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Funeral, i think it was 1965, seeing it on the television and just being told about the great man. The World Cup Final of 1966, where the nation stopped, and in our own household, my brother had a sort of flirtation with meningitis which was very dramatic, as you know, those can be fora minute, and then he was fine, thank goodness. But i watched the World Cup Final in a neighbours house and ijust remember in both those cases, in belfast, as i was, i was very aware of a national event, or at leas...

So, this is radio drama studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric radio...

So, this is a Radio Drama Studio. Hello, im john wilson. Welcome to this cultural life, a radio four podcast in which i ask leading creative figures about the influences and inspirations that have fired their artistic imagination. My guest in this episode is sir kenneth branagh. A huge talent, a star of stage and screen for more than four decades now. Hes an actor, director, writer and film maker, whose credits range from hamlet to tenet, from henry v to thor. We spoke in the very atmospheric Ra...

So if youre expected to be the next big thing. in a way, im proud that ive sort of found my faltering, stumbling way to this point when ive seen other people whove had those great expectations laid on them early doors, and ive seen people and ive worked with people who feel the weight of it and if one thing im sort of proud of is, im not always very well, but ive managed to sort of keep going. you know, theres a line in a movie i wrote a long time ago, in the bleak midwinter, a black—and—whi...

And so, that gave you a certain kind of aggravation. i think expectations a tough thing, you know, so if youre expected to be the next big thing. in a way, im proud that ive sort of found my faltering, stumbling way to this point when ive seen other people whove had those great expectations laid on them early doors, and ive seen people and ive worked with people who feel the weight of it.a and if one thing im sort of proud of is im not always very and if one thing im sort of proud of is im not a...

Compared but you really took the mantle, didnt you? i mean, it was for a while, it was "the new olivier". was that, did it feel like a burden or was it flattering? i think i was too young to see it as flattery. i think it was more of a burden, i think it annoyed more people than... ..and so that gave you a certain kind of aggravation, so i think expectations a tough thing, you know, so if youre expected to be the next big thing. in a way, im proud that ive sort of found my faltering, stumbling w...

A burden or was it flattering? i think i was too young to see it as flattery. i think it was more of a burden, i think it annoyed more people than... ..and so that gave you a certain kind of aggravation, so i think expectations a tough thing, you know, so if youre expected to be the next big thing. in a way, im proud that ive sort of found my faltering, stumbling way to this point when ive seen other people whove had those great expectations laid on them early doors, and ive seen people and ive ...

To be the next big thing. in a way, im proud that ive sort of found my faltering, stumbling way to this point when ive seen other people whove had those great expectations laid on them early doors, and ive seen people and ive worked with people who feel the weight of it and if one thing im sort of proud of is im not always very well, but ive managed to sort of keep going. you know, theres a line in a movie i wrote a long time ago, in the bleak midwinter, a black—and—white comedy about a man ...