{"id":3845,"date":"2021-02-10T19:35:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T19:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2021-02-10T21:01:55","modified_gmt":"2021-02-10T21:01:55","slug":"in-conversation-carolyn-seymour-survivor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/10\/in-conversation-carolyn-seymour-survivor\/","title":{"rendered":"In conversation &#8211; Carolyn Seymour: Survivor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"3847\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/10\/in-conversation-carolyn-seymour-survivor\/carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish.jpg?fit=656%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"656,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish.jpg?fit=300%2C274&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish.jpg?fit=656%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish.jpg?resize=656%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Carolyn Seymour\" class=\"wp-image-3847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish.jpg?w=656&amp;ssl=1 656w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/carolyn_seymour_in_conversation_big_finish.jpg?resize=300%2C274&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BIG FINISH HAVE today announced the release of a two-hour &#8216;in conversation&#8217; session with Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For this digital-download-only release, Carolyn was interviewed by writer, actor and comedian Toby Hadoke in January 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Carolyn Seymour: Survivor<\/em> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/releases\/v\/carolyn-seymour-survivor-2468\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">available for pre-order<\/a> from the Big Finish site, and will be released in April 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Known best to Big Finish listeners as Abby Grant in&nbsp;<strong>Survivors<\/strong>, Carolyn Seymour is an actress who is equally at home in a Hollywood blockbuster, a British cult comedy or drama series. She played Jenny in&nbsp;<strong>Take Three Girls<\/strong>, Zita in the&nbsp;<strong>Steptoe &amp; Son&nbsp;<\/strong>movie, and starred on the silver screen alongside Peter O&#8217;Toole, Albert Finney and Michael Keaton in a career that has lasted five decades.<\/p><p>Now she opens up in an exclusive two-hour interview with writer, actor and comedian Toby Hadoke, talking with openness and honesty about her astonishing career and life outside of the spotlight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Big Finish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bigfinish.com\/news\/v\/carolyn-seymour-survivor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>, Tony Hadoke says &#8211; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I knew Carolyn would be interesting but was thrilled by her openness, her refreshing honesty and the way she was happy to field any question I wanted to throw at her. She&#8217;s definitely a survivor. This may be a one woman show \u2013 and what a woman \u2013 but there are a host of supporting players and she brings them all to life; from HG Wells (well, bits of him) to Terence Dudley via Michael Bryant and Peter O&#8217;Toole. The time we spent chatting just flew by.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/big_finish_in_conversation.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"3848\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/10\/in-conversation-carolyn-seymour-survivor\/big_finish_in_conversation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/big_finish_in_conversation.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"big_finish_in_conversation\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/big_finish_in_conversation.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/big_finish_in_conversation.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/big_finish_in_conversation.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Big Finish - In Conversation logo\" class=\"wp-image-3848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/big_finish_in_conversation.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/big_finish_in_conversation.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/big_finish_in_conversation.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo of Carolyn Seymour (c) Tony Whitmore<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BIG FINISH HAVE today announced the release of a two-hour &#8216;in conversation&#8217; session with Carolyn Seymour (Abby Grant). For this digital-download-only release, Carolyn was interviewed by writer, actor and comedian Toby Hadoke in January 2021. Carolyn Seymour: Survivor is available for pre-order from the Big Finish site, and will be released in April 2021. Known &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/10\/in-conversation-carolyn-seymour-survivor\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;In conversation &#8211; Carolyn Seymour: Survivor&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-audio","category-big-finish","category-cast-and-crew","category-cast-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9n8B4-101","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3845"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3857,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions\/3857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.survivors-mad-dog.org.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}