More Rosebud - Larry Lamb, a Life Story in Poetry
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What is the purpose of this special Rosebud episode and who is the guest?
Hello again, I'm Giles Brandwood. This is Rosebud. It's actually more Rosebud. And I'm not alone. I'm here with my producer and friend Harriet Drain. How are you today, Harriet?
I'm a bit tired, Giles.
Yeah, you don't look it, but you have every reason to be tired because last night, let's tell everybody, Harriet and I were out on the Razzle Dazzle and we went to a party. We're podcasting this from the West End of London. We're in Mayfair at Grosvenor House. Last night we were in Piccadilly visiting I think it claims to be London's oldest bookshop, Hatchard's. There was a party to which we had been invited because one of our former rosebud alumna. The brilliant and beautiful
Sterling.
was there being funny and fabulous, launching her book celebrating her mother Diana Riggs life. She was there. Jim Broadbent, who you've appeared on stage with when we celebrated last year Winnie the Pooh. Uh so Jim Broadbent was there. There were stars of stage and screen. Well, uh Rachel Sterling is a brilliant actress. John Lithgow, who was in London and on Broadway with her, in the play about Roald Dahl, he was there. But what excited us, we found ourselves in a corner, this very, very noisy, exciting party. With a young person. And they told us their name. Should we reveal what their name was? Yeah. Tuesday. We found a person called Tuesday. And I thought, oh, how marvelous. We always begin on a Tuesday saying, It's Tuesday.
It's more rosebud. It's Tuesday. And I thought, how amazing if we could get someone who is Tuesday to say, It's Tuesday. So I produced my phone and said If you don't mind. Would you say to us? It's Tuesday. It really is. Because that's how we can introduce Uh rosebud, because we normally say it's Tuesday, this is more rosebud. So it was a very noisy room. But this is a very special person and a unique introduction to more rosebud this Tuesday.
It's Tuesday, it really is.
Well thank you, Tuesday. It is indeed Tuesday. This is more Rosebud and it's more Rosebud with a special guest. And the special guest is an actor. It's Larry Lamb.
Mm. Now
how do you know Larry Lamb?
Well, I mean, obviously he's a big part of Gavin and Stacy. He's Gavin's dad and he's married to Alison Steadman. He's brilliant in that. And then he was also in East Enders, wasn't he? And he's George Lamb's dad. And George Lamb, when I was younger, was kind of a very dishy T V presenter. Um so I know him as George Lamb's dad. I don't think George Lamb is a TV presenter anymore. I think he runs some sort of biodiverse farm in the south of France, which sounds fabulous.
Larry Lammer's also, of course, a fine classical actor.
Oh I know. I haven't seen him do that, but I bet he's brilliant.
He is brilliant. I I've seen him years ago, I think when he was the Royal Shakespeare Company. I mean he really can do the lot. He's got a great presence and a great story. And I said to him, Oh, I'd love you. Well
in a fascinating childhood. And
a fascinating a difficult childhood challenging childhood. Yeah. And I said to him, Would you please do Rosebud, your great actor. And he said, Well, I'm doing other things now, Giles. I said, What are you doing? He said, I'm writing poetry. I said Larry Lamb, the poet. He said, yeah, I really am the poet. He said, Could I do my rosebud? In poetry. And you will remember he volunteered to audition.
Yeah.
And Larry Lamb came to Grosvenor House. We went to the park room here. We had tea. And he performed to us. It
did. It was amazing.
It was truly amazing. And he began we sat down with him to have tea. And he just sat forward and performed for us a famous nineteen thirties Stanley Holloway monologue, a comic monologue, called Albert and the Lion. And we were mesmerized. We laughed. He'd got us on his side. And then I said to him, Well, how are you going to tell your life story through poetry? And he began. to read some poems. He linked them with his stories. And I thought this is a remarkable because it's a different kind of rosebud, but it still g it rang true to us, didn't it?
Yeah. Well and the poetry's excellent, isn't it?
It really is first division stuff.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the purpose of this special Rosebud episode and who is the guest?
0:21–7:02
2
How did Larry Lamb’s turbulent childhood shape his first memories and early poetry?
7:02–17:32
3
What prompted Larry to start writing poetry and how did his poems help him process trauma?
17:32–27:41
4
Who was ‘Nan’ and what role did she play in Larry’s life and his recovery?
27:41–35:10
5
How did Larry transition from poetry to acting, and what were his breakthrough stage roles?
35:10–45:42
6
What were Larry’s experiences on Broadway, East Enders, and other high‑profile productions?
45:42–54:18
7
How does Larry reflect on his legacy, relationships, and the ‘collateral damage’ of his past?
54:18–1:03:15
8
What final insights does Larry share about aging, fatherhood, and his lasting message?
1:03:15–1:11:52