17/05/2010
Phil Williams sits in for Richard Bacon with news, sport, entertainment, and big guests. Plus your emails, texts and tweets.
Phil Williams sits in for Richard Bacon.
Frank Gardner reports live from the Arctic Circle where a British team of amputee and disabled servicemen aiming to walk to the North Pole next year have been training for their mission.
Mark Kermode reports from Cannes on the latest goings-on at the Film Festival.
John Hannah talks about Spartacus: Blood and Sand, the TV series that has been a huge ratings hit in the States and comes to the UK next week on Bravo amid a fanfare of controversy.
Martin Shankleman, our employment correspondent, reports on the BA-Unite talks ahead of tomorrow's planned strike by BA cabin crew.
Dr Xanthe Mallett, an expert in forensic anthropology at the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification at the University of Dundee, presents History Cold Case on 91热爆2. She tells Phil about the appeal and use of identifying bodies through forensic science.
The Blitz Club was at the centre of the early 1980s New Romantic scene - as seen in new 91热爆 drama Worried About the Boy. The likes of Spandau Ballet, Visage, Ultravox and Culture Club all hung out and played at the venue - so just how extensive was its influence on 80s music and popular culture? Spandau Ballet's Gary Kemp looks back at the era with music journalist Princess Julia and presenter Robert Elms.
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Kermode at Cannes
On day 5 of the Cannes Film Festival, Mark Kermode tells Phil about the films vying for the Palme d'Or - Mike Leigh鈥檚 Another Year and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu鈥檚 Biutiful.
Duration: 13:42
Reminiscing about the Blitz Club
Phil Williams is joined New Romantic pioneer Gary Kemp, fellow Blitz Kid and music journalist Princess Julia and Robert Elms who wrote for The Face magazine in the 1980s.
Duration: 23:33
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- Mon 17 May 2010 14:0091热爆 Radio 5 Live