Guests
In its first two series Just Get a Real Job
has featured over 80 creatives from the UK arts and creative industries. Including Still Games Jane McCarry, BAFTA Award-Winning Filmmaker Hannah Currie, Matt Hickman of 'Brownbear', and acclaimed Scottish actors Sara Vickers & Andy Rothney.
See more of our guests from Series One and Two below.
Season One
In the very first episode of Just Get A Real Job, Jamie speaks to up-and-coming director and filmmaker Liv Wilkinson about her earliest creative memories, her time at university, her short film 'Kin' and her amazing waitressing skills.
Jamie speaks to cinematographer and film-maker Leo Eleftheriadis about everything from his earliest creative influences and growing up in Greece, to his experiences as a cinematographer and his love for Roger Deakins. The pair also discuss Leo's upcoming short films 'Don't Mind the Ghost' and 'Dancing with Someone Else'.
Jamie speaks to actor and screenwriter Chris Townsend about his twelve-year venture in the arts, his writing style and how to insult a national treasure.
Jamie speaks to Just Get a Real Job's editor-in-chief, musician and sound engineer Elliot Mitchell about how music helped him to express himself with a disability, his musical progression, approach to lyrics and recent venture into film sound. This episode also features a debut live performance of Elliot's song 'Give Me A Sign'.
Jamie speaks to Glasgow-based cinematographer and visual artist Delilah Rose Niel about her earliest creative memories, how the death of David Bowie prompted her creative resurgence, her film collective GILR and her short film projects 'Kin' and '1-12'.
Jamie speaks to actor Matt Boyle about his earliest creative memories, his acting journey, roles in the short films 'The Shirt' and 'Kin'. And Matt shares his advice for emerging creatives.
Jamie speaks to author, screenwriter and journalist Jonathan Melville about his earliest creative influences, the state of the Scottish creative sector, his books 'Seeking Perfection: The Unofficial Guide to Tremors' and 'A Kind of Magic: Making the Original Highlander'. And the pair discuss Johnathan's recent ventures into screenwriting.
Jamie speaks to writer, poet and storyteller Karoline Christensen about her earliest creative memories, her published poetry collection 'Sparks to Ashes', her recent book 'Fuck, I'm 25!', and we get onto their favourite romantic-comedies. Karoline also shares some poems with us.
Jamie speaks to actor and director Rebecca Riddell about her earliest creative influences, how amateur dramatics played a big role in her relationship with theatre, and her latest project 'Lockdown Links'.
Season Two
Jamie chats with screenwriter and co-founder of Scribe Lounge James Capel about writing the script that got him an agent, his original ambitions of being an actor, creating an online screenwriting community, and writing Cold Feet.
Jamie chats with theatre producer Liam McIntosh about the moment he got into theatre, his time studying at The Chris Grady Institute, the ins and outs of being a theatre producer, the Fifth Producer project, and his biggest influences.
Jamie speaks with actor Jane McCarry about her earliest creative memories, playing the iconic Isa Drennan in Still Game, performing at The Hydro, and her advice to younger actors.
In this special episode for Just Get A Real Job's first birthday, Jamie speaks to highly acclaimed Scottish actors Sara Vickers and Andy Rothney live from the Scottish Youth Film Foundations Annual Festival in Edinburgh. Sara and Andy opened up about their experiences starting out as young actors, their incredible stage and screen careers, their advice for emerging creatives and took questions from the audience.
In this special episode for Just Get A Real Job's first birthday, Jamie speaks to highly acclaimed Scottish actors Sara Vickers and Andy Rothney live from the Scottish Youth Film Foundations Annual Festival in Edinburgh. Sara and Andy opened up about their experiences starting out as young actors, their incredible stage and screen careers, their advice for emerging creatives and took questions from the audience.
Jamie talks with artist and writer Joe Capps about his artistic process, leaving his comfortable 'real job' to pursue his artistic dreams, balancing writing and painting, and creative wellbeing.
Jamie chats with Liverpool-based Jack Mcloughlin and Shaun Fagan about their award-winning short film Bud, growing up in Liverpool, their biggest creative influences, and working on their debut feature film Kate and Jake.
Jamie chats with Liverpool-based Jack Mcloughlin and Shaun Fagan about their award-winning short film Bud, growing up in Liverpool, their biggest creative influences, and working on their debut feature film Kate and Jake.
Jamie chats with production runner and podcaster Alice Johnson about the challenges of getting your first role in TV, being a production runner at ITV, her podcast Overtime, and the pros and cons of social media for creatives.