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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

By: Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Productions / Keep It Light Media
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 Legendary British writer, broadcaster, ex-MP and TV star Gyles Brandreth hosts “Rosebud”, in which he talks to famous and fascinating people about their first memories and first experiences. Expect laughter, nostalgia, memorable stories, revelations and, of course, the odd name-drop from Gyles. We want to hear about your first memories - email us at hello@rosebudpodcast.com And you can follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @therosebudpod Artwork: Freya Betts. Music: Phil Lepherd. Producer: Harriet Jaine. Rosebud is a 'Plain Jaine Media' production. Creator: Gyles Brandreth/Plain Jaine Media

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Episodes
  • Piers Morgan

    Piers Morgan
    Jun 20 2025

    This is an exclusive, and more or less uncensored, interview with the journalist and media powerhouse Piers Morgan, who Gyles spoke to live at the Bridlington Business Day this year. Piers talks to Gyles about his childhood, growing up above a country pub in Sussex, about his schooldays being a "buffoon", and about how peach brandy helped to secure him a job editing the News of the World. PIers talks about Meghan Markle, his thoughts on "woke", and his chequered relationship with Donald Trump. He talks, briefly, about phone hacking and the importance of safeguarding free speech.


    This is a frank and sometimes provocative conversation with someone who has been at the centre of the media landscape since the 1990s.


    This interview was recorded at Bridlington Spa and was a keynote speech at the Bridlington Business Day.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Gyles's diary, episode 17

    Gyles's diary, episode 17
    Jun 17 2025

    Another bumper episode of Gyles's diaries, featuring lots of chat, more diaries, and a gorgeous listener email and poem from Alex and Isabella Porter. Gyles continues his travels around the USA - he finishes his teaching job in Baltimore, and begins travelling around the US, going to Washington DC, New York City and Canada - where he visits Expo '67. Gyles tells Harriet about his wealthy ancestor, the great Dr. Benjamin Brandreth, inventor of "Brandreth's Pills" and creator of the family fortune. This leads Gyles and Harriet to come up with their own invention... stay tuned to find out what it is! Enjoy this episode, have a lovely sunny day wherever you are - and please email us at hello@rosebudpodcast.com if you want to tell us about your younger days. Or about anything else, for that matter!


    Recorded at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House on Park Lane in London.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Alison Steadman

    Alison Steadman
    Jun 13 2025
    The brilliant actress Alison Steadman tells Gyles about her life and career. There are some really enchanting stories in this episode from her childhood in Liverpool - from the romantic way her parents met, to her adventures looking for buried treasure in the local recreation ground and her love for her pet rabbit, Skipper - this is an evocative listen. Alison tells Gyles about her childhood talent for impressions and how this led her to join Liverpool Youth Theatre and eventually go to drama school in Essex. While there, she met Mike Leigh, with whom she created many of her best-known characters, from Beverley in Abigail's Party to Candice-Marie in Life is Sweet. Alison also talks to Gyles about the Singing Detective and recites a poem she wrote during lockdown. This is a treat, enjoy.

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    53 mins
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This is a little gem. Gyles is an excellent interviewer- intelligent and sensitive. He listens to the interviewee and draws out of them things they had long forgotten or in some cases things from their lives that they had never connected together. It’s like listening in on confession or a therapy session. I think he could make the most mundane and boring person sound interesting. I’d well recommend this, I love listening to it.

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