Screen Players Club

Welcome to Screen Players Club. In each episode a filmmaker, writer, producer or actor talks to host Charlotte Bogard Macleod about the creative journey behind one of their best-loved movies. We get into it all - the behind the scenes anecdotes and the never-before-told secrets - before moving onto more profound conversations about what it means to be a human navigating through life, art and love. Many of these episodes were recorded at our live film club events in front of an enthusiastic audience of film-lovers. Screen Players Club is a pure injection of cinematic joy, a celebration of movies and the boundlessness of life. Charlotte Bogard Macleod is founder of The Script Factory, an organisation which champions great screen storytelling. She is also a screenwriter, playwright, and former BAFTA board member. Screen Players Film Club was created by The Script Factory, and was launched with the generous support of Soho Square Studios as a PODSSS initiative. <p

Screen Players Club is a tv podcast hosted by The Script Factory, with 15 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

The Script Factory hosts Screen Players Club, a tv show with 15 episodes published.

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  GRANT GEE ON EVERYBODY DIGS BILL EVANS

  Sep 18, 202636 min

  Welcome to Screen Players Club Podcast with award-winning director Grant Gee, who is responsible for some of the most most beautiful, immersive and and wondous films about music in contemporary cinema. In this episode Grant joins Charlotte Bogard Macleod to discuss the fascinating nine year process of bringing Everybody Digs Bill Evans to the big screen. Grant shares insights into how he adapted the screenplay with writer Mark O’Halloran, and how he assembled his incredible cast including Anders Danielson Lie, and Valene Kane. Grant brings to life the very moment he first watched his movie on the big screen with an audience of 1600 people at the Berlinale Film Festival, and how it felt to win the Silver Bear for best director. We cannot wait to share this episode with you!

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  JOHN BATTSEK ON KYLIE

  Jun 9, 202645 min

  Oscar, Emmy and BAFTA winning producer John Battsek is responsible for some of the most acclaimed documentaries in contemporary cinema. He joins Charlotte Bogard Macleod for a refreshingly open and honest conversation about the making of Netflix mega-hit series: KYLIE, which has been widely praised as a raw, human and profoundly moving look at pop royalty.John talks candidly about what finally made Kylie agree to the series and open up her personal archive. He shares exhilarating footage of Kylie’s reaction to watching the first cut. And he talks us through the vital ingredients for making documentaries with wide audience appeal, before finally revealing the one secret John would divulge if someone made a documentary about him.

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  DAME PIPPA HARRIS ON THE MAGIC FAR AWAY TREE

  May 20, 202631 minS0

  <p>Welcome to Screen Players Club with one of Britain’s most acclaimed producers -  Academy Award nominated and BAFTA winner - Dame Pippa Harris who joins Charlotte Bogard Macleod from the set of the new Beatles movies to discuss The Magic Far Away Tree.  </p> <p><br></p> <p>Find out about Pippa’s extraordinary fourteen year battle to bring this instant children’s classic to the big screen.  Pippa shares how the creative team managed to tread the fine line between honouring Enid Blyton’s work and creating something fresh and contemporary.</p> <p><br></p> <p>She tells us wha...

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  Charlotte Regan and Emma Laird on MINT

  Apr 20, 202630 minS0

  <p>Welcome to Screen Players Club with two of Britain’s exciting new talents - the properly brilliant writer/director Charlotte Regan (Scrapper) and rising star, the mesmerising Emma Laird (The Brutalist) who join Charlotte Bogard Macleod to discuss their eight-part BBC drama Mint. </p> <p>We can’t wait for you to hear this episode, as Charlotte divulges her writing secrets and shares her top tips for not getting distracted by ChatGPT and videos of dogs.  Charlotte tells us what inspired her to tell her crime series from the perspective of three extraordinary women, and why she’s a huge fa...

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  Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard on Broken English

  Mar 27, 202627 minS0

  <p>Welcome to Screen Players Club with BAFTA nominated artist-directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard discussing Broken English - their docu-portrait about the singer songwriter and icon Marianne Faithfull.  </p> <p><br></p> <p>Don’t miss Iain and Jane divulging why and how they created a new documentary format to capture Marianne’s exuberant creative spirit. They discuss why they cast Tilda Swinton and George MacKay as fictional characters in a non-fiction film. They explain how they worked with Marianne’s collaborators Nick Cave, Beth Orton and Courtney Love to make the songs live in the present.  </p> <p><br></p> <p>...

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