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Robert Peston and Eddie Mair join forces to spring surprise guests on each other.

Late-night interview programme. Robert Peston and Eddie Mair join forces to spring surprise guests on each other.

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The Robert Peston Interview Show (with Eddie Mair): Julian Barnes

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08/06/2015

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BBC Radio 4 - The Robert Peston Interview Show (with Eddie Mair), Julian Barnes

Eddie Mair and Robert Peston interview Julian Barnes.

Interview programme in which Robert Peston and Eddie Mair join spring surprise guests on each other. Robert's first guest choice is Julian Barnes.

What happens if you take the warring parties of radio's biggest feud and give them their own show? Radio 4 is about to find out as Eddie Mair and Robert Peston join forces to spring surprise guests on each other in a unique late night interview programme. Expect spontaneous discussions with a wide array of interesting figures.

Eddie and Robert have each chosen three guests of personal interest to them- all in the public eye - who they feel are worthy of a late night interview slot, keeping it secret from the other which guests they have chosen until the interview itself.

The first guest is Robert's choice - Julian Barnes. Having written about losing his wife in his book 'Levels of Life', the three men talk about grief.

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