Podcast appearances and mentions of Suzy Klein

Suzy Klein and Huw Stephens are joined by actor, comedian and entertainer Les Dennis as he hosts a tribute to his friend Barry Cryer. Kat Farmer left a lucrative city job after she had kids and was unsure what to do next. She rediscovered a love of fashion and it's ability to reinvent, and embraced the digital age, starting a blog, "Does my bum look 40 in this?" and becoming an online influencer. She now works as a stylist, for personal clients and on TV. She joins us. Saturday Live listener Martyn Bradley was aged 12 when, at a family party, his great grandfather gave all his great grandchildren a pocket watch, except him, on the grounds that he was adopted. It was the first he had heard about it. He tells us what happened next. We have Comedian Zoe Lyons on going from Survivor into stand up, and alopecia, and the inheritance tracks of Donna Leon, she chooses Carolyn Watkinson singing “Oh thou that telleth good tidings to Zionz' from Handel's Messiah and Joyce DiDonato singing “As with Rosy steps the morn” from Handel's Theodora. Plus, your thank you! Producer: Corinna Jones

Annie Nightingale joins Nikki Bedi and Suzy Klein to talk about her 50 years in broadcasting, including being the first female DJ on Radio 1 and how her love of new music has led to her being the station's longest-serving broadcaster. Annie also explains why she owes a debt to The Beatles. Ranger Jonathan Ford explains how his love of birds took him to live in Papa Westray, one of the smallest islands in Orkney. Chef Poppy O'Toole lost her job and was inspired by her siblings to make PoppyCooks TikTok videos. She swiftly got 1.8 million followers and will talk about her new career path. Neil Oliver shares his Inheritance Tracks: La Mer by Charles Trenet and Martha by Tom Waits. Adam Andrusier was once an obsessive collector of autographs and his drive to collect signatures inspired Zadie Smith to write a story based loosely on his life. Adam's obsession eventually turned into a profession, with roots going back to his father's collecting habits. Hey Hi Hello: Five Decades of Pop Culture from Britain's broadcasting DJ pioneer Annie Nightingale is out now in paperback. Poppy Cooks: The Food You Need by Poppy O'Toole is out on the 16th September. The Story of the World in 100 Moments by Neil Oliver is published on the 16th of September. Two Hitlers and a Marilyn by Adam Andrusier is out now. Producer: Claire Bartleet Editor: Richard Hooper

Felicity Kendal made her stage debut as a baby. Over 70 years later she's preparing to appear in her first musical, Anything Goes. She talks to Nikki Bedi and Suzy Klein about her career, including the impact of playing Barbara in The Good Life. Sarah Bickers grew up in a welcoming but messy home, and, living with ADHD, has learnt how to to create order out of chaos. She shares her experiences to help others as a professional declutterer. Jamie Hull was involved in a plane crash which saw most of his body burnt and he was given a 5% chance of survival. It took years for him to recover mentally and physically. He talks about how he's found the strength to seize life and inspire others. George The Poet shares his Inheritance Tracks: And the Beat Goes On by The Whispers and Collateral Damage by Burna Boy. Ore Oduba triumphed in the 14th series of Strictly Come Dancing. He's now about to tour the country in the Rocky Horror show. Felicity Kendal is appearing in Anything Goes at the Barbican Theatre in London from Friday 23 July 2021, until Sunday 17th October. Life on a Thread by Jamie Hull is out now. George The Poet: Live From The Barbican takes place on Thursday 1st July. Ore Oduba stars as Brad Majors in The Rocky Horror Show - which is touring at venues across the UK from the 16th July. Producer: Claire Bartleet Editor: Richard Hooper

