Saturday Live

Marianna Spring, James Timpson, Callum Scott Howells, Adam Hills

17 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today - our guests inhabit very different worlds...One exists in kindness, James Timpson, the businessman and philanthropist - whose new book The Happ...

Joe Lycett, Alison Lapper, Russell T Davies, Richard Hammond

10 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

National sweetheart, and very silly boy, Joe Lycett adds some pizazz to proceedings...as he talks art, Queen's Heath and his special brand of public s...

Tim Key, Samantha Moore, Andrew Cotter, Jonathan Agnew

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bringing his trademark droll humour and a bit of poetry to proceedings…the actor and comedian Tim Key discusses his new collection and reveals the s...

Tom Odell, Zoë Colville, Nathan Heaney, Iain Stirling

27 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tom Odell, the Ivor Novello Award winning musician discusses his new album 'Black Friday' and reveals why freshly baked cakes helped with his piano le...

Sathnam Sanghera, Libby Jackson, Darren Edwards, Keith Brymer Jones

20 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Extending our knowledge of Imperial frontiers - journalist, author and Empire educator Sathnam Sanghera’s reveals why tea is the best medium to disc...

Michael Mosley, Julie Felix, Gabriella Cugno, Owain Wyn Evans

13 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bestselling writer, self-experimenter and host of Just One Thing, Michael Mosley is a man so keen on giving the nation ‘just one thing’ to do to i...

Ed Byrne, Rhianna Pratchett, Rod Dimbleby, James May

08 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ed Byrne, the stand-up comedian, describes how he turned to comedy as a way of coping with the loss of his younger brother in 2023.

Gareth Reid, Rogue Jones, Wynne Evans

30 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With 2024 just around the corner, we’re celebrating the lovely achievements of our guests from the year past and some of yours too... Artist Gareth ...

Mark Gatiss, Coinneach MacLeod, Lucy Claire Dunbar, Sandi Toksvig

23 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The creative polymath Mark Gatiss; actor, writer, director, producer, funny man and excellent purveyor of Christmas ghost stories - shares his love fo...

Steven Moffat, Robin Shaw, Kelda Wood, Kelvin Fletcher

16 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Steven Moffat, the BAFTA and Emmy award winning TV writer and producer, famous for Doctor Who and Sherlock has made his debut as a playwright with The...

David Gandy, Sam Heughan, Catrin Finch, Lucy Worsley

09 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From an animal loving Billericay boy to international supermodel turned designer - David Gandy has been the face of some of the worlds biggest brands....

Katherine Rundell, Atinuke, Steve Greenwood, Romesh Ranganathan

02 Dec 2023

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Author Katherine Rundell, winner of Waterstones’ Book of the Year 2023 for her fantastical and mythical ‘Impossible Creatures’, had a childhood ...

Dan Snow, Marchelle Farrell, Rob Bugden, Adam Henson

25 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Snow, history conduit, broadcaster, podcaster and bestselling author grew up with two posters on his bedroom wall...one was of Kylie Minogue - the...

Aldo Zilli, Philippa Langley, Levy Rozman, Miles Jupp

18 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Italian chef, restaurateur, writer and buongustaio Aldo Zilli, learned to cook at his mother’s knee and started dreaming of his own Italian restaura...

Hannah Fry, Sam McKnight, Oenone Forbat, Derren Brown

11 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Professor Hannah Fry, whose job involves demystifying data and exploring how science and tech will shape our futures, personally though, she’s reali...

Ross Kemp, Jennifer Grant, Hari Budha Magar, Tim Peake

04 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ross Kemp who, after leaving EastEnders, found his métier making BAFTA award winning documentaries and writing bestselling books…and he’s just wr...

Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Russell Watson, Philippa Gregory, Rev Kate Bottley

28 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you’re feeling adventurous this weekend, we have just the guest to inspire you. The world’s greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes joins...

Kate Humble, Adam Rutherford, Peeps Nicol, Tom Kerridge

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Adam Rutherford is a geneticist, a broadcaster and science populariser and his latest book, aimed at young people, examines evolution, what race re...

