Saturday Live

Freddie Fox

11 Jun 2016

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined byActor Freddie Fox starred in TV drama Cucumber, has played Romeo, and is currently performing the parts of b...

Michaela Strachan

04 Jun 2016

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This week on Saturday Live - Aasmah Mir and Kate Silverton speak to wildlife presenter Michaela Strachan about her long and varied career, train enthu...

Barry Cryer

28 May 2016

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The comedy writer and performer, Barry Cryer, joins Aasmah Mir and Kate Silverton. James Young has always been a keen gamer. When, in 2012, he lost tw...

John Sergeant, Juliet Sargeant, Freya Rodger, Mikael Lindnord

21 May 2016

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Former political correspondent, pasa doble specialist and now narrow boat enthusiast John Sergeant celebrates 50 years of broadcasting and reveal show...

Actor, Writer and Comedian David Mitchell

14 May 2016

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With Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard ColesActor and writer David Mitchell talks about playing William Shakespeare in new series Upstart Crow, his comed...

Mark Haddon

07 May 2016

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Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Mark Haddon.Best known for writing multi prize winning novel The Curious Incident of the dog in the Nightti...

Lenny Henry, Pumeza Matshikiza, Jack Cooke, Emma Bridgewater, Ana Matronic

30 Apr 2016

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With Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles Lenny Henry talks about his new album of Blues music and his hugely successful career in show business. Foll...

Saturday Live with James Nesbitt

23 Apr 2016

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With Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard ColesJames Nesbitt talks about going back to his childhood home to play Colin Howell in real life drama The Secret...

Michelle Collins

16 Apr 2016

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Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles talk to the actress Michelle Collins about her love of markets and clothes, her singing and acting career from E...

Stuart Maconie, Saba Douglas-Hamilton, Radzi Chinyanganya, Frederick Forsyth

12 Apr 2016

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Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by DJ and writer Stuart Maconie.Stuart's new paperback 'The Pie at Night', is an exploration of "what the Nort...

Paul Young

02 Apr 2016

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Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Paul Young.His music was the sound of the 80's, with a multitude of chart topping hits, he won Best British...

Dexter Fletcher and Shazia Mirza

26 Mar 2016

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Presented by Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein. Dexter Fletcher's big break came as a child actor when he was cast a BabyFace in Bugsby Malone. He talks about...

Mel Giedroyc

19 Mar 2016

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With the Rev. Richard Coles and Aasmah MirMel Giedroyc is taking on her most serious acting role, playing an American mother dealing with the potentia...

Anita Dobson

12 Mar 2016

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Anita Dobson's acting career spans more than forty years. She found fame in the 1980s playing pub landlady Angie Watts in EastEnders. She has starred ...

Rebecca Front

05 Mar 2016

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Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles are joined by Bafta award winning actor Rebecca Front to talk about being funny, playing dislikeable charact...

Marian Keyes

27 Feb 2016

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Marian Keyes joins the Rev. Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. A columnist, blogger and bestselling author of a dozen novels, she has sold more than 33 mil...

Laurence Fox

20 Feb 2016

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The actor Laurence Fox is best known for playing DI James Hathaway in the ITV crime drama Lewis. He's now on the London stage playing a giant of histo...

Jamie Foreman

13 Feb 2016

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After playing tough guys in Layer Cake, Oliver Twist and Nil by Mouth, the part of thug Derek Branning in Eastenders seemed a natural choice for actor...

Ronan Keating

06 Feb 2016

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The singer-songwriter and actor Ronan Keating joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev. Richard Coles. Ronan has sold more than 45 million records worldwide as a ...

Nicky Clarke, George Cohen

30 Jan 2016

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Nicky Clarke, hairdresser to the stars, shares his style tips and tales of celebrity clients from Elizabeth Taylor to Princess Diana. In 1966 George C...

Mark Steel

23 Jan 2016

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The stand-up comedian, broadcaster and newspaper columnist grew up in Kent with his adopted parents. He's currently touring the country with his new s...

Katy Brand

16 Jan 2016

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Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Katy Brand.Comedian Katy Brand graced our screen in her Big Ass Show where we saw her parody pop c...

Paul McKenna

09 Jan 2016

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The hypnotist and self-help author, Paul McKenna, has sold more than 10 million books worldwide. He describes his career, working with celebrity clien...

Pauline McLynn

02 Jan 2016

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Actress and author Pauline McLynn talks about her varied career which includes Mrs Doyle in Father Ted and Nasty Nick Cotton's ex-wife in EastEnders. ...

