Joanna Scanlan: What most recently moved you to tears?

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What most recently moved you to tears?

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Joanna Scanlan

British actress and writer

Recorded said elsewhere, not written here

The plastics episode of Blue Planet.

The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2018 source ↗

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Dan Stevens English actor

At the end of Professor Marston & The Wonder Women.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 November 2017 source ↗

Donny Osmond American singer, dancer, actor, television host

Last Monday was a really emotional day for me: my last son graduated from high school and he’s going on a mission for the Mormon Church soon. I’ve already experienced it four times with my other sons: my oldest went to London, my second son to Italy, my third to Scotland and my fourth the Netherlands. They come back, but the little boy stays out there. He never comes back.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 16 July 2016 source ↗

Meg Rosoff American novelist

In August, when my middle sister called to tell me her breast cancer had spread to her spine, pelvis and bones. It turned out not to be true.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 November 2013 source ↗

Scott Mills English radio DJ and television presenter

When I left Radio 1: full snotty sobbing on air.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 October 2022 source ↗

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At the BBC, in the old days, a piece of paper was sent to various households for them to report on what they’d watched that week. In my early 20s, I collated the data. It was deeply boring.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 31 March 2018 source ↗