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Richard Coles

Presenter of Saturday Live

Blog posts in total 8

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  1. Saturday Live: Richard Curtis and Inheritance Tracks from Ben Elton

    Richard Curtis, Murray Lachlan Young, Inheritance Tracks from Ben Elton, Antarctic explorer Meredith Hooper, plus Richard's panto experiences...

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  2. Saturday Live: Martin Rowson and Charlotte Green's Inheritance Tracks

    Our studio guest will be the brilliant cartoonist Martin Rowson. We meet too a woman who uses road kill for high fashion and a Sussex dairy farmer who, having been made the subject of a documentary film called ‘The Moo Man’, is shortlisted for an award at the Sundance Festival.

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  3. Saturday Live: Lee Mack, Paul O'Grady and Fiona Shaw's Inheritance Tracks

    Saturday Live: Lee Mack, Paul O'Grady and Fiona Shaw's Inheritance Tracks

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  4. Saturday Live: Little Donkey

    One of the drawbacks of Social Media is that if you don’t fix your privacy settings – what am I, nine? – people can see what you’re up to.

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  5. Saturday Live: Val McDermid, Ulrika Jonsson and Glenn Tilbrook's Inheritance Tracks

    Editor's Note: Saturday Live is Radio 4's Saturday morning magazine show featuring extraordinary stories and remarkable people. You can listen to the show here. In this blog presenter Richard Coles gives us an insight into his week and looks ahead to the next show. - CM Lenny Henry's messag...

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  6. Saturday Live: Jan Ravens, Charley Pride, Les Dawson's family

    Editor's note: Saturday Live is Radio 4's Saturday morning magazine show featuring extraordinary stories and remarkable people. You can listen to the show here. In this blog presenter Richard Coles gives us an insight into his week and looks ahead to the next show. - CM Jan Ravens is a gues...

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  7. Reading Ulysses

    On Saturday 16th June, Radio 4 is broadcasting a seven part dramatisation of James Joyce's Ulysses. To mark the occasion, Saturday Live will be in Dublin. Here, Saturday Live presenter Reverend Richard Coles talks about his experience of reading Ulysses. I had a fight with a monk a c...

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  8. The Revd Richard Coles: Good in Vestments

    I'm not sure when I first laid eyes on a pair of vimpas. I think it may have involved the late Bishop of Edmonton, who in spite of the rather dowdy sound of his See, was anything but dowdy. He belonged to the dressier end of the C of E and the chances are you do too if you know what a vimpa...

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