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Alan Davies, Trainspotting the Musical, Life After a Ruptured Brain, and the Inheritance Tracks of Adrian Lester

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

 . 56min 32sec
Sara Cox, Ben Okri, Chris Terrill and the Inheritance Tracks of Nisha Katona

Joining Adrian this week on Saturday Live, BBC Radio treasure and bestselling author Sara Cox. She just taken over BBC Radio 2's breakfast show but has found the time to write a brand new novel, 'The Truth of Us' that is published on the 16th July. We have the Booker Prize Winnin ...  Show more

 . 56min 43sec
Ralf Little, Mark Foster, Katriona O'Sullivan and the Inheritance Tracks of Clare Grogan

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

 . 56min 36sec
Paul Merton, Professor Lady Sue Black, David James and the Inheritance Tracks of Mark Billingham

Adrian Chiles presents Radio 4's Saturday morning programme. On today's programme:Paul Merton’s been at the top of his game for BBC One's Have I Got News for You and a familiar voice here on BBC Radio 4’s Just A Minute. He is about to take his Improv show with his wife Suki Webst ...  Show more

 . 57min 3sec
Ruby Wax, Social History, Memoirs & Music, plus the Inheritance Tracks of Lorraine Kelly

Joining Adrian Chiles on this week's programme is Professor of social history, a writer with a first class degree from Cambridge and a TV legend with a masters from Oxford.Ruby Wax is as well known now for her work in mental health, but she’s been looking back at some of her bigg ...  Show more

 . 56min 28sec