Russell Grant

26 Dec 2015

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Join Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein for a live Boxing Day Saturday Live.Russell Grant has been synonymous with astrology ever since he interpreted the star...

Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins

19 Dec 2015

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Game show regular and former MP Gyles Brandreth discusses the wonders and curiosities of the English language. Great British Bake Off presenter Sue Pe...

Michael Morpurgo, Dr Helen Sharman

12 Dec 2015

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Michael Morpurgo joins Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles. He describes how stories from his mother, and a decorated soldier from WWI, have ins...

Suzi Perry

05 Dec 2015

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It's listener week on Saturday Live with Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.We've accepted Philip Farmer's invitation to come to his house in Wolve...

Caroline Quentin

28 Nov 2015

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Richard Coles and Aasmar Mir are joined by Caroline Quentin. She became a national treasure as the long suffering Dorothy on Men Behaving Badly, follo...

Griff Rhys Jones and Beverley Knight

21 Nov 2015

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Griff Rhys Jones joins the Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir, to share tales about his long association with historic buildings, hosting quizzes i...

Anne Reid

14 Nov 2015

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Anne Reid joins Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles. After becoming a household name as Coronation Street's Valerie Barlow, Anne's varied career...

Radio 4 BBC Children in Need Auction, Ian Rankin

07 Nov 2015

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Crime writer Ian Rankin joined Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.Saturday Live hosted a special auction, offering listeners the chance to bid for some amaz...

Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Ashley Walters

24 Oct 2015

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor first topped the charts with Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) and successes continued with hits including Murder On The Dancefloor a...

Steve Coogan

17 Oct 2015

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Joining Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles is the actor, writer and comedian Steve Coogan. He has won seven comedy awards, six BAFTAs for his work including...

Alan Davies

10 Oct 2015

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He rose to fame playing windmill dwelling magician sleuth Jonathan Creek, but it was quite a departure from his roots in the comedy circuit. Alan Davi...

Gaby Roslin

03 Oct 2015

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Inspired by Blue Peter at the age of three Gaby Roslin's career has taken her from The Big Breakfast to Chicago and the National Lottery Draw. She joi...

Actor Sophie Thompson

26 Sep 2015

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Sophie Thompson. The award winning actor has appeared in Harry Potter, EastEnders and won celebrity MasterC...

Professor Green

19 Sep 2015

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He's sold over three million records, has over 2 million twitter followers and has notched up 66 million YouTube views of his work. Rapper Professor G...

Michael Mosley

12 Sep 2015

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Science journalist and self-experimenter Michael Mosley joins Kate Silverton and Suzy Klein. Michael's varied career started in banking and then he qu...

Nigel Havers

29 Aug 2015

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Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are charmed by Nigel Havers. He shot to fame as Lord Lindsay in the Oscar winning film Chariots of Fire, and is best know...

Larry Lamb

22 Aug 2015

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Long before the actor Larry Lamb achieved notoriety as the evil Archie Mitchell in EastEnders or twinkly Micky Shipman in Gavin & Stacey he'd live...

Richard Herring

15 Aug 2015

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The prolific podcaster, comedian, writer and blogger Richard Herring joins Kate Silverton and Richard Coles to tell them why, after an unbroken run of...

Simon Webbe

08 Aug 2015

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Simon Webbe is currently playing the part of the Big Bad Wolf in the Three Little Pigs but is perhaps best known for being a quarter of the boy band B...

Julian Clary

01 Aug 2015

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Suzy Klein and Kate Silverton present this week's Saturday Live.He's a stand up comedian who has done musicals, panto, hosted game shows, is a panelis...

Jenny Eclair

25 Jul 2015

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Comedian and writer Jenny Eclair talks about her latest novel Moving, which taps into her obsession with motherhood and family secrets; whilst taking ...

Alfie Boe

18 Jul 2015

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The tenor Alfie Boe joins Richard Coles and Suzy Klein to talk about his latest project with Pete Townhend's Classic Quadrophenia, and going to Broadw...

Phill Jupitus

11 Jul 2015

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by comedian Phill Jupitus. Having carved out a career in stand up, he was the voice that launched BBC 6 Music,...

Sally Phillips

04 Jul 2015

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Writer and actress Sally Phillips first appeared regularly on our screens in female comedy series Smack the Pony. Roles in Alan Partridge and Bridget ...

Boris Becker

30 Jun 2015

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With Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.Boris Becker is the only person to have won two Wimbledon titles by the time he was 18. He talks about tennis, his l...

