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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast

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Speaker 2: News Talks. But you were Jack tayme this Saturday and

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Speaker 2: when me thank you very much for your messages. Arnaquette

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Speaker 2: has flipped me an email this morning to say, good

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Speaker 2: morning Jack. Your story about the wallstickers has hit a

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Speaker 2: bit of a raw nerve in our We had a

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Speaker 2: similar experience trying to put stickers up in our bedroom

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Speaker 2: ended up with a day of silent treatment for all involved.

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Speaker 2: Idea say no more, Jack, Oh heck, hanging dCourse an

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Speaker 2: absolute nightmare, as you described. To be honest, I think

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Speaker 2: wallpaper is much much easier. You and your wife both

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Speaker 2: need to diary to write down your experience, and says

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Speaker 2: I'm not sure we're going to write down that one.

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Speaker 2: Thanks Claire, but yeah ninety two ninety two if you

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Speaker 2: Jacketnewstork saidb dot co dot Nz like Nika's email, They're

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Speaker 2: time to catch up with our film review of Francesca Rudkin,

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Speaker 2: who is with us this morning.

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Speaker 3: Killed her Good morning.

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Speaker 2: Okay, two cracking films for us this morning, and let's

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Speaker 2: start off with a little bit of a listen to

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Speaker 2: the latest from the King of Christmas Movies, Richard Curtis.

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Speaker 4: This this is the tale one of the most challenging

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Speaker 4: dates of my long career. Chance you won't get all

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Speaker 4: those sacks down the chimney and Wongong Christmas was knocking

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Speaker 4: on Wellington's front door. And here are our unfortunate heroes.

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Speaker 2: But you're in charge. Yes, Hate Caffrey, Alisa, Okay, that's

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Speaker 2: that Christmas and it's on Netflix. Tell us about a

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Speaker 2: Francisca it is.

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Speaker 3: I thought I really I should cover off a Christmas film,

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Speaker 3: and I would like to thank actually a Saturday Morning

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Speaker 3: listener Linda last week who suggested that I take a

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Speaker 3: look at this film, and I really love. When my

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Speaker 3: kids were growing up, one of our favorite animations was

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Speaker 3: a film called Arthur Christmas, and this is sort of

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Speaker 3: it sort of fits into the same kind of category.

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Speaker 3: It's got lots of heart, it's got all these gorgeous

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Speaker 3: characters and sort of individual storylines which are really fabulous.

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Speaker 3: But it's got some humor as well. But it's also

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Speaker 3: got it doesn't kind of ignore the reality of Christmas

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Speaker 3: for so many different families and things. As you mentioned,

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Speaker 3: it is based on the Charming trilogy of children's books

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Speaker 3: by Richard Curtis. So a lot of people at this

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Speaker 3: time of the year might be watching Love actually for

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Speaker 3: the twentieth time. But if you've got if you've got

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Speaker 3: some younger kids and you want to find a new

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Speaker 3: Richard Curtis favorite, you might want to try this one out.

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Speaker 3: Santa does feature in this film very much. At the start,

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Speaker 3: he is having one of the worst Christmas, is one

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Speaker 3: of the worst nights he's ever had, terrible storms, and

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Speaker 3: there's a lot of dramas and issues in a little

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Speaker 3: place in the UK, a fictitious place called Wellington on

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Speaker 3: the Sea. So he returns there to leave some presents.

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Speaker 3: But then it really becomes about that little community and

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Speaker 3: the locals and as I mentioned, the children that sort

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Speaker 3: of have different storylines and things. Lots of fun. Great cast.

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Speaker 3: Brian Cox, Fiona Shaw, Jodie Whittaker, Bryst Derby also turns up.

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Speaker 3: You'll hear that voice and go, I know exactly who

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Speaker 3: that is, Bill Nahi. So it's got a really great

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Speaker 3: cast and the animation I thought was probably could have

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Speaker 2: Man, it's a little bit.

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Speaker 3: More thought gone into the actual animation of it. But

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Speaker 3: look at is lovely and charming and pleasant. And if

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Speaker 3: you'd like a Christmas story that isn't just about romance

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Speaker 3: or the romantic comedy, but it's got a little bit

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Speaker 3: of everything you got Santa, but individual stories everybody that Now,

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Speaker 3: Linda was right, it's a very good choice.

