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Antony Beevor

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 20^th Oct 2016, 19:45 on BBC News ChannelLatest broadcast: Sun 23^rd Oct 2016, 22:45 on BBC News Channel HD

Jim Naughtie talks with the historian Antony Beevor about his book Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble.

Contributors

Presenter:: Jim Naughtie
Interviewed Guest:: Antony Beevor

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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Michele Roberts

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 21^st Apr 2017, 20:45 on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: Sun 23^rd Apr 2017, 22:45 on BBC News Channel HD

Jim Naughtie talks to Michele Roberts about her new book The Walworth Beauty.

Contributors

Presenter:: Jim Naughtie
Interviewed Guest:: Michele Roberts

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FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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Susan Greenfield

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 8^th Dec 2016, 19:45 on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: Sun 11^th Dec 2016, 22:45 on BBC News Channel HD

Jim Naughtie talks to neuroscientist and writer Susan Greenfield about her new book, A Day in the Life of the Brain.

Contributors

Presenter:: Jim Naughtie
Interviewed Guest:: Susan Greenfield

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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Meet the Author

Jodi Picoult

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 24^th Nov 2016, 19:45 on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: Sun 27^th Nov 2016, 22:45 on BBC News Channel HD

Author Jodi Picoult talks to Jim Naughtie about the situation in America and reflects on Donald Trump's ascendancy and racial tensions within communities.

Contributors

Presenter:: Jim Naughtie
Interviewed Guest:: Jodi Picoult

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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Meet the Author

Adam Sisman

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Thu 10^th Nov 2016, 19:45 on BBC NewsLatest broadcast: Sun 13^th Nov 2016, 22:45 on BBC News Channel HD

Jim Naughtie talks with Adam Sisman about his book Dashing for the Post: The Letters of Patrick Leigh Fermor.

Contributors

Presenter:: Jim Naughtie
Interviewed Guest:: Adam Sisman

Genres

FactualArts, Culture & the Media

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Last Word

Trevor Baylis, Lerone Bennett Jr, Penny Vincenzi, Ian Aitken, Sir Roger Bannister

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 9^th Mar 2018, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 11^th Mar 2018, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Matthew Bannister on inventor Trevor Baylis, historian Lerone Bennett, novelist Penny Vincenzi, columnist Ian Aitken and runner Sir Roger Bannister. Show more

Contributors

Presenter:: Matthew Bannister
Interviewed Guest:: Bob Flowerdew
Interviewed Guest:: David Bunting
Interviewed Guest:: Joy Bennett
Interviewed Guest:: Rev Jesse Jackson
Interviewed Guest:: Clare Alexander
Interviewed Guest:: Jim Naughtie
Interviewed Guest:: Harriet Evans
Producer:: Neil George

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FactualLife Stories

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Last Word