Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown
Kirsty Young's guest is former Royal Navy test pilot Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown - the programme's 3000th edition.The Fleet Air Arm's most decorated pilot, his life reads like a handbook in beating th...
14 Nov 201436min
Wendy Dagworthy
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the fashion designer, Professor Wendy Dagworthy.During her time as Head of Fashion at both Central St Martins and The Royal College of Art she has taught students ...
2 Nov 201433min
Roger Graef
Kirsty Young's guest is filmmaker and criminologist, Roger Graef.Pioneering in his chosen subjects and style, for the past fifty years he has shone a spotlight on hitherto hidden areas of society and ...
26 Okt 201437min
Debbie Wiseman
Kirsty Young interviews the composer Debbie Wiseman.Her work is wide ranging, but her talents are most often employed in crafting lyrical, melodic scores for film and TV. Her credits include Land Girl...
19 Okt 201437min
Sir Roy Strong
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the historian, gardener and diarist Sir Roy Strong.He stormed the establishment in the 1960s - a proto-meritocrat, in possession of a sharp mind, fizzing ambition ...
12 Okt 201437min
Sally Wainwright
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the writer Sally Wainwright.TV is her chosen medium and Last Tango In Halifax, Happy Valley or Scott & Bailey are watched by millions of viewers. Her ear for dialo...
5 Okt 201436min
Marin Alsop
Kirsty Young's castaway this week is the conductor, Marin Alsop.Music Director of both The Baltimore Symphony and The Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra, she is a maestro with a mission: music, she be...
28 Sep 201437min
Steve McQueen
Kirsty Young's castaway is the artist and director Steve McQueen.These days his talents are well recognized - his art has won The Turner Prize and his most recent movie, "12 Years A Slave" scooped an ...
21 Sep 201437min
