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Recommendations: Ruth Cove and Kilcreggan Book Festival 2024 Amongst the popular authors this year are Liz Lochhead, Alex Gray, and a much lauded new kid on the block called Jen Stout, who has been recalling her adventures covering the conflict in Ukraine. Tickets, both weekend and single event are available via the button below. Breaking News ! We are pleased to announce our full list of Authors. Saturday 23rd November Liz LochheadAlex GrayAasmah MirJosie Long Sunday 24th November Ken McNabJen StoutGavin FrancisPeter Ross More details on the authors can be found here Tickets for the Individual Author Sessions are now available at the link below at £8 per session. Weekend Passes at £55 each are still on sale and offer a £9 saving on individual tickets. You will receive a ticket by email in the form of a PDF attachment which can be printed out or presented on your phone at the event. As soon as your payment is processed your name will be added to our list which will be available at the Cove Burgh Hall door.  Cove Burgh Hall, Shore Road, Cove, G84 0LY. Shetland - BBC The dark side of one of the most beautiful places on earth. Uncovering secrets and lies from the past - detective drama starring Douglas Henshall, Ashley Jensen and Alison O'Donnell. A Glasgow Girl: A memoir of growing up and finding your voice - Aasmah Mir A Glasgow Girl is the coming of age story of Aasmah Mir's childhood growing up in 1970s Glasgow. From a vivacious child to a teenage loner, Aasmah candidly shares the highs and lows of growing up between two cultures - trying to fit in at school and retreating to the safe haven of a home inhabited by her precious but distant little brother and Helen, her family's Glaswegian guardian angel. Intricately woven into this moving memoir is the story of Aasmah's mother, as we follow her own life as a young girl in 1950s Pakistan to 1960s Scotland and beyond. Both mother and daughter fight, are defeated and triumph in different battles in this sharp and moving story. A Glasgow Girl is a remarkable memoir about family, identity and finding yourself where you are. Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church - Peter Ross A thoroughly beguiling tour around the manifold riches of Britain's churches, Ross' immersive book ranges from unassuming parish to mighty cathedral and tells a defiantly human story of art, architecture, history and culture. David: Rebels and Renegades: Sheila Rock Street Level Photoworks are pleased to present REBELS & RENEGADES, a two part exhibition featuring the outstanding work of Sheila Rock and Jill Furmanovsky, two pioneering women photographers who captured the zeitgeist of punk and the post-punk unfolding in music and style. https://www.middleeasteye.net/ - Why Dutch support for Israel's football hooligans has roots in colonial racism Eamonn My Salinger Year - film In New York City's late nineties, a young aspiring writer lands a day-job at J.D. Salinger's literary agency. While her eccentric and old-fashioned boss tasks her to process Salinger's voluminous fan mail, she struggles to find her own voice. SALINGER- Documentary Features interviews with 150 subjects - including Salinger's friends and colleagues who have never spoken on the record - as well as film footage, photographs, and other material never before seen.

At the end of the show a question from Roger Hyam Recommendations: Ruth The Glasgow Girl (Paperback) - Aasmah Mir  A Glasgow Girl is the coming of age story of Aasmah Mir's childhood growing up in 1970s Glasgow. From a vivacious child to a teenage loner, Aasmah candidly shares the highs and lows of growing up between two cultures - trying to fit in at school and retreating to the safe haven of a home inhabited by her precious but distant little brother and Helen, her family's Glaswegian guardian angel. Intricately woven into this moving memoir is the story of Aasmah's mother, as we follow her own life as a young girl in 1950s Pakistan to 1960s Scotland and beyond. Both mother and daughter fight, are defeated and triumph in different battles in this sharp and moving story. A Glasgow Girl is a remarkable memoir about family, identity and finding yourself where you are. This book was previously titled A Pebble in the Throat. https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-glasgow-girl/aasmah-mir/9781472288554  Blue Lights - series - BBC For three police recruits in Belfast, the pressure is immense. Facing criminal gangs and divided communities, they don't know who to trust. The odds are, they won't all make it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0f2cxpr/blue-lights  Hollyrood Sources Podcast The Holyrood Sources podcast analyses Scottish politics through the experiences of those who have lived and breathed it as Special Advisers to the Scottish Government, SNP and opposition parties. Join hosts Calum Macdonald, Geoff Aberdein (Chief of Staff to the First Minister, 2007-2014) and Andy Maciver (Former Head of Communications for the Scottish Conservatives). Their insight is second to none - they've been there. What does Scottish Politics look like after Nicola Sturgeon? Holyrood Sources bring you the insider information you need to navigate the next chapter. https://holyroodsources.com/  Stuart When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/81219887  Eamonn Living - film - netflix Overwhelmed at work and lonely at home, a council bureaucrat's life takes a heartbreaking turn when a medical diagnosis tells him his time is short. Influenced by a local decadent and a vibrant woman, he continues to search for meaning until a simple revelation gives him a purpose to create a legacy for the next generation. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9051908/ 

Jane and Fi survived the shared black cab journey and are here to tell the tale. They also discuss first words, hotel freebies and Fi's Cliff Richard resistance. Plus, they're joined by Channel 4 News anchor Krishnan Guru-Murthy to chat Strictly Come Dancing and balancing the demands of his job with his dancing. Here's how to download the bonus episode: Make sure your iPhone has the latest iOS software up to date (you can check this in settings) Go to the Apple Podcasts App and click on ‘Off Air with Jane and Fi' Scroll down to the bonus episode with Aasmah from 6th October Hit Play: you'll then to able to click on the option to say you have a Times Subscription Log into your Times account and bob's your uncle: you can download that episode and all the others coming over the next 12 months If you want to contact the show to ask a question and get involved in the conversation then please email us: janeandfi@times.radio Follow us on Instagram! @janeandfi Assistant Producer: Eve Salusbury Times Radio Producer: Rosie Cutler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My guest for this episode is the multi-award-winning broadcaster, journalist and writer Aasmah Mir. Starting her career on Scottish TV, Aasmah has worked on our screens and radios for more than 25years including as co-presenter of Radio 4's Saturday Live, Radio 5's Drive show and now as the co-presenter of Times Radio's Breakfast show.But beneath Aasmah's trailblazing success lies a story of resilience and triumph over adversity. As the daughter of Pakistani immigrants, Aasmah faced the turbulent challenges of racism, identity crises, and the painful experience of seeing her beloved, severely autistic brother being sectioned. In her teenage years, and facing the trauma of severe bullying, Aasmah almost lost the very voice that would later resonate with millions. In her moving memoir A Pebble In The Throat, Aasmah unflinchingly details her personal odyssey, interwoven with her mother Almas' experiences. This joint memoir chronicles a saga spanning five decades and two continents, as Aasmah's remarkable storytelling captures the essence of resilience, and the unbreakable bonds of family. Astonishingly, she embarked on her book while navigating the challenges of being a single parent following the sudden collapse of her marriage.My thanks to Aasmah for sharing her astonishing story.Aasmah's Crisis Comforts: 1. Fizzy cola bottles. I'm not the sugar fiend that I used to be, but there's something very comforting about fizzy cola bottle sweets. I always have some of them on hand.2. Tea. Not just drinking tea, but the act of making tea. So, the little infuser, tea leaves, the best ones from Fortnum and Mason, and I just go through the whole thing – it has always calmed me down.3. My bed. I just love being in my bed. I love pulling up the covers, it reminds me of being a teenager actually, I used to take comfort then as well. I just feel like I'm on a little island floating away from all my trouble.Links:Aasmah's book – A Pebble In The Throat - https://amzn.to/463Q2Eb Aasmah's Twitter -https://twitter.com/AasmahMir?s=20 Stream/Buy ‘Allies' by Some Velvet Morning: https://ampl.ink/qp6bm Some Velvet Morning Website: www.somevelvetmorning.co.uk Your Daily Practice: Sleep by Myndstream: https://open.spotify.com/track/5OX9XgJufFz9g63o2Dv2i5?si=b2f9397c92084682 Host – Andy CoulsonCWC production team: Louise Difford, Ed Isaacs and Jane SankeyWith special thanks to Global

