James O'Brien meets Miles Jupp | LBC

He's a comedian, writer and star of stage and screen. Miles Jupp started performing stand-up as a student at Edinburgh University. In his third year, he got the role of Archie the Inventor in the children's show Balamory and has never looked back. He's appeared in major television series, Hollywood films and has created his own radio sketch shows. Tickets for his latest stand-up tour, Miles Jupp: On I Bang are available at milesjupp.co.uk
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[@ilricettario]

How refreshing to listen to genuinely nice person.

[@donepearce]

Miles's partnership with Sean Lock on Cats Does Countdown always lifted the show to a higher level.

[@TheSagemeister]

An absolutely hilarious man.. love his comedy. We don’t see enough of him on tv!

[@arnothill]

This was a very gentle introduction to someone who seems very gentle. He seems to be a very decent guy. I’d still like to know what Miles thinks about the world, how fair it is, or otherwise.

[@adriennethomas7174]

Miles Jupp is genuinely a genius. In and Out of The Kitchen is a masterpiece. Will we have any more?

[@danieladams9950]

To talk in such a humble manner about a life threatening situation... what a genuinely lovely chap.

[@lizcollins7716]

Top bloke. He laughs generously at other comedians' humour.

[@keymeter1917]

Luv miles jupp, luv james. Super cool viby interview. Cheers to the both of you.

[@glodglodson7710]

I went through spinal surgery due to caudo equina around the same time Mr Jupp had his neuro surgery in covid and I’d echo his sentiments. The staff were incredible

[@t.p.mckenna]

One of the loveliest laughs in the business. I used to love it when he was hosting TNQ. REV was one of the most perfect tv comedies I ever saw. His part as the feebly closeted curate, Nigel, desperately attempting to masculate himself by pretending to have a girlfriend and nodding off to Andy McNab audio tales of SAS daring do is. hoot!

[@terrysmith5168]

What an amazing list of guests we've gone from ceebebies to balomory 😂

[@sir_vix]

I'm always amazed at how effectively Miles's voice sets me into a state of deep relaxation; regardless of whether he is laughing uproariously, becoming grandly and theatrically irate, or scathingly discussing the malevolently vacuous governance of recent history on an old episode of The News Quiz. Well, I say amazed, but truthfully it is more of a pleasantly languid meditative fascination, on account of Miles speaking. I'm deeply relieved he is still with us and, it would seem, as sharp a wit as ever. p.s. his reading of his novel 'History' is wonderful. I highly recommend it.

[@aidanwatson3499]

Comparing your schools by their controversy section on Wikipedia is genius.

[@Iamneverright]

So envious of Miles laughing in shows like Mock Of the week, and Would I lie to you.. I am laughing watching and not getting paid, and he is ! He seems to be a top bloke

[@AngelicusImmortus]

i got defined by my Dad's job. He was a vicar. For some reason, if a kid in class's granny died or something and my dad took the funeral, i got blamed by that child for the death of their granny. seriously weird stuff.

[@louieberg2942]

Just having Miles Jupp on the show makes the show funnier. He just needs to be there and laugh and the show gets a boost. He's also genuinely very funny, so all the more reason to get him on the show.

[@markbennett9787]

I went to the same school as Miles Jupp from the age of eight and a half in 1951 until 1961 when I went to Liverpool University to do Veterinary Science. I too remember the sanatorium which was where we went if we had flu or an incapacitating rugby injury. The deterrent to sort out the malingerers from the genuinely ill was the ever present threat of soap and water enemas that were routinely administered whatever malady you were suffering from ! I thoroughly enjoyed my time there and like Miles just accepted the rather strange life we led and only much later in life now in my dotage am I able to reflect on the ten most formative years of my life.

[@johnwarner4513]

I went to school at the same time as him as well, about 9am I think.

[@markbennett9787]

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[@iankp5901]

He's only 44.

[@spnhm34]

KZbin queued this after Jimi Hendrix’s live version of All Along The Watchtower. Which makes a lot of sense when you think about it.

[@dwdei8815]

Jame's microphone shadow looks like he's spilled soup all over his cardie.

[@rsalt6015]

Probably has 😂

[@rob-c.]

They’ve deliberately placed the mic so the shadow covers up the soup spill.

[@iainmarshall8093]

When I was a fresher at Dundee Uni 22 years ago, Miles performed at one of the nights during Freshers week and, bless him, he absolutely bombed. I hope his upcoming tour goes better!

[@ilricettario]

"IF" brilliant.

[@PaulTaylorHypno]

Saw the new tour, he was gloriously understated and brilliant.

[@allankerr668]

Just brilliant!!!

[@mhussey2646]

Bring back Damian Trench. A great character, wonderful tv and radio and also the book.

[@rsalt6015]

Miles Jupp is one ace dude.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

He is very difficult to dislike.

[@alexwood020589]

My 3 year old loves balamory. It's definitely a phenomenon.

[@vjc2270]

Lovely interview! Thank you so much for sharing your 'time with I interesting people' with us. I really enjoy your interview style. 😃

[@creepycraig73]

Miles is one of the most genuinely funny human beings to ever grace the British Isles.

[@dinty66]

Pastoral aspects of East Kilburn ? LOL !!

[@vomgrady]

I was totally thinking If at the same time. Great movie.

