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Saturday Live: Richard Osman

05/09/2020

Richard Osman

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Richard Osman

Writer Caitlin Moran and the Inheritance Tracks of Ed Balls.

TV quizzer-turned-novelist Richard Osman, writer Caitlin Moran and the Inheritance Tracks of Ed Balls.

Richard Coles and Angela Scanlon are joined by TV presenter Richard Osman who has written his first detective novel set in a retirement village. 

Ian Ridley is a sports writer who has written about the healing power of sport and the solace he found in county cricket following the death of his wife, pioneering sports journalist Vikki Orvice. 

Bestselling writer Caitlin Moran discusses the unexpected difficulties of middle age life in her new book More Than A Woman.  

Plus your thank yous and an interview with good Samaritan hot air balloonist Robin Batchelor. 

And former politician Ed Balls shares his Inheritance Tracks. He chooses 'Dopo notte, atra e funesta' from Handel's Ariodante and 'We Shall Overcome' by Pete Seeger.

Producer: Steven Williams

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