My guest today is the award-winning broadcaster Aasmah Mir. Born and brought up in Glasgow, of Pakistani Heritage, Aasmah started in newspapers before moving to the BBC, where she worked for twenty years - most famously as co-host of Saturday Live. She joined Times Radio three years ago, as cohost of the Breakfast Show and is a two-time winner of a Sony Gold Award, kind of like a radio Oscar. She's also been named audio presenter of the year at the broadcasting press guild awards AND, she won celebrity mastermind. we're talking brainiac!But before all this, Aasmah was a teenage loner, the third of four children, growing up between two cultures in the 1970s and 80s. A childhood that could not have been more different than her mother, Almas, growing up in the 1950s in Pakistan. It is those two childhoods that are the subject of Aasmah's moving memoir, A Pebble In The Throat, which interweaves Aasmah's childhood and teenage years with those of her mother.On a trip to Scotland, Aasmah came and hung out in my kitchen to discuss writing a book with her mother, how the racism of her childhood shaped her, learning to be visible, deciding to end her marriage and rebuilding life after divorce. We also discussed her "unexpected daughter”, menopause, her monster to-do list and how she finally dislodged the pebble in her throat* You can buy all the books mentioned in this podcast at The Shift bookshop on Bookshop.org, including A Pebble In The Throat by Aasmah Mir and the book that inspired this podcast, The Shift: how I lost and found myself after 40 - and you can too, by me.* And if you'd like to support the work that goes into making this podcast and get a weekly newsletter plus loads more content including transcripts of the podcast, please consider joining The Shift community. Find out more at www.theshiftwithsambaker.substack.com• The Shift (on life after 40) with Sam Baker is created and hosted by Sam Baker and edited by Emily Sandford. If you enjoyed this podcast, please rate/review/follow as it really does help other people find us. And let me know what you think on twitter @sambaker or instagram @theothersambaker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Macdonald, a special episode of the HUGE new podcast from CalumAM. (Navigate to your favourite time codes with the Running Order below)Times Radio friends, colleagues and superstars Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell join for a chat about the station that Stig is *technically* one of the bosses of, what it means to "make it", and, of course, some unplanned, unscripted nonsense, as you hear every morning at 5:55am in "The Handover" between Calum's Early Breakfast programme, and Aasmah and Stig with Times Radio Breakfast. We talk about what it was like to interview the Prime Minister on day one of the station, the fact that Aasmah and Stig hadn't had much chance to spend time with one another in the studio, and there's even a bit of a love-in and lots of compliments.They are the royal couple, arguably the nation's sweethearts, and now they're on Macdonald.Today's Running Order:00:00 - The Cold Open01:23 - The First Bit03:23 - Reviewing Your Reviews (including a song at 04:20)13:10 - Booked with Aasmah Mir and Stig Abell01:00:46 - Correspondence01:06:16 - In The Zone, with Chris StoneEmail anytime: macdonald@calumam.comFind me on social media: @CalumAMFind Chris: @thewellbeingpt

In this final episode of the series, Lucy and Aasmah welcome journalist, writer and comedian Viv Groskop as their A-list Adjudicator to give the final verdict on some threads which have been keeping the AIBU? users busy for months!Our hosts also delve into the cliches which are enough to drive anyone crazy - when all said and done. Plus the classics board yields some gems to take us through to the end of series 1. Thanks to everyone for listening and see you soon for series 2. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this taster of next week's edition of AIBU? Lucy and Aasmah go on an emotional roller-coaster of cliches endured by the Mumsnet users. The classics board yealds some laugh-a-minute moments of childbirth (no, really) and A-List Adjudicator is writer, podcaster and journalist Viv Groskop. FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE A WEEK TODAY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode, Aasmah and Lucy share forum users' little acts of rebellion - including a stunning one involving Phil Mitchell - and Lucy reveals some examples of her own. A scan of the Classics board allows us to revel in some stunning malapropisms (picnic hamster anyone?) And while we're talking about hamsters, this week's A-List Adjudicator - writer and comedian Andi Osho - gives us her definitive verdict on them, and a whole lot of other stuff besides. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this taster of what's to come in next week's AIBU? podcast, Lucy and Aasmah delight in forum users' little acts of rebellion, the Classics board yields some glorious malapropisms, and A-List Adjudicator Andi Osho gives the final word on hamsters, among other things. FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE A WEEK TODAY. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of AIBU? Podcast Lucy and Aasmah allow some venting of those long-held grudges we ALL harbour from our school days - one poster laments a sports day slight, which could have changed the entire course of their life!We hear wedding tales to make you cringe - bridal strip-tease anyone? And comic Sindhu Vee is on-hand with some sage advice on writing with a pencil and piercing unpronounceable body parts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Coming-up in next week's AIBU? Podcast - Lucy and Aasmah help users vent past grudges decades-old against school friends, sisters and spouses. They also revel in some cringe-worthy wedding tales - and comic Sindhu Vee unleashes her A-List Adjudication skills for all to see. Listento a small selection here. THE FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE A WEEK TODAY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this week's episode, Aasmah and Lucy sympathise with forum users, over ridiculous complaints (teachers, you have our undying respect), the classics board yields subject matter not for the school-run, when a thread entitled 'penetration man' is explored in detail. Plus, Anneka Rice takes a break from preparing for this year's 'Strictly' to become our A-List Adjudicator, giving the final word on subjects such as; bread, Rod Stewart and weeing in the sea! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this taster of next week's episode, Lucy and Aasmah delight in the world of ridiculous complaints and shallow reasons to dump someone, and Anneka Rice takes on the role of A-List Adjudicator, giving her verdict on Rod Stewart, gin and weeing in the sea.FULL EPISODE OUT A WEEK TODAY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Lucy and Aasmah's perusal of the AIBU? forum throws-up gems which include; irrational things that scared you as a child (surprise appearances include egg and quicksand) and the weirdest things that have happened whilst staying at other people's houses (Erasure fans block your ears). The duo also find out once and for all whether it's acceptable to eat breakfast during work hours. And blogger, Brummy Mummy of 2, AKA Emma Conway is this week's A-List Adjudicator who gives the definitive answer to fence disputes, carpet stains and a whole lot more besides. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this tiny taste of next week's AIBU? Podcast, Lucy and Aasmah get-to-grips with irrational things that scared you as a child - and then scarred you for life; the weird and not so wonderful things that people have done whilst hosting at their homes, and blogger Brummy Mummy of 2 - also known as Emma Conway - gives her A-List verdict on a selection of hot threads from the AIBU? forum. THE FULL EPISODE IS AVAILABLE A WEEK TODAY. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, journalist Robyn Wilder gives her A-List adjudication to dilemmas concerning hen-dos and fancy dress. Lucy and Aasmah read forum users' most embarrassing moments- while sharing one or two from their own back catalogue - it seems that most of us can't get through life without flashing our underwear at their bosses/colleagues/window cleaners. We also hear some hilarious and baffling overheard arguments, plus we revisit the cringe-worthy moments awarded to us by our pets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this taste of next week's episode: Lucy and Aasmah have the time of their lives reading about forum users' most embarrassing moments and hilarious overheard arguments. Journalist & Huffington Post columnist, Robyn Wilder is A-List Adjudicator and has the definitive verdict on hen-dos. And we get part two of posters' most cringe-worthy pets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Lucy and Aasmah indulge in some epic social media stalking fails from the Mumsnet users - if you thought it impossible to tag yourself in an ex's wedding picture, or put your crush's name out as your Facebook status, then you need to hear this. Comedian and writer Olivia Lee takes the role of A-list adjudicator in this episode, and shares a very unusual method for wearing her 'mum bun'. There are also some splendid overheard arguments to enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this taste of things to come, Aasmah and Lucy indulge in some teeth clenching social media stalking fails and some splendid overhead arguments. Plus writer and comedian Olivia Lee displays some excellent A-List adjudication skills - as well as some rather strange hair dressing methods!Full episode released a week today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Lucy and Aasmah indulge in some nostalgia from the Mumsnet users - sharing stories from their childhoods which would turn any 21st-century parent's hair white.Blogger Molly Forbes takes the role of A-list adjudicator while revealing the time she wasn't sure if she was going into labour, or if she just needed the loo...And if that wasn't enough, they discuss jaw-dropping accounts of weddings from hell as well as some brilliant misheard song lyrics. They'll change the way you hear a track forever. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ainsley Harriott found fame as a chef on Ready Steady Cook, which he went on to present for ten years. He has since presented cookery programmes both here and in America and has sold over two million recipe books worldwide. In his latest book, Ainsley’s Caribbean Kitchen, he explores the way that the different historical and cultural influences on the Caribbean islands have created a diverse and varied cuisine. He joins Richard and Aasmah. They are also joined by Petra Velzeboer who was born into The Children of God group. Petra cut ties with The Children of God when she became pregnant by a non-member at 23. Once Petra was outside, she initially struggled with alcoholism and serious mental health problems but she now has received a Master's degree, runs a successful business as a therapist and hosts a podcast in which she speaks with people who have overcome mental health issues. And Ella Dove was 25 when she went for a jog with her sister on a quiet Sunday morning. She fell badly and assumed that she had broken her leg but was shocked to discover she had fractured her knee so badly that she would need to have her leg amputated. After months recovering from the operation in a wheelchair at her parents’ house, Ella finally was able to move back to her flat in London and resume her job as a journalist at women’s magazines. She is now publishing her first novel, Five Steps to Happy, about a young woman struggling to come to terms with a serious injury. Producer: Laura Northedge Editor: Richard Hooper

