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Tracy Borman, Phil Wang, Anna Haugh, Pulman and Stilgoe, Finn Forster

Phil Wang, Tracy Borman and Anna Haugh join Clive Anderson with music from Liza Pulman and Joe Stilgoe plus Finn Forster.

Its food, glorious food week on Loose Ends as new Masterchef host - the Irish restaurateur and chef Anna Haugh - joins Clive to talk about her chemistry with co-host Grace Dent, kitchen etiquette and the hierarchy of carbohydrates (spuds on top, of course).

Potatoes just don't cut it for the comedian Phil Wang, who will always be a noodles-man. He's going on tour but has a number of foodie side hustles, including hosting the Great British Menu and judging "the slurpies" his award for best chinese restaurant at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

And the historian Tracy Borman has a new novel all about the Boleyn family, its seems Tudor real lives were strange enough to seem made up and yes, foods like marchpane and manchet feature alongside the odd turkducken roast.

Plus music from singer songwriter Finn Forster (who loves a Middlesborough chicken parmo) and from the golden era of the Hollywood musical from jazz pianist Joe Stilgoe with singer Liza Pulman (popcorn, anyone?).

Presenter: Clive Anderson
Producer: Olive Clancy
Assistant Producer: Sam Nixon
Technical Producers: Gayl Gordon and Giles Aspen

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