Vera Drake (with Peter Rinaldi)
Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh · 2025-07-02
Peter Rinaldi, host of the Back to One podcast and three-time interviewer of the man himself, returns to the show for a discussion on Mike’s only film set within the milieu of his own childhood: post-war London; and which also happened to provide his last, biggest surge of Oscar recognition.
All episodes in this series contain spoilers.
Theme music by Tuck Ryan and Eoin Murphy. Additional music is from Andrew Dickson’s score for Vera Drake. Intro clip source interview. Logo photo credit Rick McGinnis.
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Devised and Directed: The Films of Mike Leigh
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