Sausage On A Fork

Neil Mattocks

Sausage On A Fork is a podcast dedicated to the U.K.'s longest running children's drama, Grange Hill. Each episode will feature an interview with a former cast member about their life before, during and after Grange Hill.

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117 episodes
Updated June 27

Episodes117

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Dec 16, 2023 · 1 hr 16 min
Sausage On A Fork with Celyn Jones
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Celyn Jones aka Mr Steve Green. Celyn tells us about the extreme conditions he worked in on his first television job; why Mr Green was only in one series and how heavily involved Celyn is with the new Grange Hill movie!
Nov 18, 2023 · 1 hr 8 min
Sausage On A Fork with Amanda Mealing
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Amanda Mealing aka Tracy Edwards. Amanda tells us how she became a student at Italia Conti at a very young age, why she left Grange Hill after only one series and how she used her character of Holby City's Connie Beauchamp when walking through a field of cows!
Nov 4, 2023 · 1 hr 15 min
Sausage On A Fork with Julie Buckfield
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Julie Buckfield aka Natalie Stevens. Julie tells us what it was like joining the show that she had watched for years; what it was like when her twin sister, Clare, joined after two years and how she landed a role on one of the U.K.'s biggest programmes about youth culture, despite telling Phil Redmond she had no interest in youth culture whatsoever!
Oct 21, 2023 · 1 hr 32 min
Sausage On A Fork with Lee Cornes
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Lee Cornes aka Mr Jeff Hankin. Lee tells us what it was like to have appeared in some of Britain's best-loved comedy programmes; what it was like filming Mr Hankin's most intense storyline and how some pupils had trouble telling real-life from fiction when he turned up at their school as a supply teacher!
Oct 8, 2023 · 50 min
Sausage On A Fork with Nigel Miles-Thomas
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Nigel Miles-Thomas aka Mr Ray Davies. Nigel tells us how some visitors to his Comprehensive School paved the way for his acting career; how the Grange Hill cast gave his character his first name and why - despite the increase of danger - he always feels more relaxed on stage than on screen!
Sep 23, 2023 · 1 hr 16 min
Sausage On A Fork with Brian Capron
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Brian Capron aka Mr Stuart 'Hoppy' Hopwood. Brian tells us how he was suitably qualified to play a woodwork teacher; how he felt when one of Grange Hill's most popular characters was written out and what it was like playing one of British Soap's most evil characters!
Sep 9, 2023 · 1 hr 8 min
Sausage On A Fork with David Schaal
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by David Schaal aka Mr Tom Hargreaves. David tells us how his own epiphany led him to becoming an actor; how difficult it was playing a character in Grange Hill with completely different beliefs to his own and what it was like appearing in two of the biggest sitcoms ever to come out of the U.K.
Aug 26, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
Sausage On A Fork with Thomas Carey
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Thomas Carey aka Alec Jones. Thomas tells us how he pestered his parents to let him go to drama classes just so he could be like his big brother; why the scenes he filmed in the boxing gym were completely natural to him and just exactly whose idea it was for Alec to wear an earring!
Aug 13, 2023 · 1 hr 21 min
Sausage On A Fork with Lee MacDonald
It's the 50th episode of Sausage On A Fork! In this episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Lee MacDonald aka Zammo McGuire. Lee tells us how joining a drama club to help with his mental health after a family tragedy led to him becoming a child actor; what it was like being involved with Grange Hill's most famous storyline and how - during rehearsals for the Just Say No single - a singing teacher decided she didn't need to hear anything else after hearing Lee sing one note!
Jul 27, 2023 · 1 hr 9 min
Sausage On A Fork with Steven Hammett
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Steven Hammett aka Dudley Wesker. Steven tells us how a part that was only supposed to last four episodes lasted for six series; what it was like filming a scene with a cat and who was responsible for Dudley's hairstyles!
Jul 24, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
Sausage On A Fork - A Tribute to George Armstrong
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we pay tribute to George Armstrong who played Alan Humphries who sadly passed away on 11th July 2023. I'm joined by several of George's fellow cast members who talk about working with him and what he was like off screen. We hope you enjoy this small tribute to Grange Hill's gentle giant.
Jul 2, 2023 · 51 min
Sausage On A Fork with Helena Meagher
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Helena Meagher aka Diane Richmond. Helena tells us how her line in a famous advert was actually her idea; why Diane was only in one series of Grange Hill and why a scene she was in involving some wildlife was not exactly what it seemed!
Jun 17, 2023 · 1 hr 6 min
Sausage On A Fork with Paula Ann Bland
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Paula Ann Bland aka Claire Scott. Paula tells us how her family moved the length of the country in order for her to attend Italia Conti; what it was like filming the stationery cupboard scene and why she can be seen in the background of an episode of Top of the Pops wearing her Grange Hill uniform!
Jun 3, 2023 · 55 min
Sausage On A Fork with Sara Sugarman
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Sara Sugarman aka Jessica Samuels. Sara tells us how her character led to one of the first times Phil Redmond and Grange Hill got into trouble with the BBC; how a cleaner from her local school helped her to win her first BAFTA and how Jessica Samuels has now gone full circle with the Grange Hill movie in the works which Sara will be directing!
May 20, 2023 · 1 hr 21 min
Sausage On A Fork with Chris Perry-Metcalf
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Chris Perry-Metcalf aka Patrick 'Togger' Johnson. Chris tells us how misbehaving in a Chinese restaurant led to his first ever audition; how it felt working with a genuine Grange Hill legend and how Togger and Tanya's antics of winding each other up on screen mirrored what was happening in real life!
May 6, 2023 · 1 hr 14 min
Sausage On A Fork with Amy Phillips
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Amy Phillips aka Jessica Arnold. Amy tells us how she got herself an agent without her parents' knowledge; how - despite having any previous experience - she got the part of Jessica and the real reason why Jessica was given the M.E. storyline!
Apr 22, 2023 · 1 hr 8 min
Sausage On A Fork with Chris Jury
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Chris Jury aka Mr Lawrence Knowles. Chris tells us why attending an all boys Grammar School inadvertently became the reason he started acting; how he spent all of his expenses in one night whilst filming Grange Hill on location and where the famous Mr Knowles walk came from!
Apr 8, 2023 · 1 hr 17 min
Sausage On A Fork with Ian Rushmere
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Ian Rushmere aka Brian Shaw. Ian tells us how an open audition for a very famous TV advert led to him becoming a child actor; what it was like being given a really serious and sensitive storyline and how years later, he ended up working with one of his best friends and co-stars from Grange Hill!
Mar 25, 2023 · 1 hr 7 min
Sausage On A Fork with Vincent Matthews
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Vincent Matthews aka Jeremy Irvine. Vincent tells us what it was like being asked to return to Grange Hill when he didn't really want to; the pain he suffered filming his most famous scene and how it felt hearing the name of his character mentioned in an episode of Spaced!
Mar 11, 2023 · 1 hr 4 min
Sausage On A Fork with Desmond Askew
In the latest episode of Sausage On A Fork, we're joined by Desmond Askew aka Richard Hare. Desmond tells us how acting from a very early age led to him working with some legends of rock and pop music; how being in Grange Hill had been an ambition of his from when he'd first started acting and how life after Grange Hill saw him move to Los Angeles where he now works in television, movies and some of the biggest video game franchises ever!