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Last broadcast on Sat, 25 Jul 2009, 18:15 on BBC Radio 4 (FM only) (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
Clive Anderson is joined by author and former Conservative Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken, Dragons' Den's James Caan and former Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan.
Gideon Coe talks to writer Bridget Christie about her time at the Daily Mail.
With comedy from Sarah Millican and music from Oi Va Voi and the Mercury Prize-nominated Lisa Hannigan.
Jonathan Aitken
Clive Anderson is joined by former Tory MP and Cabinet Minister Jonathan Aitken. His latest book, ‘Nazarbayev and the Making of Kazakhstan – From Communism to Capitalism’ is out now, published by Continuum.
James Caan
Taking care of business is entrepreneur and Dragon James Caan, who as well as offering hard cash to hopeful pitchers on Dragons’ Den is behind the iawards which celebrate the best of British innovation. Dragons' Den is broadcast on BBC Two at 21.00pm on Wednesdays and repeated on Sundays at 19.00pm, with full catch up and extras online. The iawards are open for entries now, closing on Wednesday 16 September, with winners announced on Monday 16 November 2009.
Peter Duncan
'Peter Duncan's Daft and Dangerous', or so says the title of former Chief Scout and Blue Peter presenter Peter Duncan’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival show! Peter drops in to the Loose Ends studio before his month long run at the Pleasance Beyond (Courtyard) throughout August, starting Wednesday 5.
Bridget Christie
BBC 6music’s Gideon Coe talks to comedian and writer Bridget Christie, whose time spent at the Daily Mail forms the basis of her latest Edinburgh Show. 'My Daily Mail Hell' at the Billiard Room, Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh from Wednesday 5 August.
Sarah Millican
Comedy from Loose Ends favourite and 2008 If.comedy Best Newcomer Sarah Millican, who performs material from her latest show. ‘Sarah Millican –Typical Woman’ is at Edinburgh's Pleasance Courtyard, Beside from Sunday 2 through to Monday 24 August.
Lisa Hannigan
Music from 2009 Mercury Prize nominee and acclaimed Irish singer song-writer Lisa Hannigan. Striking out on her own after her long collaboration with fellow Irishman Damien Rice, she performs ‘I Don’t Know’ from her self released debut solo album, ‘See Saw’.
Oi Va Oi
And with influences as diverse as Eastern European folk, Klezmer, Ladiono and Electronica, ‘Oi Va Voi’ play ‘ Long Way from Home’ from their album ‘Travelling the Face of the Globe’ . They perform at Leicester’s Summer Sundae festival on August 14 with a UK tour in the Autumn.
Broadcasts
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Sat 25 Jul 200918:15
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Sat 25 Jul 200918:30
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