Episode 28: Samuel West
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YOLOBirder's guest on Golden Grenades in this new episode is actor and sometimes director Samuel West. He’s played Hamlet and Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company, Jeffrey Skilling in Enron in the West End and the voice of Pongo in Disney’s 101 Dalmations II.  His television work includes Slow Horses, The Crown, Small Axe, Mr Selfridge and  his films include Darkest Hour, Suffragette, Van Helsing and Howards End.  He plays Siegfried Farnon in the new TV adaptation of All Creatures Great and Small. As a narrator, he has appeared with all the major British orchestras.  Sam is an Associate Artist of the RSC and a trustee of the Campaign for the Arts. In his spare time he grows chillies and goes birdwatching. Twitter: @exitthelemming Mastodon: https://mas.to/@exitthelemming
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