In this taste of things to come, Aasmah and Lucy reminisce about pre-health and safety childhoods, weddings which are remembered - for all the wrong reasons.Blogger Molly Forbes lends her considerable A-List Adjudication skills and there's much rejoicing in users misheard lyrics.FULL EPISODE RELEASED A WEEK TODAY. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Fresh from a neuroscience degree, she burst into our consciousness almost ten years ago with her club anthem track Heaven, and then Read all About it with Professor Green. She was the only artist to perform at the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics. Writing for other artists as well as a successful solo career, she is back with a new single and tour and album to follow. Emeli Sandé joins Richard and Aasmah. They also have Juliet Blaxland, who lives on the easternmost part of England, in a house - known as the Easternmost house - which is slowly getting closer and closer to the sea. Mindful of the end of her life in the house, Juliet wrote a diary of a year in this changing landscape. Lee John Phillips is drawing and logging every item of his late Grandfather's shed. He tells us about his extraordinary project. Alan Johnson grew up with a passion for music, and dreamed of becoming a rock star, but ended up joining the Post Office. He got involved with the Union of Post Office workers, and became their youngest ever general secretary in 1992. Five years later he became the Member of Parliament for Hull West and Hessle and later served in the Blair and Brown governments as work and pensions secretary, Trade and Industry Secretary, Education Secretary, Health Secretary and Home Secretary. And the Inheritance Tracks of Cricketer David Gower who chooses Tchaikovsky: 5th Symphony, 4th movement Andante Maestoso and Candle in the Wind by Elton John. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland

In this episode of the AIBU? podcast, Lucy and Aasmah report back from everyone's favourite online forum on the subject of words that set one's teeth on edge. Warning: no one offer Lucy a 'pamphlet' about 'panties', otherwise she just may go full-on Hulk. Mumsnet users come up with the goods again, with some hilarious stories about social embarrassment making them do the most ridiculous things (such as paying £18 for a bag of cherries). And this week's guest star from hit podcast Drunk Women Solving Crime, Taylor Glenn, shares her school sports day woes and gives her definitive A-list adjudication on the latest most-talked-about discussion threads. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this amuse-bouche, find out what will be happening in the next episode of the AIBU? podcast. The highlights include:Lucy and Aasmah delve into the world's busiest forum to find out which words set the users teeth on edge. Turns out, not a lot of love for 'gusset'. Who knew?This week's guest star from hit podcast Drunk Women Solving Crime, Taylor Glenn, shares her school sports day woes.We also get to hear about times social embarrassment has edged people into the most ridiculous of situations. *gets popcorn out* Plus, our hosts find out which era listeners wish they'd been born into. Listen to the full episode a week today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode, Lucy and Aasmah read some truly terrifying stories from the forum of when a house viewing has turned into either the set of a horror film, a tour of a squat, or in some cases an adult movie. As per usual, our users' horrific experiences provide us with some excellent entertainment…Also, a classic thread is celebrated - when the hosts explain the consequences of washing getting 'darked on' overnight - and A-List adjudicator Ulrika Jonsson proves she's a fantastic holiday companion. Plus, we hear the results of when Aasmah and Lucy posed this question to Mumsnet users: AIBU to ask when your pet has embarrassed you? See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Here's a little taste of what to expect in next week's episode of AIBU? podcast, with the fabulous Ulrika Jonsson, who doesn't mind admitting that she can find other people's overt happiness slightly irritating (relatable). Lucy and Aasmah read some frankly chilling/disgusting/saucy stories of house viewings gone awry and revisit a classic AIBU thread discussing what happens when washing gets 'darked on' overnight. They also give our users some catharsis, as they discuss times pets embarrassed them in public. You can listen to the FULL EPISODE a week today. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Lucy and Aasmah discuss a rather indecent proposal posed by a forum user, which elicited some brilliant (and rather surprising) responses. A classic thread reveals some mind-blowing inside trade secrets (did you know that strippers wear the comfiest shoes?), and our hosts asked Mumsnet users to imagine what would happen if AIBU? were taken over by the royal family. Plus guest Andi Oliver tells us why she's a convert to CBT oil and we also learn what kind of entertainment Prince Charles has at his birthday parties...and believe us when we say, it's not what you think. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard and Aasmah are joined by: Jo Brand, in comedy for over 30 years, trailblazing the way with her edgy humour at a time when there were very few women in standup. She came to comedy from psychiatric nursing and a strict upbringing. Listener and retired accountant Peter Barratt grew up hearing stories about his Great Grandmother Alice Hawkins who was a suffragette. 15 years ago he researched her story and has since completed 500 talks, including at Parliament and he now has one of the most complete collections of suffragette memorabilia in the UK still with descendants. Brought up in a strict religious household Lohani Noor ran away from home aged 15 and ended up in care, which is where her drive and ability to smash stereotypes began - she was a professional bodybuilder, trained as a plumber and now she is a TV psychotherapist. Matthew Walker is a renowned sleep scientist. Originally from Liverpool, his fascination with sleep has taken him from Nottingham University to Harvard and on to the University of California, Berkeley, where he is currently Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Director of the Centre for Human Sleep Science. Tractor Fest is the largest outdoor Tractor Festival in the UK. This year it has a 1940s theme, with displays of vintage tractors from the era, including the Fordson N: ‘the tractor that won the war’ and was widely used by the RAF for plane towing, as well as by the Women’s Land Army. Kevin Watson, restorer of more than 20 vintage tractors joins us from there. Singer Bryn Terfel chooses his Inheritance Tracks - Hen Wlad fy Nhadau by James James and Eli Jenkin's Prayer from Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas, music by AHD Troyte performed by Dunvant Male Voice Choir. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Beverley Purcell

