“I thought that’s brilliant. It was so nice. It was a real time where everybody was with their heads in their hands thinking how can I help? What can I do? And he said: ‘I’m gonna call Chris Evans, we’re gonna make this happen.’ I knew the minute you guys were gonna get together that there was no stopping.”

When asked who’s doing what next, Hugh revealed his excitement for his next project, his memoir called Hiding Under The Piano, out in October.

Hugh confessed he felt slightly shamed into writing the book by his son, who was also putting pen to paper at the time.

He elaborated: “Last year, my son was able to go on and do a bit of travelling. He was travelling with a mate round Europe…and he said: ;I’m just gonna go into a bit of writing,’ and I thought that’s interesting. Sure enough, on day one, he sent me a picture of his word count on his document saying, ‘how many words have you written today dad?’ And I thought ‘oh that little cauliflower is really showing me up,’ so rang this agent back and I said ‘all right, I’ll take a book deal, I need to get on with this,’ as I’ll never do it and my son’s shaming me.”

Hugh found major success as Robert Crawley in beloved period drama Downton Abbey, and admitted it was fantastic to see a resurgence of popularity following the release of the second film earlier this year.

“It has been a wonderful ride for Downton,” Hugh added. “I think a lot of people found that it was a real tonic. It was made in that spirit that it was just a lovely piece of escape. And that’s what Julian Fellowes created for his loyal audience and it was great, it’s been a great run.”

Matthew isn’t resting on his Downton laurels either, and can next be seen in The Offer on new streaming service Paramount Plus.

The series, about making of The Godfather, was a “joy” to be a part of, according to the actor, who plays the iconic movie producer Robert Evans.

On the upcoming drama, Matthew explained: “[The Godfather] really and truly should never have gotten made, because there were so many difficulties to it. It’s essentially also a love letter to [Godfather Producer] Al Ruddy, because these days, whenever you watch a film, let’s face it, when it comes to the credits, you see 10 producers and 11 Executive Producers, and then subsections, etc. And he was just the sole producer. It’s very cool.”

Jack is currently promoting his latest album, Europiana Encore, with a number of festival dates and live performances.

The hunger for the ‘big break’ is still there for Jack, but he shared a real pinch-me moment recently that had him feeling reflective.

The musician said: “I actually drove by this morning, because I have to leave home at 5am, and I sort of woke up as the traffic stopped us. I looked up and my name was in lights as I drove into London. That’s one of the coolest things that’s I’ve done.”

Summary and pictures – Virgin Radio.

Bonus – Virgin Radio UK posted this instagram reel of Matthew taking part in the ‘News’ Quiz –

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CfMYP0oDYes/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link