Saturday Live

Apr 12 2025 751 ep. 78 mins 12.8k
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Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.

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Sir Tim Rice, Alan Toyne, Sareeta Domingo, Penelope Wilton

Apr 12 2025 62 mins  
Oscar-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice is the man behind some of the world's most beloved musicals. From Evita to The Lion King, he's currently on tour bringing his own life story and hit-filled career to a stage near you. Novelist Sareeta Domingo joins Saturday Live. She faced her own life-altering plot-twist, when she was diagnosed with cancer. It proved to be more than a chapter to

Gyles Brandreth, Lorna Tucker, Paul Lamb, Sophie Duker

Apr 05 2025 61 mins  
The writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth discusses his love of words and language.Lorna Tucker is the fearless and celebrated filmmaker who rose from homelessness and a life of crime on the streets of Soho to Sundance glory.And Paul Lamb the wagon-living-hedge-laying wizard, who weaves living masterpieces from nature’s tangle, restoring ancient countryside hedgerows and keeping

Michael Morpurgo, Tricia Stewart, John Harris, Gina McKee

Mar 29 2025 65 mins  
The author Michael Morpurgo, whose stories have enchanted children across the world...he’s now turned to non-fiction with a book for adults proving that the most magical storytellers have very real lives. Journalist and writer John Harris is a music chronicler and critic of music and critic since the age of nineteen...music’s been a massive part of his life, and now more than

Denise Lewis, Chris Chibnall, Shân Veillard-Thomas, Rachel Burden

Mar 22 2025 60 mins  
Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.

Rebecca Front, Amber Butchart, Natalie Chandler, Christina Trevanion

Mar 15 2025 59 mins  
The career of BAFTA winning actor and funny woman Rebecca Front spans the stage, screen and now podcasting - she brings her unique blend of irreverence and being a ‘bit of a Pollyanna’ to the studio.Natalie Chandler swapped her boots for the pen as a former professional rugby player who’s now tackling the world as a thriller writer – guided by her dreams and her ancestors.

Lorraine Kelly, Sally Lindsay, Alice Watkins, Carrie Hope Fletcher

Mar 08 2025 61 mins  
Actor Sally Lindsay has gone from stealing scenes as Shelley Unwin in Coronation Street to creating and starring in The Madame Blanc Mysteries - and is passionate about fighting for working class talents in her industry.Lorraine Kelly has been brightening our screens in the morning for decades with warmth, wit and her ability to put absolutely anyone at ease - and now can add debut

Lindsey Burrow, Connor Allen, John McFall, Jared Harris

Mar 01 2025 61 mins  
Lindsey Burrow who inspired the nation caring for her late husband, the rugby league legend Rob Burrow, as he lived with MND, shares her story of love, loss, resilience and advocacy. At the age of sixteen, Connor Allen attacked his own mum and she reported him to police, but his life turned around thanks to support from his teachers at trial to become the Welsh Children’s Laureat

Steven Frayne (aka Dynamo), Pepsi Demacque-Crockett, Harriet Dyer, Steph McGovern

Feb 22 2025 63 mins  
Steven Frayne, better known as the illusionist and magician Dynamo, has made the impossible look effortless: walking on water, levitating above London and somehow keeping his secrets. His new show marks a new chapter, where he uses his magic to spotlight everyday heroes across the UK, returning to the street magic that first launched his career.From backing vocals for Wham! to pop

Kate Mosse, Maher Fattouh, Dola Posh, Olly Alexander

Feb 15 2025 62 mins  
Internationally lauded, bestselling novelist, Kate Mosse is celebrating big this year, with both the 20th anniversary of her iconic novel Labyrinth, and the 30th edition of the Women’s Prize for Fiction announced later this year.Maher Fattouh, a football loving student who was blinded by an explosion as he fled Syria in 2014 but discovered that true vision comes from resilience n

Nisha Katona, Mark Thompson, Phoebe Smith, Jesse Eisenberg

Feb 08 2025 56 mins  
Nisha Katona, former barrister now Mistress of Spices, Mowgli restaurant mogul, TV presenter and host of new show Home Kitchen - she’s described herself as a culinary Womble.Astronomer Mark Thompson is famous for unravelling the mysteries of the universe and the world of STEM., on TV and on tour, telescope in one hand and a sense of wonder in the other. Phoebe ‘Wander Woman’