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Saturday Live: Adam Buxton

26/12/2020

Adam Buxton

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Lady Anne Glenconner, lockdown quizmaster Jay Flynn, actress and singer Sheila Ferguson.

Writer and comedian Adam Buxton; debut novelist Lady Anne Glenconner; virtual quizmaster Jay Flynn, and the Inheritance Tracks of Jools Holland and Sheila Ferguson.

Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by writer and comedian Adam Buxton, who talks about his partnership with schoolfriend Joe Cornish, family relationships and performs a song. Anne Glenconner’s memoir Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown became a bestseller. Now 88, Lady Glenconner has written her first novel Murder on Mustique, set on the island formerly owned by her husband. She discusses her life, dealing with tragedy and why she’s now at her happiest. 

As a Boxing Day treat, Jools Holland and Sheila Ferguson share their Inheritance Tracks. Jools Holland has chosen Up Above My Head by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Love Made Them Do That by Jools Holland With Ruby Turner. Sheila Ferguson has chosen What Are You Doing New Year's Eve by Nancy Wilson and When Will I See You Again by The Three Degrees.

During lockdown Jay Flynn become known for his Virtual Pub Quiz, which won him a place in the Guinness Book of Records. He’s also been awarded an MBE as he has raised over £750, 000 for charity. But in his 20s, after a relationship breakdown, he spent time sleeping rough in London – calling a bench on Victoria Embankment his home. 

Adam Buxton's Ramble Book is out now.
Murder on Mustique by Anne Glenconner is out now.
Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra will welcome in 2021 with his annual Hootenanny on BBC 2.
Sheila Ferguson is performing in We Need A Little Christmas in support of Shelter & Crisis, which will be streamed from 20th December to 1st January.
Jay Flynn's Pub Quiz Book is out now.

Producer: Claire Bartleet
Editor: Eleanor Garland

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