Ben Bailey Smith

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403 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 16 Jul

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I mean, that's quite strong.

I think everything is art, but yeah.

Yeah, that's very true.

And for the sake of parity, I should say, we've got just as many pieces of correspondence that are positive about Moana as well.

There's one here actually from a head teacher called Daniel Woodrow.

who says, Dear Heihei and Pua, I've emailed before, once in your previous incarnation, when you read out an Ofsted report I'd written.

I actually remember that.

And Simon very kindly awarded me a pay rise on air that our governor sadly declined to implement.

I actually remember listening to that.

You may have seen the recent story about Dwayne the Rock Johnson surprising a UK primary school with a cinema screening of the new Moana.

Well, that was us.

Last Friday, 200 pupils plus 500 friends and family took over all nine screens of a local cinema.

The children were treated like VIPs with photos on arrival and every seat stocked with popcorn, sweets, drinks, Moana cupcakes and signed posters.

Dwayne also recorded a personal message that played before the film.

It was truly magical.

The week before, we took 60 children to the Moana experience in London where they met Dwayne, Catherine Lagaya, Auli Cravalho and Thomas Kyle.

The children didn't even know that they were going to London.

Dwayne was as warm and generous as you'd hope.

He filmed a video with the children and kindly told me we were two big, bald, beautiful men.

As for the film, I loved it, particularly the heightened emotional pull of Moana and Grammatala.

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