Neil On Wheels
Wheelchair actor Neil Hancock sits down (figuratively speaking) and chats to people in Theatre, TV, Film and Sport about how they started out, their careers and what challenges they overcame to achieve great things in life. Each and every one of us experience our own sets of challenges and Neil hopes that by hearing his guests talk about their challenges, it might help those listening deal with their own. Guests dropping by in the first series include: Happy Valley, Grantchester and War and Peace actor James Norton, Coronation Street's Julia Goulding, The Walking Dead and Prodigal Son actor Tom Payne and two time Olivier award winning actor Trevor Eve and MORE. Season 2 starts with 5 new episodes starting with Neil chatting to actor Sunny Ormonde AKA Lillian Bellamy from The Archers OUT BOXING DAY 2025
Episodes
21 episodes
Season 2 Episode 5: Neil sits down with...actor Hiran Abeysekera
Neil chats with Hiran about growing up in Sri Lanka, acting with the Royal Shakespeare Company, working with Theatre Director Peter Brook and his role as Pi Patel in Life Of Pi, which he performed in the West end And On Broadway. And of course,...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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54:03
Season 2 Episode 4: Neil sits down... with actress Sharon Maughan
Neil chat with Sharon about growing up in Liverpool, Drama School, working with Director Franco Zeffirelli, The Nescafe Gold Blend Advert in the 80's and 90's, Holby City and her new business venture FaceWise. And, as always, what her greatest ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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50:06
Season 2 Episode 3: Neil sits down with...Actor, Disability Rights Activist and Access Co-ordinator Julie Fernandez
Neil sits down and chats with Julie about her early life growing up with a disability, The Office, Disability Rights and her other business ventures. And, as always, the question he asks all his guests: what has been her greatest challenge in h...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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45:08
Season 2 Episode 2: Neil sits down with...actor Morgan Watkins
Neil chats with Morgan about where his love for acting began, Drama School, his extensive career including what is was like working with Brendan Gleeson and the late Alan Rickman. And, of course, what his greatest challenge has been to date.&nb...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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48:09
Season 2 Episode 1: Neil sits down for a chat with...actor Sunny Ormonde AKA Lillian Bellamy from The Archers
Neil chats with Sunny Ormonde about her early life, playing the role of Shirley Valentine and what it's like playing Lillian Bellamy in BBC Radio 4's The Archers. And as always what her greatest challenge has been in her life, career or both!
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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58:21
Christmas Special 2024: Neil sits down with...actor Sam Troughton
Neil On Wheels is back! He chats with actor Sam Troughton about his early life, his stage and film career and what has been his greatest challenge in life/career or both.
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46:59
Christmas Special 2023: Neil sits down with...Footballer and TV Pundit Andy Townsend
Neil On Wheels is back! For the Christmas Special. This year, Neil moves into the world of Sport and sits down with Footballer and TV Pundit Andy Townsend. They chat about how he got into football, playing in two World Cups, football commentati...
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1:01:47
Christmas Special: Neil sits down with...Midsomer Murders Actor Nick Hendrix
Neil sits down with actor Nick Hendrix, who plays DS Jamie Winter, the current sidekick in Midsomer Murders to discuss how he got into acting, his career, future projects and what his greatest challenge has been in his life and/or career ...
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1:09:02
Season 1 Episode 10: Neil sits down and is interviewed by...actor and writer Will Payne
Neil's greatest challenge is growing up and dealing with being in a wheelchair. Will chats to Neil about his early life, career to date and the reason why he created the podcast: Neil On Wheels!
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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47:42
Season 1 Episode 9: Neil sits down with...actor Trevor Eve Part 2
Part 2 of 2. Neil chats with Trevor about his role Oliver Award winning role as Dr Astrov in Anton Chehkov's Uncle Vanya, playing Peter Boyd in the BBC One Drama Waking The Dead, what his greatest challenge has been in his life and/or career to...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:01:14
Season 1 Episode 9: Neil sits down with...actor Trevor Eve Part 1
Part 1 of 2. Neil chats with Trevor about what made him become an actor, life at Drama School and some of his theatre roles including his Olivier Award performance as James Leeds in Children Of A Lesser God.
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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50:48
Season 1 Episode 8: Neil sits down with...Disabled American Theatre Director Evan T Cummings
Neil chats with Evan about life working as a Disabled Theatre Director in New York, accessibility, productions he has directed and collaborated on and what his greatest challenge has been in his life and/or career to date.This episode w...
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53:36
Season 1 Episode 7: Neil sits down with...actor and writer Skye Hallam
Neil chats with Skye about how and why she got into acting, some of her roles to date, her greatest challenge and more!This was recorded in early 2021, so the performance she refers to at the Brighton Fringe has now taken place....
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58:53
Season 1 Episode 6: Neil sits down with...Writer, Director, Producer and Actor Jack Eve; Actor and Producer Pippa Bennett Warner and Actor Oliver Johnstone
Neil chats with Jack Eve, Pippa Bennett Warner and Oliver Johnstone about Jack's latest film Open, a Romantic Comedy set on the golf course. They talk about the challenges of making an independent film, how and why they all got into acting, wha...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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59:42
Season 1 Episode 5: Neil sits down with...BAFTA Nominated Film Editor Adam Gough
Neil chats with Adam about how and why he became an editor, the films he's worked on, such as the Oscar winning film Roma and what his greatest challenge has been.This episode was recorded around November/December 2020Please fee...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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50:17
Season 1 Episode 4: Neil sits down with...Beth House and Elise Davison, co-founders of Taking Flight Theatre Company
Neil chats with Beth and Elise co-founders of Taking Flight Theatre, an inclusive company that aims to create accessible productions and opportunities to Deaf, disabled and non-disabled performers.They talk about how they started the co...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:06:16
Season 1 Episode 3: Neil sits down with...actor Tom Payne Part 2
In Part 2 of 2, Neil chats with Tom about his time on Waterloo Road, working in America on shows such as The Walking Dead and Prodigal Son, what his greatest challenge has been and more!So please feel free to Follow me on all major podc...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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52:23
Season 1 Episode 3: Neil sits down with...actor Tom Payne Part 1
In Part 1 of 2, Neil sits down to chat with The Walking Dead and Prodigal Son actor Tom Payne about where his love of acting came from, how he found Drama School and his early theatre work.So please feel free to Follow me on all major p...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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42:55
Season 1 Episode 2: Neil sits down with...Coronation Street actor Julia Goulding
Neil sits down for a chat with Coronation Street's Shona Platt, alias Julia Goulding. He talks to her about what it was like working on Coronation Street during the pandemic, what made her want to be an actor, what her greatest challenge has be...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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25:06
Season 1 Episode 1: Neil sits down with...actor James Norton
Neil sits down with James to chat about what made him want to become an actor, how he became Tommy Lee Royce in Happy Valley, what has been his greatest challenge in his life career or both and much much more!So please feel free to Foll...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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