The Rise & Fall of Mr Beast
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What is the premise of Mr Beast’s new survival‑thriller book and why is it underperforming?
The rest is entertainment is presented by Octopus Energy. Now, entertainment loves keeping business in the family.
Yeah, it's no secret that that's uh traditionally been a an easier route to perhaps into show business. This is not necessarily the only way to get into the business. However, there are lots and lots of examples where it really has worked for people.
The coppolas stretch out beyond film into music. Nicholas Cage though changed his surname from Coppola. He's Francis Four Coppola's nephew and he changed his surname just so that he could, you know, just be Nicolas Cage.
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Hello and welcome to this episode of The Rest is Entertainment with me, Marina Hyde.
And me, Richard Osman. Hello, everybody. Marina, what a busy week you've had. I see you you announced you're leaving the Guardian.
I am, after twenty five years. I know,
I
know.
Any plans?
Any Well, yeah, I mean I was thinking we should we should sort of do an item about it and sort of general trends obsession. In this in this d general trends in this direction, maybe in a couple of weeks 'cause I'll be. Yeah, when you have a better
idea of uh of what you're doing.
I have some ideas, but um there'll be more to say then perhaps. How about you? You've been on your book tour? I've been
on a book tour. Hello to everybody who I met. It was just so Brilliant. I went up and down the country visiting loads of independent bookstores, doing loads of events. It's really th thriving as an industry. Books. It really is. I do think books are an antidote to AI. I think there's something in the air. Uh and I think these lots of these shops are expanding. Lots of the the events are absolutely rammed for and it's just it's one of the I think this human connection thing.
I'm really looking forward to m to mine, which f whenever it starts, maybe maybe like next weekend, but it's really I totally agree with you. It is a when you're doing it, it it can feel a bit daunting before you get started, but when you're doing it it's like, wow, this is this is incredible.
But l local bookshops, honestly, I c I can't think of a better way to spend one's time than hanging out with booksellers and asking them about stuff.
I'll bet you got a lot of data.
I got a lot of data. I said I'm here for data. I uh absolutely understand the emotional side of this, but what I am here for is data. No, they are very happy and they're very, very happy that um They've had a great week this week. Lots of big new releases out this week.
Well, we're gonna talk biz actually gonna talk about two extremely different books this week, aren't we?
Yeah, in different ways.
We are talking about Mr. Beast's new uh book, A Thriller, that he's done with James Patterson, the sort of prolific and celebrated thriller writer, um, which is called The Most Dangerous Games. And basically the the the title of that segment
is What's That All About?
We're going to talk about the new book from Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, Gruffalo Granny, which is, I mean, will be an instant mega, mega, mega bestseller and classic.
And we're going to talk about how just how do you become the biggest selling British author of the century?
Well, that's something you're very interested in, of course. Now we're unbeliev it's unbelievably it is not actually you.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of Mr Beast’s new survival‑thriller book and why is it underperforming?
0:01–6:37
2
How does the plot of *The Most Dangerous Games* work and what’s the prize for readers?
6:37–13:09
3
Why did the book debut at #3 on the NYT list but only #47 in the UK?
13:09–20:02
4
What role does James Patterson play in the collaboration and how does his co‑writing model work?
20:02–26:32
5
Who is Nicola Peltz, what award did she receive, and why is the festival’s legitimacy questioned?
26:32–32:58
6
How do award‑campaign economics (e.g., Oscars, Emmys) affect creators like Mr Beast?
32:58–40:48
7
What is the story behind Julia Donaldson’s *Gruffalo Granny* and how did she become Britain’s best‑selling author?
40:48–47:05
8
Why do independent bookshops matter and how can listeners support them?
47:05–54:43