Restless Natives with Martin Compston & Gordon Smart
Restless Natives is a cult Scottish film from 1985 featuring two scallywags – The Clown & The Wolfman. It’s iconic. Two resourceful rascals who take on the ambitious task of holding-up tourist buses in the Highlands… They were Robin Hood, only Scottish and on the back of a motorbike. Gordon Smart & Martin Compston are sampling that spirit - inspired by The Clown & The Wolfman - and distilling it into a podcast. They are setting themselves lofty ambitions before setting off in pursuit of tasks and goals they have absolutely no right achieving. A bit like their careers in TV, movies, newspapers and radio… Join them as they recount some of their ridiculous scrapes and adventures from the past while they plan even more ambitious, unreachable schemes for the future. Some of them will be achieved and others will crash and burn spectacularly. They’ve got lots to talk about, lots to share with you and nothing but time. As the film once said: “Is this the end of the story or a beginning of a legend?”
Episodes
For this week's bonus we have a little preview of one of our upcoming guests... the brilliant James Cosmo.
Today we've a listener story about ruining Compston's shot and a tale about Sean Connery from James. And, if you want to hear more from the excellent raconteur, James is on a speaking tour, coming to a spot near you soon!
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This week the brilliant and very funny Ray Bradshaw joins Gordon and Martin in studio. The boys chat signing on stage, his search for bald gingers, nerves, being drunk at work, Martin's day disco, and heading to Germany.
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Today's bonus ball is dedicated to the brilliant Vincent Friell, the Wolfman who passed this week. Will from Restless Natives. Will was a special character, written beautifully by Ninian Dunnett and brought to life so well by Vincent. We'll miss him.
This is a little bit extra from our brilliant chat with the one and only, pride of Glasgow, Susie McCabe.
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As previewed in our bonus baw last week, this week's guest is the spirit of Glasgow, Glasgow comedian of the year and all around legend, Susie McCabe.
Susie, Gordon and Martin chat about Susie's name coming out of Billy Connolly's face, finding your voice, the art of storytelling, podcasting with Frankie Boyle, getting into comedy and the joy of loving what you do.
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This weeks bonus is a wee preview of next week's very special guest. Joining Gordon and Martin in studio today (and next week) is the pride of Glasgow, Susie McCabe.
Find out which way Susie pops her bog roll, who Stapleheed is and would you trust your mate with a dating testimonial?
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This week we're joined by a fabulous talent, a British director who's worked on The Rig, Line of Duty, The Bodyguard, In Plain Sight, The Flight Attendant and so much more. Some proper respect is in order as legend John Strickland joins Gordon and Martin in studio.
The boys chat working with Martin on The Rig (and the choice to leave his tan lines in the edit), directorial choices - including not making Helen Mirren do a shower sce...
Picture your perfect Friday and surely a Restless Natives bonus episode comes to mind. Well, you're in luck, in this one we've a story about why a man is known as Gooch, if anyone's ever found out what 'seeing a man about a dog' means, a catch up with the Clown and the Wolf (one of which is sitting on his favourite London toilet very soon) and a debate about bog roll.
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This week on Restless Natives, Martin and Gordon are reunited, sans extra special celebrity guest for a good old blether. They chat fancy loos, doubling down, wolves with an extra special sense of smell, phones on a utility belt, dating apps and nearly ending the podcast?
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Gordon and Martin are reunited this week for the bonus episode! We're reading your correspondence including wing chat, pie rolls and a wordsmith with a double unfortunate incident.
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On the podcast this week, King of the Shaggers - proper Scottish royalty, one of Scotland's greatest ever songwriters, Fran Healy joins Gordon and Martin.
They chat living in LA, when tin foiling King Tut's wasn't the best idea, David Beckham owing perhaps his most famous haircut to Fran, an unfortunate trip to the doctors AND Travis' brilliant new single Gaslight and up and coming new album.
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Welcome to the Bonus Ball! We're back with Ross McCall (not Warren Broon doing Jason Statham as our DMs suggest) this week lifting the curtain on working out in America.
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This week we welcome yet another man with an excellent hairline. A fella who many would be surprised to find out was born in the very same hospital as our own Martin Compston. He's a sensational actor and brilliant friend, Ross McCall.
The boys talk being Compston's neighbour, success as a boy, breaking a colleagues nose, Green Street, Band of Brothers, an embarrassing incident with Dustin Hoffman, and lots more.
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We've kept Daniel Portman on for this week's dose of the Friday Bonus. The boys tackle your emails including things you didn't realise as kids (you're not meant to just munch on Lucozade tablets), heart attack inducing foods (the Fife Oyster anyone?) and getting frustrated on the tube.
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How do you follow one Scottish legend? With another, that's how. This week the Clown and the Wolfman are in studio with Glasgow's favourite son, Daniel Portman.
They chat Daniel and Martin's new project together, his time on arguably the biggest show that was on TV, Game of Thrones, fan's fascination with his package, Daniel's dad, audition nightmares and Black Mirror.
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On this week's bonus episode we're welcoming back the full fat, HQ, fully erect version of Compston, James McAvoy to chat all about his most recent project and his experience on SNL with Steve Martin.
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In this week's episode Compston has come up trumps with a genuine Hollywood star. The PhD Martin Compston, the multi award winning James McAvoy joins the lads in studio for a brilliant chat.
Ever wondered how a game of Tequila Slaps got James one of the biggest roles in his career? Look no further. What about what it was like to kiss Compston? We've got you covered.
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For this week's bonus episode we welcome the man, the myth, the legend, the stylist behind Martin Compston, THE Kenny Ho. Kenny chats about his work with The Spice Girls, how he began his career, being the ultimate resourceful rascal calling up Alexander McQueen, working with Bowie and throwing shade at Martin.
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On this week's episode we welcome a man who manages to get his tap aff in the first 5 minutes of the podcast, a close pal and immense actor with hair braided by the archangel Gabriel himself, it's Christian Cooke. We're chatting overreaching in a number of ways, kicking off a career working with Ricky Gervais, living in Miami, wielding a "sword" in Leicester Square, Hollywood bustups with Compston and finding himself on stage with ...
Loved the BAFTAs aftermath from the main episode? Well it continues in this week's bonus ball. More guddling chat, Gordon's after a white pudding supper (is that posh?), shitey breeks tells a tale, a questionable robbery and more.
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We're recording the day after the BAFTAs and let's just say The Clown and The Wolfman are feeling a wee bit delicate recording this episode. Whilst Martin orders a large pizza and a million wings, settle in to hear all the goss from the night (name drops at the ready) as well as lots of other random chat.
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