Composer, musician and producer Nitin Sawhney has just released his 11th studio album ‘Immigrants’ and has scored over 50 films and televisions programmes. He joins Suzy Klein and Nikki Bedi to discuss his life, his multi-award-winning music and how he manages to work across the worlds of music, film, video games, dance and theatre. Jeanne Socrates is a retired maths lecturer who battled through cyclones, broken bones and the loss of her husband to become the oldest person to sail non-stop and unassisted around the world in 2019. She’s recently completed a solo campervan tour of Australia and is looking to continue her sailing adventures once the pandemic ends. Ravinder Bhogal is a former beauty journalist who swapped eyeshadow palettes for pots and pans as an award-winning restaurateur and food writer. She crosses multiple cultures through her recipes and her second cookbook Jikoni was shortlisted for the André Simon prize. Melissa Rice was a well-presented schoolteacher in her twenties who was privately suffering from mental health problems, Crohn’s disease and alcoholism. After entering recovery from alcohol abuse, Melissa went on to co-host Hooked, a BBC podcast about addiction, and has written Sobering: Lessons Learnt the Hard Way on Drinking, Thinking and Quitting. We also hear the Inheritance Tracks of television presenter Philip Schofield. Producer: Laura Northedge Editor: Richard Hooper Presenter: Nikki Bedi Presenter: Suzy Klein

On Thursday 11th June the saxophonist and jazz pioneer Ornette Coleman passed away. In this podcast saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch talks to Suzy Klein about Coleman's great legacy, and how he himself was influenced by Coleman's revolutionary free jazz style.

Multi award winning conductor Jose Serebrier talks to Suzy Klein ahead of his concert with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Cadogan Hall in London, which includes a selection of Dvorak Slavonic Dances, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, and The Last Paradise by Xiaogang Ye with violinist Cho-Liang Lin.

This week Edward Gardner prepares to conduct his final production at the English National Opera as their Music Director, a new production of Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades. Ahead of the show, Edward talks to Suzy Klein about his time at ENO, how he's grown as a conductor and what he still hopes to do achieve in the future.

Composer and Master of the Queen's Music Judith Weir talks to Suzy Klein. Having just triumped at this year's Ivor Novello Awards, Judith also has a brand new piece called 'Good Morning, Midnight' which receives its world premiere at the Wigmore Hall in London this Saturday.

Violinist Christian Tetzlaff talks to Suzy Klein about his preference for his modern German violin over Strads, and how it feels to play Beethoven’s Violin Concerto for the 301st time.

Violinist Nicola Benedetti talks to Suzy Klein about the latest Ten Pieces project, which is set to roll out across secondary schools shortly. Nicola talks passionately about the importance of music education, engaging young audiences, and reveals more about the ten works on this year's list, including Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending.

Semyon Bychkov, fresh from winning the best conductor prize at the International Opera Awards, talks to Suzy Klein about his upcoming concerts at the Royal Academy of Music and with the London Symphony Orchestra, as well as his visit to the BBC PROMS this season with the Vienna Philharmonic and an early passion for volleyball.

Violinist Jack Liebeck and Professor Brian Cox talk to Suzy Klein about the nature of time, the universe & everything ahead of the upcoming Oxford May Music festival which starts next week. Brian Cox will give two lectures on time at the festival which will be followed by Jack Liebeck's Trio Dali and clarinettist Paul Dean performing Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.

Pianist Jonathan Biss talks to Suzy Klein about his life-long obsession with Beethoven, which has inspired not just his recordings but also his writing and a new online course he runs from the Curtis Institute. Jonathan recently released his latest recording of Beethoven on his own JB label.

Angela Hewitt drops in to the In Tune studio to play Bach as well as her new venture, Scarlatti. She talks to Suzy Klein about her upcoming Masterclasses as part of the 'It's All About Piano' festival and looks back on 20 years of Bach recordings for Hyperion.

Acclaimed Canadian pianist Louis Lortie talks to Suzy Klein about how he approaches playing Chopin, and also about his next recital of Liszt and Beethoven.

Legendary Irish mezzo-soprano, Ann Murray, talks to Suzy Klein about her farewell recital album, recorded with pianist Malcolm Martineau and members of their families.

Suzy Klein is joined in our Salford studios by the Quebecois folk group Le Vent du Nord whose performances capture 'the energy and mirth of a Saturday night kitchen party'!

Opera director Peter Sellars' new production of Purcell's Indian Queen for the ENO opens tonight. In this interview with Suzy Klein, Sellars touches upon a vast range of things, from his love of Purcell to his thoughts on the future of the ENO, and the continuing importance of the arts today.

Tenor Noah Stewart joined Suzy Klein ahead of singing in Purcell's Indian Queen at English National Opera and then Pinkerton in Puccini's Madam Butterfly at the Royal Opera House, a role in which he feels he's done his job if he gets booed...

