Podcast Episodes

Chris Bryant

Season 2 Episode 97

He’s best known for his forensic select committee cross examination of cabinet ministers but the Labour MP for Rhondda lived multiple lives before reaching parliament in 2001. Originally a member of …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Coming Soon : The Followers

Hey James O'Brien listeners, here’s a brand new podcast we think you’d like, called The Followers. Shelagh Fogarty began her LBC career as a guest presenter in 2014, and her balanced and calm present…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Chris Patten

Season 2 Episode 96

In 1997 Chris Patten walked away as the final British governor of Hong Kong in a symbol of Britain's continual imperial decline. Having taken the blame for Margaret Thatcher's hated poll tax, he was …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Wes Streeting

Season 2 Episode 95

When he was elected as the MP for Ilford North in 2015, Wes Streeting achieved the biggest swing towards Labour from the Conservatives in the general election. Despite growing up in relative poverty …

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Simon Callow

Season 2 Episode 94

Known best for playing Gareth in Four Weddings and a Funeral, Simon Callow is a critically acclaimed actor, writer and director. Raised by a host of eccentric and strong-minded women, he eventually f…

Published on 3 years, 6 months ago

Robert Lindsay

Season 2 Episode 93

He’s known mostly to his younger fans for playing Ben Harper in the decade-long running sitcom, My Family and to an older audience as the eponymous Marxist in Citizen Smith. In this episode of Full D…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

The Secret Barrister

Season 2 Episode 92

An unusual episode of Full Disclosure: one in which the identity of our guest is not revealed. No name, no gender, no details about where they grew up or went to school. The Secret Barrister is a cri…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Ed Byrne

Season 2 Episode 91

Irish comedian Ed Byrne was born in County Dublin and attended a school run by the Christian Brothers Catholic order. It was so badly managed that he had to leave. After one year away, he was back ag…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

Andy Hamilton

Season 2 Episode 90

Hoards of men would troop past Andy Hamilton's window every Saturday on the street he grew up on in Fulham. Minutes away from Stamford Bridge, and despite being by his own admission a 'sickly child',…

Published on 3 years, 7 months ago

James Wong

Season 2 Episode 89

For as long as he can remember, James Wong has been obsessed with botany. He shares his small central London flat with 500 houseplants and has incorporated them into coffee tables and TV stands. Havi…

Published on 3 years, 8 months ago