Taking Hugh for Granted

28/11/2023

All Hugh Grant Films Ranked - Episode 3 is live!

We've sifted through the rubbish, now we're dissecting some real cinematic gems.

Crossing the halfway mark in our ranking, episode #30-21 sees Oscar and Diggory slot movies like Two Weeks Notice and Sense and Sensibility into position. What movies will sneak into the top 20? Tune in to find out!

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0dhC0ZEzmg&ab_channel=TakingHughforGranted

Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/all-50-hugh-grant-films-ranked-ep-3-30-21/id1493024015?i=1000636738318

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1j0xukoCvEwEuB5UFjGO1s?si=2bcb7c903db8439e

15/11/2023

ALL 50 HUGH GRANT FILMS RANKED!

50 Films 🎥
5 Episodes 🎧
1 Hugh Grant 👑

After four years, 80 episodes, 35K downloads in more than 100 countries, it's come down to this. Tune in to hear the definitive list of Hugh Grant's films, from the very worst to the very best! Thanks for listening!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS_jEZrASaQ&t=1s&ab_channel=TakingHughforGranted

Over 4 years, Hugh Grant experts Diggory Waite and Oscar Beardmore-Gray watched every Hugh Grant film ever made. Now, they're ranking them all from 50th to 1...

01/04/2022

OMFG 0️⃣0️⃣7️⃣!

📢 EMERGENCY POD OUT NOW!

Tune in here:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hugh-grant-cast-as-james-bond/id1493024015?i=1000555915415
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2IkM5tWaYRKQRerVpDoGl5?si=e56f7c5c49fc4202

01/03/2022

Order, order! Your right honourable judges Oscar and Diggory put Hugh Grant's performance in the 1991 BBC TV Movie 'The Trials of Oz' up on the stand.

After releasing a particularly risque edition of the British underground magazine "Oz", Richard Neville (Hugh Grant) and his fellow editors are put on trial and charged with obscenity in what would become a famous case in 1971...


We discuss:
Hugh Grant's rock 'n' roll look
His slightly patchy Australian accent
His sublime performance.



Tune in here – https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/ac0a457762ffb01c546eed29921354ba6c321492/view

Order, order! All rise for your right honourable judges Oscar and Diggory as they put Hugh Grant's performance in the TV Movie 'The Trials of Oz' up on the stand. Your hosts discuss the co...

25/02/2022

🗞 Huge news Hugh Grant fans! 🗞

Hugh Grant has been spotted in Oxford alongside Wonka actor Timothée Chalamet sparking rumours that Hugh Grant has been cast in the upcoming 2023 film. The film is due to follow the early adventures of W***y Wonka, with Chalamet starring as the famous chocolatier and Hugh Grant as one of his Oompa Loompas! 🎩

Oscar and Diggory discuss Hugh Grant's reception in Oxford when spotted by fans waiting to see Chalamet, his potentially controversial casting as an Oompa Loompa and who else we can expect to see in the film... 📽

You can listen to the episode on...

🍎🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hugh-grant-to-star-as-oompa-loompa-in-upcoming-wonka-film/id1493024015?i=1000552233295

🟢⚫️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/44TwNYocw57SKtu9xA4E57

🌎🌍 Everywhere else: https://pod.link/1493024015

15/02/2022

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨

Raise a glass to a new episode of Taking Hugh for Granted and listen to Oscar and Diggory drink in Hugh's 1989 3 hour extravaganza 'Champagne Charlie' 🍾

Even though Hugh puts on another dodgy French accent and wears another dodgy moustache, he still manages to be at his charming, swashbuckling best, beating up the bad guys and getting all the girls 🦸‍♂️

Amid the turmoil prior to the American Civil War, Charles Heidsieck (played by Hugh Grant) has built a champagne empire across 19th-century France and the United States. Along with battling his uncle for control of the vineyard, reluctant French spy Heidsieck must do his best to avoid the Union Army attempting to capture and imprison him...

You can listen to the episode on:

🍎🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/champagne-charlie/id1493024015?i=1000551126020

🟢⚫️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6xeIVv0iiiO0ZG2i2LVwR4

🌎🌍 Everywhere else: https://pod.link/1493024015

📽👀 And you can watch the whole film here:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=tMvW1kVFfwY

18/01/2022

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨

Get your gavel out and put your funny wig on as we're off to the courts in this episode of Taking Hugh for Granted 🧑🏼‍⚖️

Join Oscar and Diggory as they take a look at the two hour testimony Hugh Grant gave to the Leveson Inquiry amidst the Great British Phone Hacking Scandal of 2011 📵

Your hosts discuss Hugh's tenacity whilst on the stand, his charm and wit under pressure and, of course, his impeccable look 😍

🎧 You can listen to this episode on...

