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Comedian and actress Lucy Beaumont on the play that, 40 years ago, inspired her mum to become a writer. It also features a ...

Taskmaster and Mr Bigstuff star Fatiha El-Ghorri says she's ironing her swaggest hijab to head out on her debut stand up tour - Cockney Stacking Doll. She'll also have the story of her journey out ...

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast. With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started. Plus long-running feature The Chain, ...

Stuart Maconie is a British radio DJ and television presenter, author, journalist, and critic working in the field of pop music and popular culture. Since 2007, Maconie has partnered fellow DJ Mark ...

He's been in double acts, co-created big-name comedy series and has just toured the UK: so, is there a stand-up in Stuart Maconie, itching to get out? These are interesting times to take the national ...

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 ...

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie present a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast. Today, to mark Record Store Day, RSD ambassador and one half of Erasure, Andy Bell, joins Mark and ...