Violinist Ray Chen talks to Suzy Klein ahead of his concert with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Festival Hall this week. Ray talks about his early competition wins, his love of fashion, and why performing is not just about the music but also the audience.

Soprano Elizabeth Zharoff talks to Suzy Klein about starring as Violetta at English National Opera, and her other passion - writing music for video games, and how she'd like those two worlds to collide.

Pianist Mitsuko Uchida and Robin Ticciati talk to Suzy Klein ahead of their concert at Usher Hall in Edinburgh with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, which sees Uchida performing Ravel's Piano Concerto in G. The pair talk about working together for 10 years, the joys of Ravel and the challenges of the concert's other pieces which includes works by Faure, Boulez and Haydn.

Fortepianist Robert Levin tells Suzy Klein how he improvises cadenzas in Mozart's concertos, why they aren't a place to show off technical virtuosity, and what he'll do if musical inspiration ever fails him.

Folk ensemble Tir Eolas talk to Suzy Klein about their debut album, and play live in the studio

Grammy award-winning Renée Fleming talks to Suzy Klein about her starring role as Hanna Glawari, the titular 'Merry Widow' of Franz Lehár's operetta which is currently running at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The production, which sees Fleming performing the role all through January, will be broadcast live not only to Opera on 3, but also to cinemas across the UK on Saturday 17th January.

Soprano Dame Felicity Lott talks to Suzy Klein about her new role as patron of the City of London Sinfonia, initially focusing on CLS's education and wellbeing programme Meet the Music. She speaks about the joys of working with young people as well as her other plans for 2015, plus she performs Schumann and Frank Bridge live in the In Tune studio.

Conductor John Mauceri talks to Suzy Klein about his new CD of 'Music for Hitchcock' and the joy to be found in musical diversity.

Last week the London Jazz Festival began it's 22nd year with a host of concerts including one by jazz piano legend Abdullah Ibrahim, who peformed with his septet Ekaya as well as a brand new trio. Ahead of this concert, Abdullah joined Suzy Klein on the line to talk about his early days as a pianist, the music that influenced him most, and his thoughts on still performing at 80.

Sardinian jazz singer Filomena Campus joins Suzy Klein in the studio to talk about her new album Scaramouche and this week's residency at Pizza Express Jazz Club in Soho. She also performed two songs with fellow Sardinian accordionist Antonello Salis.

Baritone Simon Keenlyside talks to Suzy Klein about his new CD of classic American (and West End) show songs, 'Something's Gotta Give', recorded with Scarlett Strallen and the BBC Concert Orchestra.

Conductor and composer Carl Davis talks to Suzy Klein about the upcoming performance of Last Train to Tomorrow at the Roundhouse. It commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Kindertransport through a song cycle performed by Finchley Children's Music Group.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by the actress and writer Maureen Lipman, artist John Dolan who was saved from homelessness by his dog George, and Alison Trim who received a memorable musical 50th birthday present. John McCarthy meets Level 42's Mark King and his mother Bridget on the Isle of Wight, twins Billy and Bob Seago explain how passing and failing the 11 plus affected their relationship, Allan and Margot Wells reflect on working together and their long association with the Commonwealth Games, and Erasure's Andy Bell shares his Inheritance Tracks.Maureen Lipman stars in Daytona at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket, London, until 23 August.John Dolan's exhibition, John and George, is at the Howard Griffin Gallery London E1, until 17 August. John and George The Dog Who Changed My Life by John Dolan is published by Random House.Andy Bell inherits Blondie's '(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear' and he passes on 'Moments Of Pleasure' by Kate Bush. Andy Bell: Is Torsten the Bareback Saint at Assembly Venue 1, George Street, Edinburgh, from 6-16 August.Producer: Louise Corley.

