Crossing The Line: Tales from The Entertainment Industry brings you a variety of guests who share their stories and experiences from across show business and entertainment. These include actors, directors, writers, casting directors, producers, production staff and many more. The show raises the curtain delivering a much broader view introducing the audience to what goes into bringing them their favourite films, stories, books, video games, television programmes and everything else within the Entertainment Industry.
John Hodge is a writer, best known for his screen adaptation of Transporting from Irvine Welsh’s novel. Today, we discuss what led to him becoming a writer despite studying medicine.
Gary Young is a British screenwriter best known for writing Harry Brown starring Michael Caine.
Andrea Osvart is an international multi-award-winning actress with over 50 acting credits starring opposite movie stars like Robert Redford, Clive Owen, Bruno Ganz, J.K. Simmons, Mattias Schweighöfer, or Heino Ferch. She has also produced feature films sold to Netflix and HBO.
Barnaby Kay was born into a theatrical family. His younger brother Adam is in the business, his grandfather, Arthur Kay, was a leading light in community theatre in Northumbria, and his father was the actor Richard Kay.
Barnaby went to drama school but left before completing his course as his father's agent secured him an audition with the Royal Shakespeare Company, which he successfully passed, debuting with them in the play 'A Jovial Crew', and returning to work with them on several occasions.
He has since worked in all media, including television roles in Doctor Who, Wallander, and Anatomy of a Scandal.
Today, he sits down to talk with Crossing the Line all about his successful career which has stretched thirty years.