Coming up in the next episode of the AIBU? podcast, guest Andi Oliver tells us why Prince Charles throws the most boring parties, Lucy and Aasmah ponder a VERY indecent proposal, and we revisit a classic thread which reveals some mind-blowing inside trade secrets. We also asked Mumsnet users to ponder what the royal family might ask on the AIBU? Talk board...and they didn't disappoint with their suggestions. FULL EPISODE OUT A WEEK TODAY See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, comedian Nick Helm joins Lucy and Aasmah to give some, often furious, adjudications on a series of AIBU? threads, while also managing to bring Nick Knowles into the proceedings, somehow. Our hosts also have the customary rifle through the classics section and delight in some of the terrible excuses people have received over the years (when we say 'excuses', we mean 'porkies'). This includes the time someone was late for work because their hamster was 'having a lie-in'. They also empathise with the nightmare that is seemingly sentient household goods that know exactly how to send us into a tailspin of rage, and read some, frankly, eye-watering stories of home beauty disasters. Apparently, there were A LOT of women walking around with egg in their hair as teenagers.Be warned, this episode gets a bit sweary, so maybe not a listen for the school run. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this sneak peek of episode eight, guest Nick Helm gives a most definitive verdict on food in the cinema. Plus, Lucy and Aasmah have the time of their lives looking through an AIBU? thread chock-full of the worst excuses they've ever heard, and despair over users' so called 'time-saving devices' (that definitely have it in for them).Tune in to the full episode, out next week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard and Aasmah are joined by Kwame Kwei-Armah OBE, who began pursuing a pop career but drama took over with TV and theatre roles. As a writer, his first play won an award and his second transferred to the West End, he’s curated a World Festival of Black Arts and had an artistic directorship in Baltimore. Now he has been appointed Artistic Director of the Young Vic theatre in London. Caroline Crampton grew up sailing with her family at every opportunity, but it's only since a recent trip to sail down the Thames Estuary with her family that she got to really love it. Candice Brathwaite is a parenting blogger, Influencer and founder of Make Motherhood Diverse – an online initiative that aims to encourage a more accurately representative and diverse depiction of motherhood in the media. Edd China, mechanic on TV's Wheeler Dealers and the creator of numerous obscure vehicles including a road legal sofa. He has set Guinness World Records for the fastest furniture, shed, bathroom and bed, largest motorised shopping trolley and fastest electric amphibious vehicle and electric ice cream van. And as well as your thank yous, we have the Inheritance Tracks of Francis Rossi of Status Quo. He chooses the Everley Brothers’ Cathy’s Clown, and In the Army now by Bolland and Bolland. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Beverley Purcell

In this episode, Aasmah and Lucy inspect more classic AIBU? threads and celebrate some fantastic creative writing by its users, as they imagine what the forum would look like in the hands of their children. Here's a hint: it's utter carnage.We also hear some Trip Advisor reviews that would make you fear for the future of humankind if they weren’t so funny. And comedian and writer Angela Barnes provides some top class A-List adjudication and shares her healthy interest in nuclear bunkers. Probably not suitable for the kids, as there's some adult content. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Lucy and Aasmah relive some classic threads from AIBU's bountiful history. In doing so, they explore the man-flu phenomenon - specifically the noise made by Aasmah's husband to garner sympathy (spoiler alert: it doesn't work). The duo also reminisce about the time a wedding guest was asked for more money by a disgruntled bride, which led to the birth of the legendary Mumsnet catch phrase 'Cancel the cheque!'. Lucy finds out that her opinion may not be popular when it comes to the giving of pocket money, and this week's A-List Adjudicator is comedian Grainne McGuire, who provides some definitive answers about false teeth, ironing boards and where to go on a day out. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard and Aasmah are joined by Dame Stephanie Shirley who arrived in the UK aged 5 as a refugee on the Kindertransport. She became a ground breaking IT entrepreneur who has since become a philanthropist and given over £60 million away. Her son inspired her to set up a school for children with Autism, and fund vital research. We also have Duff McKagan who joined Guns N' Roses as bass player aged 19 but only just survived the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. He battled addiction by taking up martial arts and studied accountancy, writing books and his own music as well as touring again with the band. and Libby Page, who enjoyed water as a child but had become fearful of donning a swimsuit in her teens. She finally faced her fears and learnt to swim in her 20s and has discovered the meditative and therapeutic benefits of swimming, in particular, outdoors and it helped her get a publishing deal. and Paul Jacobs, a listener whose wife got in touch with us. A PE teacher in the same school for 29 years, he was voted Melton Mowbray’s sports personality of year 2016, and uses sport to inspire young people. We heard how he would “run a marathon, drive home and do the ironing”, so we had to meet him. TV presenter June Sarpong gives us her inheritance tracks which are Superwoman by Stevie Wonder and Love Train performed by The O'Jays. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Beverley Purcell

Oh good grief, how long is this going to go on for? In today's episode Lucy and Aasmah discuss what happened when someone on the forum asked: AIBU? to ask what you could say in both a traffic jam AND during sex? Needless to say, there are hilarious results which are definitely not for ears of the young and innocent variety.The thread about spirit animals also came under tough scrutiny and our hosts compared themselves to an over enthusiastic puppy and an angry parrot - you decide which is which. This episode's A-list adjudicator comes in the form of comic Lou Sanders, who proves herself to be the epitome of levelheadedness, even when not offered an alternative to dairy - which, in this day and age, is no mean feat. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week we're joined by award winning TV & radio presenter Aasmah Mir. Aasmah presents BBC Radio 4's Saturday Live and a brand new podcast A.I.B.U with Lucy Porter. In this episode we explore identity and find out how Aasmah relates to both sides of her identity being Scottish with Pakistani parents. Aasmah opens up about what life was like as a young brown girl from Bearsden and how she embraced her Pakistani heritage through food. From haggis samosas, big phat Scottish Asian weddings to the best way to pronounce the word poem. Plus an important discussion on whether it's right to marry someone just because they have a Scottish accent?! Hope you enjoy this hilarious yet heartfelt exploration of life as a Scottish South Asian.https://aasmahmir.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode; Lucy and Aasmah empathise with parents whose children ask the kind of questions that leave us speechless. From an interrogation about pin the tail on the donkey, to a request to actually see how babies are made, - you'll be laughing and cringing all at once. A thread about ridiculous rules at work made Lucy's blood boil and it just goes to show that the vast number of bosses shouldn't be in charge of other humans. Also, comedian and Bake Off maverick James Acaster gives his answer to the hottest questions as he takes up the mantle of A-List Adjudicator of the week - just don't ask him to help plan your wedding. This episode probably isn't appropriate for children, as there's a bit of fruity content and language - so maybe not for the school run! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the first episode of Am I Being Unreasonable? Lucy and Aasmah confess some questionable culinary habits off the back of a thread discussing ' what is the one thing you can eat on its own, even though others find it repulsive?' ... did someone say onion on Rivita? One brilliant forum user talks about mourning the loss of her 20-year-old lady shave and Lucy describesa coat she has owned for 30 years and NEVER worn ... although in Aasmah's opinion the garment is a crime against clothing. If enough people ask in the comments, we will get Lucy to wear the offending article for a whole day. Plus, comedian and all-round good guy Mark Dolan provides some definitive answers to burning AIBU? threads,whilst spilling the beans on how men get away with not doing their share of the housework and putting us all off en suit bathrooms forever... just don't ask him to move a skeleton for you. Get involved in the conversation HERE: https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable AIBU? Podcast - in association with Silent Pool Gin.https://silentpooldistillers.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Lucy and Aasmah are back and thanks to the forum users have some new ideas on how to resign from a job, specifically when it can satisfy petty grievances... printing your boss' calendar of intimate appointments is the current favourite. We find out that Aasmah is actually posh, whilst Lucy isn't as posh as she thought she was and journalist, Tim Dowling is on-hand to give his definitive answers to some classic AIBU? threads, such as; sheep, curtains and whether £60 is a lot of money for a bra.AND we also find out which age you should buy the mattress that will 'see you out' ... gulp. Get involved HERE: https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable AIBU Podcast, in association with Silent Pool Gin https://silentpooldistillers.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Lucy and Aasmah take a trip down memory lane with legendary kid’s TV presenter Johnny Ball, who thinks people should be allowed to do whatever they want in their own home - a philosophy shared by Aasmah's neighbours - just pull the blind down! We also hear about Lucy's neighbour’s annoying chain.... ggrrrrrr.We hear all about some of theforum user’s hilarious annoyances perpetrated by others and the soberer subjectof school gate cliques and hierarchy is discussed. Also, let us know inthe comments below who you would like to see as A-List Adjudicator of the week!Get involved in the discussion HERE: https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable AIBU Podcast, in association with Silent Pool Gin https://silentpooldistillers.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mumsnet’s hit forum Am I Being Unreasonable? is spreading its wings with the release of a new podcast hosted by Lucy Porter and Aasmah Mir.AIBU? podcast takes inspiration from AIBU?’s trademark mix of social dilemmas, intensive discussion about how often to change your bra, and disagreement for the sake of it, each episode features Lucy and Aasmah discussing posts from the AIBU? board and attempting to come to sensible conclusions - with celebrity guests joining-in to pass judgement on a series of quickfire AIBU?s.Famous for its self-effacing tone, Am I Being Unreasonable? is Mumsnet’s most popular talk forum. Regular themes include bridezillas, bad parking, how many toddlers in a cafe is too many toddlers in a cafe, and whether or not to leave your husband because of how he stacks the dishwasher. And now the forum and it's wonderful users are celebrated in podcast form every fortnight with the AIBU Podcast, in association with Silent Pool Gin ... sounds more than reasonable to us! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Richard and Aasmah are joined by Jo Malone CBE, who left school aged 15 with no qualifications and became a scent supremo and one of the UKs best known entrepreneurs. We also have comedian aka 'Badman' Humza Arshad who made his success online, took it mainstream and has written his first children's book: Little Badman and the Killer Aunties. There is Ishbel Holmes whose difficult upbringing prompted her, aged 21, to cycle the world rescuing street dogs and Saturday Live listener Catherine Spencer who, as a holidaymaker, got caught up in a coup in Kenya and Robin Moffitt talks about how to rescue bats. Plus: the Inheritance Tracks of Shakin' Stevens who chooses Brother Can You Spare A Dime performed by Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance and We’ll Meet Again performed by Johnny Cash. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland

