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Led Zeppelin, BBC National Short Story Award, Martin Roth

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin talks about the BBC sessions the band recorded from 1969-71, and reveals how tracks presumed lost have been recovered, remastered and released.

The annual BBC National Short Story Award is back and this year the chair of judges is Jenni Murray. She reveals who's on the shortlist and in the first of five interviews with the shortlisted authors, Hilary Mantel discusses her story, In A Right State, which is told in the first person, from the perspective of a homeless woman, who spends the night in A&E for want of something better to do. She also reveals when she's hoping to finish The Mirror And The Light, the third in the Wolf Hall trilogy, and gives a hint of what to expect from it.

In his first broadcast interview since announcing his departure from the V&A in London, the outgoing Director Martin Roth explains why he's swapping museums for European politics.

Presenter: John Wilson
Producer: Angie Nehring. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Jimmy Page
Interviewed Guest:
Jenni Murray
Interviewed Guest:
Hilary Mantel
Interviewed Guest:
Martin Roth
Presenter:
John Wilson
Producer:
Angie Nehring

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