Saturday Live

Alexandra Shulman

18 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Alexandra Shulman, former editor of Vogue, who produced the magazine for 25 years and has now published a b...

Claudia Winkleman and Robert Webb

11 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Claudia Winkleman, one of our best known TV and radio presenters, known for her sharp wit and self deprecat...

Gary Lineker

04 Apr 2020

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by former professional footballer turned sports broadcaster Gary Lineker. During his playing career he played ...

Sir Chris Hoy

28 Mar 2020

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by six time Olympic Champion, Sir Chris Hoy, who discusses the inspiration behind his career, retirement and w...

Bob Geldof

21 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined on the line by Sir Bob Geldof, of The Boomtown Rats, who left Dun Laoghaire for London, became known for punch...

Neil Morrissey

14 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Neil Morrissey became a household name in the 1990’s playing Tony in sitcom Men Behaving Badly. As the voice of Bob the Builder he had two number on...

Jo Whiley

07 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Jo Whiley joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles. Jo presents on Radio 2 and from Glastonbury, as well as pursing her passion for gardening. A...

Joanna Trollope

29 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Joanna Trollope CBE, who has 22 novels to her name. A keen observer of our life and times, she is also the...

Zawe Ashton

22 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Actor, writer and director Zawe Ashton’s career began at the age of six and, having appeared on stage and in films ever since, it was the TV role of...

Don Letts

15 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Rev. Richard Coles are joined by the film director, DJ and musician Don Letts. He talks about being the son of Windrush, scion of dub a...

Tracey Thorn

08 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Tracey Thorn, who escaped from suburbia, went to Hull University and emerged as one half of pop group Every...

Frances Barber

01 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Frances Barber first played rock star, screen goddess and drug addict Billie Trix 18 years ago and, along with Jonathan Harvey and the Pet Shop Boys, ...

Kay Mellor

25 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Kay Mellor was a married mother at 16, and by her twenties had found her way to Bretton Hall College to study drama. An actor, director and screenwri...

Ant Middleton

18 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein are joined by former Special Forces sniper, Ant Middleton, now star of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins, where ex-Special F...

Fay Ripley and Dr Zoe Williams

17 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Rev Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Fay Ripley. Most famous for playing Jenny, her northern counterpart, in TV’s Cold Feet, the series s...

Kathy Reichs

04 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Crime novelist Kathy Reich’s famous heroine is Temperance Brennan, an academic anthropologist turned forensic anthropologist, much like Kathy hersel...

Michael Rosen

28 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The writer and poet Michael Rosen joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein. He shares his discoveries of a lost family found, the importance of play, and tells...

Ruth Jones

21 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein are joined by Ruth Jones, who co-wrote and starred in one of our most loved TV comedies: Gavin and Stacey, which seemingly e...

Jason Manford

14 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Manford began his stand up career at the age of 17 and was nominated for the Perrier Award in Edinburgh in 2005 at just 24. As he embarks on a ...

Ben Miller

07 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Actor and comedian Ben Miller joins Richard Coles and Suzy Klein to talk about why he chose comedy over physics and about his new children's book, Th...

Barbara Taylor Bradford

30 Nov 2019

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Barbara Taylor Bradford who has just published her 37th book. Age 15 she started in the typing pool for a ...

Jamie Cullum; Mark Bright

23 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Jazz/pop singer/songwriter Jamie Cullum joins Aasmah Mir and Mobeen Azhar. He talks about his music, and the personal stories that inspired his lates...

Lorraine Kelly

16 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

This year marks Lorraine Kelly's 35th year as a broadcaster and her 60th birthday. Born in the Gorbals to teenage parents, Lorraine took a job at her...

Greg James and Jojo Moyes

09 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Mobeen Azhar are joined by Greg James, who started recording shows in his bedroom, did hospital radio, student radio, podcasts, and his...

Hairy Biker Dave Myers

02 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Dave Myers - one half of the Hairy Bikers – cooks and rides motorbikes, but he also studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths, worked as a furnace-man in a ste...

Soweto Kinch; Jonathan Van Ness

26 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Saxophonist, MC and composer, Soweto Kinch fuzzes jazz with hip hop beats. He premieres his new album, The Black Peril at the EFG London Jazz Festival...

David Suchet

19 Oct 2019

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by the actor David Suchet who has been taking photographs since he was eight when his Fleet Street photographe...

Simon Reeve

12 Oct 2019

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by travel documentary maker Simon Reeve who has come a long way since leaving school with no qualifications; h...

Harry Connick Jr, Andrew Ridgeley

05 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Harry Connick Jr, was brought up by lawyers in New Orleans, but it was the music of the city that inspired him. A child prodigy playing a Beethoven co...

