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Saturday Live: Lucy Worsley and Brian Conley

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21/04/2018

Lucy Worsley and Brian Conley

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Lucy Worsley and Brian Conley

Historian Lucy Worsley and comedian and actor Brian Conley.

Morning magazine show. Historian Lucy Worsley, all-round entertainer Brian Conley and the inheritance tracks of actor Samuel West.

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by history obsessive Dr Lucy Worsley, whose mission is to make history accessible: she writes books for adults and children, she presents TV documentaries, often dressing up as historical characters to further tell their tales, and she is also Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces. Her latest book is about Jane Austen, who, Lucy says, was one of the most important Georgians.

Brian Conley might be best known as the host of his eponymous show, but he's played lead roles in musicals such as Me and My Girl, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Hairspray, Oliver!, The Music Man, Barnum and Jolson for which he was nominated for a prestigious Laurence Olivier Award. He's presented the Royal Variety Performance on eight occasions and appeared on TV shows such as The Grimleys and Time after Time and recorded three albums. He joins us in the middle of his latest tour: 'Still the Greatest Entertainer in His Price Range'.

Elizabeth Noble is a writer of fiction who mourns the demise of the letter. She has kept letters from parents, lovers, and children and finds them not only treasures in themselves but also with content even more revealing years later. 

Listener Neil Rushton contacted us about a hobby of his - ice water swimming, which he does in a club run by Pauline Barker, who is the UK Country Ambassador for the International Ice Swimming Association. She joins us to talk about swimming in zero temperatures.

JP Devlin goes to Sheffield in search of the Record collector store for Record Store Day. 

Samuel West chooses his Inheritance Tracks - Dory Previn's Play it again Sam and Matt Bianco's Get out of your lazy bed.


'Jane Austen at Home' and 'Lady Mary', are both by Lucy Worsley
Brian Conley's show 'Still the Greatest Entertainer in his Price Range' is touring the UK until June
Brian Conley's new TV series starts 16th April on Channel 4 'Buy it now' 
Elizabeth Noble's latest novel is 'Letters to Iris'.

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