Sam Ryder: What accomplishment matters most to you?

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What accomplishment matters most to you?

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The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Sam Ryder

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People told us Eurovision was like a poisoned chalice – to have been part of an amazing team that worked on changing the attitudes around that is really cool.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 26 August 2023 source ↗

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Chris Bonington

Everest the hard way in 1975: leading the expedition that succeeded where so many people had tried and failed. That was the most complex mountaineering challenge I ever faced. I spent hours at night in a little tent thinking about what the next problem would be and how to solve it.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 22 March 2025 source ↗

Louis Theroux British and American journalist and author

To have made a career in TV while being nervous by nature and incapable of doing a piece to camera.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 17 November 2018 source ↗

Daniel Mays British actor

Bringing two kids into the world, but my interrogation scene in Line Of Duty comes a close second. It was 12 minutes long and, without question, the hardest passage of dialogue I’ve had to learn.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2020 source ↗

Robson Green British actor

Surviving the entertainment industry.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 12 January 2019 source ↗