John Wilson

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3,430 appearances 25 recordings 9 series first heard May 2026 last heard 2d ago

John Wilson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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This Cultural Life · Kristin Scott Thomas · 4 Jun 2026 podcast

And I said, well, I really want to be an actress, but I know I can't because I've just been told I can't.

And she said, well, why?

Because it's too hard, blah, blah, blah.

And she said, no, no, no, absolutely not.

Here, go here.

And she sent me off to this acting class.

which is an evening thing where I met the man I married.

And I enrolled in this very difficult to get into school.

I mean, there was sort of 2000 applicants for 20 places.

And I got through the first round and I couldn't believe it.

And the morning of the second round of auditions, I was in the kitchen doing the washing up, as all good au pair girls do.

And she comes in and says, what are you doing?

I said, well, there's no point in me going.

I'm never going to get in.

There's no point.

And she was furious.

She grabbed my wrist, pulled me downstairs, hailed a cab, gave the man 50 francs, said, take her to the whatever the theatre was.

And I got in.

I couldn't believe it.

Something that I'd managed to do.

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