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Featuring new Radio 2 Book Club strand Fact Not Fiction. Claudia talks to Helen Bailey about When Bad Things Happen In Good Bikinis.

Tonight is the start of Fact Not Fiction; our non-fiction strand of the Radio 2 Book Club, exploring new and exciting titles which you may not otherwise discover, the first writer to enter the Club is Helen Bailey with her extremely moving account "When Bad Things Happen In Good Bikinis".

Actor Mark Rylance and writer Claire Van Kempen talk about the transfer of "Farinelli & The King". Professor Joann Fletcher unveils the wonder of Ancient Egypt by way of her fascinating book "The Story of Egypt". Kevin O'Hare, Director of The Royal Ballet, explains "World Ballet Day", Thomas Magill takes a trip to the exhibition "Dressed by Angels", Arts correspondent Natalie Jamieson talks about the launch of the London Film Festival and interviews composer Harry Gregson-Williams about his latest score for "The Martian" and Sunday Times film critic Camilla Long reviews this weeks films.

1 hour, 57 minutes

Music Played

  • Bee Gees

    Night Fever

    • Bee Gees - Their Greatest Hits.
    • Polydor.
  • Jamie Lawson

    Wasn't Expecting That

    • Jamie Lawson.
    • Gingerbread Man Records.
    • 001.
  • Steely Dan

    Rikki Don't Lose That Number

    • A Decade Of Steely Dan.
    • MCA.
  • The Beatles

    Help!

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 010.
  • Michael Bubl茅

    Everything

    • (CD Single).
    • Reprise.
  • Jack Savoretti

    Back Where I Belong

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Chrysalis.
  • Ricky Nelson

    Hello Mary Lou

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Oct 2015 22:00