Rory Bremner, Sue Kent, Giuseppe Dell'Anno, Simon Farnaby

21 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Rory Bremner stand-up chameleon, actor and impressionist, who’s currently on tour as Chris Tarrant in the play Quiz, about the Millionaire cougher-c...

Julia Bradbury, Mark Watson, Laurent Ballesta, Helen Skelton

14 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

She wanders, rambles, saunters and strolls…and has made a career out of walking in the great outdoors…broadcaster and writer Julia Bradbury’s ne...

Danny Cipriani, Paige Lewin, Allison Angell, Alan Fletcher

30 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The England rugby star Danny Cipriani, who became just as famous off the pitch as on it, is regularly described as one of the most talented rugby play...

Colin Jackson, Suk Pannu, Mavis Patterson, Mawaan Rizwan

23 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Colin Jackson has spent his life hurdling one thing or another, be it breaking world records, or down barriers, the Olympian turned broadcaster contin...

Clive Myrie, Ken Loach, Adele Thomas, Geoff Norcott

16 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

He’s started but nowhere near finished, the master mind of BBC News presenter, Italian road-tripper and writer Clive Myrie. Having just released his...

Johannes Radebe, Jason Byrne, Louise Boyce, Richard Osman

09 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The sparkling, South African, ‘Strictly’ star-dancer Johannes Radebe, one half of the history-making same sex male couple to dance on the show, re...

Andy McNab, Briony May Williams, Denisa Gannon, Johnny Flynn, James Hart Dyke...in nature

02 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

From the day he was found in a Harrods bag as a baby on the steps of Guy's Hospital in London, author Andy McNab has carpe'd the diem out of life. As ...

Rory Cellan-Jones, Amanda Hone, Sam Talo (aka El Sam), Rose Matafeo, Bethany Handley...in nature

26 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.

Angela Barnes, Hanan Issa, Richard Essien (aka Magical Bones), Lou Sanders, Jason Williams...in nature

19 Aug 2023

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Angela Barnes was brought up on comedy. She and her dad Derek would go to stand-up shows together and when they listened to comedians on the radio he ...

Suzi Quatro, Henry Firth and Ian Theasby (aka BOSH!), Amy McCulloch, Ros Atkins, Nicky Dorrington...in nature

12 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Suzi Quatro grew up in Detroit in a very musical family. It was, at the age of six, after seeing Elvis perform on television that made Suzi decide mus...

Jon Culshaw, Asmaa Al-allak, Tommy Jessop, Alice Oseman, Molly Lemon...in nature

05 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Jon Culshaw's big break came when convincing the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in a prank phone call that HE was the then Conservative leader Willi...

Peggy Seeger, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Ruth Birch, Dave Mustaine

29 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peggy Seeger is often described as the godmother of folk. She was married to Ewan McColl who led the British Folk Revival in the late 50s and 60’s a...

Carrie & David Grant, Nabil Abdulrashid, Turi King, Rob Rinder

25 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Carrie and David Grant are best known as the expert vocal coaches from Fame Academy to Carrie and David's Pop Shop. But, they’re new book 'A Very Mo...

Anita Rani, Max Dickins, Nadeem Perera, Minnie Driver

15 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Countryfile, Woman’s Hour, and dazzling audiences on the Strictly Dancefloor – Anita Rani is a hugely popular and award-winning presenter whose In...

Dawn O'Porter, Robert Kasanga, Nick Hounsfield, Annie Mac

08 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dawn O’Porter reigned supreme in the area of TV that wanted the presenter ‘immersed’ in the subject; exploring the dangerous size-zero aesthetic...

Martin Roberts, Jimi Famurewa, Nadine Cooper, Sophie Ellis-Bextor

01 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we welcome the writer, broadcaster and journalist Jimi Famurewa.Martin Roberts, the broadcaster, property expert and host of BBC Television seri...

Charlotte Church, Reverend Eve Pitts, Clare Mackintosh, Guz Khan

24 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we welcome singer-songwriter, television presenter and sound healing practitioner, Charlotte Church. Reverend Eve Pitts, one of the first Black ...

