Podcast Episodes

Frederic Raphael

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the screen writer Frederic Raphael. For 50 years Frederic Raphael has written witty scripts for television and the…

20 years, 3 months ago

Karen Armstrong

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the author Karen Armstrong. She writes books about the world's religions, trying to explain that their strength li…

20 years, 3 months ago

Jeremy Irons

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the actor Jeremy Irons.

He made his name playing Charles Ryder in Brideshead Revisited in 1981 and became known for…

20 years, 4 months ago

Rt Hon Shirley Williams

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the politician Baroness Williams of Crosby. Shirley Williams has spent her life immersed in politics. Her father w…

20 years, 4 months ago

John Sutherland

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the writer and academic John Sutherland. He is the recently retired Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English L…

20 years, 4 months ago

Frankie Dettori

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the jockey Frankie Dettori. Over the past two decades he's won more than 2,000 races including most of the classic…

20 years, 4 months ago

Richard Griffiths

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is one of this country's leading character actors - Richard Griffiths. Most recently, he won three Best Actor awards …

20 years, 5 months ago

Kelly Holmes

Sue Lawley's castaway is the athlete Dame Kelly Holmes. Kelly Holmes was the heroine of the Athens Olympics. She achieved her lifetime's ambition whe…

20 years, 5 months ago

John Rutter

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the composer John Rutter. He is the most celebrated and successful composer of carols alive today and this Christm…

20 years, 5 months ago

Maggi Hambling

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the artist Maggi Hambling. Above all else, she is known as a painter of people. Over the past 30 years she has pa…

20 years, 5 months ago