Dom Joly

20 Jun 2015

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The comedian and travel writer, Dom Joly, joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. Best known as the star of Trigger Happy TV, he has written a number of b...

Sophie Kinsella

13 Jun 2015

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Bestselling author of the Shopaholic series Sophie Kinsella has written her first book for young adults. She joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein on Saturd...

Reginald D Hunter

06 Jun 2015

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by the American stand-up comic Reginald D Hunter. He talks about growing up in America's Deep South, only bein...

Tony Parsons

30 May 2015

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The journalist and novelist, Tony Parsons, joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. Tony was working on the night shift at Gordon's Gin Distillery when he ...

Jon Culshaw

23 May 2015

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With Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.Jon Culshaw talks about making a career out of impressions, with a repertoire of over 350 voices including John Majo...

Chris Tarrant

16 May 2015

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Presented by Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.Chris Tarrant has been a household staple since the mid 70s when he shook up Saturday mornings with children...

Edith Bowman

09 May 2015

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Presented by Richard Coles and Suzy Klein.DJ and veteran festival-goer Edith Bowman on her love for the sonic boom of Green Man and Glastonbury. For t...

Professor Tanya Byron

02 May 2015

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Clinical psychologist and broadcaster Professor Tanya Byron joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir to talk tales of the clinic, how a family tragedy spark...

Conchita

25 Apr 2015

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In the studio with Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles this week is Conchita Wurst winner of Eurovision 2014. Conchita hails from Columbia and is the alter e...

Paul Merton

18 Apr 2015

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The comedian, writer and presenter Paul Merton joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.A regular fixture on our radios and TVs - from Just a Minute to Have...

Zandra Rhodes

11 Apr 2015

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Dame Zandra Rhodes is one of Britain's best-known fashion designers, putting London at the forefront of the international fashion scene in the 1970s. ...

Diarmuid Gavin

04 Apr 2015

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On the biggest gardening weekend of the year garden designer and tv presenter Diarmuid Gavin joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein to spill the beans on the...

Jason Donovan

28 Mar 2015

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The actor and singer, Jason Donovan, joins Richard Coles and Suzy Klein. He talks about his life and a career that has seen him move from Neighbours' ...

Dr Christian Jessen

21 Mar 2015

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Presenter and health expert, Dr Christian Jessen, joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.Well known for programmes such as ''Embarrassing Bodies' and 'Sup...

Gordon Buchanan

14 Mar 2015

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The wildlife cameraman and presenter, Gordon Buchanan, joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. He's spent his life getting close to wild animals - followi...

Kirstie Allsopp

07 Mar 2015

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With Red Nose day fast approaching Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by tv presenter and property expert Kirstie Allsopp to talk taking part in ...

Scott Mills

28 Feb 2015

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Radio DJ Scott Mills joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to talk about being a DJ and how he was the uncoolest kid in the playground. Recently Scott to...

Ruby Wax

21 Feb 2015

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Ruby Wax joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir to talk about how she brings her knowledge of neuroscience, spiked with comedy, to her one woman show.Davi...

Rachel Khoo

14 Feb 2015

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TV presenter Rachel Khoo and bestselling author of The Little Paris Kitchen joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to talk about her new personal cookbook...

Ruth Jones

07 Feb 2015

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The actress, script-writer and producer Ruth Jones joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. Known for her role as 'Nessa Jenkins' in the BBC's award-winnin...

Omid Djalili

31 Jan 2015

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Omid Djalili, the British-Iranian stand-up comedian and actor, joins Richard Coles and Suzy Klein to talk his relationship with Iran, comic sensitivit...

George Clarke

24 Jan 2015

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"Restoration Man" and Amazing Spaces presenter George Clarke joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to talk about leaving school at sixteen without any qu...

Sally Gunnell

17 Jan 2015

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Olympic Gold medallist Sally Gunnell. Now an ambassador for Sport England, she discusses how she keeps fit,...

Viv Groskop and Paul Sinton-Hewitt

10 Jan 2015

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Artistic Director and acclaimed comedian, Viv Groskop joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein to talk about the 'caw' of stand-up comedy and what it's like ma...

Marcus Wareing and Alison Hammond

03 Jan 2015

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Chef, restaurateur and Masterchef judge Marcus Wareing joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.Actor, presenter and reality TV star Alison Hammond talks ce...

Anton du Beke; Stephanie Hirst

27 Dec 2014

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Anton du Beke of Strictly Come Dancing joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein.Anton has been with Strictly from the beginning, having famously partnered Ann ...

