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Life on Egg

Series 1

Mistress of Disguise

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

A prisoner escapes from Britain's remotest prison, but no-one quite knows what she looks like. Stars Harry Hill. From 2017. Show more

Contributors

Governor Harry:
Harry Hill
The Minister:
Tanya Moodie
Tim the Helicopter Pilot:
Dan Maier
Prisoner Gyles Brandreth:
Gyles Brandreth
Writer:
Dan Maier
Producer:
Sam Michell

Life on Egg

Series 1

Stand-In

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

When Peter is sent for urgent training, Harry’s replacement has the prison whipped into shape. Starring Harry Hill. From 2018. Show more

Contributors

Governor Harry:
Harry Hill
The Minister:
Tanya Moodie
Tim the Helicopter Pilot:
Dan Maier
Warder Leo Hatchet:
Dan Maier
Prisoner Gyles Brandreth:
Gyles Brandreth
Writer:
Dan Maier
Producer:
Sam Michell

Last Word

Rev Ian Paisley, Sir Donald Sinden, Caroline Gooding, Anthony Smith, Andrew McLaglen

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Matthew Bannister remembers former first minister of NI the Rev Ian Paisley, actor Sir Donald Sinden, adventurer Anthony Smith and disability rights campaigner Caroline Gooding. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Judi Dench
Interviewed Guest:
Gyles Brandreth
Producer:
Fiona Couper

Great Lives

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Gyles Brandreth chooses Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes. With Matthew Parris and Andrew Lycett. From 2013. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Parris
Presenter:
Matthew Parris
Interviewed Guest:
Gyles Brandreth
Interviewed Guest:
Gyles Brandreth
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Lycett
Interviewed Guest:
Andrew Lycett

Great Lives

Deborah Moggach on Arnold Bennett

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Writer Deborah Moggach nominates the Potteries author Arnold Bennett. With Matthew Parris and Gyles Brandreth. From 2014. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Matthew Parris
Interviewed Guest:
Deborah Moggach
Interviewed Guest:
Gyles Brandreth
Producer:
Maggie Ayre

I've Never Seen Star Wars

Series 6

Gyles Brandreth

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for 4 months

Marcus Brigstocke persuades Gyles Brandreth to spend a day doing nothing - and he writes his first ever pop song. From 2015. Show more

The Museum of Curiosity

Series 11

Episode 4

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

John Lloyd and Romesh Ranganathan welcome Cariad Lloyd, Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda Owen and Gyles Brandreth. From 2017. Show more

Life on Egg

Series 1

Whale

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for years

It's all hands to the pump as Harry races to save the prison from a pair of mating whales. Stars Harry Hill. From 2018. Show more

Contributors

Governor Harry:
Harry Hill
The Minister:
Tanya Moodie
Jo-Jo Peebles:
Tanya Moodie
Tim the Helicopter Pilot:
Dan Maier
Prisoner Gyles Brandreth:
Gyles Brandreth
Writer:
Dan Maier
Producer:
Sam Michell

Saturday Live

Gyles Brandreth, Sue Perkins

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. Show more

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Gyles Brandreth
Interviewed Guest:
Sue Perkins
Interviewed Guest:
Bruce Forsyth
Interviewed Guest:
Jamie Stangroom
Producer:
Paul Waters

QI

Series P

Episode 3: Piecemeal

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 3 months

Quiz show. Sandi Toksvig looks at some piecemeal topics with Alan Davies, Jimmy Carr, Gyles Brandreth and Sally Phillips. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Panellist:
Jimmy Carr
Panellist:
Sally Phillips
Director:
Ian Lorimer
Production Company:
FremantleMedia

Brand

QI

QI

Series N

Episode 5: Not Nearly

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Available for 3 months

Quiz show. Sandi Toksvig hosts the Not Nearly episode of QI with Gyles Brandreth, Victoria Coren Mitchell, Jimmy Carr and Alan Davies.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Panellist:
Jimmy Carr
Director:
Ian Lorimer
Producer:
John Lloyd
Production Company:
Talkback

Brand

QI

QI

Series A

Episode 5: Advertising

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Available for 3 months

Stephen Fry chairs the almost impossible quiz. Alan Davies, Rob Brydon, Gyles Brandreth and Rich Hall face questions on advertising, Africa, Aristotle and alcoholics.

