Joan Bakewell chairs the discussion programme, originally launched in 1941 on BBC Radio's Home Service, in which leading minds in the fields of art, science, religion and philosophy debate important intellectual issues. Guests in this programme are AS Byatt, Richard Dawkins , Niall Ferguson and Lord Quinton. Producer Amanda Hancox
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