Former guests
Over the years, The Space has welcomed a wide range of guests from across film, television, music and the creative industries. From well-known performers to influential figures behind the scenes, each has shared insights into their work, experiences and achievements.
Former guests
Here you’ll find our wide variety of former guests, spanning film and television, music, and beyond. Explore the people behind the scenes, in front of the camera, and on stage who have joined us for events at The Space.
Directors
- Alan Parker (Bugsy Malone, Midnight Express, Fame)
- Ben Wheatley (Sightseers, Kill List, A Field in England)
- John Glen (For Your Eyes Only, A View to a Kill, The Living Daylights)
- Julien Temple (Absolute Beginners, The Great Rock
nRock Swindle) - Mike Hodges (Get Carter, Flash Gordon)
- Mike Leigh (Secrets and Lies, Happy Go Lucky, Naked)
- Nicolas Roeg (Don’t Look Now, The Man who Fell to Earth, The Witches)
- SJ Clarkson (Life on Mars, Dexter, Jessica Jones)
Producers
- Alison Owen (Shaun of the Dead, Saving Mr Banks, Ghosts)
- Brian Cosgrove (Danger Mouse, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Count Duckula)
- Charlie Parsons (The Big Breakfast, The Word)
- Gary Kurtz (Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, American Graffiti)
- Gub Neal (Cracker, Prime Suspect, Hillsborough)
- Ivor Powell (Alien, Blade Runner, The Duellists)
- Jan Harlan (The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, A.I.: Artificial Intelligence)
- John Lloyd (Blackadder, QI, Not the Nine o’clock News)
- Jon Plowman (The Office, French and Saunders, The League of Gentlemen)
- Martin Baker (Muppet Treasure Island, Labyrinth and The Muppet Show floor manager)
- Robert Watts (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Return of the Jedi, Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
- Simon Heath (Line of Duty, Bodyguard, Malpractice)
- Tony Garnett (Kes, Cathy Come Home, This Life)
Editors
- Chris Dickens (Slumdog Millionaire, Shaun of the Dead, Rocketman)
- Chris Wyatt (Dead Man’s Shoes, This is England, ’71)
- Mick Audsley (Twelve Monkeys, Interview with the Vampire, My Beautiful Laundrette)
- Terry Rawlings (Alien, Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire, Watership Down)
- Walter Murch, also a sound designer (Apocalypse Now, The Talented Mr Ripley, The Godfather Part III, Ghost)
Actors
Costume designers
- Annie Hardinge (Blackadder, The IT Crowd, Humans)
- Deborah Nadoolman Landis (An American Werewolf in London, Raiders of the Lost Ark, The Blues Brothers, Thriller)
- Jany Temime (six Harry Potter films, Skyfall, Children of Men)
- Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road, The King’s Speech, Cruella, Remains of the Day)
- John Mollo (Star Wars, Gandhi, Alien, Chaplin)
- Sammy Sheldon Differ (Ant-Man, Jurassic World: Rebirth, The Imitation Game)
Music
Actress Zoe Wanamaker
Actor Toby Jones
Actor and writer Steve Pemberton
Neil Codling of Suede
Actor John Simm
Andy McCluskey of Orchestral Manoeuvres
Musicals lyricist Sir Tim Rice with former presenter Lisa Holloway (photo by Ed Moore)
Filmcostumedesigner Deborah Nadoolman. Landis with former presenter Briggy Smale (photo by Simon Dylan)
DJ Norman Cook, also known as Fatboy Slim (photo by Diana Frangi)
Actress Maxine Peake
Actor Terence Stamp with presenter Wayne Imms (photo by Ed Moore)
Comedians
Writers
- Barry Norman (also a film critic and presenter)
- Charlie Higson (James Bond and known for The Fast Show)
- Crime author Ian Rankin
- Jon Ronson (The Men Who Stare at Goats, Them: Adventures with Extremists)
- Luke Jennings, known for the Killing Eve books
- Michael Rosen (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, Michael
- Rosen’s Sad Book and former Children’s Laureate)
- Miranda Sawyer (The Guardian, Smash Hits)
Others
- BBC Four Controller Richard Klein (2008–2013)
- Channel 4 Chief Executive David Abraham (2010–2017)
- Dom Joly (best known for Trigger Happy TV)
- Cinematographer Brian Tufano (Trainspotting, Billy Elliot, Quadrophenia)
- Screenwriter William Nicholson (Gladiator, Thirteen Lives, Shadowlands)
- TV presenter Gail Porter
