Sara Cox, Ben Okri, Chris Terrill and the Inh...

Today we’re in the company of three luminously talented people who’ve survived seriously dark periods to shine brightly in their fields.More than thirty years after Irvine Welsh’s debut novel caused a sensation, he tell us how Trainspotting The Musical was a natural next step.Ala ...  Show more

Joining Adrian Chiles on this week's programme is Mark Foster, for a good while the fastest swimmer on the planet.We have author and psychologist Katriona O’Sullivan, a woman raised in poverty in Coventry, who went on to get a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin. And the remarkably ...  Show more

Poet Fiona Sampson, conductor Alice Farnham, and broadcaster Tom Service join Ian McMillan to explore the maths, metaphors and musical terms that make up the language of conducting. Plus comedy writer Jack Bernhardt takes a sideways look at Hollywood's take on the tortured genius ...  Show more

Matthew Bannister on

Jamal Edwards, the young music entrepreneur whose YouTube channel supported the careers of grime and rap stars like Dave, Skepta and Stormzy.

P.J. O’Rourke, the conservative American satirist who applied his barbed wit to reporting from the w ...

Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Sheila Ravenscroft, Dave Gorman, Anna Jordan and Angela Barnes for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Fatima and Lisa O' Neill.

Producer: Paula McGinley

Clive Anderson and Sindhu Vee are joined by Professor Alice Roberts, Josh Widdicombe, Dr Jonathan Clements and Omari McQueen for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Sabiyha and Hafdis Huld.