James Longman: teamwork makes it special

In this episode, we welcome a superstar in the world of television, James Longman, who until recently, guided the Late Late Show with James Corden to become one of the most popular TV shows on the planet.

We’ve all heard of CarPool Karaoke, right? It’s an amazing format where James Corden interviews stars - usually pop stars - in his car under the premise that he’s driving them to work and they sing along. Really fun. But that format came out of the brain of the producers of The Late Late Show with James Corden, an office in which James Longman played a significant role.

As you’ll hear, long before James set out his stall in LA exec producing global superstars, like Tom Cruise, Kerry Washington, Natalie Portman, John Legend, Paul McCartney - the list goes on and on and on and on - James followed his passion for old films and media, beginning his career as a runner on a show called the Ozone after finishing a media course at Sunderland University. 

James then went on to work at MTV, working his way up from work experience to leading large productions with some of the biggest presenters and bands in the world. As the years progressed, James realised that he thrived working in comedy based shows, and his road to the heights of The Late Late Show was set.  

James admits that he’s most comfortable behind the camera and a lot of his early success was down to luck because he lived in London. 

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