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Speaker 2: Okay, very good. Nice that is that Christmas. So that

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Speaker 2: is streaming on Netflix. Now, next up, let's have a

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Speaker 2: listen to Better Man.

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Speaker 4: I'm Robbie Williams. I'm one of the biggest pop stars

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Speaker 4: in the world. This is my story, but I'm not

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Speaker 4: going to tell it in an ordinary way because I

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Speaker 2: It's right to be honest.

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Speaker 3: I've always been a little less evolved rack.

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Speaker 4: So let's take it from the top, shall we.

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Speaker 2: Now, the thing to know about this film, which I've

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Speaker 2: only learned this morning, is that that isn't quite Robbie

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Speaker 2: Williams as we've seen him before, right, No.

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Speaker 3: So this is the gimmick of the film. Okay, So

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Speaker 3: this is based on the true story of the crazy

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Speaker 3: rise to favor Robie Williams, who was a teenager when

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Speaker 3: he was selected to be part of the Manufactured band

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Speaker 3: then of course it sort of follows his resurgence, his

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Speaker 3: And as you mentioned, there is a little bit of

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Speaker 3: a gimmick behind this film, which is the work of

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Speaker 3: sat down. He recorded heaps of he recorded basically Robbi

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Speaker 3: Williams telling him his story and he's turned it into

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Speaker 3: this film. Robin narrates it, but a very talented actor

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Speaker 3: will plays him. Johnna Davis plays him. But he is

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Speaker 3: represented as a monkey throughout the film because he felt

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Speaker 3: He was told to do this or that where they

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Speaker 3: the public and everyone's got their own opinion and ideas

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Speaker 3: monkey throughout it. So this guy John o'davies plays him,

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Speaker 3: plays him beautifully. You can just see so much of

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Speaker 3: this was going to work. I was a bit like,

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Speaker 3: mm hmm, see how this goes. This is interesting, but

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Speaker 3: it's fantastic. It is a blast. I laughed, I cried.

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Speaker 3: his whip and his charm that only Robbie has this charisma.

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Speaker 3: It really does work. It is a blast. There was

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Speaker 3: a point in my life where I did not want

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Speaker 3: to hear the song Angels. Ever again, everybody played every

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Speaker 3: They use his music as well, so it's a bit musical,

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Speaker 3: it's a biopic, it's a bit musical. It's just a blast.

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Speaker 3: And I'm very excited to say that rob Williams is

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Speaker 1: Robbie Williams.

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Speaker 3: No, hey, Robbie Williams is going to be with me?

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Speaker 2: To Robbie Williams, Yeah, are you going to play Angels?

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Speaker 3: You know what? I just might and I'll probably sit

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Speaker 3: this to you and every word No, I was really surprised.

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Speaker 3: I was really taking back and how much I love this.

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Speaker 3: This isn't out until December the twenty sixth, but if

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Speaker 3: if it's raining wherever you are and you need to

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Speaker 3: retreat to a cinema, definitely put this on your list

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Speaker 3: of films to see in the holidays. And you must

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Speaker 3: listen to Robbie tomorrow at ten. He is just so great.

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Speaker 3: I had to be honest with you. I've become a

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Speaker 2: Francisca. It sounds it sounds wonderful, Okay, I'm I'm really

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Speaker 2: excited about that, so that the film is better man

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Speaker 2: like you say. It comes out in cinemas on Boxing Day,

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Speaker 2: December twenty sixth, and Francisca's first film was that Christmas

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Speaker 2: that's streaming on Netflix now. Thank you so much, Francisca.

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Speaker 2: Cannot wait for ten o'clock tomorrow morning your feature with

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Speaker 2: Robbie Williams, and we will catch again very soon.

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Speaker 3: Thanks Jack.

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Speaker 2: All right, all the details for those films will be

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Speaker 2: already watched that Christmas After ten this morning, we're going

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Speaker 2: a cracking new show involving Elton John. It's kind of

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