The Big Interview

The Tinder Swindler, Don’t F* With Cats and most recently American Nightmare, Felicity Morris has brought some of the most incredible true crime shows of recent years to Netflix. Our in house TC fanatic Chris couldn’t wait to speak to her, he kept her for way longer than we expected her to allow us, and the conversation is just incredible. From Felicity’s process, to the most shocking things she’s learnt in working on these stories, to the effect the content has on the production team. This is one of our favourite Big Interviews.

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Chris finally managed to catch up with Kevin Ford after his story went viral last year.  

Kevin is a brilliant man, a father of 4 daughters and grandad to three, he has never missed a day of work for 27 years and his life was turned on its head after a video was posted of him receiving a gift from management to acknowledge his service.

Kevin's grace, humanity and humility is an example to us all.

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BONUS REVISIT! Hard to believe Robbie spoke to competitive eater James 'Webby' Web nearly a year ago. We are scratching our heads to figure out why we didn't post this at the time, but it's a great one and definitely worth the wait.  

Since this chat Webby's been around the world, smashed countless competitive eating records, climbed up the international rankings and stepped up on stage once again with the unofficial GOAT Joey Chestnuts at Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest.

We will check in with him again for a catch up in the future.

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Chris was granted an audience with a man who has been on our screens since the early 80s. Steve Harvey was brilliant, nothing more needs to be said!  

Other than we hope he comes back to speak to all the Off Script gang in the studio soon.

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Laughing gas by day, laughing crowds by night, Chris, Sonal and Robbie were in stitches with the standout Emirati stand-up Abz Ali. He's gone viral recently for his series with Abdokhj covering "Arab Misconceptions" so the Off Script team got him in to expand on those misconceptions and to talk about his double life as both a 9-5 Dentist and a late night stand up.

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The Big Interview is back with a bang!  Ant Middleton is an adventurer, author, TV personality and former UK Special Forces soldier, Royal Marines Commando, and Royal Engineer in the British Army. He was, of course, the Chief Instructor on TV's SAS: Who Dares Wins from 2015 until 2021. He's a new resident of Dubai and given that we first spoke to him almost 2 years ago to the day, he's a man that we are proud to call a friend of the show.

His workload and achievements in the intervening 2 years since we last spoke put us all to shame, there was a lot to catch up on!

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You'll know him as Happy Lowman in the FX series Sons of Anarchy, David Labrava joins Robbie to talk about life as an actor, writer, producer, director, tattoo artist and his best selling autobiography "Becoming a Son".

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The story of Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa - from migrant farmer to renowned brain surgeon. Here, Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa tells Off Script his incredible life story - from his impoverished childhood in the tiny village of Palaco, Mexico to his harrowing border crossing and his transformation from illegal immigrant to one of the brightest minds in the medical world. This is Dr. Quiñones-Hinojosa in his own words.

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Chris Gardner reveals the secret to happiness!

Off Script chats to Chris Gardner, a man whose story has inspired millions. Gardner’s positivity (not to mention his infectious laugh) is impossible to resist, as he reflects on a life that inspired the Hollywood movie “The Pursuit of Happyness”. What are the keys to finding your own path to success? And what are the pitfalls to avoid? Chris has the answers! 

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When Mike Finkel received a call from a reporter asking why Christian Longo—a man apprehended on charges of murdering his wife and three children—was claiming to be him, Mike decided to confront the accused murderer face to face. Mike shares his first-hand account of the real-life tale portrayed in the James Franco and Jonah Hill film True Story. 

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Xiye is a climate justice activist from Mexico, and one of the lead organisers of the Fridays For Future youth climate strike movement. At 18 she sits on the administration committee of the Peoples Climate Movement, where she brings the voice of youth to existing grassroots and climate organisations.

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At 21 years old Jasmine Harrison set a new world record to become the youngest female to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She completed a 4,800 kilometer journey from Spain to Antigua in 70 days, 3 hours and 48 minutes. 

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As an FBI hostage negotiator, Chris Voss persuaded terrorists, bank robbers, and kidnappers to see things his way. Having worked on over 150 kidnappings, he talks about the tactics he employed in hostage negotiation and the most intense situation he found himself in.

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One of the world’s leading documentary filmmakers and a pioneer in immersive storytelling. Anthony has collaborated with natural historian legend David Attenborough for 11 documentaries - winning three BAFTAs in total. 

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Former American New York mobster and caporegime of the Colombo crime family, Michael Franzese, takes us into the underground world of a New York Crime Family. If you are a fan of the Godfather, or Goodfellas, or the Sopranos, or indeed any gangster related pop culture classic, this interview is not to be missed.

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In 1975 Robert "Raven" Kraft, made a New Year's Resolution to run eight miles on Miami's South Beach each evening. More than 44 years later and over 129,200 miles, he has not missed one day. Learn all about this incredible feat and the man behind it. 

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Over the course of his 30-year FBI career Gary Noesner has been involved in a number of high-profile hostage negotiations, chief among them the well-known siege at Waco, Texas. Gary gives us a front row seat into what happened during the 51-day standoff between the FBI and the ardent followers of David Koresh back in 1993, and explains how the event ultimately ended in tragedy.

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Chris Lemons is a deep-sea saturation diver who found himself face-to-face with death in an accident at sea in 2012. He explains what it was like to be trapped 100 meters below the surface, alone, in complete darkness, and with a rapidly dwindling supply of oxygen. We learned the miraculous story of how he survived the ordeal.

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In 2015, two convicted murders made a daring escape from the Clinton Correctional Facility in New York, precipitating the largest manhunt in the state’s history. Charles Gardner, a former correction officer who oversaw the training of prison staff and the author of Dannemora, shares the inside story of the felons’ intricate getaway plans and the 23-day search to apprehend them.

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The iconic 80s track "Oh Yeah" became an instant pop culture classic after being featured in the infamous Ferrari scene from Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Boris Blank, one half of the band Yello, tells us what inspired the catchy song. 

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