🍎🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-leveson-inquiry/id1493024015?i=1000548198960

🟢⚫️ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/354RN5wv0JBHsK19sSymIu

🌎🌍 Everywhere else: https://pod.link/1493024015/episode/4bf87482ce0579c0e74bcb31f8176b9d

05/01/2022

New year, new milestone! 😎

29/12/2021

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨

Join Oscar and Diggory as they take a look back at a year of Hugh Grant in 2021. They discuss their thoughts on some of the best Hugh Grant films that they reviewed on the podcast in 2021, including Notting Hill, Bridget Jones's Baby, Mickey Blue Eyes and many more! 🥳

Listen on Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/best-of-2021/id1493024015?i=1000546302966

On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2SfrPikkCPWe3DxoCFoACU

Or anywhere else: https://pod.link/1493024015/episode/bd77070c34dd803cd7dc2d832831de54

21/12/2021

CHRISTMAS SPECIAL TIME!

Slip into a festive jumper, grab a glass of mulled wine and tune into the podcast's annual Christmas special.

This year, we're sticking with the Love Actually theme, but instead we're looking back at Red Nose Day Actually, the 15-minute sequel produced for charity. Hugh Grant returns as our sexy and noble prime minister, and leads by example, throwing dirty dance moves around No.10 Downing Street rather than illegal parties.

What you can expect from this episode:
Hugh Grant dancing to Drake
Sh*ttalking podcast arch enemies Colin Firth and Piers Morgan
A Love Actually quiz (experts only)

Follow the link to tune in – https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/72a354987082696c3414c534eef6eacc7ff85522/view

We wish all our listeners a wonderful Christmas and a happy New Year!

It's Chrrrrrrrrrriiiiiiiiiisssssstttttttmmaasssssssssss and the boys slip into their Christmas jumpers for the podcast's annual Christmas special. This year we're doing things a little dif...

23/11/2021

In the penultimate film of Hugh's catalogue, Oscar and Diggory review The Dawning (Robert Knight, 1988). They've put in some serious legwork too, by buying two copies of the DVD off eBay. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, Diggory's copy didn't play properly so he's finally admitted that Oscar is the real Hugh Grant scholar.

An idealistic young Nancy Gulliver (played by Rebecca Pidgeon) is surprised when she discovers IRA gunman Angus Barrie (played by Sir Anthony Hopkins) whilst he’s on the run from the government. As they begin to get to know each other better, and Nancy begins to support Angus’ cause, she must keep his whereabouts a secret from everyone, including from her dearest Harry (played by Hugh Grant).

Listen here – https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/0955b4afb0574063609e9ef2c9b2fee4c52854e8/view

27/10/2021

12/10/2021

🔈 NEW EPISODE 🔈

Watch the boxing on Saturday? Well, heavyweight bouts don’t get bigger than a film starring Liam Neeson and Hugh Grant!

The Big Man features:
A Hugh Grant Scottish accent 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Liam Neeson bare knuckle fighting 🥊
Billy Connolly chucking a dog off a bridge 😱

Listen to the episode here – https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/3b945b4ae525104890274a21c5a5cde7cd9b523b/view

09/09/2021

🎉 Happy Birthday, Hugh Grant! 🥳

To celebrate, Oscar and Diggory have recorded a special episode in the podcast in which they have a sing song, ponder how Hugh will be spending his special day and put their fandom to the test with a Hugh Grant quiz! 🤔

👇 You can listen to the episode by clicking the link below 👇
https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/9a29d103a5d2b0d7dd15c815d97569c15fc97f9e/view

👇 And you can play along with the quiz here 👇
https://www.absurdtrivia.com/quiz/000454/hugh-grant/

31/08/2021

🚨 NEW EPISODE🚨

Did You Hear About the Morgans? Well did you?

Today, Oscar and Diggory review the very last of Hugh’s modern pieces. 😭

The third of four rom-coms that Hugh works on with director Marc Lawrence, once again Hugh plays a slightly destitable, but loveable Brit living in New York.