Martina Cole

28 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by the British crime writer Martina Cole, known to her fans as the Queen of Crime, with twenty-four novels to ...

Gerald Scarfe

21 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Gerald Scarfe, one of our best known artists, caricaturing those in power, and also a production designer f...

Andy McNab, Axel Scheffler, Veronica 'Fancy Chance' Thompson and Roisin Conaty

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Rev Richard Coles talk to former SAS soldier Andy McNab. He was captured in Iraq while leading the Bravo Two Zero mission in 1991. His ...

Richard Ayoade

07 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Ayoade became famous for playing Moss in the IT Crowd and went on to present Gadget Man, Travel Man and The Crystal Maze. He was nominated for...

Timothy Spall, George Alagiah

31 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by the actor Timothy Spall whose latest role is as LS Lowry. He describes his own passion for painting, the ...

PP Arnold, John Eliot Gardiner

24 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Kate Silverton and Luke Jones meet singer P.P. Arnold; artist Mackenzie Thorpe; poet Charly Cox and the Reverend Peter Allen. With Inheritance Tracks...

Skin, George RR Martin

17 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Skin from Skunk Anansie made headlines this summer when it was pointed out that she was the first black British artist to headline the Pyramid Stage a...

Joe McFadden

10 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Joe McFadden joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles. He started out in the detective series Taggart and went on to star in Take The High Road, T...

Stephen Hough, Stephen Poliakoff

03 Aug 2019

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Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles are joined by the concert pianist and composer Stephen Hough. As an international performer he spends much ...

Simon Callow

27 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles are joined by the actor, writer and director Simon Callow. He discusses his stage and screen career and how he’...

Ainsley Harriott

20 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ainsley Harriott found fame as a chef on Ready Steady Cook, which he went on to present for ten years. He has since presented cookery programmes both ...

Graeme Swann, Michael Sheen

13 Jul 2019

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Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles are joined by the former England cricketer and legendary spin bowler Graeme Swann. He discusses his sporting car...

Emeli Sandé

06 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh from a neuroscience degree, she burst into our consciousness almost ten years ago with her club anthem track Heaven, and then Read all About it ...

Tony Blackburn

29 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Tony Blackburn talks to Aasmah Mir and Rev. Richard Coles about spending over 50 years as a DJ. He is still working for 4 radio stations, plus touring...

Gurinder Chadha, Sir Michael Caine

22 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The filmmaker Gurinder Chadha – of Bend it Like Beckham fame - joins Rev. Richard Coles and Luke Jones. She continues her exploration of Britain an...

Benjamin Zephaniah

15 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Benjamin Zephaniah talks to Aasmah Mir and Rev. Richard Coles about the origins of his passion for rhyme, music and country living. Marian Newman wen...

Jo Brand

08 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard and Aasmah are joined by: Jo Brand, in comedy for over 30 years, trailblazing the way with her edgy humour at a time when there were very few ...

Anneka Rice, Dustin Lance Black, Paul Young

01 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Guest presenters Shaun Keaveny and Kate Silverton are joined by Anneka Rice. She reveals the story of Clemmie Hart, her fictional agent. Matthew Bar...

Arlene Phillips

25 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Arlene Phillips talks to presenters Aasmah Mir and Luke Jones about her life and career, which includes choreographing Elton John and founding dance t...

Kwame Kwei-Armah

18 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard and Aasmah are joined by Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE, who began pursuing a pop career but drama took over with TV and theatre roles. As a writer, his...

David Harewood

11 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

David Harewood – actor, snowboarder, Brummie, goalie – joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles. Best known for roles in Homeland, Blood Dia...

Gok Wan

04 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Gok Wan talks to Aasmah Mir and Rev. Richard Coles about his latest show Say Yes to the Dress Lancashire, DJ’ing, cooking and his lifelong passion f...

Dame Stephanie Shirley and Duff McKagan

27 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard and Aasmah are joined by Dame Stephanie Shirley who arrived in the UK aged 5 as a refugee on the Kindertransport. She became a ground breakin...

Patti Boulaye

20 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Patti Boulaye is a British-Nigerian singer, actress and artist. She recalls coming to London aged 16, and appearing on the west end stage in shows f...

Rankin, Danny Wallace

13 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Photographer, publisher and film director Rankin joins Rev. Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. He talks about swapping accountancy for photography, his car...

Ben Elton, Andy Bell

06 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Elton is co-writer of The Young Ones and Blackadder, a bestselling novelist, playwright, director and writer of Upstart Crow. He talks about his ...

Keisha Buchanan

30 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Singer-songwriter and Great British Menu guest judge Keisha Buchanan talks to Rev. Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir about finding success as a teenager in...

