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Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir chat with comedian Katy Brand, writer Harry Bucknall and actor Daniel Laurie, plus conductor-violinist Neville Marriner shares his Inheritance Tracks.

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir are joined by the writer and comedian Katy Brand, author Harry Bucknall who followed all 1,411 miles of the Via Francigena Pilgrims walk from the City of London through England, France, Switzerland and Italy to Rome, and actor Daniel Laurie who's become the first student with Downs Syndrome to be accepted to the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Theatre School Summer Course. Author and former news correspondent Gerald Seymour recalls his meeting with Maurice Bailey who, in 1973, with his wife Maralyn survived for 117 days on a rubber raft in the Pacific Ocean, and Maurice tells his side of the story. Alice Morrison has recently run the toughest footrace on earth - the Marathon Des Sables: six marathons in six days across the desert in temperatures of 50 degrees, carrying all your own provisions. The conductor and violinist Sir Neville Marriner shares his Inheritance Tracks and JP Devlin will be in the studio reading your emails and waiting to take your calls.

Katy Brand will be at the Wilderness Festival in Oxfordshire on the Sunday 10th August and her book Brenda Monk Is Funny was published by crowd-funding publisher Unbound on 31st July 2014.

Harry Bucknall's book Like A Tramp, Like A Pilgrim: On Foot, Across Europe to Rome was published in July 2014 by Bloomsbury.

Gerald Seymour's book Vagabond is out now.

Sir Neville Marriner inherits Handel's Messiah performed by The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields and passes on Schoenberg's Verklärte Nacht performed by the Hollywood String Quartet. He's conducting Prom 32 on Sunday August 10th.

Producer: Maire Devine.

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1 hour, 28 minutes

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Sat 9 Aug 2014 09:00

Guests :: August 2014

Guests :: August 2014
L-R Harry Bucknall, Katy Brand, Daniel Laurie.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Aasmah Mir
Presenter Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest Katy Brand
Interviewed Guest Harry Bucknall
Interviewed Guest Daniel Laurie
Interviewed Guest Neville Marriner
Producer Maire Devine

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  • Sat 9 Aug 2014 09:00

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