Aasmah and Richard are joined by: Patrick Grant - he bought and revived a failing tailors in Savile Row in 2005, since then he’s been awarded Menswear designer at the British Fashion Awards, become a judge on The Great British Sewing Bee and promotes sustainable fashion. Adam Kay used to be a junior doctor, and left to become a writer and comedian. His book This is Going to Hurt was based on diaries written as a junior doctor, exposed the highs and lows of the job and became a bestseller. Nichola McAvoy lost her hair age 11 and will tell us how finding a friend who also had alopecia was invaluable to her. Jess Herbert left her job as a trilingual assistant and retrained as an aborist - she's since won tree climbing competitions. We'll have your thank you and the Inheritance tracks of composer Mark Anthony Turnage who chooses Stravinsky's ‘The Fairy’s kiss’ conducted by Oliver Knussen with the Cleveland orchestra, and Miles Davis' ‘Blue in Green’. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland

Prue Leith has been in our cooking consciousness for years but her appointment as a judge on TV's bake off has exposed her culinary expertise to a whole new audience and inspired a new cook book. She joins Richard and Aasmah along with: Marianne Power who was such a fan of self-help she decided to follow a book a month for a year. She joins us to reflect on her journey of self discovery. Former professional footballer Cherno Samba was tipped to be a superstar in UK football but whilst his career stalled he became a legend on computer game Championship Manager. Now training to be a coach, he tell us what happened. Clare Norburn sings medieval carols with her group The Telling – she’s going to tell us how the first carols were not to do with Christmas… JP meets Rob in Bridgend who has been helped out of homelessness by The Radio 4 Christmas Appeal with St Martin in the Field’s and Inheritance Tracks from Tim Rice who chooses You Did It, from My Fair Lady, with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and with God On Our Side, written by Bob Dylan and performed by Manfred Mann. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland

Stephen Fry joins Richard and Aasmah to talk about Greek Heroes and finding wedded bliss. We also have JoJo Wood who extolls the virtue of wood carving for mental health, and Dr Catherine Walker, a septuagenarian weightlifter and academic at Oxford university, and Bisi Alimi who is a LGBTQ rights campaigner and the first person to come out as gay on national TV in Nigeria. We have your thank you and broadcaster and writer Jenni Murray chooses her inheritance tracks: The Blue Danube by Strauss and Diamonds and Rust by Joan Baez. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland

Comedian and writer Adam Hills is also the host of Channel 4's taboo busting comedy satire The Last Leg. He joins Richard and Aasmah along with: Georgina Lawton who grew up thinking she was white like her parents, then she found out about her black heritage. Claire de Lune is a ceramicist who recently found that her family had been working with clay for 700 years. And composer Shirley J Thompson on how modern history inspires her work. We have your thank you and the inheritance tracks of Manfred Mann's Paul Jones who chooses My Babe performed by Little Walter and Come Sunday performed by Mahalia Jackson with the Duke Ellington Orchestra. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland

Why has football becomes the world's favourite team sport? Aasmah Mir asks why “soccer” has developed such a huge following. As the FIFA World Cup kicks off in Russia, Aasmah talks to players and fans across the world about the game's accessibility, simplicity and unpredictability. (Image: Children playing football on beach, Credit: Shutterstock)

Jo Wood's first foray into the public eye was as a popular newspaper's "Face of 1972" aged 17. After 5 years working as a model she met Ronnie Wood and spent the next 30 years living the whirlwind rock and roll lifestyle of the Rolling Stones until her marriage came to an abrupt end. She has since reinvented herself, promoting an organic lifestyle and her passion for interiors and fashion. She joins Aasmah and Richard in the studio. We also have Mollie Hughes, a climber who became the youngest woman in the world to scale both the north and south sides of Mount Everest. Marcellus Baz won BBC Sport Unsung Hero award 2016 for his work in breaking the cycle of crime via boxing at his school in Nottingham. And actor Jim Carter, best known for playing butler Carson in Downton Abbey. He's interviewing other actors in a series at the Tricycle Theatre. We have the Inheritance Tracks of legendary DJ Tony Blackburn, who chooses Reet Petite by Jackie Wilson and I'm Still Waiting by Diana Ross And for Holocaust Memorial Day, JP meets listener Veronica who talks about a special piece of clothing she has that belonged to the Grandmother she never met. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland.

Actor Phil Daniels joins Aasmah and Richard in the studio. Since his first big role aged 19 as the lead in cult The Who film Quadrophenia, he hasn't stopped working in film, theatre or TV including Eastenders; Chicken Run; Les Miserables; Shakespeare; and the voice in Blur's Park Life. Now actor Phil Daniels is putting his versatility to good use in a new production of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. Stefanie Reid is a five-time world record holder, reigning world champion in long jump, and triple Paralympic medallist in the long jump and 200m sprint. She'll be talking about her journey and the future. Fashion historian author and vintage clothes expert Amber Butchart joins us to talk about the significance of clothes in our lives, as explored in her new show 'A Stitch in Time', which fuses biography, art and the history of fashion to explore the lives of historical figures through the clothes they wore. A couple of years ago, after hearing a talk by a colleague, listener and teacher Helen Brace decided to set herself a new year challenge, but instead of choosing something to give up, she wanted to add something to her life. Last year she decided to walk a 1000 miles, raise a 1000 pounds for charity and read 1000 pages for pleasure each month. What has she challenged herself to this year? Texas singer and songwriter Sharleen Spiteri chooses her inheritance tracks. She chooses Rock the Casbah by The Clash and These Boots are Made for Walking by Nancy Sinatra. Our reporter Anna Bailey meets Cyril and his barber Peter. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde opens on 14 February at Rose Theatre Kingston and then tours the country A Stitch in Time with Amber Butchart is on BBC4 on Wednesday evenings from 3rd January Barber Shop Chronicles runs at the National Theatre until 9th January Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland.

Katie Melua joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. She talks about her childhood from Georgia to Belfast and London, her music, and she describes how the late Sir Terry Wogan championed her career and how she has released this year's official BBC Children in Need single in his honour. Saturday Live hosts Radio 4's BBC Children in Need auction, offering listeners the chance to bid for some amazing prize packages to raise money for BBC Children in Need. Auctioneer, Will Farmer is on hand to update the bids. Jonathan Agnew describes The Test Match Special VIP Experience at Lord's; Corrie Corfield reveals life Behind the Scenes at BBC Radio News, and Barry Cryer, talks about I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue Experience, including the legendary Mornington Crescent. LINES ARE NOW CLOSED - DO NOT CALL OR TRY TO BID. We hear from children who have been helped by projects supported by Children in Need. Anna Bailey visits an equine therapy project, Taking the Reins. Poppy tells Aasmah how her visits to the Shakespeare Hospice have helped her to deal with the loss of her dad; and Richard catches up with Luke, who's been supported by Stick 'n' Step, and is en-route from London to Glasgow, as part of The One Show's Rickshaw Challenge. (If you are listening to this on demand competitions may no longer be running.) And Nick Knowles shares his Inheritance Tracks: Tea for the Tillerman by Cat Stevens and Synchronicity II by The Police. Fields of Gold is out now. Katie Melua will give her first television performance of the song on the BBC Children In Need Appeal Show on November 17. DIY SOS - The Million Pound Build for Children In Need will be on BBC One on November 15 at 8pm. Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Eleanor Garland.

