Richard Ayoade is Gyles's guest this week. A director, writer and actor, Ayoade is well known for his portrayal of Maurice Moss in cult sitcom The I.T. Crowd. He's also an acclaimed film director (the award-winning Submarine was his debut, and his next film The Double starred Jesse Eisenberg), a writer of books, and a TV personality. Gyles and Richard have a connection - Richard is a friend of Gyles's son, Benet, and they talk about their first meeting back when Richard was a teenager. They talk about Richard's childhood, his parents, his schooldays and how he met his wife, Lydia, at Cambridge, via a detour in which Gyles explains how he developed a teenaged infatuation with Joan of Arc. This is a rare, intimate and charming interview with Richard Ayoade; huge thanks to him for such an interesting conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices