Podcast Episodes

Martha Lane Fox

To mark International Women's Day, Michael Berkeley's guest is Martha Lane Fox. At the age of only 25 she co-founded Lastminute.com, which floated at…

10 years, 4 months ago

Katharine Whitehorn

A chance to hear Michael Berkeley talk to the veteran journalist, Katharine Whitehorn, who died in January 2021 at the age 92. In this programme from…

10 years, 4 months ago

Robert Harris

Robert Harris made his name with Fatherland, a thriller which imagined what life would have been like in Britain had Hitler won the War. It sold over…

10 years, 5 months ago

Shirley Collins

Shirley Collins talks to Michael Berkeley about her musical passions and her sixty-year career in folk music. Much praised for her clear, unaffected …

10 years, 5 months ago

Baaba Maal

As a prelude to the Folk Connections weekend on Radio 3, Michael Berkeley's guest is the world music singer and instrumentalist Baaba Maal. He perfor…

10 years, 5 months ago

Gerald Barry

For New Year New Music, Michael Berkeley's guest is the Irish composer Gerald Barry. We tend to think of 'New Music' as something deadly serious and …

10 years, 6 months ago

Chilly Gonzales

Canadian pianist Chilly Gonzales is on a mission - to get us all playing. His piano books and online pop music masterclasses attract hundreds of thou…

10 years, 6 months ago

Alan Bennett

Michael Berkeley's guest this week is Alan Bennett. We know him as the much-loved playwright and diarist who's been entertaining and moving us as a w…

10 years, 6 months ago

Akram Khan

Akram Khan is hardly ever still; an international star, he spins around the world with his dance company - just this last month he's been performing …

10 years, 6 months ago

Northern Lights: Sara Wheeler

As part of Radio 3's Northern Lights season, Michael Berkeley's guest is the award-winning writer on the Polar Regions, Sara Wheeler.

Sara Wheeler spe…

10 years, 7 months ago