Suzy Klein and Richard Coles with American singer-songwriter Ben Folds, Wayne Ingram who as soldier in Bosnia met and helped Stefan Savic, who was born with a facial cleft, the family who've lived in the same house for five generations, 12 year old Liverpool schoolgirl Millie Courtney who's topping the charts in Nashville, and black hat Wimbledon steward David Spearing. JP Devlin delivers a Tour de France Crowdscape from the Yorkshire Dales and last year's winner Chris Froome shares his Inheritance Tracks.Ben Folds talks about his music career, his talent for collaboration, his multimedia approach to his work and the importance of our musical heritage, following his recent campaign to save a recording studio in Nashville. JP Devlin visits Hawes in the Yorkshire Dales, to mark the Tour de France - the world's biggest bike race - which starts in Leeds today.Wayne Ingram was a British soldier in Bosnia in 2003, when he met Stefan Savic, a four year old boy with a life-threatening facial cleft. He describes how he fundraised to enable Stefan to undergo reconstructive surgery, and their relationship today.A townhouse in Bristol dating back to 1885 has been home to five generations of the same family for over 110 years. It was bought in 1904 for £200 by Charles and Maud. Bill was born there in 1907. John lived there as a teenager, and his daughter Jackie has been there since 2006, along with her own children. John, Jackie and James talk about their memories, family history and life in the house today.Millie Courtney recently topped the charts in Nashville with her song Storybook. Millie and her dad Rob talk about her success as a singer/ songwriter and she performs live in the studio.This week's Inheritance Tracks are from cyclist Chris Froome the reigning champion of The Tour de France. He chooses All You Need Is Love by The Beatles and Scatterlings of Africa by Johnny Clegg.With the Wimbledon Tennis Finals this weekend, JP Devlin meets David Spearing - the longest serving steward who looks after players' families.Producer: Louise Corley.

Tony Parsons joins Richard Coles and Suzy Klein. Tony talks about his new crime novel, The Murder Bag, and about his first foray into the genre of crime writing. He also talks about boxing, his Father and the importance of his family.Ian Boughton is the Grandson of Rutland Boughton, originator of the very first 'Glastonbury Festivals' and the composer of 'The Immortal Hour'. The festivals, which ran from 1914 to 1926, inspired Michael Eavis to start his own Glastonbury Festival and Ian talks about his Grandfather's work, his radicalism and the very first Glastonbury Festivals.Mia Cunningham is the first ever Young Poet Laureate of Shropshire. Her Grandfather Paul is a poet too and contributes his Wenlock Edge country diary to the Guardian Newspaper. They talk about family poetic DNA and why poetry is so important to them.Roger Beckett took up painting and sketching as a result of a trip to Spain where he stumbled across a public painting festival. He now runs 'Pintar Rapido', an event all are welcome to where you paint or sketch en masse in a day. The event celebrates the urban landscape and is in London on Saturday July 19th and 20th.Michael Ibsen is a Canadian cabinet maker working in London. He is the nephew of Richard lll 17 times removed and is making the coffin the King will be buried in next year. Michael talks about his famous relation and the coffin he's designing.JP Devlin meets Al Murray and they walk around the Imperial War Museum in London which is reopening in July after a major refurbishment.This week's Inheritance Tracks are from Mari Wilson, the beehive Queen of Neasden. She chooses The Folks Who Live on the Hill by Peggy Lee and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart by the Bee Gees.On Saturday evening, at York Minster, there's a major choral piece celebrating Le Grand Depart, the start of the Tour de France in Yorkshire, with 12 choirs and around 400 people chosen from along the 'Tour' route. Alex Lindley, a Saturday Live listener and one of the singers and organisers, wants to say 'Thank You' to everyone involved and tells us about the event.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by Bridget Jones creator Helen Fielding, seventh Python Carol Cleveland, and Stuart J Cole who was abandoned as a baby, sent to Jamaica to live with family he had never met, and who turned his life around during a spell in prison. We go to Glyndebourne to meet Caroline and Andrew Thomson and Sandra and Ian Pusey who found real-life love at the opera, radiator salesman Phil Neville tells us what it's like to be a victim of mistaken identity and has a go at football commentary, John McCarthy visits the Isle of Wight where the dawn rose on satellite and radio technology, and Jersey Boy Ryan Molloy shares his Inheritance Tracks.Helen Fielding's anonymous column in The Independent newspaper led to a novel, then another, two films to match and, after a break of 14 years, 'Mad About The Boy', the third instalment of Bridget's trials and tribulations now graces bookshelves around the world.Caroline and Andrew Thomson and Sandra and Ian Pusey celebrated at Glyndebourne's current production of Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, which runs until July 11th.Stuart J Cole's books 'Two Years' and 'A Message to my Family' tell the story of his extraordinary life and are available online.Carol Cleveland will be reunited with the other members of Monty's Flying Circus ahead of their upcoming show Monty Python Live (mostly) which runs 1st -20th July at The O2 in London. Her book Pom Poms Up! is out now.Ryan Molloy is currently starring in 'The Jersey Boys' on Broadway. He inherits 'The Night' by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, and passes on Donny Hathaway's 'A Song For You'.Producer: Alex Lewis.

