#32: Peep Show and Succession creator Jesse Armstrong

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This episode is 27 minutes long.

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This episode was published on August 15, 2018.

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Chris talks to the man behind Peep Show and In The Loop about his major new HBO show Succession, which centres on a Murdoch-esque family ruling the American media. The pair explore how writers' rooms work, what a showrunner actually does, getting your head around complex business jargon for a script, the 'toilet paper draft' and the future of liberalism in the face of Trump. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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