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Danny Wallace and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.

Danny Wallace is joined by Fay Weldon, Ben Miller, John Caudwell and Eloisa James. With music from Lazy Habits.

Danny is sucked into a black hole with the actor, comedian and particle physicist Ben Miller whose book 'It's Not Rocket Science' sets out to explain some of the most fundamental and amazing scientific facts - and "let's do it quickly, while Maths isn't looking".

Polishing his halo and scattering fairy dust as he goes, comes John Caudwell. He's a billionaire, entrepreneur and philanthropist. John is 'The Angel' who every week will decide who out of six hopefuls will get a £100,000 investment from his own pocket to realise their business dreams. But this is no Dragon's Den - rather than judging them on their ideas, he will be judging them on their personalities and business acumen. The devil's in the detail.

Jo Bunting is transported to the tree-lined boulevards of gay Paris with the romantic novelist and Shakespearean scholar, Eloisa James, whose memoir about her year spent in the French capital 'en famille' is a joyful testament to the joyful pleasures in life.

Danny is Upstairs Downstairs with novelist Fay Weldon with her new book 'Habits of the House. The plot follows the fortunes of the Dilberne family in Belgrave Square and is sure to put a spring in the step of any 'Downtown Abbey' aficionado.

With music from Lazy Habits - the 8 piece Hip Hop crew whose original sound mixes beats, rhymes and brass - who perform 'Memory Banks' from their self-titled debut album.

And the temperature will be rising in the Loose Ends studio with the luminous and magnificent Concha Buika, the 'flamenco queen', whose passionate and versatile singing style have made her a huge star in her native Spain and all over Europe.

Producer Cathie Mahoney.

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