This week on the Local Heroes Podcast, Chris and Dan sit down with North East actress, presenter and performer Libby Walker for a conversation about creativity, class, resilience and what it takes to build a career when you come from the North East.

From leaving Newcastle for London drama school and an unexpected detour via The X Factor, to returning home determined to help build a stronger film and production industry in the region, Libby talks candidly about working-class barriers, homelessness, financial betrayal and the health consequences of pushing herself too far - and how she somehow kept going, rebuilt, and turned those experiences into fuel for what came next.

There’s community, filmmaking and a determination to create opportunities for others, before things inevitably descend into council estate cheese boards, Red Leicester, Greggs, last meals, first-date disasters and the surprisingly emotional business of eating an apple underwater in the bath.

A proper Local Heroes conversation: creativity, class, grit, resilience and just the right amount of chaos.

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