Kiri Te Kanawa, Joe Jaquest Oteng, Tanya Moodie

17 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Today we say 'kia ora' to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, opera legend and Patron of the BBC Cardiff Singer of The World - which is in it's 40th anniversary year...

Sheila Hancock, Vogue Williams, Fran Scott, Ben Bailey Smith

10 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The actor, memoirist and ‘woman relishing Old Rage’ Dame Sheila Hancock looks back on her storied career having worked at the top of the game for ...

Eoin Colfer, Jennifer and Robert Beckford, Alan Bateson, Gaz Coombes

03 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eoin Colfer, the international bestselling Artemis Fowl author reveals why he’s tackling climate change via a graphic novel and how you write subjec...

Hay Festival - Lisa Snowdon, Fats Timbo, Horatio Clare, Sadiq Khan

27 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Live from the Hay Festival Nikki and Huw are joined by the model, presenter and writer Lisa Snowdon whose book 'Just Getting Started' urges women, esp...

Billy Billingham, Louise Minchin, Shaun Escoffery and George Asprey, Dr Alex George

20 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We’re all standing to attention, as the paragon of discipline, former SAS member Billy Billingham and chief instructor on Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dar...

Steve Jones, Rekha Mistry, Freya Bromley, Mathew Baynton

13 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Multi-hyphenate Steve Jones, TV presenter, podcaster, novelist and librocubicularist, discusses his debut novel Call Time.Not one for lying in bed rea...

AJ Pearce, Ian Holloway, Magdalena Osinska, Douglas Stuart

06 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bestselling novelist AJ Pearce, whose work has been inspired by a personal collection of women’s magazines and journals dating back to 1761! Her new...

Chris van Tulleken, Frieda Hughes, Gary Andrews, Alex Jones

29 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dr Chris Van Tulleken's new book, Ultra-Processed People: Why do we all eat stuff that isn’t food, untangles our relationship with fast food, bad fo...

Katy Wix, Janina Ramirez, Solomiya Znak, Sir Tony Robinson

22 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ghosts, Steth Lets Flats and Ted Lasso star, Katy Wix, talks about her life through the medium of...cake. Her memoir Delicacy uses the sweet treat to ...

Cath Kidston, Stig Abell, Kylie Grimes, Rufus Wainwright

15 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The designer and business-woman Cath Kidston reveals the person beyond the patterns - and explains how she's moved away from drawing flowers to drawin...

Anna Ryder Richardson, Peter Brathwaite, Lee Skeet, Sophie Raworth

08 Apr 2023

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Designer and broadcaster, Anna Ryder Richardson, reveals why she gave up her celebrity life and go full "Matt Damon" when she bought a zoo and moved h...

Harlan Coben

01 Apr 2023

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Harlan Coben joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The multiple award-winning thriller writer has sold over 80 million books, many of which have been ad...

Alice Roberts, Chris Howard, The Ayoub Sisters, Elizabeth Day

01 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Broadcaster and biological anthropologist Alice Roberts reveals the secret behind the UK's fascination with castles.Chris Howard, one of the creators ...

Spencer Matthews and Rachel Parris

18 Mar 2023

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Nikki Bedi and Shaun Keaveny are joined by Spencer Matthews, who gained fame in the reality tv series Made In Chelsea. Now an entrepreneur and broadca...

Prue Leith and Lily James

11 Mar 2023

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Nikki Bedi and Shaun Keaveny are joined by Prue Leith, GBBO judge, restaurateur, novelist and now with a one woman show.Sarah Raven on her journey fro...

Lang Lang

11 Mar 2023

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Lang Lang joins Nikki Bedi and Danny Wallace. The internationally renowned pianist has sold millions of albums and performed around the world. He star...

Jojo Moyes

25 Feb 2023

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Jojo Moyes joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The bestselling author has sold over 50 million novels and Me Before You was adapted into a film starri...

