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Richard Bacon: 21/07/2010

21/07/2010

BBC Radio 5 Live - Richard Bacon, 21/07/2010

Colin Paterson sits in for Richard with hotel inspector Alex Polizzi.

Colin Paterson sits in for Richard with hotel inspector Alex Polizzi, Mark Dolan and a look at the new Sherlock Holmes series.

Colin Paterson sits in for Richard. 

The Hotel Inspector - Alex Polizzi - talks about her eponymous series on Channel 5 including guests’ personal hygiene, what it was like growing up as part of a hotel dynasty (She's Rocco Forte's niece) and how nice Conrad Black is.

Technology Correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones assesses Facebook's huge power in modern life as they approach their 500 millionth registered user.

Comedian and TV Presenter Mark Dolan tells Colin about his new book The World's Most Extraordinary People...And Me - based on his Channel 4 series of last year. Anecdotes include: the 40 a day smoking habit of the world's smallest man, and the superstardom of the world's tallest woman.

Defence Correspondent Jonathan Beale and Defence Analyst Tim Ripley discuss the scale of cuts that may be needed at the Ministry of Defence to balance the books.

League of Gentleman's Mark Gatiss, playwright Jeremy Paul and expert Justin Shulman joined Colin to discuss the enduring appeal of Sherlock Holmes. Gatiss has just co-created the new BBC version.

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