Rev Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with the chairman of The National Trust, Sir Simon Jenkins, talking about the National Trust and his new book 'England's 100 Best Views', Francesco Da Mosto sharing his views of Venice and elsewhere, Tony Bennett, the 'VisitBritain' and 'Countryside is Great' Take a View Landscape Photographer of the year 2013 on the perfect landscape photograph, Ang Zangbhu, a supporter of the Himalayan Trust UK and a former sherpa in the foothills of Everest who now flies jets out of Gatwick, describing the view of his birthplace from the air, Ron Price, at 95, the oldest National Trust volunteer, on the joys of volunteering and a life involved with Buckland Abbey in Devon, Judy Worham and Carol Blacher, retired friends, who are exploring London's underground stations, The Inheritance Tracks of Dame Kiri te Kanawa who chooses O Mio Babbino Caro by Giacomo Puccini and Marschallin's Monologue from Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, and JP Devlin visits the Irish town of Gort, population around 3,000 and with a significant Brazilian community. Produced by Chris Wilson.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with adventurer Ed Stafford whose latest book 'Naked and Marooned' charts 60 days completely alone with nothing but a camera. Ed discusses his world travels and the profound psychological impact enforced, albeit self imposed, solitude, had on him.Lady Catherine Meyer lost both of her sons when her former husband abducted them and took them to Germany against the ruling of a British court. Years of legal battles ensued but Catherine couldn't get the boys back. Years later they got back in touch and are now reunited. Catherine set up a charity, 'PACT' to campaign for fundamental improvements in child protection policies and practices and help people in similar circumstances.Peter Hodes is a volunteer stem cell courier for Anthony Nolan. He travels the world delivering vital human material for transplant operations and talks to us about his work and travels.Joanne Harris suffered with Motor Neurone Disease. She'd written about her condition in the Guardian Newspaper and was planning to record an audio column for us here at 'Saturday Live' but sadly died before she could complete it. Since she very much wanted to broadcast her piece, a close friend, Ann, agreed to do it and both Ann and Jo's brother discuss how Jo coped with such a debilitating condition.JP Devlin goes to Hay on Wye to talk to people just before the Hay Literary Festival descends on the town.Listener Chris Markiewicz talks about the joy of hearing a 1967 1275 cc Austin Healey Sprite engine.Ziggy Marley, son of Bob Marley, shares his Inheritance Tracks, choosing a piece by his Dad and a song he wrote and performed himself. Africa Unite (Bob Marley) and I Dont Wanna Live on Mars (Ziggy Marley).Produced by Chris Wilson.

Suzy Klein and Aasmah Mir with singer song-writer Lulu. Also Iain Stewart, a charity worker from Scotland who is recording an album with Rwandan musician Jean-Paul Samputu on the theme of forgiveness and reconciliation. Plus, foster couple Mick and Angela, who despite being in their 70s, now only take in babies. Ronan Keating shares his Inheritance Tracks.Singer-songwriter and 60s icon Lulu talks about 50 years in the music business, a career in acting and her new life as a gran. Lulu has an anti-ageing cosmetic brand Time Bomb.Mick and Angela appear in Episode One of the recent ITV series, 'Wanted: A Family of My Own'.John McCarthy takes a trip to the Isle of Wight with Level 42 singer Mark King, to discover the forgotten golf course that could have been the South Coast's St Andrews.Scottish charity worker Iain Stewart from the Edinburgh Interfaith Association and Rwandan musician Jean-Paul Samputu talk about the album they're recording together in memory of Rwanda's genocide. Jean-Paul explains how he lost his family in the conflict, and came to forgive the man responsible for killing his family.Actor Neil Pearson invites JP Devlin to share his Secret Life, a love of antiquarian books. Neil is taking part in the London International Antiquarian Book Fair at Olympia from 22-24th May.Ronan Keating's voice will be heard in the new film 'Postman Pat' out on May 23rd. His Inheritance Track choices are My Way by Frank Sinatra and Father and Son by Cat Stevens, Yusuf Islam.Producer: Lizz Pearson.