Johnny Vaughan

18 Feb 2023

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined in the studio by broadcaster Johnny Vaughan. Best known for his presenting stints on The Big Breakfast and rad...

Danny Robins

11 Feb 2023

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by writer, podcaster and ghost-botherer Danny Robins, behind the hit podcast The Battersea Poltergeist and sma...

Michael Rosen

04 Feb 2023

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Michael Rosen: Bear Hunt writer, broadcaster, covid survivor, national treasure… he tells us about his li...

Haydn Gwynne

02 Feb 2023

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Haydn Gwynne joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The actor talks about her latest role in The Great British Bake Off Musical. Since deciding to pursue...

Miles Jupp and Cariad Lloyd

21 Jan 2023

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Miles Jupp, comedian, writer and actor who pops up in everything from the Vestry in Rev, the press room in ...

Vicky Pattison

18 Jan 2023

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Vicky Pattison joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The podcaster and author was Crowned Queen of the Jungle in 2015. Gaining fame initially through th...

Philippa Perry

18 Jan 2023

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Philippa Perry joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The psychotherapist, writer, agony aunt and broadcaster is married to the artist Grayson Perry. Her...

Julia Donaldson

31 Dec 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Adil Ray are joined by Julia Donaldson CBE, the children's writer who has written over 200 books, not least The Gruffulo, Stick Man, Th...

Matt Goss

24 Dec 2022

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Matt Goss joins Nikki Bedi and Peter Curran. The singer-songwriter and actor will perform Santa Baby and talk about his life, career and what it means...

Sally Phillips

17 Dec 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by comedian, writer, presenter and disability rights campaigner Sally Phillips whose career covers some of the...

Pattie Boyd

10 Dec 2022

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Pattie Boyd joins Nikki Bedi and Danny Wallace. The model, muse and photographer talks about her life, the influence of her early years and how she de...

Jack Thorne

03 Dec 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by the BAFTA-winning writer, Jack Thorne. Jack's written a string of hits for stage and screen including Harry...

Emily Atack

26 Nov 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by the actress and presenter Emily Atack. She shot to fame in coming of age comedy The Inbetweeners when she ...

Michael Morpurgo

19 Nov 2022

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Michael Morpurgo joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The author has written over 150 books but is perhaps best known as the creator of War Horse, whic...

Martin Kemp

12 Nov 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Martin Kemp on life before, during and after Spandau Ballet and keeping the 80s music scene alive. We also ...

Luke Evans

05 Nov 2022

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Luke Evans joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The Hobbit and Nine Perfect Strangers star left a happy family home in Wales age 16 to pursue his dream...

Nick Grimshaw

29 Oct 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Radio 1 presenter Nick Grimshaw and Bez from Happy Mondays. They also have Dr Katriona O’Sullivan who gr...

Michael Ball

22 Oct 2022

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Michael Ball joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. In a career spanning over 30 years the singer, actor and presenter has appeared in musicals from Les ...

Adrian Chiles

18 Oct 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Adrian Chiles. He has graced our TV screens presenting and reporting on various issues over the last 20 ye...

Trevor Horn

08 Oct 2022

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Trevor Horn joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The multiple award-winning music producer shares stories from his decades in the music industry. First...

Craig David

03 Oct 2022

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Craig David joins Julia Bradbury and Richard Coles. The singer-songwriter found fame age 18 with ‘Rewind’ and over the next 22 years dealt with th...

Melanie C

24 Sep 2022

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Melanie C joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The musician, actor and now memoirist talks about how the seeds for Sporty Spice were planted in her chi...

Dan Gillespie Sells

20 Sep 2022

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Dan Gillespie Sells joins Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Richard Coles. The lead singer with The Feeling, who also composed the music for Everybody's Talki...

Tributes to the Queen

10 Sep 2022

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Richard Coles and Nikki Bedi host stories and tributes to the Queen.

Carlo Rovelli

03 Sep 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Adil Ray are joined by scientist and best selling writer Carlo Rovelli to discuss life outside of black holes and quantum mechanics and...

