Roy Hudd
Entertainer Roy Hudd, singer Imelda May, dog and duck man Stuart Barnes and standup comic Ayesha Hazarika join the Rev Richard Coles and Kate Silverton for a chat.
Roy Hudd is a national treasure. He's been entertaining, acting and generally having fun on TV, the stage and wireless for many decades. Next month he'll be 81 years old and he's still working.
Imelda May grew up in the Liberties, once the toughest slum in Dublin, where she learned the art of song and acquired a noble quiff, which made her the Rockabilly queen of the Dublin scene. Her breakthrough came on Jools Holland's 'Later' (she also supported his band on tour) and was snapped up by the likes of Bono and The Chieftains, who know a proper voice when they hear one. The quiff is no more, to mark a change of emphasis and tone, I guess, and her new album, Life Love Flesh Blood is produced by T Bone Burnett, does what it says on the tin. .
New Zealander Stuart Barnes started working as a shepherd when he was just 11. He now spends his time travelling and running a Dog and Duck Show. He talks about his lifelong love of animals, developing his knowledge of animal behaviour and ways to communicate with dogs
Hard to get a page from the flimsiest of manifestos between politics and comedy these days, some have said, so it must be a fertile opportunity for Ayesha Hazaroka, who was a special adviser to Labour politicians both in government before reinventing herself as a commentator and a comedian, and a grave disappointment to her mother who still really really wants her to be a doctor. Her new show State of the Nation was obliged to undergo a hurried rewrite after elevenses last Tuesday, when the Prime Minister surprised us all by calling a general election.
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Presenters and Guests in the studio - 22nd April 2017
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Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Rev. Richard Coles |
Presenter | Kate Singleton |
Interviewed Guest | Roy Hudd |
Interviewed Guest | Imelda May |
Interviewed Guest | Stuart Barnes |
Interviewed Guest | Ayesha Hazarika |
Interviewed Guest | Terry Waite |
Producer | Maire Devine |
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- Sat 22 Apr 2017 09:0091热爆 Radio 4
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