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Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
From arriving in London and meeting Jimmy Somerville, to Bronski Beat and Smalltown Boy.
  1. Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
    02:23
    Richard Coles: 'It was our ambition to bring down Margaret Thatcher with pop music'
  2. Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
    02:19
    Howard Jacobson: I'd rather call myself the Jewish Jane Austen
  3. Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
    06:24
    Howard Jacobson reads from his novel J
  4. Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
    00:01
    Howard Jacobson on literature and political correctness
  5. Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
    03:49
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Bird
  6. Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
    01:58
    Luke Wright performs Have a Gong
  7. Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
    02:56
    Lili la Scala sings The Importance of Being Idle
  8. Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
    03:37
    Michael Frayn on the idiosyncratic reactions of theatre audiences
  9. Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
    15:40
    Jazz Line-Up: Closing set from the Darius Brubeck Quartet
  10. Darren Walsh at BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals
    02:16
    Darren Walsh at BBC at the Edinburgh Festivals
  11. Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
    03:03
    Kathryn Joseph sings The Worm
  12. Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet
    11:25
    Jazz Line-Up: Darius Brubeck Quartet
  13. Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
    04:00
    Alan Johnson on Corbyn and Cooper
  14. Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
    03:27
    Val McDermid's advice to Nicola Sturgeon and aspiring writers: 'Just do it'
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