Podcast Episodes

John Harvey

Crime writer John Harvey has no shortage of fans. His prize-winning books have sold over a million copies and have been translated and published all …

11 years, 7 months ago

Roger Law

Roger Law was the evil genius behind the mocking caricature puppets of Spitting Image, the award-winning TV series, which ran for over 12 years. No p…

11 years, 8 months ago

Kathryn Tickell

Michael Berkeley's guest is the Northumbrian musician Kathryn Tickell. Kathryn Tickell is rooted in the remote hill farms of Northumbria; her grandp…

11 years, 8 months ago

Kika Markham

Michael Berkeley's guest is the actor Kika Markham, widow of Corin Redgrave.

'Actors by their nature are curious, fickle, insecure people: flirts. The…

11 years, 8 months ago

David Lan

David Lan is a huge force in theatre in Britain, indeed internationally. But how he got there is surprising. Brought up in Cape Town, he began his ca…

11 years, 8 months ago

Roy Foster

As the first incumbent of the only chair in Irish History in Britain, at Oxford, Roy Foster has devoted his career to bringing Irish history to the f…

11 years, 9 months ago

Charles Spencer

Charles Spencer, the 9th Earl Spencer, is probably best known as the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and is remembered above all for the…

11 years, 9 months ago

Sir Timothy Gowers

Timothy Gowers is the son of a composer, the brother of a violinist, and a keen jazz pianist. But that's not how he makes a living. In fact, Sir Timo…

11 years, 9 months ago

Sophie Hannah

Sophie Hannah is a prize-winning poet, whose work is studied in schools and universities across the country, and the author of nine dark psychologica…

11 years, 10 months ago

Mark Miodownik

From concrete to chocolate and teacups to tennis racquets, it's the everyday stuff of life that fascinates Mark Miodownik. He's Professor of Material…

11 years, 10 months ago