Jon Snow

20 Dec 2014

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Journalist Jon Snow joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to discuss 25 years of being the face of Channel 4 News.Also on the programme, Luke Simon was l...

Suzi Perry

13 Dec 2014

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The BBC's Formula 1 presenter, Suzi Perry, joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir to discuss life on the road, her passion for speed, her rock and roll ch...

Matthew Bourne and Sam Bailey

06 Dec 2014

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The choreographer Matthew Bourne and X Factor 2013 winner Sam Bailey join Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.We meet the friends of Malala Yousafzai who wer...

Listener Week with Steve Backshall

29 Nov 2014

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In a special programme for Saturday Live's Listener Week, wildlife presenter Steve Backshall joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to talk intricate anim...

Carrie Grant

22 Nov 2014

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by vocal coach, singer and television presenter, Carrie Grant. Best known for her role as the vocal coach on t...

Ade Adepitan

15 Nov 2014

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Ade Adepitan - the Paralympian, actor and TV presenter - joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. As does magician Megan Knowles-Bacon, the first ever fema...

Radio 4 BBC Children in Need Auction; Katherine Jenkins

08 Nov 2014

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Mezzo-Soprano Katherine Jenkins joined Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.Saturday Live hosted a special auction, offering listeners the chance to bid for s...

Shappi Khorsandi

01 Nov 2014

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The comedian Shappi Khorsandi joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to talk new shows, shyness and single motherhood. Emmanuel Jal shares his story and s...

Tom Hollander

25 Oct 2014

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Actor Tom Hollander joins Suzy Klein and Jay Rayner to talk Rev, Dylan Thomas and his attempts at DIY. JP Devlin raises a pint to Dylan Thomas on the ...

Bryan Adams

18 Oct 2014

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Presented by Suzy Klein and Richard Coles.International rock star Bryan Adams talks about his career as a photographer with the likes of his musical h...

Alison Lapper and The Great British Bake Off's Martha Collison

11 Oct 2014

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Alison Lapper joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. For two years a 12 foot statue of her naked and pregnant body was on display in Trafalgar Square in ...

Kanya King

04 Oct 2014

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Presented by Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.Kanya King MBE is the founder and CEO of the MOBO Awards, Europe's leading urban music brand, which has play...

Gary Kemp

27 Sep 2014

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Actor and songwriter Gary Kemp joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to talk about 'Soul Boys of the Western World', a film documenting the rise, fall an...

Abergavenny Food Festival

20 Sep 2014

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Richard Coles and Suzy Klein and a live audience at the 2014 Abergavenny Food Festival, with doyenne of the wine world Jancis Robinson, Jay Rayner fro...

Val McDermid, Invictus Games

13 Sep 2014

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Presented by Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir is at the Invictus Games.The award winning crime writer Val McDermid has written 28 novels, selling more tha...

Alistair McGowan

06 Sep 2014

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Impressionist and actor Alistair McGowan joins Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein to talk sporting passions, finding your roots and the joys of Noel Coward.Als...

Katharine Whitehorn

30 Aug 2014

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Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by the columnist Katharine Whitehorn, the writer Nina Stibbe, and Nikki King, Honorary Chairman of Isuzu Truck...

Gemma Cairney

23 Aug 2014

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Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Radio 1 DJ Gemma Cairney, former engineer Sam King from Jamaica, who served with the RAF during the Second ...

Laura Mvula

16 Aug 2014

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by the award-winning singer and composer Laura Mvula, poet Josephine Dickinson who has just regained her heari...

Katy Brand

09 Aug 2014

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Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by the writer and comedian Katy Brand, author Harry Bucknall who followed all 1,411 miles of the Via Francigen...

Maureen Lipman, Andy Bell

02 Aug 2014

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Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by the actress and writer Maureen Lipman, artist John Dolan who was saved from homelessness by his dog George,...

From the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow

26 Jul 2014

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles with a programme from Glasgow to celebrate the Commonwealth Games. They are joined by record-breaking long-distance Scott...

Nick Hewer

19 Jul 2014

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Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Lord Sugar's longstanding Apprentice advisor Nick Hewer, PhD student Hannah Earnshaw who's on the shortlist...

Julia Donaldson

12 Jul 2014

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Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are in the studio with Britain's best-selling author, children's writer Julia Donaldson, who created the character of the...

Ben Folds

05 Jul 2014

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Suzy Klein and Richard Coles with American singer-songwriter Ben Folds, Wayne Ingram who as soldier in Bosnia met and helped Stefan Savic, who was bor...