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22/01/2011

Duration:
45 minutes
First broadcast:
Saturday 22 January 2011

Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.

Clive is joined by one of Britain's favourite comics, Lenny Henry. He's also a popular voice on Radio 4, from the downtrodden son in Rudy's Rare Records to documentaries on South African Music. His passion for Shakespeare led him to an English degree at the Open University and a West End role in Othello, and on television he's performed in his own sketch shows, acted and presented - most recently in BBC One's The Magicians. Lenny's latest outing is a musical journey, Cradle to Rave, which tours the UK until May.

Alastair Campbell reveals more about the Blair years and New Labour as the former Director of Communications and Strategy at Number 10 joins Clive to delve into his latest volume of diaries, Power and the People 1997-1999.

Issues of power and people also preoccupy Clive's next guest as This Week and Daily Politics presenter Andrew Neil discusses the return of the privately educated and privileged to the Westminster establishment. All, he claims, due to the decline of the grammar school, and all in his BBC Two documentary Posh and Posher.

Justin Lee Collins embarks on a documentary of a very different kind, experiencing culture shock in Japan. Nikki Bedi finds out how television's most enthusiastic presenter fared as a Manzai comic, became top of the class in Love College and whether a tiny pooch called Nobu cured Justin of his fear of dogs.

With music from Ben Ottewell, the voice behind the Mercury award-winning Gomez, and his newly released solo debut album Shapes and Shadows.

Plus contemporary folk from the Anglo-Australian quartet Emily Barker and The Red Clay Halo perform Calendar from their third album, Almanac.

Producer: Laura Northedge.

Music Played

2 items
  • Lenny Henry

    Lenny Henry

    ‘Lenny Henry in Cradle to Rave, A Musical Journey’ tours the country until May.

    ‘The Magicians’ is on at 19.00 pm on Saturdays, BBC One.

    ‘Rudy’s Rare Records’ is on Tuesdays at 18.30 pm on BBC Radio 4.

    Lenny Henry
  • Alastair Campbell

    Alastair Campbell

    ‘The Alastair Campbell Diaries Volume 2. Power and the People 1997-1999’ is published by Hutchinson.

    Alastair Campbell
  • Andrew Neil

    Andrew Neil

    ‘Posh and Posher’ is on BBC Two on Wednesday 26 January at 21.00 pm.

    Posh and Posher
  • Justin Lee Collins

    Justin Lee Collins

    ‘Justin Lee Collins – Turning Japanese’ is on Five on Thursdays, starting Thursday 26 January at 21.00 pm.

    Justin Lee Collins – Turning Japanese
  • Ben Ottewell

    Ben Ottewell

    Ben performs a track from his album ‘Shapes and Shadow’s, released on Monday 7 February.

    He performs in Belfast on Monday 28 February, Newcastle on Wednesday 2 March, Nottingham on Friday 4, Edinburgh on Saturday 5, Manchester on Tuesday 8 March and London on Wednesday 9 March.

    Ben Ottewell
  • Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo

    Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo

    The album ‘Almanac’ is released on Monday 7 February.

    Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo are on a 15 date UK tour, starting in Leicester on Wednesday 9 and ending in Bristol on Saturday 26 February.

    Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo

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