Richard Coles in London and Suzy Klein in Bristol from the Bristol Food Connections Festival with food writer Jay Rayner, The Inheritance Tracks of Julian Lloyd Webber, Nick Hunt following in the footsteps of Patrick Leigh Fermor on his 2,500 mile walk from Rotterdam to Istanbul, JP Devlin meeting urban gull expert Peter Rock on a Bristol rooftop, poetry from Elvis McGonagall, Vicky Harrison who is knitting Bristol in miniature and Romy Gill, chef and restaurant owner on the immeasurable joys of modern Indian food.Jay Rayner, food critic, author and jazz pianist joins Richard in the studio. 'Kitchen Cabinet' starts on BBC Radio 4 on 10 May.Richard Smith aka Elvis McGonagall performs poems on Bristol and food. Elvis McGonagall is on Radio 4 on Wednesday nights at 2300 with a new show 'Elvis McGonagall Looks on the Bright Side'.Romy Gill runs Romy's kitchen in Thornbury (near Bristol) and is a chef/owner. Brought up in West Bengal she talks to Suzy about her early life, running a small business and why Bristol is so interesting for food. JP Devlin roams the streets of Bristol to record a crowdscape.Nick Hunt took Patrick Leigh Fermor's epic walk to Istanbul in the early 1930's to heart and followed, pretty much, in his exact footsteps in about half the time. 'Walking the Woods and the Water: in Patrick Leigh Fermor's footsteps from the Hook of Holland to the Golden Horn' by Nick Hunt (Nicholas Brealey Publishing) is out now.JP meets Peter Rock, the UK's leading urban gull expert, on a Bristol roof with some breeding pairs. Vicky Harrison and a team of merry crafters have been knitting the city of Bristol. Vicky talks to Suzy about 'Briswool' and how communities can come together creatively.Julian Lloyd-Webber's Inheritance Tracks are The March from the Love For Three Oranges by Prokofiev and The Little Beggar Boy by Piazzolla played by Julian and Jiaxin Lloyd-Webber.Producer: Chris Wilson.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with comedian Paul Whitehouse, Lady Churchill's secretary Heather White-Smith, polar explorer Ben Saunders, pargetting plasterer Martin Ward and Francis Urquhart's Inheritance Tracks. Plus JP Devlin in the BBC Radio Theatre with audience members from The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy.Producer: Dixi Stewart.

John McCarthy and Suzy Klein meet veteran photographer Don McCullin to talk about wars zones, life in Somerset and how being born and raised in Finsbury Park shaped his life. John Wildey is a seventy seven year old grandfather who took over the controls to land a plane when the pilot took ill. Felicity Warner is a soul midwife who helps people have a peaceful death. There are tales of homelessness from the streets of London, Claudia Winkleman shares her Inheritance Tracks and we hear how the helmet belonging to a young soldier killed in Vietnam ended up for sale in Portobello Market. We take a trip on a train run by children in Budapest and find out if the Quiff, the hairstyle so beloved of the Teddy Boys is about to make a comeback.Produced by Maire Devine.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein are joined by tv presenter Kate Humble, Mark Boyle who lived without money for 3 years, and Philip Geddes who brought a stuffed penguin from Antarctica to Hampshire. Pop Idol judge Nicki Chapman shares her love of dressage, John McCarthy takes a dip in the baths of Budapest and Desmond Morris shares his Inheritance Tracks.Produced by Lizz Pearson.

