Midweek: Diverse Conversation

Midweek: Diverse Conversation

Diverse conversation with Libby Purves and her four guests. The focus of Midweek is personal experience, the story behind the story. A mix of the famous, the infamous, and first time broadcasters. Forty-five minutes of lively conversation to start the day.

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Recent episodes (10)

  • guests include Janet Street-Porter 19 Jan 11

    Wed, 19 Jan 11

    Duration:
    42 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by David M Lutken, Lee Mack, David Threlfall and Janet Street-Porter.

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  • guests include Dame Kelly Holmes 12 Jan 11

    Wed, 12 Jan 11

    Duration:
    43 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by Lorraine Pascale, a former model turned baker and patissiere; Wilbert Rideau, a former prisoner on death row who went on to edit the award-winning prison magazine; the double Olympic gold medal athlete Dame Kelly Holmes; and pianist and composer Stephen Hough.

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  • guests include John Sergeant 29 Dec 10

    Wed, 29 Dec 10

    Duration:
    42 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by John Sergeant, Rufus Sewell, Wasfi Kani and Tom Pey.

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  • guests include Reece Shearsmith 22 Dec 10

    Wed, 22 Dec 10

    Duration:
    42 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by Gordon Buchanan, Les Persaud, Reece Shearsmith and Vicki Amedume.

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  • guests include Jamelia 15 Dec 10

    Wed, 15 Dec 10

    Duration:
    43 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by Jamelia, Boyd Clack, Elisabeth Parry and Jamelia.

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  • guests include Sir Patrick Stewart 8 Dec 10

    Wed, 8 Dec 10

    Duration:
    42 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by Klaus Kruse, director of 'Cart Macabre' at the Old Vic Tunnels; Bryn Terfel on his new CD 'Carols & Christmas Songs'; Sir Patrick Stewart who stars in Macbeth on BBC Four; and Becky Unthank, of the group 'The Unthanks'.

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  • guests include Matthew Kelly 1 Dec 10

    Wed, 1 Dec 10

    Duration:
    42 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by Capt. Xander Rawlins, Mark Logue, Jane Milligan and Mary Ward OBE, and Matthew Kelly.

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  • guests include Nina Conti 24 Nov 10

    Wed, 24 Nov 10

    Duration:
    43 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by ventriloquist Nina Conti on her new show 'Talk to the Hand' at the Soho Theatre; Anne Downie, a Scottish actor in 'Men Should Weep' at the Lyttleton theatre; veteran photographer John Stewart on his first UK retrospective at the Lichfield Studios; and pianist Ann Martin-Davis on new work by lost composer Peter Pope.

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  • guests include Brendan Cole 17 Nov 10

    Wed, 17 Nov 10

    Duration:
    41 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by Samantha Bond, Seckou Keita, Ryan Bingham and Brendan Cole.

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  • guests include Giles Coren 10 Nov 10

    Wed, 10 Nov 10

    Duration:
    42 mins

    This week Libby Purves is joined by Chelsea Pensioner Michael Allen; Giles Coren, the writer, critic and TV presenter; pianist and composer Ludovico Einaudi; and the court artist Priscilla Coleman.

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