John Hannam Meets - Isle Of Wight Radio

John talks to JIMMY JOHNSTON, who has appeared in many hit West End shows, like Phantom, Les Mis and Heathcliff, the latter with Cliff Richard. Currently he's touring Britain in Dreamboats and Petticoats.

John talks to two stars from the debut British production of the musical, WONDERLAND, currently on a nationwide tour. DAVE WILLETTS - who plays the White Rabbitt - has starred in so many West End shows, including being the first in the world to play both the Phantom of the Opera and Jean Valjean in Les Miserables. RACHAEL WOODING was in the original London production of Hairspray, Her other credits include We Will Rock You and Jersey Boys. She was a huge hit in last year's Britain's Got Talent and 9 million have watched her initial audition on You Tube. #bgt #britainsgottalent #rachaelwooding #hairspray #wonderland

John talks to TONY WHEATLEY, who's enjoyed a long career in the record industry. Over the years he's worked with many top names and been involved with famous record labels. These include #WhitneyHouston, #Kylie, #ElvisCostello and #Sting and record labels #Chrysalis, #China , #MinistryOfSound and #Demon

John talks to the founder member of NINE BELOW ZERO - DENNIS GREAVES. He's got a great story and they now have a nine piece band. #NineBelowZero #Blues #MedinaTheatre #LiveMusic

John talks to SHANE RICHIE and LAURA WHITMORE about their current theatre tour of Peter James' thriller Not Dead Enough. Shane also talks about his new TV series Redwater. #LauraWhitmore #ShaneRichie #NotDeadEnough #theatre

The latest Hannam Archive podcast celebrates the life of famous scriptwriter ALAN SIMPSON, most famous for co-writing the Tony Hancock and Steptoe shows. It was recorded in 1977. #TonyHancock #SteptoeAndSon #ComedyLegend

John's latest new podcast features Newport's MARY LONG, who has just published a fascinating book on Dame Shirley Bassey. Mary has been a great fan since she was 16. #ShirleyBassey

John recently went to Christchurch to meet Britain's easy listening music star Liverpool-born NATHAN CARTER, who's heading for Shanklin Theatre on February 11. The video of his record Wagon Wheel has been seen by over 3 million viewers on YouTube. Currently he has 200,000 followers on Facebook. #countryandwestern #guitar #easylistening #nathancarter #music #liverpool

Recently John went to the Chichester Festival Theatre to interview one of his favourite actors - KEN STOTT. He was such a hit in Rebus and had the leading roles in the hit series of Messiah and The Vice. He was also Balin, the dwarf, in the trilogy of The Hobbitt movies and in the huge 2014 hit TV series of The Missing. He's in The Dresser at Chichester Festival Theatre until Feb 4. #kenstott #chichesterfestivaltheatre #thehobbitt #thedresser

John goes back to 2002 for a Hannam Archive featuring movie, stage and TV actor DERREN NESBITT. He reveals amazing stories about working with Richard Burton, Frank Sinatra and George Peppard. Derren's movies include Where Eagles Dare, The Naked Runner and The Blue Max.

John goes back to 2011 for an interview he did with TONY CHRISTIE in Southampton. Tony talks about both his early career and his huge comeback due to Peter Kay and Amarillo. #tonychristie #peterkay #amarillo

From 2005, celebrates the life of American guitar legend TOMMY ALLSUP who played for Buddy Holly. Only losing the toss of a coin prevented him being in the plane crash that killed Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper. #guitar #guitarist #rockandroll #buddyholly #tommyallsup

A Hannam Archive from 2001 celebrates the life of singer/songwriter PETER SARSTEDT who has recently died. The interview was recorded at the Ponda Rosa, Ryde, in 2001.

John talks to British actor and comedian PETER PIPER. It's their first meeting for 27 years and they have lots to catch up on, including Peter's unexpected success in America.

A Hannam Archive from 1996 features the day John went to Hunstanton to chat with the one and only KEN DODD. It's to celebrate his knighthood in the New Year's Honours list.

John celebrates the life of famous BBC weatherman Ian McCaskill with an archive interview. #BBCweather #IanMcCaskill

John Hannam Meets latest podcasts online from Friday December 16. In a Pantomime Special John talks to VICKI MICHELLE - Yvette from 'Allo 'Allo, NOEL SULLIVAN - from HearSay, We Will Rock You and TV drama Ordinary Lies and SUE HOLDERNESS - Marlene from Only Fools and Horses and The Green Green Grass.

A HANNAM ARCHIVE podcast from 2010 celebrates the life of movie, TV and stage actor PETER VAUGHAN. #petervaughan #porridge #gameofthrones #GoT

A Hannam Archive from 2001 celebrates the life of ANDREW SACHS. #AndrewSachs #Manuel

John talks to JOE SHARPE and his wife ZOE BATHER about their new book Around The World With The Ingreedies, a superb book for children to learn about cooking and the world. It's on sale worldwide. A HANNAM ARCHIVE podcast from 2015 features Joe Sharpe's sister, HANNAH ROCHELL, who works in the fashion industry and loves flat shoes. John also recalls another Hannam Archive that features their father BRIAN SHARPE, a very gifted rock musician. @ingreedies #ingreedies #hannahrochell @hannahrochell