Deborah Moggach

27 Aug 2022

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Deborah Moggach joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The novelist and screenwriter talks about relationships, why it’s never too late to have adventu...

Val McDermid

20 Aug 2022

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Val McDermid joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The award-winning crime writer was inspired to write after reading Agatha Christie as a child. After ...

Dave Gorman

13 Aug 2022

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Dave Gorman joins Nikki Bedi and Adil Ray ahead of his latest tour. The comedian gave up a bright future in maths to become a stand-up. He first found...

James Purefoy

06 Aug 2022

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Actor James Purefoy joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles to talk about Fisherman's Friends One and All. From Mark Antony in Rome to The Black Prince in ...

Doon Mackichan

30 Jul 2022

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Doon Mackichan joins Nikki Bedi and Rev Richard Coles. The actor, writer and comedian – and double Emmy winner - talks about her latest comedy role ...

Robert Peston

23 Jul 2022

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Robert Peston joins Nikki Bedi and Peter Curran. Whilst keeping very busy as ITV News' Political Editor, Robert Peston has written his debut novel. He...

Delia Smith

16 Jul 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Adil Ray are joined by Delia Smith CH CBE, first known for teaching cookery skills on TV and in her books in a no-nonsense style. 50 y...

Eddie Hearn

09 Jul 2022

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Eddie Hearn joins Nikki Bedi and Rev. Richard Coles. One of the biggest boxing promoters in the world, Eddie represents some of the biggest names in t...

Baroness Floella Benjamin

02 Jul 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles meet Baroness Floella Benjamin - who became a household name in the mid 70s and 80s as the host of Playschool. She came ...

Barbara Charone

25 Jun 2022

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Barbara Charone joins Nikki Bedi and Rev. Richard Coles. Barbara has been called the UK’s most powerful music PR and has launched the careers of art...

Gyles Brandreth

18 Jun 2022

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Gyles Brandreth joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The writer, broadcaster and former MP talks about his life, varied career and why he’s still try...

Minnie Driver

11 Jun 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by actor Minnie Driver who talks about her life, career and the lesson’s she’s learnt from her life so far...

Ardal O'Hanlon

04 Jun 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Adil Ray are joined by actor and comedian Ardal O'Hanlon. After finding fame playing dimwitted Father Dougal in Father Ted, Ardal went ...

DJ Fat Tony and Angela Hartnett

28 May 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Mobeen Azhar are joined by DJ Fat Tony, who first found fame in the 80s and has played for everyone from Prince and Madonna to Royalty....

Tom Felton and Tom Bradby

21 May 2022

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Tom Felton joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. After acting in a local theatre group aged 6, Tom gained worldwide fame as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Po...

Geoff Norcott

14 May 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by comedian Geoff Norcott who has appeared on Live at the Apollo, Mash Report, Mock the Week and Question Time...

Kate Nash

07 May 2022

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Kate Nash joins Richard Coles and Nikki Bedi. The singer and actress talks about why going back on tour is so important, the steps taken to achieve lo...

Sara Davies

30 Apr 2022

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Sara Davies MBE joins Richard Coles and Nikki Bedi. The Dragons' Den investor started her multi-million pound business as a student and topped the lea...

Will Young

23 Apr 2022

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Will Young joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The singer, writer and podcaster shot to fame 20 years ago after winning the first series of Pop Idol. ...

Paul Sinha

16 Apr 2022

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Paul Sinha joins Nikki Bedi and Huw Stephens. The former doctor turned stand-up comedian is also a star quizzer on The Chase. He talks about his life,...

Al Murray

09 Apr 2022

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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Al Murray, best known as The Pub Landlord, he’s also a history buff with a super successful World War II ...

Patrick Kielty

02 Apr 2022

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Patrick Kielty joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The award winning stand-up and broadcaster talks about growing up in Northern Ireland, his path to ...

Les Dennis

26 Mar 2022

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Suzy Klein and Huw Stephens are joined by actor, comedian and entertainer Les Dennis as he hosts a tribute to his friend Barry Cryer. Kat Farmer left ...