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Penny Smith sits in and meets actor Richard E Grant and cellist Julian Lloyd Webber

Penny Smith sits in for Claudia Winkleman and meets the actor Richard E Grant. Plus cellist Julian Lloyd Webber tells us about his special 60th birthday concert.

Penny Smith sits in for Claudia and meets the actor Richard E Grant, who's starring in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ drama The Crimson Petal and the White.

Author Eoin Colfer, who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his bestselling Artemis Fowl series this year, talks about his career in writing.

Cellist Julian Lloyd Webber tells us about his 60th birthday concert which celebrates his lifetime of music-making.

Comedian Charlie Baker, one half of the winning duo in this year's Let's Dance for Comic Relief, tells us about his Edinburgh show.

Theatre critic Michael Billington reviews the latest plays and shows on in the West End and around the UK, and James Kleinmann tells us about this week's film releases.

Plus, we take a tour round a new art exhibition that, through a series of short films, visual art and music performances, explores our ambivalent relationship with, and attitudes to, dirt and cleanliness.

2 hours

Music Played

  • The Beat

    Can't Get Used To Losing You

    • The Best Of.
    • Go-Feet.
  • Featured on the CD 'Sir Edward Elgar: The British Series' on Decca

    • Julian Lloyd Webber

      Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor

  • Brooke Fraser

    Something In The Water

    • Flags.
    • Wood & Done.
    • 1.
  • Featured on the CD 'Hit The Highway' on Chrysalis

    • The Proclaimers

      Follow The Money

  • Eddie Vedder

    Longing to Belong

    • CD Single (Promo).
  • Big Impact Music: Featured on the CD 'Siegfield Conducts Richard Wagner' on Trax Classique

    • London Symphony Orchestra

      Prelude from Act 1 Lohengrin

  • The Temptations

    Get Ready

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Kate Bush

    Deeper Understanding

    • Director's Cut.
    • Fish People.
    • 4.
  • Belinda Carlisle

    Heaven Is A Place On Earth

    • A Place On Earth - Greatest Hits.
    • Virgin.
  • The Beatles

    Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

    • Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • Fred Astaire

    Puttin' On The Ritz

    • The Best Of Fred Astaire.
    • Music Club.
  • Featured on the CD 'Rio - OST' on Interscope Records

    • The Rio Singers

      Real In Rio

  • Rumer

    Goodbye Girl

    • Seasons Of My Soul.
    • Atlantic.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Apr 2011 22:00