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Sunday Times Article: Me & My Motor - Philip Glenister

26/6/2016

 
Practicality is fine but it takes a classic to fire up the actor

Jeremy Taylor (June 26 2016, 12:01am, The Sunday Times)
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Philip Glenister thought he would surprise his wife and make up for the lean years by arriving home in a sporty BMW in 2005. The actor, who achieved success playing Gene Hunt, the irascible detective in Life on Mars, was suddenly earning enough to buy a decent car. His mistake was to stay in character.

“It was a really smart 330i with big wheels and all the extras. I beeped the horn and my wife ran outside carrying our baby daughter. I yelled, ‘Get in, love — you’ve pulled!’ She stormed back inside and slammed the door.”

Glenister, 53, admits it wasn’t the wisest thing to shout. His wife, Beth Goddard, was heavily pregnant at the time with their second child. “She said I should grow up because I was about to be a dad again.”

Glenister grew up in Harrow, northwest London. His father, John, directed television series including The Six Wives of Henry VIII. “Dad’s speciality was period costume drama. Consequently, he was more concerned with horse power than horsepower.

“My interest in motors came from watching classic Seventies shows. I would save up pocket money to buy Dinky toys of the Batman car, James Bond’s Aston Martin DB5, and the Volvo P1800 from The Saint.”

His favourite toy arrived on his memorable seventh birthday. “My parents bought me an SPV truck from Captain Scarlet, plus a copy of Daydream Believer by the Monkees. I thought I was the coolest kid in the street.”

Later, he passed his driving test at the second attempt in a Datsun Sunny and bought a hot-hatch Peugeot 205 GTI.

“I loved the GTI but my first BMW 3-series felt like a proper car. It was quite posh compared to the Peugeot and loads more comfortable for long journeys .”

However, Glenister says the first car to have a serious impact on him was the 1973 Ford Cortina he drove in Life on Mars. “That fuelled my interest in classics. It ultimately led to me presenting two series of For the Love of Cars on Channel 4, and appearing at the Silverstone Classic event.”

In Ashes to Ashes, the follow-up to Life on Mars set in 1980s London, Glenister’s character, Gene Hunt, had moved up to a tyre-screeching Audi Quattro. Detective Chief Inspector Hunt chased villains across the capital and the catchphrase “Fire up the Quattro” passed into urban legend.

“The car was so popular, I think I was expected to drive an Audi in real life [he is now an ambassador for the brand]. I had a family by then and an A6 Quattro seemed a sensible choice but I began to feel likes a sales rep. So I changed it for an Audi Q5 and have had a string of them ever since. I like the extra height and the fact that it’s not as enormous as a Range Rover around London.”

Despite newspaper headlines to the contrary, Glenister says he was never approached to host the new series of Top Gear. “I love old cars but I’m not a petrolhead — technically I haven’t got a clue.
 
“I blame it on the fact I was never given a Scalextric set as a kid. I moaned so much about it that my wife later bought me one as a Christmas present. It was fun for a while and then I got bored — which doesn’t look good on the CV of a Top Gear presenter.”   
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Philip in Sunday Mirror magazine

5/6/2016

 
In today's Sunday MIrror magaxine, The Notebook, Philip is the star of their photo-scrapbook feature. Celebrities are shown several photos of themselves throughout their careers and relieve memories and comment on them.

You ca view the cuttings from the scrapbook below. Thanks to Donna for the pictures.
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Outcast Press Archive - updates

1/6/2016

 
The promotion of Outcast is well under way here in the UK - the series is featuring in lots of newspapers and magazines at the moment. The following articles have today been added to the Outcast Press Archive:
  • Radio Times - Interview (3st May)
  • Daily Express  - Interview (31st May)
  • SFX Magazine - Feature (May)
  • Heat Magazine - interview (31st May)
  • TV & Satellite - Interview (31st May)

In addtion to these, we have also added photos of clippings from various other weekly TV Guide magazines.

So why head over to our press archives and have a read.

Full articles: Outcast Press Archive
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Interview with Philip in Essential Surrey

23/5/2016

 
Essential Surrey have today published an interview with Philip in which he talks about Outcast, whether his children will follow in his acting footsteps and whether there'll be anymore Life on Mars.
It was fascinating playing a character like the Reverend – something as far removed from me as you could get. Robert Kirkman created The Walking Dead, which is probably the biggest TV show worldwide along with Game of Thrones. Outcast is his new show. People can say, ‘Oh, it’s another horror show,’ but actually it’s better than that. It’s very character driven and I think the grotesque or hard bits to watch are earned."
Full article: Outcast Press Archive 
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Scans of new article in SciFiNow magazine

23/4/2016

 
The latest issue of SciFiNow Magazine features an article on Philip's new US drama, Outcast which includes snippets from interviews with the cast. (Clik on thumbnails below to view larger images)
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Big School Series 2 promotional image and press pack released

1/8/2014

 
The BBC have today released the press pack for the second series of comedy Big School, which stars Philip as lothario PE teacher Mr Gunn.

The press pack contains a brief overview of the series and interviews with Philip, David Walliams, Catherine Tate and Francis de la Tour, and can be read on this page, but beware it does contain spoilers.

Alongside this, there are two new images of Philip in character as Mr Gunn, which you can see below. We'll also add these to our Big School Series 2 Image Gallery.
The air date for series 2 still hasn't been confirmed but we're anticipating it to be the week beginning 23rd August. We'll update the site with the news as soon as we have it.

And, if you missed it yesterday, the DVD will be released on 6th October and can be pre-order through Amazon, priced at £14.00
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New 'Articles' section, now live

4/11/2012

 
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We are pleased to announce the launch of a new 'Articles' section of the website.

It currently contains a collection of over 40 articles from 2008 to present.

If you have any other links, transcripts or article scans that you would be happy to share please do contact us.

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