Winne Ama, Mayte Segura and Ricky Tomlinson

John’s got a packed studio this week. Northern Irish-Ghanaian pop artist Winnie Ama drops by to celebrate the release of her debut album Deku. Belfast-based Mexican dancer Mayte Segura is in to share the colour and spirit of El Día de los Muertos, and Saul Kearney arrives with some of his prize-winning croissants fresh from this year’s Northern Ireland’s Best Croissant competition.

Also, actor Ricky Tomlinson chats about what audiences can expect on his upcoming tour, underwater photographer Nigel Motyer reveals the hidden beauty of Ireland’s marine life and Fiachna Ó Braonáin from The Hot House Flowers talks about his latest music project.

And Janet McLean, who is originally from County Down and now a curator at the National Gallery in Dublin, takes us through Ireland’s first Picasso exhibition in over fifty years.

To round things off, Paula McIntyre serves up a comforting classic: chicken fricassee.