Rob Sprackling's guest appearances

Rob Sprackling

The Britflicks Podcast

The Michael Anthony Show

Vanguard Podcast

The Famous Sloping Pitch with Nick Hancock and Chris England

Tim Lovejoy

David Baddiel

Graham Taylor

John C. McGinley

David McMillan

Rupert Everett

Matt Lewis

Sean Lee

Michael Collins

Mark Steel

ROB SCOTT

Paul Stewart

Vince Young

Jake Bugg

Mary Robinson

OwlTail

Today’s guest is someone who you might not have seen before, but you will have definitely watched his movies! Rob is an experienced screen writer and award-winning director, best known for the Disney animated movie 'Gnomeo &amp; Juliet' starring James McAvoy and Emily Blunt, with music by Elton John. More recently, he co-wrote the screenplay for ‘The Queens Corgi’ which starred Jack Whitehall. In total these two movies alone took a whopping $250 million at the worldwide box office. Rob has an extremely impressive resume working for the top US film studios, being a member the BAFTA’s and having wrote the children’s book ‘Born Again Ben’ which he sold to Paramount Pictures. It seems Rob does it all and there are no signs of him slowing down any time soon! Currently he has several new movies in development, two of which are in pre-production.

Today’s guest is someone who you might not have seen before, but you will have definitely watched his movies! Rob is an experienced screen writer and award-winning director, best known for the Disney animated movie 'Gnomeo &amp; Juliet' starring James McAvoy and Emily Blunt, with music by Elton John. More recently, he co-wrote the screenplay for ‘The Queens Corgi’ which starred Jack Whitehall. In total these two movies alone took a whopping $250 million at the worldwide box office. Rob has an extremely impressive resume working for the top US film studios, being a member the BAFTA’s and having wrote the children’s book ‘Born Again Ben’ which he sold to Paramount Pictures. It seems Rob does it all and there are no signs of him slowing down any time soon! Currently he has several new movies in development, two of which are in pre-production.

S3 Ep3 - Rob Sprackling explains why "Giving something up may be the bravest and smartest thing you can do"

Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Peter Andre, Oldham’s final curtain, the various title fights, Haaland, and the relegation battle at the bottom of the Premier league. Nick and Chris are also joined by writer, and QPR fan, Rob Sprackling. They discuss his team’s season, the inspiration behind Mike Bassett: England Manager and who actually scored the very last goal and lifted the last ever trophy at the old Wembley. We’re now on Twitter. Please, please, please follow us @slopingpitch If you have any thoughts, feelings or queries, please feel free to contact us on slopingpitch@gmail.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Hancock and Chris England discuss Peter Andre, Oldham’s final curtain, the various title fights, Haaland, and the relegation battle at the bottom of the Premier league. Nick and Chris are also joined by writer, and QPR fan, Rob Sprackling. They discuss his team’s season, the inspiration behind Mike Bassett: England Manager and who actually scored the very last goal and lifted the last ever trophy at the old Wembley. We’re now on Twitter. Please, please, please follow us @slopingpitch If you have any thoughts, feelings or queries, please feel free to contact us on <a href="mailto:slopingpitch@gmail.com">slopingpitch@gmail.com</a> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a>

Ep. 38 - Rob Sprackling: England Manager  

Mike Bassett

The shortcomings of the English football team is a mystery that has brought pain to the home of the beautiful game, whilst providing unlimited comedic pleasure to those benefiting from the export, for over half of a century. The most lucrative league in the world, a noughties team that looked more like a World XI on paper than a national team and even some of the world's biggest names in management have failed to answer the ongoing question. Why do England always fall short?Following the heartbreaking exit in Italia 90 which was followed by a disastrous 1994 campaign in which England failed to achieve World Cup qualification, pained England lover and comedian Rob Sprackling had had enough. Over the next seven years, together with writing partner John Smith, Sprackling assessed the reasons as to why the Three Lions were forever destined to mediocrity.The iconic character Mike Bassett is a personification of their findings. A film that deals with more than the game of football itself, Bassett satirically portrays the the role of English society in their inability to repeat their famous feat of 1966. A patriot who refuses to change his ways, the cornered Bassett bites off much more than he can chew and his time as England boss did not just ring true in 2001, but proved prophetic to anything related to English football in the pre-Southgate era. As creator of one of UK comedies most quotable film characters of modern times, Rob Sprackling offers fascinating insight into not only Bassett, but also the film industry as a whole. Episode 56 sees the screenwriter sit down with The Michael Anthony Show to discuss his career, life and future. A true man of comedy, Sprackling's views make for great listening.Episode Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcasts platforms.Support the show

The shortcomings of the English football team is a mystery that has brought pain to the home of the beautiful game, whilst providing unlimited comedic pleasure to those benefiting from the export, for over half of a century. The most lucrative league in the world, a noughties team that looked more like a World XI on paper than a national team and even some of the world's biggest names in management have failed to answer the ongoing question. Why do England always fall short? Following the heartbreaking exit in Italia 90 which was followed by a disastrous 1994 campaign in which England failed to achieve World Cup qualification, pained England lover and comedian Rob Sprackling had had enough. Over the next seven years, together with writing partner John Smith, Sprackling assessed the reasons as to why the Three Lions were forever destined to mediocrity. The iconic character Mike Bassett is a personification of their findings. A film that deals with more than the game of football itself, Bassett satirically portrays the the role of English society in their inability to repeat their famous feat of 1966. A patriot who refuses to change his ways, the cornered Bassett bites off much more than he can chew and his time as England boss did not just ring true in 2001, but proved prophetic to anything related to English football in the pre-Southgate era.  As creator of one of UK comedies most quotable film characters of modern times, Rob Sprackling offers fascinating insight into not only Bassett, but also the film industry as a whole. Episode 56 sees the screenwriter sit down with The Michael Anthony Show to discuss his career, life and future. A true man of comedy, Sprackling's views make for great listening. Episode Available now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and other podcasts platforms. <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/0sP68DtD7qCl4Rs2wGKJD4" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

[56] Making Mike Bassett (ft Rob Sprackling)