Stephen Jones and the Inheritance Tracks of Gina Yashere

23 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by the milliner Stephen Jones whose passion for hats has led him from the catwalks of Dior to the Brighton Pav...

Gareth Malone, YolanDa Brown

16 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Choirmaster Gareth Malone describes working with pupils from Kensington Aldridge Academy to help them create a concert to mark the return to their sch...

Dido, Noel Clarke

09 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Best-selling singer-songwriter Dido on her new album Still On My Mind, fame, life growing up and working with her brother. Wendy Gould and John Sandfo...

Jo Malone and the Inheritance Tracks of Shakin' Stevens

02 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Richard and Aasmah are joined by Jo Malone CBE, who left school aged 15 with no qualifications and became a scent supremo and one of the UKs best know...

Dame Jacqueline Wilson, Nicole Farhi

23 Feb 2019

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Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles are joined by the writer Dame Jacqueline Wilson. She discusses her heroine Tracy Beaker who is now grown up...

Shane Richie, Dave Gorman

16 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The actor Shane Richie, star of East Enders talks about his latest role, in the West End show ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’. Chelcee Grime...

Patrick Grant and Mark Anthony Turnage

09 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah and Richard are joined by: Patrick Grant - he bought and revived a failing tailors in Savile Row in 2005, since then he’s been awarded Menswe...

Jim Al-Khalili

02 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Scientist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili shares his experience of growing up in Iraq, his passion for music and his first novel, which will be publish...

Brenda Blethyn, Mo Gawdat and James Haskell's Inheritance Tracks

26 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The actress, Brenda Blethyn, star of Vera; Monisha Rajesh recounts travelling around the world by train; Mo Gawdat on his happiness algorithm, and ru...

Trevor Nelson

19 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Trevor Nelson talks about how he became one of the country's leading R&B DJs; pigeon fancier Ian Evans sets the scene from The British Homing Worl...

Dame Kelly Holmes, Rick Wakeman's Inheritance Tracks

12 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Konnie Huq are joined by Dame Kelly Holmes, double gold winner at the Athens Olympics in 2004. She talks about her life in the army, ...

Bradley Walsh, Jodie Kidd and Mobeen Azhar

05 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Mobeen Azhar are joined by the actor and TV presenter Bradley Walsh. Currently starring in Doctor Who, he talks about going on a father...

Gabrielle and the inheritance tracks of Brian Conley

29 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Gabrielle, THE pop star of the 90s – inspiring lyrics, cool image, intriguing eye patch, hit after hit, a...

Former cricketer and commentator David Gower

22 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

David Gower talks about his life in cricket and how spending his early years in Africa inspired his passion for wildlife. Anne Atkins has been inspire...

Hugh Dennis and Eric Idle's Inheritance Tracks

15 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The comedian and actor Hugh Dennis talks about being the son of a Bishop and his latest role in The Messiah. Former nurse, Christie Watson, recalls...

Prue Leith and the Inheritance Tracks of Sir Tim Rice

08 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Prue Leith has been in our cooking consciousness for years but her appointment as a judge on TV's bake off has exposed her culinary expertise to a who...

Slade's Dave Hill, Dr Xand van Tulleken and actress Joanne Froggatt

03 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Slade guitarist Dave Hill; Young People’s Laureate for London Momtaza Mehri; Listener Mary Diggory takes JP Devlin back to the woods that gave her s...

Sandi Toksvig, Helen Czerski and Richard Blackwood's Inheritance Tracks

24 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Comedian and writer Sandi Toksvig, former armed robber turned triathlete John McAvoy and bubble enthusiast, Dr. Helen Czerski and harmonica fan Ben He...

Stephen Fry and the Inheritance Tracks of Jenni Murray

17 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Stephen Fry joins Richard and Aasmah to talk about Greek Heroes and finding wedded bliss. We also have JoJo Wood who extolls the virtue of wood carvi...

Michael Palin

10 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Palin talks with Rev. Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir about travelling in the footsteps of a ship, Erebus, that went missing in the late 1840s an...

Tamsin Greig, Shaun Wallace and Stephen Mangan's Inheritance Tracks.

03 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Actor Tamsin Greig, quizzer and barrister Shaun Wallace, explorer Aldo Kane, RAF trauma nurse Sadie Melling and "Chabuddy G". With Stephen Mangan's I...

Marcus Brigstocke, Curtis Stigers

27 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles are joined by comedian Marcus Brigstocke, who reveals why he has a red painted head and blue horns for his first...

Adam Hills and the Inheritance Tracks of Paul Jones

22 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Comedian and writer Adam Hills is also the host of Channel 4's taboo busting comedy satire The Last Leg. He joins Richard and Aasmah along with:Georg...

