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Loose Ends: Nicholas Parsons, Kevin Bishop, Rikki Stein, George Dawes Green, Catherine Burns, Arthur Smith, The Barr Brothers, Femme

Nicholas Parsons, Kevin Bishop, Rikki Stein, George Dawes Green, Catherine Burns, Arthur Smith, Barr Brothers, Femme

30/08/2014

Nicholas Parsons, Kevin Bishop, Rikki Stein, George Dawes Green, Catherine Burns, Arthur Smith, The Barr Brothers, Femme

BBC Radio 4 - Loose Ends, Nicholas Parsons, Kevin Bishop, Rikki Stein, George Dawes Green, Catherine Burns, Arthur Smith, The Barr Brothers, Femme

Nikki Bedi and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.

Nikki Bedi is joined by Nicholas Parsons, Kevin Bishop and George Dawes Green for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from the Barr Brothers and Femme.

Since its first broadcast in December 1967, 'Just a Minute' has consistently entertained BBC Radio 4 listeners. And chairman Nicholas Parsons has appeared in every episode of the almost 900 broadcasts to date. He talks to Nikki about his new book 'Welcome to Just a Minute', recalling the very best, occasionally awkward and often hilarious moments from the last six decades. 

Nikki talks Afrobeat with Rikki Stein, who was Nigerian musician and social activist Fela Kuti's long-term friend and manager. Rikki features in new documentary 'Finding Fela', a compelling portrait of the man who created a musical movement, using it as a form of political protest, becoming a revolutionary, hero and legend. 

Are you sitting comfortably? Arthur Smith pulls up an easy chair and settles in for story time with the founder and the Artistic Director of 'The Moth' storytelling events, George Dawes Green and Catherine Burns. Since 1997, household names and unknowns alike have performed their real life stories to packed crowds across the US, which audiences can now experience in book form.

How far would you go to get a table at the smartest restaurant in town? Actor and comedian Kevin Bishop talks to Nikki about starring in 'Fully Committed', a whirlwind culinary comedy set in one of Manhattan's hottest restaurants, where the city never sleeps and the phone never stops ringing. 

With music from The Barr Brothers, who perform 'Even The Darkness Has Arms' from their album 'Sleeping Operator' and Femme performs 'High' from her forthcoming debut album.

Producer: Sukey Firth.

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