Suzy Klein and Richard Coles with comedian, actor and musician Ade Edmondson, professional basketball player Alex Owumi who found himself playing for Colonel Gaddafi, Caroline Brealey who's just been named the world's number one matchmaker, Samuel Johnson who's living his childhood dream as a Lego designer, and Bob Davenport who found some old tapes of him singing alongside folk legend Pete Seeger. JP Devlin hits the slopes at the snow centre in Hemel Hempstead, we visit a hospice in Berkhamstead offering cookery courses to bereaved teenagers, and Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell shares his Inheritance Tracks.Produced by Dixi Stewart.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with adventurer and TV presenter Simon Reeve. Judith Keppel, the first person to hit the jackpot on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, contemplates luck; food and travel writer Michael Booth explores Scandinavia; cricketer and columnist Ed Smith reflects on managing maverick talent; Andrew Cotton describes the thrill and skill of surfing a big wave; toxinologist Dr Zoltan Takacs explains why he's charmed by snakes and their venom; Marjorie Wallace shares her Inheritance Tracks, and Kate Allatt recalls how Facebook helped her out of locked-in syndrome.Produced by Dilly Barlow.

Suzy Klein and JP Devlin with BBC Arts Editor Will Gompertz who talks about his unpromising beginnings in the arts and a project to find the Art of the Nation. Appropriately they also hear the Inheritance Tracks of popular artist Jack Vettriano and why the mandolin is so widespread from musician Simon Mayor. Zoe Lemon tells what happened to a message in a bottle she threw into the sea twenty three years ago and Brian Conaghan explains how the late diagnosis of Tourette's syndrome affected his life. Princess Michael of Kent reveals a secret passion for singing and Jan Prebble reveals her secret passion - a married man whose his clandestine mistress she was for over forty years. And there are the unspoken thanks of listeners, spoken at last.Producer: Harry Parker.

Writer and comedian Rob Newman joins Richard Coles and Suzy Klein to talk about his return to comedy. His latest show - Rob Newman's New Theory of Evolution - looks at the controversies surrounding evolutionary biology and is his first complete show in 7 years.Also on the programme, forget the 7.39am, we meet two commuters who met and fell in love on the 5.35am from Gillingham, Dorset to London Waterloo. As a memento of the moment when lightning struck they have the train seats they were sitting on ensconced in their front room.We also speak to a couple of recently arrived economic migrants - one from Bulgaria and one from Romania - about why they decided to move to the UK, the twins who were big in post war entertainment and the teenager trying to singlehandedly revive punk rock. Author Horatio Clare tells us about his year spent as the writer in residence on a cargo ship, with the Inheritance Tracks of journalist Kate Adie.Producer: Alex Lewis.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with lawyer and founder of the Rosenblatt Opera Recitals Ian Rosenblatt, the Inheritance Tracks of comedian Jennifer Saunders, the story of Roger Mason who along with a friend and fellow veterinary surgeon, took much needed animals to the Falkland Islands after the 1982 War in an old converted fishing boat, the delights of Riga in Latvia with travel writer Adrian Mourby, one of Britain's leading forensic scientists, Mike Silverman, talking about a life in forensics, poems from Kate Fox and JP Devlin meets a Second World War meteorologist.Producer Chris Wilson.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with author, journalist and educational adviser Dreda Say Mitchell. They are also joined by listeners Sarah and Mark Horsburgh on their experience of offering respite foster care. We travel to Nottingham with John McCarthy on the trail of Alan Sillitoe, meet two lads who tell of a chance encounter with Nelson Mandela and Doreen Lawrence's Inheritance Tracks.Producer Alex Lewis.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein meet novelist Michael Arditti who talks about faith and the novel, nearly dying after eating goats cheese and his travels around the Philippines researching a book, enjoy the Inheritance Tracks of Judith Kerr who wrote and illustrated, amongst other things, The Tiger Who Came To Tea, talk to Melvyn Evans who fought in Aden in the 1960's and realised, 40 years later, that he was suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and hear from Joe Glackin, a former priest who worked in Liberia with child soldiers and street children. There's more travel with Professor Cathy Warwick CBE, General Secretary of the Royal College of Midwives, who organises midwifery tours of South Africa, a celebration of Martin Wright, the inventor of the peak flow meter, and JP Devlin travels to the recently announced City of Culture 2017, Hull, where he meets some of the locals.Producer: Chris Wilson.

Richard Coles and Suzy Klein with poet Owen Sheers, Guantanamo artist Molly Crabapple, South Seas travellers Rosemary and Douglas Hadfield, 17 year old Lauren who found herself without a home, Elisa Berry who found herself looking after JFK's nieces on the day he was assassinated, and actor Mat Horne's Inheritance Tracks.Producer: Dixi Stewart.