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Lee Mack
Lee Mack is one of the funniest and most successful British comedians working today; and if you're a fan of Would I Lie To You? then you'll no doubt …
11 months ago
Rosebud on Armistice Day: Sir Nicholas Soames, grandson of Churchill
On Armistice Day, we bring you an episode of Rosebud which opens at the Garden of Remembrance at Westminster Abbey, where Gyles meets veteran and dou…
11 months, 1 week ago
Petula Clark
Petula Clark has been famous since she was a child, when she was discovered on a wartime BBC radio show, and she has been on the radio, film and tele…
11 months, 1 week ago
Gyles's diary, episode 28
Another great episode of diaries for you, featuring another special appearance from Michèle, Gyles's wife. In this episode we discuss whether you can…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Samuel West
The actor Samuel West is our guest today, and we recorded this episode earlier this month, not long before his mother, Prunella Scales's death on 27 …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Sebastian Faulks
Gyles speaks to the novelist and writer Sebastian Faulks, who tells him about his childhood growing up in Berkshire and his clear memories of being l…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Charles Spencer
This week's guest is Charles Spencer: the writer, broadcaster, and heir to the Spencer family title and estate at Althorp, where his sister, Diana, i…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Gyles's diary, episode 27
A momentous time for the young GDB in this week's diaries, as he prepares to take his finals and to leave Oxford. The three years have flown by, as t…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Sir David Hare
Sir David Hare is one of the UK's most prolific and successful playwrights, and in this episode he talks to Gyles first about theatre, about great ac…
1 year ago
More Rosebud - we talk to Julia Samuel MBE about grief, bereavement and loss
In this long-awaited episode, Gyles (and Harriet) talk to the psychotherapist, writer and broadcaster Julia Samuel about bereavement. As regular Rose…
1 year ago