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Dawn French chats about starring in the latest instalment in The Comic Strip Presents series, thirty years on from the original Five Go Mad in Dorset, as well as her darkly comic second novel.

Bestselling author Iain M Banks on his latest sci-fi novel The Hydrogen Sonata, and his work with a charity helping victims of abuse.

Â鶹ԼÅÄ Business Editor Robert Peston assesses the bigger picture as GDP figures reveal the UK economy is officially out of recession, and a former president of Ford Europe reacts to the news of major job losses as Ford closes plants in Southampton & Dagenham.

Plus the latest on the police investigation into abuse involving Jimmy Savile and others, and the chairman of the Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trust responds to recent criticism of the corporation in the wake of the scandal.

And Richard Peppiatt & Martin Kelner join Richard to count down five of the most talked about news stories of the past seven days in Chart the Week.