Best Girl Grip

Best Girl Grip


Latest Episodes

#90: Prano Bailey-Bond, Filmmaker
August 17, 2021

I’m back! Not with a brand new season - just yet - but with a triple-bill of bonus episodes that I recorded a couple of months ago either for live events or to tie-in with a film release. The first in

#89: Mandy Chang, Head of BBC Storyville
June 22, 2021

So this is the final episode of Season Four - which I started back in March and honestly I have no idea where that time has gone. There will be a couple of bonus episodes coming out to coincide with some film releases, but apart from that I’ll be on hiat.

#88: T A P E collective (Angie Moneke, Isra Al Kassi & Nellie Alston)
June 15, 2021

This week I’ve got a very exciting line-up of guests. Yes you heard that plural correctly, I spoke to not one, not two, but three brilliant women working in the film industry and the reason for that is they formed the T A P E collective together. My gues.

#87: Lisa Scoppa, Set Decorator
June 08, 2021

This week I am delighted to welcome set decorator Lisa Scoppa to the podcast. I came across her name and work after watching Barry Jenkins’ THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD, and a) just wanting to know who worked on that series because it is phenomenal and b) I .

#86: Rachael Tate, Dialogue & ADR Editor
June 01, 2021

This week my guest is Rachael Tate, a BAFTA award-winning Dialogue & ADR supervisor slash editor whose credits include 1917 (for which she won the BAFTA), upcoming Bond film No Time to Die, The Rhythm Section, All the Money in the World and The Martian. .

#85: Kat Buckle, Talent Agent
May 25, 2021

This week my guest is Kat Buckle, an agent at Curtis Brown in their Film & TV department where she represents a range of talent such as director Stella Corradi, writer and actor Emma Sidi, presenter, podcast & writer Tolani Shoneye, comedian & writer Jac.

#84: Tara Judah, Critic & curator
May 18, 2021

So cinemas are open which is hugely exciting! What are people going to see? And where? Lots of things that have had releases are back on big screens like Nomadland and Sound of Metal and Ammonite, which is cool because I think they’re all films that will.

#83: Mariayah Kaderbhai, Head of Programmes at BAFTA
May 11, 2021

This week my guest is Mariayah Kaderbhai who is Head of Programmes at BAFTA, where she represents them as the lead film industry voice and moderates most of their panels and Q&As. She’s interviewed filmmaking talent such as Spike Lee, Jacques Audiard and.

#82: Mika Watkins, Screenwriter
May 04, 2021

This week my guest is Mika Watkins, a screenwriter for television and film, whose career is already on a really exciting trajectory. She’s been part of the writers rooms for Black Mirror and the Amazon series Hanna and has written episodes for Sky’s Luck.

#81: Melanie Hoyes, Industry Inclusion Executive at the BFI
April 20, 2021

My guest this week is Melanie Hoyes who is an Industry Inclusion Executive at the BFI, where she deputises for the Head of Inclusion to advocate for equity and access in the film industry. She joined the BFI in 2016 as a researcher, working on a project .

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