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Fry
Participant:
Alan Davies
Participant:
Rob Brydon
Participant:
Gyles Brandreth
Participant:
Rich Hall

Brand

QI

QI XL

Series T

Toys, Tinsel, and Turkeys

Duration: 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland HD

Available for 3 months

Sandi Toksvig hosts a Christmas special with Aisling Bea, Chris McCausland, Gyles Brandreth and Alan Davies.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Panellist:
Aisling Bea
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Director:
Diccon Ramsay
Executive Producer:
John Lloyd

QI

Series H

Episode 2: H Anatomy

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Available for 3 months

Stephen Fry asks unanswerable questions about parts of the body beginning with the letter H, with Sue Perkins, Bill Bailey, Gyles Brandreth and Alan Davies.

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Fry
Participant:
Alan Davies
Director:
Ian Lorimer
Producer:
John Lloyd
Participant:
Sue Perkins
Participant:
Bill Bailey
Participant:
Gyles Brandreth

Brand

QI

QI

Series T

Toys, Tinsel, and Turkeys

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Available for 3 months

Sandi Toksvig presents QI’s T series Christmas special with Aisling Bea, Chris McCausland, Gyles Brandreth and Alan Davies

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Panellist:
Aisling Bea
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Director:
Diccon Ramsay
Executive Producer:
John Lloyd

Brand

QI

QI

Series R

Revolutions

Duration: 29 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Available for 3 months

Sandi Toksvig examines some revolutionary ideas with Alan Davies, Gyles Brandreth, Susan Calman and Jessica Fostekew.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandi Toksvig
Panellist:
Alan Davies
Director:
Diccon Ramsay
Series Producer:
Piers Fletcher
Executive Producer:
John Lloyd
Production Company:
FremantleMedia UK
Panellist:
Gyles Brandreth
Panellist:
Susan Calman

Brand

QI

Woman's Hour

Nigel Slater; Evan Davis; Puppini Sisters

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Fun and conversation with special guests including Evan Davis and John Humphrys. Nigel Slater is on hand with tips for Christmas lunch and there's music from the Puppini Sisters. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Nigel Slater
Interviewed Guest:
Evan Davis
Interviewed Guest:
John Humphrys
Interviewed Guest:
Gyles Brandreth
Interviewed Guest:
Saethryd Brandreth
Interviewed Guest:
Victoria Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Rev Katrina Scott
Interviewed Guest:
Agnieszka Fryckowska
Interviewed Guest:
Puppini Sisters
Producer:
Jane Thurlow

Woman's Hour

Nigel Slater; Evan Davis; Puppini Sisters

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Fun and conversation with special guests including Evan Davis and John Humphrys. Nigel Slater is on hand with tips for Christmas lunch and there's music from the Puppini Sisters. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Jenni Murray
Presenter:
Jane Garvey
Interviewed Guest:
Nigel Slater
Interviewed Guest:
Evan Davis
Interviewed Guest:
John Humphrys
Interviewed Guest:
Gyles Brandreth
Interviewed Guest:
Saethryd Brandreth
Interviewed Guest:
Victoria Moore
Interviewed Guest:
Sheila Dillon
Interviewed Guest:
Rev Katrina Scott
Interviewed Guest:
Agnieszka Fryckowska
Interviewed Guest:
Puppini Sisters
Producer:
Jane Thurlow

Just a Minute

Series 79

Episode 5

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Available for over a year

Nicholas Parsons with more 60 second challenges for Sue Perkins, Gyles Brandreth, Andy Hamilton and Paul Merton. From 2017. Show more

Saturday Live

Shaun Keaveny with Rylan Clark-Neal

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Shaun Keaveny, presenter Rylan Clark-Neal, boccia champion David Smith, scything enthusiast Mary Ellis, green industrialist Dale Vince, and Gyles Brandreth's Inheritance Tracks. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:
Shaun Keaveny
Presenter:
Sonali Shah
Interviewed Guest:
Rylan
Interviewed Guest:
David Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Mary Ellis
Interviewed Guest:
Dale Vince
Interviewed Guest:
Gyles Brandreth