Loose Ends Podcast
1) Marcus Brigstocke, Ashley Storrie, Louise Welsh, Stuart Maconie, Rum Ragged, Hen Hoose Collective
Stuart Maconie is in Glasgow for the city's annual folk, roots and world music festival - Celtic Connections.He's joined by comedian Marcus Brigstocke, whose tour Vitruvian Mango sees him trying to fi...Show More
2) Nigel Havers, Rosalie Minnitt, Mike Wozniak, Dan Gillespie Sells, Stealing Sheep
Joining Stuart for this week's Loose Ends are actor Nigel Havers, who tells us about his remarkable shepherd's pies and the sex appeal of Mrs Thatcher.Comedy writer and performer Rosalie Minnitt on ho...Show More
3) The Charlatans, Stuart Maconie, Jill Halfpenny, Ian Smith, Jess Robinson
Stuart Maconie's tiptoeing the line between dark and light in this week's Loose Ends. When she won Strictly Jill Halfpenny got the highest ever score for her sequin studded jive, but there's not a gli...Show More
4) Alice Roberts, Amir El-Masry, Rob Auton, Esther Manito, Cast
Joining Stuart Maconie for this week's Loose Ends are Professor Alice Roberts with her book Domination, which takes a deep dig into the heart of the Roman Empire.Comedian and poet Rob Auton is about t...Show More
5) Sally Magnusson, Ray Bradshaw, Grado, Clive Anderson, Nathan Evans x SAINT PHNX, Mairi Campbell
Clive Anderson is joined in Glasgow by broadcaster and author Sally Magnusson, whose latest novel breathes new life into stories told to her as a child by her Icelandic father. She brings together mod...Show More
6) Maisie Adam; Elizabeth Alker; Jing Lusi; Stuart Maconie; Thea Gilmore; Singing In the Rain
There's plenty of festive energy left with Stuart Maconie and guests in the Loose Ends twixtmas studio:Taskmaster champion Maisie Adams tells us how she got in touch with her previously hidden competi...Show More
7) Gyles Brandreth, Carrie Grant, Simon Evans, Lisa Faulkner, The Unthanks
Stuart Maconie presents the Loose Ends festive Christmas special, recorded in front of an audience in the BBC's Philharmonic Studio at MediaCity. King of the Christmas jumper, Gyles Brandreth brings ...Show More
8) Sharon Rooney, Jonathan Watson, Clive Anderson, Banjo Beale, Flora Shedden, Malin Lewis, Ballad Lines
Clive Anderson is joined in Glasgow by My Mad Fat Diary actor Sharon Rooney. In her latest thriller series The Revenge Club she joins Martin Compston and Meera Syal in a cast of motley divorcees who w...Show More
9) Neil Morrissey; Omid Djalili; Elizabeth Day; Clive Anderson; Ania Magliano; Dracapella
Making lemonade from the lemons of life our is the theme to this week's Loose Ends. The comedian Omid Djalili was so incensed by having his shows cancelled after 9/11 due to his Middle Eastern heritag...Show More
10) Stuart Maconie, Angie Le Mar, Phil Ellis, Nabil Elouahabi, Seb Lowe, Goodnight Louisa
Stuart Maconie welcomes Angie Le Mar to talk about appearing in her son Travis Jay's Radio 4 comedy Rum Punch. The actor Nabil Elouahabi talks about his role as the veteran explosives officer in the ...Show More