Presented by Aasmah Mir and Shaun Keaveny. The singer Marc Almond talks about his new album of 1960s orchestral pop and his diverse career using world music influences, including Russian folksongs. Saturday Live listener Lisa Cooper tells the fascinating story of her grandmother Pearl, who was born in 1900 in a village near Kiev, in Russia and experienced pogroms, the Bolshevik Revolution and Civil War. The 'Poetry Postie', Sally Crabtree, started out as a promising gymnast. However, a TS Eliot poem inspired her to try a career in poetry, and taking it into the community, where her projects have ranged from Poetry Bingo to Edible Poetry. JP Devlin meets Strictly Come Dancing's warm up man, Stuart Holdham, and Aasmah phones Richard, who's preparing for the big night! At 26 Tom Aikens became the youngest British chef to be awarded two Michelin stars. He reveals what spurred him on to succeed, and why he competed in the Marathon des Sables - to run six marathons across the Sahara Desert in five days. Fergal Keane shares his Inheritance Tracks - The Parting Glass, performed by The Voice Squad, and The Scatterlings of Africa, by Johnny Clegg and Juluka. Marc Almond's new album - SHADOWS AND REFLECTIONS' is out now, and he begins a UK tour on 3 October. Sally Crabtree's latest project CreativiTEA - wake up the wonder - launches on 9 October. Wounds: A Memoir of Love and War, by Fergal Keane - will be Book of The Week on Radio 4, starting on Monday 25 September. A Forgotten Land, by Lisa Cooper. Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Eleanor Garland.

Jimmy Osmond is only 53 - but has 50 years of showbiz under his belt. How does he do it? Maria MacLennan trained as jewellery designer but found her way, unexpectedly, into a very different (if related) field. She's now developed a career as a forensic jeweller, sent for to reunite owners with jewellery, but also, in the event of disasters like a plane crash, or a building collapse, to reunite owners with their identities when dental records or DNA may not be forthcoming. And to capture the stories that jewellery tells about owners, relationships, family histories. The choreographer was Dougie Squires, who in seven decades has worked with around ten thousand dancers, is best known for the Second Generation. Now Dougie's come out of retirement with seventy five of those dancers to celebrate Dame Vera Lynn's 100th Birthday. We sent JP Devlin, whose running man at Belfast's Sugar Sweet helped define the Northern Ireland of the early nineties, to meet Dougie during a break in the rehearsals. If you're like Aasmah and have finally acquired a garden, then you know that you should be planting stuff in it around now. But what if you're not sure where to start? Hollie Newton was a stressed-out agency worker who started planting things in a window box and making lots of mistakes. These days she knows what she's doing and has written a book for people like me who haven't a clue, containing useful jargon-free chapters like 'Things I Wouldn't Bloody Bother With' and 'Overplanting Compulsion Disorder'... Tony Prince the disc jockey began his working life as a real jockey, an apprentice with Willie Carson. But it was with spinning discs rather than racing nags that he made his name, on the pirate ship Caroline and then at Radio Luxembourg, before going to a glittering career in dance music. Back then he was already one of the most enterprising of DJs, touring Czechoslovakia in the Communist era, when deviating from the party line was dealt with ruthlessly. He met there a young railway worker called Jan Sestak, a secret pop fan and aspiring DJ, a risky business back. They have been friends for over forty years and they've written a book - "The Royal Ruler and The Railway DJ". The Inheritance Tracks Fearne Cotton - DJ, presenter, 20 years in showbiz - says it's time to slow down a bit and appreciate the simple things in life. This is someone who started in TV at the age of 15 after winning a competition to present The Disney Club. 20 years on, she has worked on Fame Academy, Top of the Pops, Children in Need, The BRIT Awards and of course Radio 1. But Fearne recently talked about her experience of depression and described how she used to put on a fake smile and go into "robot mode" to do her job. We asked her to chill out while she picked her inheritance tracks. Fearne's tracks were (Good Times Bad Times) Led Zeppelin & (Rocket Man) Elton John (Rocket Man) Editor: Eleanor Garland.

It's probably something we take for granted and do every day - whether a toothy grin, a megawatt beam or just a slight upturn of the corners of the mouth. But have you ever considered why we smile and what effect is has on other people? Scientists say it's one of our most basic human expressions and it's easier to smile than to frown. Aasmah Mir explores the power of the smile, how easy it is to fake and what happens when you lose the ability to smile. Aasmah discusses the science behind a smile with Marianne LaFrance, professor of psychology at Yale university and with neuropsychologist, Dr Hamira Riaz. She talks to Jonathan Kalb, professor of theatre at Hunter College, City University of New York, who lost his smile overnight, and speaks to 16-year-old Teegan O'Reilly from Dublin, Ireland, who was born with a rare neurological condition which means she can never smile. Aasmah also hears from Dr Subodh Kumar Singh, director of GS Memorial Plastic Surgery Hospital in Varanasi, who has created thousands of smiles at his hospital in India. And meets photographer Rick Pushinsky, who reveals what happened when the wife of a former British prime minister smiled too much. (Photo: Smiling mouth. Credit: Thinkstock)

Former Shadow Chancellor, Ed Balls, joins Richard and Aasmah to discuss his surprise success on Strictly Come Dancing, passion for football, how he coped in public life with interiorised stammering and his life post politics "Gangnam style". 27 year old magician Troy has performed both street magic and for high profile audiences from Harry Styles to HRH Prince Harry. He describes how he overcame a fear of heights to perform tricks on a highwire! JP meets Dr. Evadne Hinge (George Logan) - the surviving member of Hinge & Bracket, the comedy partnership that entertained the public in the guise of two elderly eccentric spinsters. Jane Asher is an 85 year old grandmother of 11, and the Queen of masters swimming. She recalls how she swam competitively in her twenties, but didn't pursue racing until later in life when she lost her husband, and has gone on to win in excess of 100 world records. Comedian Josie Long explains why she likes performing stand-up in people's living rooms, enjoys cold water swimming and her passion for 1930s film noir voices and playing Boggle. Tom Chaplin, singer/songwriter and lead singer with the band Keane, shares his Inheritance Tracks: Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon and Garfunkel and Charmed Life by The Divine Comedy. Strictly Come Dancing Live is on tour around the country from 20 January. Troy: The Highwire is available to watch on Channel4.com Josie Long is on tour during February and March with her new show Something Better. Tom Chaplin will be touring in May and his album The Wave is out now. Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Eleanor Garland.