Meryl Morgan (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) and Paul Morgan (played by Hugh Grant) have separated since his infidelity. After witnessing a muder, the Morgans are relocated to a tiny ranch town in Wyoming as part of a Witness Protection Scheme and told to remain until the killer is caught. Whilst there, Meryl and Paul must sort out their relationship whilst trying to evade the murderer who is hot on their tail…

Link – https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/ad3217801bbefce6442cea5afaec00ba51f3364b/view

17/08/2021

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨

Take a trip down memory lane with Oscar and Diggory as they take a look back to where it all began - Hugh Grant's first ever film, Privileged (Michael Hoffman, 1982).

Hughie Grant (as he's credited in the film) begins his acting career playing the role of Lord Adrian - a posh, entitled Oxford student with a slain deer slung over one arm, a girlfriend who doesn't love him on the other and his soon-to-be iconic floppy hair flowing lusciously behind him. For Hugh Grant fans, this is a must watch!

Notable for being the first theatrical release from the Oxford Film Foundation, Privileged was a film shot by Oxford University students, starring Oxford University students and about Oxford University students.

Edward Blake (played by Robert Wooley) is one of a group of Oxford undergraduates taking part in a student production of "The Duchess of Malfi". During rehearsals of the play, Edward strikes up a romance with fellow actor Anne (played by Diana Katis) and, later, Lucy (played by Victoria Studd). Whilst Edward tries to keep his relationship with one a secret from the other, he must also make sure his dalliance with Lucy is kept from her boyfriend, Lord Adrian (played by Hughie Grant)...

You can listen to Taking Hugh for Granted: 'Privileged' below!

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/taking-hugh-for-granted/id1493024015 =8faf977d-5679-4ebb-9b2d-767719f2d19a

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2QXkYBDlONK5Tp6Jfot84n?si=9e7830112a25402a

Everywhere else: https://pod.link/1493024015

& You can watch the film, for free and in its entirety, on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAdSA-E30UE

04/08/2021

📣 NEW EPISODE

A film where Hugh Grant & Alan Rickman star in leading roles together!? 🤘🏼

You bloody heard it and we are HERE for it as we look back at 1990s drama An Awfully Big Adventure. 💫

Whether you’ve got to dust off your VHS player or you know this movie through Alan Rickman Tik Tok fandom, this episode is worth a listen. 🎧

Check out the link below or turn to page 394 😉

https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/dcc675458fa406a11973407db664f473038014e1/view

20/07/2021

🚨NEW EPISODE! 🚨

Hugh has curtains ✅
Hugh is a sexy doctor ✅
Hugh saves the world ✅

What’s not to love in this very mid-1900s crime thriller, Extreme Measures? 👨‍⚕️

When a man’s body mysteriously disappears from his emergency room, doctor Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant) begins making enquiries. The trail leads Luthan to the door of rogue surgeon Dr. Lawrence Myrick (Gene Hackman), but Luthan soon finds himself in danger from people who want the hospital's secret to remain undiscovered…😳

Tune in by following the link https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/f2d79675889702db576b7808dc2fdaf162ea01be/view 🎧

02/07/2021

🚨 Hugh Grant fans! 🚨

We’re so very happy to be sharing with you our conversation with the fabulous Anne Bergstedt on Umami Radio. For a whole hour, we got to discuss a whole range of subjects including football, Oasis and, of course, Hugh Grant. It was SO MUCH FUN 🥳

Besides Hugh Grant, Anne might be the most wonderful person on this Earth so for her to invite us onto her show was heavenly – just heavenly. Thank you so much Anne! ❤️

🎧 Listen here:

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-conversation-oscar-diggory-hosts-taking-hugh-for/id1528918304?i=1000527603620

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/thehitchcockbrunette/in-conversation-with-oscar-diggory-hosts-of-the-taking-hugh-for-granted-show

28/05/2021

HUGH GRANT FANS – WE DID IT!!

We are thrilled to announce that Hugh Grant’s actor credit for ‘I’m Still Here’ has officially been removed from IMDb! 🎉🎉🎉

After writing an open letter and creating a petition demanding that IMDb remove Hugh Grant's acting credit from their website, Oscar and Diggory celebrate its removal in this special Hugh’s News episode.