[@stevebrown8163]

Thank you

[@Schming]

My sister was in that production of Little Shop of Horrors at Oakham :D

[@linmonash1244]

So Miles never wanted to cry in front of people. He wanted to laugh - and make others laugh! And not in a fake excessive way, but a deep, well founded, solid belly laugh way. Sounds like he took the right path to me. * It strikes me that Miles has the 'look' and accent to launch him into the stratosphere in the US Market, ( at a kind of Anthony Hopkins level ) but in a more "benign slightly absent minded professorial - dropping intermittent sharp insights and life lessons on his students' type role. Were such a series / script be written around him. T'would take off like a rocket! { Hang on... maybe I should copyright this idea! }

[@Knappa22]

How did they afford boarding school fees?. United Reform church salaries for ministers were tiny in that period - below £20K

[@Ryattt81]

I love Miles for the way he reacts to other talented people. Hes funny, but other funny people set him off laughing so hard.

[@stuart8taylor]

He had a small role, but loved seeing him in Monuments Men

[@jonface93]

Whenever I see Miles Jupp I hear him in my head saying, "latte husband"

[@dinty66]

We have a URC chapel in St Stephens Green Dublin & it is always been seen as a kind of humanist chapel of faith ! I can imagine the guys who may show up at the URC of Kilburn ??

[@t.p.mckenna]

My parents were married at University Church on the Green in 1956, but that's by the by. However, many years later when we had settled in London, my eldest brother married the daughter of a URC minister. In time a baby came along and there was a christening as part of the Sunday service which we duly attended, but just when we thought there service was about to end, there then commenced a discussion of the church lay council about changes to the rector's stipend. It was endless, with points of orders, objections, shows of hands, and calls for further discussion. Utterly bizarre, and of course, not a whiff of incense or the silky swish of a cassock. No theatre to it at all!

[@polmcsuibhne7657]

nice chat

[@aidanwatson3499]

Ironically it was being in little shop of horrors at school that confirmed to me I didn't feel called to acting!

[@MattOGormanSmith]

And now you're a dentist?

[@citizenphaid1880]

“If” exactly what I was thinking. Typical Public school boy joke 😂

[@jeffsimon9594]

Had terrible insomnia but this sorted me right out, TY so much

[@JuliaHopewell]

Always appreciated a performance by Mr Jupp; but his deliberating here was a little frustrating (for me). I am probably in the minority though:). Still enjoyable.

[@pseudonayme7717]

A backhanded compliment if ever there was one 😄

[@ukgnome100]

Brill 👍👍

[@ggmiethe]

He should do a detective show called, “It’s Just Laziness”. Geoff from Fremantle Western Australia 🇦🇺

[@allenwilliams1306]

I was in If... (as an extra). Trinity School of John Whitgift (the old buildings in Croydon town centre) had just closed and were used for some of the scenes. I was at Whitgift School at the time and they paid boys £5 a day or part day for background atmosphere. They also got the CCF to participate, because they wanted some Army cadet force stuff in it, too, but the CCF funds got the money for that, the boys didn't.

[@user-xm5ll7nv3p]

Absolutely fascinating.. What a fabulous interview.

[@robertpollock2037]

There is a BBC Scotland cricket correspondent but he also covers tennis curling bowls and other minority sports. Vastly outnumbered by BBC Scotland football commentators and correspondents

[@Dalwhat]

James constantly looks like he is about to fall asleep when interviewing his guests. It must be disconcerting answering his questions only to look up and he is reading his script.

[@StrykezMan09]

34:36

[@nickwyatt9498]

Anyone know if Miles is related to Mickey Jupp, ex-Stiff Records artiste?

[@andrewwilson5722]

Every time I see miles I hear Frankie Boyle's joke on never mind the buzz.

[@tjhooker1972]

It's Archie 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@dinty66]

You've learnt some lessons from Tommy Tiernan of our own screens I note !! Un-rehearsed & relatively un-prepared !!

[@jonbruford7950]

in the cummings origin story you missed the part where in his bunker learning about the world he was bitten by a radioactive slug

[@wavydavy9816]

I know 3 different people who, a bit like his story about the restaurant, if you put them all together you'd end up with Miles Jupp 🤔🤷‍♂ Also, it's only after hearing about his growing up in a religious community that I realise what absolute hardline Catholic zealots my parents were 🙄

[@frontenac5083]

*93 dislikes...? That's quite a lot!* 😐

[@treemanlee07]

How long before either mentioned public school?

[@user-xe4xp9tt6m]

bbc programme called public school who had Jerusalem as school hymn

[@colinstephenson5386]

Hello user , quite a few public schools have jumped on Jerusalem, some sing it at morning assembly, the middle classes seem to have adopted it , I wonder if they know it’s a socialist minded invention ? I think the author was threatened with sedition ? Maybe there was something more than a threat ? Blake I think his name was , off course I could be entirely mistaken ?

[@joshuaward1991]

Lovely little interview, lovely lovely guest. James, you're looking knackered though. Hope you're getting rest.

[@grumbleworks]

IF … lol

[@busterbuster1641]

public school boys club as usual.

[@HarlowGlobetrotter]

Miles Jupp should be much more famous than he is.

[@Daveysue]

Who doesn't like Miles Jupp?

[@badlydrawnsmiffy]

James O'brien, James O'whale more like.

[@captainspongeboy]

I like James but it seems like the only time he woke up was when discussing Dominic Cummings.

[@kevinfarrell523]

Who?

[@nickwyatt9498]

“We had very indiscreet blazers”. Nobody outside of England, or rather a certain class in England, would pick up on the layers of nuance in that statement. Lovely interview.

[@leonidbrezhnev9917]

It's rent-a guffaw!

[@jacobcohen9205]

Well, at least one of you is interesting, Jams.

[@hanaanddad5529]

Public School Boy Love-in. Get a room chaps.

[@Kodakcompactdisc]

Don’t be such a negative Nelly

[@malcolmcooke9901]

But you still watched it.Did somebody have a gun to your head ?

[@aalexjohna]

Plump limp-wristedness?