOGLE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN I ACTUALLY THINK IT ST A GOOGLE BUT I DON'T KNOW
WHAT A GOOGLE IS.
>> James: IT IS SO GOOD.
STICK AROUND, MORE WITH MATTHEW WHEN WE COME BACK.
HAVE BEEN DOING THIS THING WHILE WE ARE LOCKED DOWN IN THE "LATE,
LATE SHOW" AND TELL, WE ASK OUR GUESTS IF THEY WOULD SHARE
SOMETHING FROM THEIR HOME WITH US THAT WE MAY OTHERWISE NEVER
GET TO SEE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TONIGHT?
>> WELL, I DO.
NOW THAT YOU ASK.
I HAVE TWO THINGS.
I'VE GOT TWO THINGS.
JUST ONE VERY QUICKLY, THIS IS FROM NICK WHO PLAYS COUSIN GREG,
GAVE EVERYBODY A MUG.
FROM SEE-- SEASON ONE.
>> James: LOOK AT THAT.
>> SO THAT IS IN HONOR OF NICK.
>> James: IS HE SO BRILLIANT.
>> YEAH, HE'S VERY TALL.
>> James: HE SAY TALL MAN, THERE IS NO DENYING IT.
>> AND IN THIS BLUE BOX MY, OUR MAKEUP LADY ON QUIZ, OUR MAKEUP
DESIGNER DREW KENDRICK WHO IS AN ABSOLUTE GENIUS, DEAD EYE MIND
TRICKED ME INTO GETTING THESE MADE, AND I WAS QUITE RESISTANT
IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT I'M SO GLAD I DID, BECAUSE AS AN ACTOR YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS
LIKE WHEN YOU PUT ON A CERTAIN CLOTHING OR SOMETHING AND
SOMETHING UNLOCKEDS.
THESE SORT OF DID IT FOR ME.
>> James: LOOK AT THAT, THERE HE IS.
THERE IS CHARLES INGRAM.
>> YEAH.
AND CAN I SAVE THEM FOR MY CREEPY VICAR.
>> James: I WAS JUST ABOUT TO SAY YOU LACK LIKE IN A SKETCH
SHOW A CREEPY PRIEST, WELL, THANK YOU FOR SHARING, THAT'S
AMAZING.
REFNLGIE, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR ANY OF OUR GUESTS THIS
EVENING.
>> Reggie: I DO.
TONIGHT'S QUESTION GOES TO, LET'S MAKE IT FOR MATT.
>> James: OKAY.
>> Reggie: HERE WE G HAVE YOU EVER WALKED DOWN A ROAD OF
IMPOSSIBILITY AND REALIZED THAT IF YOU ARE WALKING ON THAT ROAD,
THEN NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE?
>> YES, EVERY DAY, AS MY ATHLEISUREWARE GETS TIGHTER AND
TIGHTER.
>> James: REGGIE?
>> Reggie: THAT'S CORRECT.
>> James: IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE YOU SOON.
IT LAS BEEN GORGEOUS JUST TO SEE YOU OVER THIS ZOOM, FACETIME,
ARE WHATEVER THIS IS.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE BRILLIANT MATTHEW MACFADYEN,
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE FROM JESSIE WARE.