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Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy
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John Cooper Clarke, Jackie Kay, Antony Szmierek, Hannah Maxwell (opens the original)
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Stuart Maconie and guests are at the BBC's Contains Strong Language Festival in Salford. Baudelaire of the bus stop, local man made poetic, John Cooper Clarke reveals where he goes for inspiration. Multi-award winning poet and novelist Jackie Kay who began writing as a pre-teen and hasn't stopped since. Hannah Maxwell's acclaimed Edinburgh show is called Turn Your F**king Phones Off, but she's having to tone it down for her forthcoming tour. And music and poetry from the "alt-pop poet" Antony Sz
Simon Brodkin, Elly Griffiths, Ahir Shah, Cara Dillon, Truthpaste (opens the original)
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Stuart Maconie is joined by comedian Simon Brodkin, known for his character Lee Nelson and his stunts, slipping past security to prank the likes of Donald Trump, Seb Blatter and Theresa May. He's out on tour with a new show, Unleashed. Ahir Shah won the Edinburgh Comedy award in 2023 for his show Ends. His new show, Golden is inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche and Gerald Manley Hopkins. Best Selling Crime Author Elly Griffith's The Killing Time is the second in her new Ali Dawson series. And there'
Jay Rayner, Sindhu Vee, Helen Rebanks, Laura Veirs, Arab Strap, Stuart Maconie (opens the original)
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Stuart Maconie is joined in the Salford studio by the food critic and broadcaster Jay Rayner, who tells us about the worst thing he's ever done for money. Helen Rebanks, author of the best-selling book The Farmer's Wife, on not discussing bluetongue and Herdwicks with Whoopi Goldberg, and comedian Sindhu Vee on the perils of a four-a-day mango habit. There's music from Portland-based singer-songwriter Laura Veirs and Falkirk's own Arab Strap. Presenter: Stuart Maconie Producer: Elizabeth Foster
Janet Street Porter, Isy Suttie, Christopher Chung, Altered Images, Jordan Rakei (opens the original)
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Clive Anderson's guests include the broadcaster and journalist Janet Street-Porter who is celebrating her 80th birthday by hitting the road. In 'Janet Street Porter is Still of The Leash at 80', Street-Porter is revisiting the highs and lows of her long and unusual life and career, settling scores and telling truths. Comedian writer and actress Isy Suttie is the latest to take on the Taskmaster. As she tells Clive, she's no stranger to a dare - was this good training for the TV show? Christopher
Sophie Duker, John Kearns, Len Pennie and Paul Leonard-Morgan, Clive Anderson, Jenni Fagan, Kanan Gill, The Real Kyle McCarren (opens the original)
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Join Clive Anderson for a party at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. Taskmaster winner Sophie Duker spins great comedy from terrible encounters in her latest show Hot Beef Injection. Comedian John Kearns brings Tilting at Windmills to the Fringe - monk cap, false teeth and all. One of India's biggest stand-ups Kanan Gill will be chatting about how his show Not This Again changes during worldwide tours. Writer and poet Jenni Fagan makes satire out of life after death in her book The Delu
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