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Dawn Butler
Season 2 Episode 149
Dawn Butler was the first black woman to speak at the despatch box in the House of Commons. But as a young person it had not once occurred to her to …
3 years, 2 months ago
Polly Toynbee
Season 2 Episode 148
When Polly Toynbee arrived at The Observer in the late 1960s, she quickly concluded that she'd make a poor news reporter. Hailing from a long line of…
3 years, 2 months ago
Dale Vince
Season 2 Episode 147
Environmentalist Dale Vince was appalled to learn, as a child, that many adults don't enjoy going to work. Rejecting convention, he decided to hit th…
3 years, 2 months ago
Best of Full Disclosure
Season 2 Episode 146
After a brief summer hiatus, James brings you some of the most extraordinary moments you might not have heard from Full Disclosure. We'll be back nex…
3 years, 2 months ago
Shaparak Khorsandi
Season 2 Episode 145
Comedian and author Shaparak Khorsandi speaks to James about being diagnosed with ADHD in her forties, her Iranian background and ambitions to become…
3 years, 3 months ago
Alan Titchmarsh
Season 2 Episode 144
He's one of the nation's favourite broadcasters, but when Alan Titchmarsh was a young lad, his parents worried about him. Disliking secondary school …
3 years, 3 months ago
Rob Rinder
Season 2 Episode 143
Broadcaster, criminal barrister, columnist and now novelist, Rob Rinder is too curious a person to stay in one place for long. He speaks to James abo…
3 years, 4 months ago
Wendell Pierce
Season 2 Episode 142
Wendell Pierce was on the verge of quitting acting after he graduated from Juilliard - but decided to "give it a year". Four decades on, he's one of …
3 years, 4 months ago
Dexter Fletcher
Season 2 Episode 141
After 50 years in TV, film and theatre, James O'Brien sits down with one of his heroes, actor turned big-time director, Dexter Fletcher to discuss th…
3 years, 4 months ago
Joan Bakewell
Season 2 Episode 140
She was made a peer in 2011, but Dame Joan Bakewell regards herself first and foremost as a journalist and writer. From a very young age, Joan develo…
3 years, 4 months ago