Project Possible with Rich Leigh - interviews that might just change your life

From Peep Show to Purpose: an exclusive interview with Paterson Joseph

Project Possible with Rich Leigh - interviews that might just change your life

Show Notes

In today's episode, I sit down with Paterson Joseph.

You’ll know him as Johnson from Peep Show, but his career goes far beyond that. The Beach. Green Wing. Dr Who. Julius Caesar. Vigil. Wonka… nobody could ever accuse Paterson of playing the same character twice.

We talk about what success actually means after a long career in acting, why he’s never chased fame, and how he measures success on his own terms.

We get into his move into writing, including The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho and his children’s book Ten: Children That Changed the World, and why storytelling matters more than ever.

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Interviews that might just change your life. And if not…? You’ll probably enjoy them anyway.

While we're all trying to be better versions of ourselves, this podcast asks: 'what's truly possible?'

Project Possible, hosted by me, Rich Leigh, explores this with incredible guests from the world of business, sport, entertainment and academia.

Between the second and third series, I made the decision to go full-time on this show.

I sold my successful 10 year old PR agency after my youngest brother Jordan took his own life.

I realised that I needed to run towards passion and purpose, and my dream of sharing positivity and possibility as a career - this podcast is my effort to do just that. Subscribe wherever you watch or listen.

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