Episode 14: MIRIAM MARGOLYES
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Episode 14: MIRIAM MARGOLYES - summary
Actress, gin aficionado and wonderful woman Miriam chats to Olly about her career, the bizarre story of how she started drinking gin and shares some of her extraordinary vocal talents!
Episode 14: MIRIAM MARGOLYES - timeline
02:06 - The two gin brands that Miriam mentions are Booths and Gordons
02:59 - sweet Jewish wine is generally made from the Concord grape variety
03:46 - Sam Galsworthy is one of the original founders of Sipsmith Gin
04:08 - Pollination Gin comes from the Dyfi distillery in Wales, and costs £34.95 per bottle
06:05 - Miriam provided the voice of the bunny in television adverts for Cadbury's Caramel in the 1980s.
07:00 - the Thames estuary accent
10:19 - Mrs Gamp is a character from Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens
12:36 - Footlights is the name of the famous Cambridge University sketch troupe
13:42 - 'You appear to be wearing a pair of Devil's dumplings' was a line from the BBC sitcom Blackadder.
19:19 - Miriam supports the charities The Stroke Association and The National Osteoporosis Society
19:53 - The Real Marigold Hotel is a BBC television documentary
21:08 - Olly gives Miriam a bottle of Regal Rogue Lively White Vermouth, which costs £16.15 per bottle
Episode 14: MIRIAM MARGOLYES - production notes
Recorded on 28 September 2017 in southwest London
Hosted by Olly Smith
Produced and edited by Richard Hemming MW
Mastered by David Thomas
Hardware list: 2 x AT-2020 condenser microphones with pop shields, Zoom H6 digital recorder, ATH-M20X headphones
Software list: Audacity 2.1.3, Garageband 10.2.0