Bridget Christie, Paul Anthony Jones, Kirsty Latoya and Ian Beardwell

16 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles are joined in the Saturday Live studio by stand-up comedian Bridget Christie, digital artist and mental health ca...

Kevin Keegan and Romesh Ranganathan

06 Oct 2018

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Former England football player and manager Kevin Keegan made his professional debut fifty years ago. He talks to Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles...

Bonnie Langford

29 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

She can dance, she can sing, she can ice skate and act in gritty London based soap EastEnders: all round showbiz star Bonnie Langford joins us to talk...

Neil Oliver and Amy Macdonald in Stirling

22 Sep 2018

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Coming live from Stirling, Coast presenter and archaeologist Neil Oliver talks about his love of the British Isles; writer, musician and journalist Do...

Rick Wakeman and Ray Winstone

18 Sep 2018

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Legendary keyboard player Rick Wakeman is known for his huge contribution to prog rock with the band Yes, his own innovative compositions, his flamboy...

Susan Calman, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, Simon's Cat

08 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Conversation from comedian Susan Calman, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones aka The Black Farmer and about Simon's Cat. Naga Munchetty shares her Inheritance Trac...

Space scientist Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock

01 Sep 2018

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Maggie Aderin-Pocock on her love of the moon and Nigerian heritage; Ali Payne tweeted to try and find the inscribed copy of Paulo Coelho's The Alchemi...

Jim Kerr of Simple Minds, Lloyd Grossman, Atoosa Sepehr, Leye Adenle, Paula Moulton, Gary Lyness

25 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Singer songwriter Jim Kerr of Simple Minds talks about his love of walking in deserts and mountains, sustaining friendships over decades and his pop c...

Sir Michael Parkinson, Martin Carthy, Kiki Dee

18 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're live from the YMCA Theatre in Scarborough with Sir Michael Parkinson, folk legend Martin Carthy, surfer Tori Gower and Jennifer Dunne on the exh...

Mark-Anthony Turnage and Kim Wilde

11 Aug 2018

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Composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, Kim Wilde's inheritance tracks, Bryony Gordon on staying sober and running, the Urban birder David Lindo and Thames pla...

Shaun Keaveny with Rylan Clark-Neal

04 Aug 2018

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Shaun Keaveny and Sonali Shah are joined by Rylan Clark-Neal who found fame as a contestant on the X-Factor in 2012. He subsequently won Celebrity Big...

Stephen Mangan, Matt Cain, Orla Kiely and Dr Michelle Dickinson aka 'Nanogirl'

28 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Conversation from the actor Stephen Mangan, pop-up beach organiser Scott Barton, nanotechnologist Dr. Michelle Dickinson, and The Madonna of Bolton - ...

Mark Gatiss

21 Jul 2018

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Mark Gatiss talks about return of The League of Gentlemen, his passion for painting, and why he's drawn to the artist John Minton. Joining him are his...

Robert Peston, Kate Bradbury, Chris Difford

07 Jul 2018

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Conversation from the Journalist Robert Peston, stand up comedian Darren Harriott, teacher Vanessa Tissington, Wimbledon obsessive Ben Chatfield and B...

Bryn Terfel, Judy Murray, Frank Gardner, Rai Rafiq, Edwina Brocklesby

30 Jun 2018

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Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles host and perform with opera star Bryn Terfel. He's appearing in the title role in Falstaff at the Royal Opera Hou...

Kriss Akabusi, Shaun Keaveny, Kim Appleby, Ben Okri, Steven Camden

23 Jun 2018

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Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny with athlete and presenter Kriss Akabusi, singer Kim Appleby, writer Steven Camden, teacher Abed Ahmed and author Ben Okr...

Alison Balsom meets Aasmah Mir and Konnie Huq

16 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With Aasmah Mir and guest presenter Konnie Huq are trumpeter Alison Balsom OBE, cycling blogger Jools Walker, self taught Fungi expert Geoff Dann and ...

Richard Blackwood, Matt Lucas, Simon Doonan

09 Jun 2018

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Guests include actor and stand up comedian Richard Blackwood, Little Britain star Matt Lucas, fashion commentator and football obsessive Simon Doonan,...

David Coulthard

02 Jun 2018

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With Rev. Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir,David Coulthard talks about his Formula 1 career and life after racing. Listener Kate got in touch to tell us h...

John Torode

26 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

With Rev. Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir,John Torode on MasterChef and how travel has inspired his cooking, Simon Mayo shares his Inheritance Tracks, Mi...

Benedict Allen

19 May 2018

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The adventurer and explorer Benedict Allen joins Konnie Huq and the Rev. Richard Coles. He explains why he returned to Papua New Guinea to visit a com...