Crime writer Anthony Horowitz joins Richard and Aasmah in the studio to discuss his love of Tin Tin, Victorian fairgrounds and why villages are so well suited to murder mysteries. After his return from the International Space Station Major Tim Peake reflects on what home really means to him and and tells us why it's always good to wiggle your toes on a spacewalk. Comedian Dave Gorman who has flown around the world in the pursuit of comedy, reveals just what led him to get an unusual tattoo on his upper arm. Rhinal Patel explains why she put her trust in the kindness of strangers to help her travel from Hong Kong to her home in Wales for free. And we hear from Britain's biggest roller coaster enthusiast who has ridden on over 1700 rides. Italian chef Antonio Carluccio shares his Inheritance Tracks. He picks Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights and Yesterday by the Beatles. And we hear from the volunteers opening the mail for the Radio 4 Christmas Appeal at St Martin's in the Fields. Producer: Steven Williams Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Aled Jones will forever be associated with the song he made a hit - Walking in the Air. Now he's released a seasonal CD where he sings in harmony with his 14 year old self. He'll join Richard and Aasmah in the studio. Tez Ilyas left the civil service for comedy after doing a Saturday course in stand up. He's since appeared in eight competition finals, had a show in Edinburgh and wrote and performed the Tez Talks series about how to be a Muslim on BBC Radio 4. A chance conversation with a friend at university has taken Kate Munro all around the world making snow sculptures. Every year, Kate spends 3 days and 3 nights in sub-zero temperatures, carving a 3 metre block of snow into a beautiful sculpture. Fred Sirieix is Maître d' on First Dates, the Bafta award winning hit Channel 4 dating show, but he's also general manager of a top Michelin starred restaurant, and runs a service training company which helps prisoners train to work in restaurants. JP meets John Richards who went on a mission to play every Cathedral organ in Britain. Alan Davies gives us his Inheritance Tracks, he chooses Topol singing If I were a rich man, and Billy Bragg's St. Swithin's Day and we have your Thank yous. Aled's new album is called One Voice at Christmas Tez Ilyas will be touring in the New Year First Dates, the art of love by Fred Sirieix is out now Alan Davies' DVD Little Victories is released on 28th November Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Clare Balding and Sir David Tang join Aasmah and Richard Clare Balding was a horse mad girl who became a leading amateur flat jockey in her teens. She found success as a racing correspondent and since then has presented the Olympics 6 times, as well as numerous other chat shows, documentaries, and programmes about biking, walking. Now she's mined her own experience, and written a children's book about a horse mad girl. Giles Chapman is a lover of Classic Cars and was Editor of Classic & Sports Car magazine. Recently the Reliant Robin caught his eye and he's written a book about it. Listener Rebecca Peyton experienced the sudden losses of her father when she was aged 6 and her sister when she was 32. She joins us to tell us how she's so keen to talk about death that she wrote a show about it. Sir David Tang grew up in Hong Kong before moving to the UK aged 13. After teaching philosophy for a short time, he went into business, and became an agony uncle for the Financial Times. We have the inheritance tracks of Vogue editor, Alexandra Shulman who chooses Ladies who Lunch by Elaine Stritch and Blowing in the Wind performed by Stevie Wonder. And we'll hear from Diary of a Wimpy Kid author, Jeff Kinney and have your thank yous. The Racehorse who wouldn't Gallop is by Clare Balding The Reliant Robin, Britain's most bizarre car is by Giles Chapman Rules for Modern Life, A connoisseur's Survival Guide is by Sir David Tang and he will also appear at the Royal Geographical Society in conversation with Andrew Marr on 17 November. Inside Vogue, a diary of my hundredth year is by Alexandra Shulman Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is by Jeff Kinney Producer Corinna Jones Editor Karen Dalziel.

Cerys Matthews, Damon Hill, Meik Wiking and Benny Lewis join Aasmah and Richard for Saturday Live. He became Formula One World Champion in 1996, following in the footsteps of his father, the legendary F1 champion Graham Hill who tragically died in a plane crash when Damon was 15 years old. Now a SKYF1 racing commentator, Damon will be telling us how he ended up behind the wheel himself. Cerys Mathew came to our attention singing about Road Rage and Mulder and Scully with her band Catatonia, she's sung with legends like Tom Jones, the Pet Shop Boys and the Manic Street Preachers, now she presents a show on BBC 6Music and has started her very own Festival. Benny Lewis spoke only English until the age of 21, now he speaks 11 languages and runs the largest language learning blog in the world. He joins us to tell his story. Denmark is often ranks the happiest country in the world. Could their passion for hygge be behind it? We talk to happiness and hygge expert, Meik Wiking. We have your thank you's and the inheritance tracks of opera star Joseph Calleja who chooses I'll never love you performed by Mario Lanza and his own version of A Vuchella. Watching the Wheels by Damon Hill is out now The Little book of Hygge by Meik Wiking is out 14th September Benny Lewis' Language Hacking series includes French, Spanish, Italian and German Cerys' festival The Good Life experience takes place 16-18 September 2016 in Flintshire Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Craig Charles and David Emanuel join Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. For a while Craig Charles was best known for playing Dave Lister in sci fi comedy Red Dwarf, but he has probably usurped that with his love for Funk and Soul, dj-ing on BBC 6 music and gigging around the country. With acting, poetry, performance, dj-ing and writing under his belt, now he's championing BBC Get Playing. Fashion Designer and Royal Couturier David Emanuel has dressed Elizabeth Taylor, Madonna, Joan Collins and Princess Diana, done the Jungle and now he's on Saturday Live! Claire Garabedian contacted Saturday Live about her unusual job - working in the therapeutic arts as a professional cellist. She joins Richard and Aasmah. Earlier this year Lizzie Carr became the first person to paddle board the length of England via its connected waterways, using entirely human powered means. She'll tell us about her adventure, and why she did it. We'll have a thank you from one of our listeners. And we'll have the Inheritance Tracks of geneticist Steve Jones who chooses Rachie by Caradog Roberts and Richard Wagner: Twilight Of The Gods: Siegfried's Funeral March. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Beverley Purcell.

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Mark Haddon. Best known for writing multi prize winning novel The Curious Incident of the dog in the Nighttime, author and illustrator Mark Haddon will discuss his first book of short stories and getting writers block. Since 2009 a third of our public libraries have closed. Poet and model Greta Bellamacina joins us to talk about a film she's made in support of The Library. Listener Sanjeen Payne-Kumar contacted us about an extraordinary meeting he had with Mother Teresa. We thought we'd better get him on the programme to tell us more, and it turns out it's not the only interesting story he has... Sophie Scott is a neuroscientist who has a particular interest in laughter. No surprise, then that she also does Stand up comedy. She'll be in the studio with Aasmah and Richard. We'll hear the inheritance tracks Katherine Jenkins who chooses We are Family by Sister Sledge and Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana performed by The Philharmonia Orchestra. JP meets Peter Pullon, model maker to the stars and we have your Thank You. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel Mark Haddon's book of short stories, The Pier Falls is out on 5th May The Safe House: A Decline of Ideas has its premiere at The Gate cinema in Notting Hill on May 23 and will appear at a selection of independent cinemas. Katherine Jenkins' new album Celebration is out now and her UK tour continues on June 10th in Poole.

Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles are joined by Bafta award winning actor Rebecca Front to talk about being funny, playing dislikeable characters and claustrophobia. Chef and writer Allegra McEvedy has been cooking professionally for over 20 years, in London and the USA. She set up food chain LEON, is a Patron of the Fairtrade foundation, writes food columns and cookery books and last year was a judge on CBBC's Bafta winning Junior Bakeoff. She'll be cooking up something for Mothering Sunday (recipe below) and reflecting on her own mother who passed away when she was 17. Listener Henry Iddon contacted us about his term as artist in residence at Forton Services on the M6 in Lancashire. He joins us to share his love and fascination of this essential and iconic landmark. Listener Hannah Velten's brother Christian went missing in Africa 13 years ago whilst following in the footsteps of Mungo Park, the Scottish explorer. Wanting to keep his memory alive, Hannah started a blog where friends and family could share their memories. This inspired her to set up a company to record memories for people. She'll tell her story to Richard and Aasmah. We'll hear the inheritance tracks of The Archers actor David Troughton who chose Elgar's variations on an original theme, opus 36, the enigma Nimrod and It must be Love by Labi Siffre. We hear your Thankyous, and JP meets a couple who met over mutual admiration for Ipswich Town Football Club. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel.

