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55:01

Maggie Aderin, Shipwreck Hunting, Sea Shanties, and...

Saturday Live ·

2026/02/28

On Saturday Live this week we’ll be looking up, down and all over the place.Dame Maggie Aderin, space scientist, will have us looking to the skies in wonder before David Mearns, shipwreck hunter, takes us down into the ocean deep as we marvel at his life’s work - and a man never short of a sense of wonder is writer, actor, comedian, sailor and lover of alpacas...Griff Rhys Jones.Also today, we’ll rise from the depths to the surface for some sea shantying from The Longest Johns - and we’ll be

56:33

Jack Thorne, Hostage Negotiation, Family History, and...

Saturday Live ·

2026/02/21

Today we’re in the company of a billionaire, a hostage negotiator and the most sought after screenwriter in the business.The screenwriter in question is Jack Thorne who’s now turned his considerable talent to a brilliant TV adaptation of Lord of the Flies.Nicky Perfect says hostage negotiation is all about empathy, and less about talking than listening. And we’ll be all ears as she tells us what we can all learn from the techniques police negotiators use.And we’ll certainly be paying close attention

56:24

Mark Steel, Nun at NASA, Funeral Cosmetics, and the...

Saturday Live ·

2026/02/14

Today we have a comedian, a nun and an undertaker’s beautician. Mark Steel says that when there’s a crisis afoot, while everyone else is panicking the comedians in the room are busy finding the funny side. This Mark’s done, with a book about what he calls his adventures in cancerland. The remarkable Sister Libby Osgood, worked for NASA before she became a nun. Quite the career path that. And Jayne Lownds - who brought her expertise as a high-street beautician into the family funeral business. Also

56:34

Alexander Armstrong, Cold Cases, Small Prophets and...

Saturday Live ·

2026/02/07

Alexander Armstrong on life as a writer, Professor Patricia Wiltshire explains the role of a forensic botanist, Mackenzie Crook unveils the secrets behind his latest show.

56:34

Amanda Owen, Curious Incidents, Brain Rest and the...

Saturday Live ·

2026/01/31

The Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen, Dr Joseph Jebelli on the power of doing nothing, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time author Mark Haddon.

56:18

Anton du Beke, Winter Olympics, Remembering Smells,...

Saturday Live ·

2026/01/24

Today's programme features a couple of very nice movers. There’s Anton de Beke, fresh from the first night of the Strictly Tour to recount a life of dance and showbiz.Lizzy Yarnold is used to moving at a rather more ferocious speed as our most successful winter Olympian.Picking up on the sweet smell of success, Michael O’Shaugnassey is an expert in scents and uses them to access prisoners memories.Also today, a man considered so dull that he’s won an award for it, and the Inheritance Tracks of

56:27

Keith Brymer Jones, Ornithology, Royal Stonemasonry,...

Saturday Live ·

2026/01/17

This week's programme is fashioned out of clay and stone, against a background of beautiful birdsong. Our potter is the king of clay himself, Keith Brymer Jones, the big, friendly, funny, tearful face of The Great Pottery Throw Down.Our stonemason, Jennie Regan, was taught her craft with the help of the King, and has returned the favour by carving some stone for him.The birdsong will be supplied by Sean Ronayne who has managed to record the sound of all but two of Ireland’s 200 native bird

56:20

Jake Humphrey, Being a Dominatrix, Mapping Canal...

Saturday Live ·

2026/01/10

Jake Humphrey is a High Performance broadcaster - he's spoken openly about his mental health and what drives him, and in his podcast and new book he uncovers what makes the likes of Sir Chris Hoy and Sarina Wiegman tick.Madelaine Thomas has excelled in not one but two fields. Firstly as a dominatrix and then as a tech entrepreneur helping others protect their privacy.Dr Uy Hoang, also has two strings to his bow. As an eminent epidemiologist he maps the path of diseases. As an enthusiast for

56:44

Josh Widdicombe, Helen Sharman and the Inheritance...

Saturday Live ·

2026/01/03

Josh Widdicombe is about to take his stand up show on the road around the country and his latest new podcast series; Dr Helen Sharman talks about the time she became Britain’s first astronaut, and Finlay Wilson a Yoga teacher and author discusses all things yoga in all sorts of glorious Scottish settings. Plus Emily Watson the actor with an astonishing list of theatre, film and television credits to her name, and an array of awards and nominations to match chooses her Inheritance Tracks.

56:35

A Christmas Games Special

Saturday Live ·

2025/12/20

On this Christmas special edition of Saturday Live, we take a deep-dive into the world of board games.Marcia Lewis’s has board games in her blood - her father was the creator of Cluedo.Neil Scanllan holds not one, not two, but four world records for his remarkable collection of Monopoly sets.Dr Harshan Lamabadusuriya, doctor by day, scrabble assassin by night, has had the best season of his life becoming the UK champion for the second time. Also today, BBC Inside Science presenter Tom Whipple,

56:31

Russell Tovey, Desert Racing, Puppeteering, and the...

