Podcast Episodes

Romesh Ranganathan, comedian and broadcaster

Romesh Ranganathan is a comedian and BAFTA-winning broadcaster who has been a fixture on British television screens for the past decade. In addition to his TV shows and stand-up tours he presents th…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Abdulrazak Gurnah, writer

Abdulrazak Gurnah is emeritus Professor of Post-Colonial Literatures at the University of Kent and the 2021 Nobel Prize winner in Literature.

Born in Zanzibar in 1948, the second of six children, A…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu, scientist

Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience at University College London and President of Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.

She has devoted her career to harnessi…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Danny Dyer, actor

Actor Danny Dyer became a household name when he joined the cast of EastEnders as Mick Carter, landlord of the Queen Victoria pub. He recently stole the show from some stiff competition playing Fredd…

Published on 3 months ago

Classic Desert Island Discs - Jack Thorne

Jack Thorne, screenwriter and playwright, shares the eight tracks, book and luxury item he would want with him if cast away on a desert island. With Lauren Laverne.

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

Classic Desert Island Discs - Dame Joan Plowright

Sue Lawley talks to the actor Dame Joan Plowright in a programme first broadcast in 2006. Dame Joan died in January at the age of 95.

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Classic Desert Island Discs - Colm Toibin

Kirsty Young interviews writer Colm Toibin in a programme first heard in 2016.

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Classic Desert Island Discs - Dame Louise Casey

Lauren Laverne talks to crossbench peer Dame Louise Casey in a programme from 2021.

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Classic Desert Island Discs - Warwick Davis

Kirsty Young talks to actor Warwick Davis, in a programme first heard in 2016.

Published on 4 months ago

Lindsey Hilsum, journalist

Lindsey Hilsum is a multi-award-winning journalist who has been a foreign correspondent for the past four decades. She has been Channel 4’s international editor for the past 22 years and has reported…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago