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Ben Bailey Smith

Ben Bailey Smith

English actor, comedian and rapper known as Doc Brown (Law & Order: UK, 4 O'Clock Club); regular guest presenter on Kermode & Mayo's film review show.

Oct 14, 2026

5:21
yeah
5:21
like the first thing i clocked was like okay they're definitely obviously there are some dumb ones just like there are in humanity quite outside outside world um but vast majority of them can speak multiple languages yeah they've lived in places that you can't imagine and like been completely isolated in those places from their friends and family so like they they are quite they're naturally quite deep thinkers because they've had to be you know number two like they're not uncultured at all because of that that that level of travel Right.
5:54
So I was so surprised.
5:56
And then number three, it's like so many of them have that relationship with it where it's like, no, there's them and their lives.
6:02
And then there's this job, you know, and the robotic thing is just the fact that they've had to do the same thing every single day since they were like two, three years old.
6:11
You start to realize there's like.
6:14
exceptional natural talent and then there's people like i don't know like dan burn or gary cahill who just like they've just done the same thing every day in the same way that like ronaldo or messi and they just they make it because of that dedication so that that third thing is like it's not robotics it's like a sense of sacrifice and single-minded dedication that none of us have In our lives.

43 MINS LATER

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49:19
Palace,
24:57
You were smoking too much weed, you were depressed, and part of comedy was an attempt to, I've got to do something.
25:02
It was hugely, it began as hugely therapeutic.
25:07
A huge release for tension, anger, self-loathing.
25:13
It was really, really useful the first three or four years.
25:16
But...
25:17
Depression and anxiety need to be dealt with properly.
25:22
You can't control it yourself.

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44:19
That's fucking
TerenceHOST
36:56
So what's the chant then? How's it going?
36:57
Okay, so here we go.
36:58
Here it goes.
36:59
Uh, two, three, four.
37:01
We're the Palace, we're the Palace Everybody knows we're the Eagles And we shit on the seagulls We'll follow you wherever you go Two, three, four.
37:13
Oh, we sing for you Win or lose We're red and blue Ooh.
37:24
And then round again.
TerenceHOST
38:39
Yeah.

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