Justin Lee-Collins forms part of the stellar line-up on Clive Anderson’s Chat Room this week.
Other guests are Julia Hartley-Brewer, the columnist and Assistant Editor (Politics) of the Sunday Express; Gyles Brandreth, author, broadcaster, and former Conservative MP and Bob Mills, comedian and writer.
The show will be broadcast on Thursday 1st October on BBC Radio 2 @ 22.00
Check out the latest show on the BBC iPlayer or check out the Programme Page
After last week’s interruption for the Great North Run, Christian and Bob are back in their rightful place, broadcasting from a top secret location deep within BBC Towers, this Sunday at 1100 on Radio 5live.
This week Christian and Bob are joined by two great guests, Mark Dolan and Zoe Lyons, who will try to help Bruce Forsyth get down ‘wiv da youf’, find a way to defend the realm without the expense of trident and, if there’s time, to solve the problem of obesity.
Mark Dolan is best known for hosting 3 series of Balls of Steel on Channel 4 as well as presenting various documentaries including The World’s Strongest Child and The World’s Tallest Woman.
Zoe Lyons has been touring the stand up circuit since she won the ‘Nivea Funny Women Award 2004′, her sideways look at life and incredible energy have made her a highly sought after act on both the national and international circuit.
Listen to The Christian O’Connell Solution on BBC Radio 5live every Sunday at 1100 or listen again at bbc.co.uk/5live
Above the Title Afternoon Play, Hoffnung - Drawn to Music, starring Matt Lucas, Gina McKee and Hugh Bonneville comes to BBC Radio 4 on Monday 28th September at 2.15pm
“No previous knowledge of Hoffnung or his work is required: this drama stands alone for the utter brilliance of the acting, the anarchic nature of the language and some of the strangest musical sound effects to be heard on the radio. This is an absolute delight.” says Jane Anderson, Radio Times.
Matt Lucas, playing eccentric musician Gerard Hoffnung, was also offered similar praise “His enuciatory skills and vocal acrobatics are fautless and, in both cases, perfectly matched to the eccentricities of the character he is playing”
Listen to the play on the BBC iPlayer from Monday 28th Septmber.
We’ve been busy working behind the scenes to create an exciting and fun programme for Radio 5live.
COCS will be an hour long live show where Christian and his guests will try to find novel solutions to problems thrown up in the weekly news. If only they’d put us in charge!
Christian will be joined by some of the biggest and brightest names in comedy, television and sport to solve the world’s problems. If you think you can think of something better, get in touch with the show and Christian will at least try to make it happen!
The Christian O’Connell Solution comes to Radio 5live every Sunday morning at 11 from September 6th. Watch this space!
Series six of Clive Anderson’s Chat Room (for BBC Radio 2) has just finished.
We had a great selection of guests and received some lovely feedback. Miranda Sawyer wrote in The Observer, that the show made her “yelp with laughter”.
The series returns to Radio 2 in the autumn of this year.
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