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Midweek: Diverse conversation

Midweek: Diverse conversation

Diverse conversation with Libby Purves and her four guests. The focus of Midweek is personal experience, the story behind the story. A mix of the famous, the infamous, and first time broadcasters. Forty-five minutes of lively conversation to start the day.

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  • guests include Tom Conti 25 Nov 09

    Wed, 25 Nov 09

    Duration:
    42 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by actor Tom Conti, talking about reprising his one-man show Jesus My Boy at the Pleasance Islington; Mavis Batey, one of the code breakers at Bletchley Park during the 2nd World War, who has written a biography of her boss, Alfred Dillwyn Knox, Dilly: The Man Who Broke Enigmas; comedian Milton Jones on his book Where Do Comedians Go When They Die? Journeys of a Stand-Up; and jazz drummer Steve Reid whose album Odyessy of the Oblong Square has been re-released.

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