Saturday Live ·

2025/12/13

The actor and art lover Russell Tovey - who’s not only on a mission to spread his love of art far and wide… but is humanity's best hope in the War between Land and Sea.There’s no hint of CGI in the warzones Sally Becker’s been to - the recipient of a Lifetime achievement award at this year’s Pride of Britain, she’s made it her life’s work to help children in some of the most unimaginable situations.And Vanessa Ruck - who spent seven years recovering from a life-changing car accident… only to then

56:20

Chris McCausland, Shipwrecks, Pigeon Fancying, and...

Saturday Live ·

2025/12/06

Chris McCausland, funny, clever, excellent dancer, widely loved. The list goes on. His new autobiography "Keeping Laughing" charts his life and career across a twenty-five-year journey where he lost his sight but found moments of happiness and laughter along the way.Douglas Roberston, survived being cast adrift in the pacific ocean for 38 days after a killer whale. Just a teenager at the time, he reveals the extremes he had to go to extremes to survive.Another tackler of apparently insurmountable

56:34

Ben Miller, Synaesthesia, Women's Football, and the...

Saturday Live ·

2025/11/29

We’re in the company of Ben Miller, comedian, actor, writer and some time student of physics...here to tell us how Father Christmas can in fact deliver a gift to every child in just one night with his new book "The Night I Met Father Christmas".Someone who has had an early Christmas present already is Lucy Steeds, who this week was crowned the winner of the Waterstones Book of the Year. She reveals the process of how her debut book, "The Artist", has become so successful - and how he channels her

56:39

Michael Sheen, Scam Safe, Medieval Combat Sports, and...

Saturday Live ·

2025/11/22

Michael Sheen is an actor, director and Welshman who describes his vision and impact of the Welsh National Theatre, exploring how the stage can reflect and shape national identity, and what can be learned from football scouts to find the next generation of talent.Convicted fraudster Alex Wood reveals how he went from a would be child prodigy violinist to defrauding millions of pounds out of people. Now, he is a fraud hunter looking for personal redemption whilst helping the police and presenting

56:32

Paul and Hollie Cook, Baking, Extreme Cleaning, and...

Saturday Live ·

2025/11/15

On a wet and windy Saturday Live, Hollie Cook joins us to discuss a career that has seen her music streamed millions of times online, as well what it's like to be raised by a Sex Pistol - her dad, Paul Cook is with us too, still drumming up a storm half a century after it all started.The almost indecently talented Jasmine Mitchell - completing a degree in medicine while finding time to win Bake Off by a country mile.Extreme cleaner Ben Giles started out cleaning windows, and moved into cleaning

56:14

Oliver Jeffers, Fatherhood, The House of Thatchers,...

Saturday Live ·

2025/11/08

The acclaimed illustrator and children’s author Oliver Jeffers discuses the power of fatherhood in both his life and work, from his father's visionary education beliefs during The Troubles, to how his own role as a father feeds into his work - his new book is "I'm Very Busy".Eleanor Thatcher, is a fifth generation cider maker, and the first woman in the family to join the senior leadership of Thatchers, she reveals the wise words that have been passed down the family tree. Lesley Pearse is a

56:21

Ken Follett, The FA Cup, Piano Reinvention, and...

Saturday Live ·

2025/11/01

Ken Follett has sold 200 million books around the world, in more than 80 countries and into 30 different languages. He made his breakthrough with spy thrillers before working his way back through time, and now we find him telling the story of the building of Stonehenge in his latest book, "Circle of Days".The Macabees musician Felix White wanted to be a footballer, didn’t we all, until it became clear to him aged seven that he wasn’t good enough... so he turned to Football Manager by post. Football

56:36

David Suchet, Greetings Cards, Artistic Exploration,...

Saturday Live ·

2025/10/25

Sir David Suchet has reignited his little grey cells to traverse the world, following in the footsteps of the great Agatha Christie in a new book and television series "Travels with Agatha Christie".Tony Foster is also a keen traveller, as an adventure artist he has ventured deep into the world’s wildernesses, painting 17,000ft up Mount Everest and in the very heart of the Grand Canyon.Stacey McNeil is someone else who finds inspiration from nature and expresses it through her art - after being

56:35

Peter James, Hedgelaying, Prosthetics, and Philippa...

Saturday Live ·

2025/10/18

Peter James is one of the UK's bestselling authors who's Detective Grace series now hosts Queen Camila in a staring role, by Royal request, in his latest novel "The Hawk is Dead". But this isn't his first familial involvement with the Royal family, as his mother was the official glovemaker to Queen Elizabeth II.Jim Ashworth-Beaumont was a former army veteran and skilled prosthetics expert - until one day a dramatic crash with a lorry, whilst out cycling, left him needing his own expertise.Elizabeth

56:08

Susie Dent, Winemaking, Speed Ploughing and Joanna...

Saturday Live ·

2025/10/11

It’s often said that one pretty sure route to happiness is to find something you love doing, and then make a career out of doing it, and seems to be exactly what Susie Dent has managed to do with her lifelong fascination with words. In her new book "The Roots We Share" Susie spreads her love of language. Fekky grew up in Lewisham, and used music as his escape from a life of gangs and violence. But during lockdown he, like many of us, found his green fingers and has since upped sticks and moved to

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