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Kirsty Young talks to the actor and comedian Whoopi Goldberg in a programme first broadcast in 2009. 

Sara Pascoe is a comedian and writer who has appeared on programmes including QI, Taskmaster and the Great British Sewing Bee. She is also a screenwriter and the author of three books including her debut novel Weirdo which won the inaugural Jilly Cooper Prize for fiction last yea ... Show More

Jessie Buckley is an actor and singer. She recently won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe Award for her critically acclaimed role playing Shakespeare’s wife Agnes in Chloé Zhao’s film Hamnet. Her performance has also garnered her an Academy Award nomination.Jessie won an Olivier Award f ... Show More

Roy Plomley's castaway is foreign correspondent Anthony Grey.Favourite track: Concerto Grosso in C Major by George Frideric Handel Book: Dictionary Luxury: Book stall in Victoria station 

<p>Credits: Music by Ishmael Ensemble, John Caroll Kirby, Riley Mulherkar and Elori Saxl</p><p>Edited by Daniel Guillemette & Daniel Gumbiner</p><p>Sound mix / sound design by John Delore</p> 

Poet Kathleen Jamie, whose tenure as Scotland's Makar, or National Poet, recently came to an end, talks about her new collection of poems written in Scots, The Keelie Hawk. Composer Helen Grime, soprano Claire Booth and author Zoe Gilbert chat about the world premiere of Folk, an ... Show More

Arundhati Roy, the Man Booker prize winning author and campaigner is in conversation with Philip Dodd as she publishes her second novel 20 years after The God of Small Things. Arundhati Roy's new novel is called The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. It is being read on BBC Radio 4's ... Show More

Sir John Tavener's The Protecting Veil was premiered at the BBC Proms 30 years ago. To coincide with the anniversary, a new recording has been issued by Signum Classics which finds Matthew Barley directing Sinfonietta Riga from the cello - James Jolly meets him. 

1. KENO - I Like It Like That 2. Breeve - Do It Like This 3. HÄWK & Azooland - Pleasure 4. Lucas & Steve - Do It All Again 5. (AOW) Steve Angello - Hooligans 6. Mau P - MERTHER 7. Andrew Mathers - Just A Beat 8. TCTS - Sarge 9. (SR) D.O.D feat. Charlotte Haining - Feel The Passio ... Show More

1. KENO - I Like It Like That 2. Breeve - Do It Like This 3. HÄWK & Azooland - Pleasure 4. Lucas & Steve - Do It All Again 5. (AOW) Steve Angello - Hooligans 6. Mau P - MERTHER 7. Andrew Mathers - Just A Beat 8. TCTS - Sarge 9. (SR) D.O.D feat. Charlotte Haining - Feel The Passio ... Show More

Tenor Ian Bostridge and pianist Saskia Georgini join Gramophone Editor Martin Cullingford this week to talk about their new album of Schumann Songs, Twilight, released on the Pentatone label.  

In this week's Gramophone Podcast, the conductor Ian Page joins Editor Martin Cullingford to talk about the music of the 18th-century composer Gluck, setting him in the context of musical developments of his time. The conversation marks the release of the new album from his ensem ... Show More