After playing tough guys in Layer Cake, Oliver Twist and Nil by Mouth, the part of thug Derek Branning in Eastenders seemed a natural choice for actor Jamie Foreman. But with comedy parts in Birds of a Feather and Pantomime under his belt he's now pushing his boundaries with an all singing all dancing role in Mrs Henderson Presents in the West End in London. Given his background as an East End gangster's son, his dramatic career seems even more surprising. He joins Richard and Aasmah on Saturday Live. Social psychologist Viren Swami has a passion for passion, having studied attraction for ten years. He'll be discussing dating formation, revealing relationship myths and advising how best to meet your match. They met at Birmingham University and despite not studying music they came together over their love of voice and formed an a Cappella group. The sons of Pitches went on to win Gareth Malone's naked choir competition, broadcast on BBC 2 at the end of last year, and now they are making a go at a professional career. 5 out of 6 of them join us on Saturday to talk about their passion for voice and to demonstrate it's versatility, and they'll be serenading us with an alternative love song. Ruth Goodman is a social historian who is passionate about how people lived in the past, so much so that she spends much of her free time taking part in enactments. Her latest book is about her favourite era, and entitled How to be a Tudor. We hear from listeners Paul and Helen who fell in love over the harp, and your Thank yous. Comedian, writer and actor Chris Addison chooses his inheritance tracks. He inherited Mozart's Serenade for 13 Wind Instruments ('Gran Partita') and will pass on Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards by Billy Bragg (from 'Worker's Playtime') Jamie Foreman stars in Mrs Henderson Presents at the Noel Coward Theatre in London Viren Swami's book is Attraction Explained published by Routledge How to be a Tudor is by Ruth Goodman published by Penguin The Sons of Pitches tour starts in May 2016 - details via link to their website below Chris Addison stars in The Royal Opera's new production of Emmanuel Chabrier's L'Étoile which runs 1-24 February 2016. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Reverend Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by Katy Brand. Comedian Katy Brand graced our screen in her Big Ass Show where we saw her parody pop culture. She danced like Beyonce for Sport Relief, has written her first novel Brenda Monk is Funny and her acting credits include Peep show and Nanny McPhee. Now she's a judge on the Costa book awards. Almost four years ago Clare Owen found a gold wedding ring with an inscription and date. Her desire to reunite the ring with it's owner led her to set up her own lost and found company, Lostbox. She joins us to talk about how she's since reunited animals, soft toys and even people and to sing the praises of much maligned social media. Levison Wood is an explorer who can currently be seen Walking the Himalayas in a Channel 4 documentary series. It's a distance of 1700 miles. He previously Walked the Nile. He joins Aasmah and Richard to share his experiences and explain why he is drawn to such expeditions. Dr Eugenia Cheng is on a mission to make maths accessible. She does online maths tutorials, teaches maths to arts students and advises primary school teachers and she's even written a book about it in relation to baking: How to Bake Pi. She'll be talking about her passion for maths, music and infinity. Wombles composer Mike Batt tells us his Inheritance Tracks. Her chooses the 1st movement of Schubert's 9th Symphony (The Great C major) and Little Red Rooster performed by Howling Wolf, written by Willy Dixon JP takes a look in the diary of listener Barbara Bindley and we have your thankyous. Levison Wood's book Walking the Himalayas is out now, and the fourth and fifth parts of the series air on Channel 4, 8pm Sundays and the whole series can be viewed on All 4. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Join Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein for a live Boxing Day Saturday Live. Russell Grant has been synonymous with astrology ever since he interpreted the stars on breakfast TV in the 1980s. But if you remember his flamboyant outfits and presenting style, it wasn't hard to see where his real love lay. In 2011 he joined the cast of Strictly and it catapulted him back into the world of theatre, a passion which had started some years earlier at drama school. He joins Aasmah and Suzy to talk about his glittering career and his new project, an astrology themed colouring book. Bay City Rollers leader singer Les McKeown takes time out of their revival tour to tell us about how different it is now from their 1970's heyday. We'll check out if he's still wearing tartan. Chinelo Bally's passion for sewing was fuelled when she appeared on the BBC's Great British Sewing Bee programme in 2014. Despite only being in sewing for a couple of years and never having used a pattern, she was encouraged to make her passion her profession. Four years on from starting sewing she's made it her business as a designer and seamstress. She'll join be talking about the Nigerian technique of free sewing, outfit embellishment and the joy of African prints. In February this year, Sean O'Brien was body-shamed after photos of him dancing were posted online. After his story went viral, an LA woman launched a global online search to find the person they dubbed "Dancing Man" in order to invite him to a big dance party in California. He joins Aasmah and Suzy to talk about his extraordinary year, and how he has used the attention to support anti bullying charities. We'll touch base with the Coxless Crew, a team of women who will be achieving a world first by rowing 8,446 miles unsupported across the Pacific Ocean in 2015, from America to Australia, and in the process aim to raise quarter of a million pounds for their two charities Walking With the Wounded and Breast Cancer Care. We've the inheritance tracks of Jon Culshaw. He chooses Memories performed by Elvis Presley and The Boy with the Thorn in his side by The Smiths. JP meets Ken Dodd to talk about Christmas's past and we have your thank yous. Russell Grant's Art of Astrology is out on December 31st Freehand Fashion by Chinelo Bally is out now A Christmas Shang-A-Lang: The Bay City Rollers Album is out now and their next gig is in Edinburgh on 27th December Ken Dodd is doing two shows in his home city of Liverpool at the Philharmonic Hall on December 28th and 29th Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor first topped the charts with Groovejet (If This Ain't Love) and successes continued with hits including Murder On The Dancefloor and Take Me Home. Sophie joins Aasmah and Richard to talk about her career, taxidermy and reaching the final on Strictly Come Dancing. Ashley Walters found fame as rapper Asher D in So Solid Crew. He's subsequently carved out a successful acting career, including an award winning performance in the film Bullet Boy, and starring roles in Top Boy and Inside Men. Ashley discusses his career, playing PC Ryan Draper in BBC drama Cuffs, and dealing with his phobia of birds. We visit listener Jo Rhodes's Community Soup project in Settle, in North Yorkshire. In exchange for £4, hungry punters receive a bowl of soup, entitling them to vote on one of 4 pitches. Once all pitches are heard, votes are cast the winner takes all- to kick-start their project. Mark Mason talks about travelling Britain collecting facts and trivia from every one of its 124 postcode areas. Cricket Umpire Dickie Bird shares his Inheritance Tracks: Nat King Cole When I Fall in Love and Barbra Streisand The Way We Were. Donal Skehan is a self-taught cook who has been in a Boyband, had a failed bid to represent Ireland in the Eurovision song contest and has been a presenter on Junior MasterChef. He reflects on his varied career and the art of presenting food. Sophie Ellis-Bextor's latest album Wanderlust is out now. Cuffs starring Ashley Walters starts on Wednesday 28th October at 8pm on BBC 1. Mark Mason's Mail Obsession: A Journey Round Britain by Postcode is out now. Dickie Bird - 80 Not Out, written with Keith Lodge, is out now. Donal Skehan's latest book 'Fresh' is out now.

Mezzo-Soprano Katherine Jenkins joined Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir. Saturday Live hosted a special auction, offering listeners the chance to bid for some amazing prize packages to raise money for BBC Children in Need. LINES ARE NOW CLOSED - PLEASE DO NOT CALL OR TRY TO BID. Jonathan Agnew described the Test Match Special package; Felicity Finch aka Ruth Archer talked about the VIP Archers experience; Alan Smith described life behind the scenes at R4 presentation and Richard, Aasmah and JP Devlin talked about the Saturday Live experience. With Auctioneer, Will Farmer. John Craven shared his Inheritance Tracks - You Are My Sunshine by Gene Autry and The Children in Need single Wake Me Up. We also heard from Jack and Billie who have benefitted from projects supported by Children in Need and from children who say Thank You. Katherine Jenkins has sold more than eight million records and received accolades including two Classical BRITS. She headlined the Queen's Coronation Festival at Buckingham Palace and was awarded an OBE at the 2014 New Year's Honours List. She joined Richard and Aasmah to discuss her music career and her return to her classical roots. Home Sweet Home by Katherine Jenkins is released on 17 November.

Sian Williams and Aasmah Mir talk to US political philosopher Michael Sandel who argues that how much we define society by monetary value challenges the very core of our moral selves. Sian and Aasmah also explore notions of death- not in any morbid sense- but firstly with JP Devlin who brings us a 'guerrilla report' from Nunhead Cemetery in London. And secondly they find out about the increasingly popular 'Death Cafés where people meet for tea, cake and a jolly discussion about mortality, all run by Jon Underwood who feels we don't talk about death half enough. Then they meet child genius Jacob Barnett and his Mum Kristine. Jacob has an IQ higher than Einstein and has been confounding academics and scientists with his knowledge of astrophysics since he was 3. Now, at 14, he's working on extending the theory of relativity. In our 'sound sculpture', we hear the doleful sounds of the harmonium- loved and restored by folk musician Pete Roe and we enjoy The Inheritance Tracks of American legend Don McLean. Finally, Sian and Aasmah travel in the footsteps of Bonnie Prince Charlie with Gregor Ewing and his border collie Meg- who carries her own rucksack. Good dog.Producer: Chris Wilson.