Maggie O’Farrell

speaker

1,785 appearances 8 recordings 7 series first heard Feb 2026 last heard 14 Jun

Maggie O’Farrell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

Trend

recordings per month · last 12 months

Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 8 in all, peaking in Jun 2026 with 7.

Appearances

newest first · ▶ plays the moment

The Book Show · How Maggie O'Farrell's inner 'neek' came out with Land · 14 Jun 2026 podcast

You haven't had any food for hours.

You know, the weird thing, the weirdest, I suppose the only way to explain the weirdness of it is, you know, you're sitting in this room and you look around and literally everybody you see is somebody you've seen on screen, on TV or cinema in the last 10 years or even longer in some cases.

There's one point where I was queuing to get out of a,

the aisle and I heard some people behind me having a conversation and I thought that's really strange that man sounds exactly like George Clooney and then I thought oh that's because it is George Clooney and that's just it just you know your brain is sort of lagging behind the reality of what's going on but it's I mean seeing all the frocks up close Claire was the best thing that was so amazing

Oh, my God.

I was just elated when that happened.

And we were, all of us, you know, all the kind of Hamlet people, we were all sitting in a group and we were all on the edge of our seats because we, you know, she, I mean, she was so powerful.

brilliant in that role.

I mean, she is Agnes and Agnes is her and she poured herself heart and soul every single day, every single take into it and

I mean, quite apart from the fact she is one of the loveliest people you will ever meet.

And I know you don't get Oscars for being lovely, but she's so talented, but also so lovely.

So it was just one of the best moments of my life seeing her win that award and get that recognition and go up on stage and be given it.

It was just, it was so thrilling.

Well, I think, you know, I wrote the book and I, yes, but I think this film was such a family effort.

You know, it was such a collaboration and Jessie deserves that Oscar and it's her name on the Oscar and it's absolutely right.

You know, she took the, Chloe and I took the novel and we made the script and then Jessie took the script and made that role herself.

So she completely deserves all the accolades she's got for it.

Well, Land has been bought by the same producers as Hamlet.

Wow.

So Liza Marshall, a producer in London who bought Hamlet in manuscript, has bought Land.

Showing 181–200 of 1,785 · page 10 of 90