Thank you to everyone who made this happen – we are so glad that we have made real actionable change to Hugh’s career and righted 11 years of injustice!

https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/5a4b3b1027eef208124880a718a841c97281ac7f/view

25/05/2021

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT!🚨

This week we comb through 2010 mockumentary I’m Still Here, which follows Joaquin Phoenix’s Hollywood ‘breakdown’ and attempt to start a tone-deaf rap career.

Now I know what you’re all thinking – this isn’t a Hugh Grant film. We thought so too, until we discovered that it appears on Hugh Grant’s IMDb page as an official acting credit – forcing us to review the film.

The problem is this: Mr. Grant does NOT feature in the film at all. In fact, the only reference to him throughout the movie is a picture that only serves the purpose of mocking Mr. Grant. We believe this misleads viewers, who sought out this film to see Mr. Grant's bumbling charm or flowing locks.

Moreover, on IMDb's website, other prominent figures like Barack Obama, Alec Baldwin and John Travolta who supposedly 'appear' in I’m Still Here in the same non-acting capacity as Mr. Grant are listed as ‘uncredited’, and are presented with the caveat of appearing only in ‘archive footage’ used in the film. Why, we therefore ask, is Mr. Grant not afforded the same treatment?

Considering all this, we’ve decided to do the only thing left in our power: PROTEST! And we need your help!

We’re asking you, The Hugh Grant faithful, to press pause on Hugh’s rom-coms on Netflix, sharpen your swords to Stage Combat Level 4 and bring out your hammers a la The Undoing to demand the following changes from IMDb:

1. IMDb amend Mr. Grant’s listing on their website with connection to ‘I’m Still Here’ to bring it in line with the credits of other stars.
2. IMDb list Mr. Grant as ‘uncredited’ and as part of ‘archive footage’ – not as an ‘actor’.
3. On Mr. Grant's personal IMDb page, relegate ‘I’m Still Here’ from his ‘Actor’ credits, to his ‘Self’ credits.

Listen to our episode and SIGN THE PETITION by following the link in our bio.



Sign the petition: https://www.change.org/p/imbd-remove-hugh-grant-s-credit-from-i-m-still-here-on-imdb

Listen to the episode: https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/2f7084e51e111acc99514cb14b4e9bdc00088394/view

Remove Hugh Grant's IMDb actor credit from the movie 'I'm Still Here'

11/05/2021

This week Oscar and Diggory look back at Hugh's performance in 2000s crime-comedy Small Time Crooks. 💰💰💰

Dishwasher and small-fry criminal Ray (played by Woody Allen) plots with his wife (played by Tracey Ullman) and partners-in-crime to re-open a local pizza restaurant so they can dig underneath it through to the bank a few doors down. As they can't cook pizza, they bake cookies to sell instead and, while the no-hope tunnellers get lost underground, the cookie operation really takes off. 🍪

Suddenly, the would-be crooks find themselves as rich business people, fraternising with the likes of David Perrette (played by Hugh Grant). However, the other local money isn't quite ready to accept them and Ray and his wife wonder whether getting rich was really worth it...🤔🤔🤔

https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/b7ea8a6d1b4c4a5d6c093ac400200a8d25e75de0/view

This week Oscar and Diggory look back at Hugh's performance in crime-comedy Small Time Crooks (Woody Allen, 2000). Dishwasher and small-fry criminal Ray (played...

29/04/2021

Our assessment board updated! 👇

27/04/2021

🚨NEW EPISODE ALERT🚨

In today's episode, Oscar and Diggory review Hugh Grant's first ever Hollywood blockbuster, Nine Months (Chris Columbus, 1995). There's certainly plenty to sink their teeth into in this episode, including Robin Williams' dreadful Russian accent, Hugh's and Jeff Goldblum's ostentatious piercing and that infamous incident that took place in Los Angeles just a two weeks before Nine Months' release.

Plush San Francisco apartment, sports car, friends, family and girlfriend, Samuel Faulkner (played by Hugh Grant) has the perfect life. That is, until he finds out his girlfriend Rebecca Taylor (played by Julianne Moore) is pregnant. Now, commitment-phobe and expectant father Faulkner might have to change his lifestyle for better or much, much much worse.

Nine Months is streaming now, wherever you get your podcasts – https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/2d985dcc3b37bae1af97a031423a6e0314b17298/view

In today's episode, Oscar and Diggory review Hugh Grant's first ever Hollywood blockbuster, Nine Months (Chris Columbus, 1995). There's certainly plenty to sink their teeth into in this ep...

01/04/2021

🚨 NEW PODCAST ALERT!🚨

We’re hugely excited to announce that we’re officially rebranding! Oscar and Diggory are proud to introduce to you Colin Firth Things First – a new podcast dedicated to reviewing every single Colin Firth film ever made!

We can’t wait to get started and look forward to discussing Colin’s broad shoulders and soothing tones in stellar performances from The King’s Speech to Mamma Mia. 🕺

Today is our first episode and we kick things off by watching the third film in the Bridget Jones franchise: Bridget Jones's Baby. The boys discuss the good things in the movie (Bridget's wonderfully played nightmare boss), the bad things in the movie (Ed Sheeran's cameo) but before both of those, of course, they talk about the Colin Firth things first.

Come join us as we discuss the career of Britain’s most talented and inspirational actor of his generation. 😎

https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/view

31/03/2021

What we know so far:

❌ White Mischief
❌ The Bengali Night
❌ Impromptu
❌ The Rewrite
❌ Restoration
❌ Two Weeks Notice

Next up ➡️ American Dreamz

Do you agree?? Let us know!

23/03/2021

🚨 Huge Hugh Grant News everyone 🚨

It's another Hugh's News episode and it's out today! 🗓

In this issue, your Horse and Hound correspondents Oscar and Diggory discuss Hugh Grant's upcoming roles in two upcoming blockbuster films! 🎥 🎬

First, your hosts try theorise as to what could be in store for Hugh Grant fans in Guy Ricthie's new untitled film, known as 'Five Eyes' 👀

Next, the boys delve deep into the announcement that Hugh Grant has been cast as 'Forge Fletcher', the villain in the new 'Dungeons and Dragons' adaptation from Paramount Pictures and eOne! 🗻 🐉

🎧 Listen here 👇
https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/9abc2de2bc6d400adbc0ac2230bccbcf26e0f216/view

16/03/2021

Take a trip back behind the Iron Curtain with Oscar and Diggory as they swap secrets about the world of espionage in The Man from U.N.C.L.E (Guy Ritchie, 2015).

In 1960s Cold War East Berlin, CIA agent Napoleon Solo (Henry Cavill) successfully helps Gaby Teller (Alicia Vikander) defect to West Germany despite the intimidating opposition of KGB agent Illya Kuryakin (Armie Hammer). Later, all three unexpectedly find themselves working together in a joint mission to stop a private criminal organisation from using Gaby's father's scientific expertise to construct their own nuclear bomb. Through clenched teeth and stylish poise, and some help from top MI6 agent Alexander Waverly (Hugh Grant), all three must find a way to cooperate for the sake of world peace, even as they each pursue their own agendas.

You can listen to our episode here – https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/a34a2e4e5e69e3b53094c99e5b6d69a80876eeb1/view

02/03/2021

🚨Sylw cefnogwyr Hugh Grant!🚨

Join Oscar and Diggory as they climb up a proverbial mountain by reviewing The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down a Mountain (Christopher Monger, 1995). Quite possibly the most unnecessarily long title in modern film history, Reginald Anson (Hugh Grant) is a cartographer sent to the small South Wales village of Ffynnon Garw, and is the said Englishman who went up a hill but came down a mountain.

It's 1917, in the middle of the Great War. When Anson and his fellow cartographer announce that their "mountain" is in fact a hill, the villagers are understandably disappointed and furious. Not to be outwitted by a rule (and the Englishmen who enforce it), the villagers set out to make their hill into a mountain, but to do so they must keep the English from leaving, before the job is done.

Follow the link to listen – https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/038a993e2d483a53c7de4e499e953567640c6950/view

16/02/2021

🚨 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🚨

After hearing Oscar and Diggory's original review of Notting Hill, in which they called the film "surreal... but nice?", disgruntled listener Jessica Waite joins the pod to set the record straight about the "heavenly" Notting Hill... 🏘 👩‍❤️‍👨

Along with outlining the films merits of the film, like Hugh Grant's characters emotional intelligence, Jessica, Diggory and Oscar also discuss Coldplay, Chandler from Friends and taking Harry Styles to the bathroom... 🧻

🎧 Follow the link below to listen now 👇
https://podfollow.com/takinghughforgranted/episode/cd112c2732a41a461e4810b2d430fdf2fbcb3f43/view