Director
Gabriella Meade
DIRECTOR
Dino Charalambous
Julian Smith
Alice Rhodes
Nicky Lessware
John O'Rourke
Dina Mufti
Lucy Gaster
Graham Dixon
John Smith
Louise Lockwood
Barton MacFarlane
John Kirby
Stephen Neal
Alex Harding
Becky Marshall
Stars (in credits order)
Mary Beard
Self - Host
Shahidha Bari
Self - Academic & Critic
David Olusoga
Self - Historian & Broadcaster
Ella Whelan
Self - Author
Giles Coren
Self - Presenter
Ayesha Hazarika
Self - Columnist & commentator
Dreda Say Mitchell
Self - Crime novelist
John Wilson
Self - Interviewer
Nikki Bedi
Emma Thompson
Self
Armando Iannucci
Peter Hitchens
Self - Columnist - Mail on Suday
James Graham
Self - Interviewed Guest
Joan Bakewell
Self - Broadcaster & writer
Yassmin Abdel-Magied
Self - Author and activist
Sathnam Sanghera
Self - Author - The Boy With The Topknot
Tom Shakespeare
Self - Sociologist & broadcaster
Philip Pullman
Kate Mosse
Self - Novelist
Paul Morley
Self - Guest, Music Journalist
Margaret Atwood
Samira Ahmed
Clive James
Amol Rajan
Brenda Emmanus
Ian McKellen
Nihal Arthanayake
Self - Guest
Nathan Coley
Self - Guest Interviewer
Mike Leigh
Self - Writer & Director
Denise Mina
Self - Writer
Laura Ashe
Self - Historian
Lola Young
Self - Cultural critic, activist & crossbench peer
Dawn Walton
Self - Guest - Creative Director - Eclipse Theatre
Iain Dale
Self - Broadcaster & Publisher
A.L. Kennedy
Michael Landy
Self - Artist
Tristram Hunt
Self - Director - Victoria & Albert Museum
David Benedict
Self - Guest, Biographer of Stephen Sondheim
Simon Schama
Self - Writer & Broadcaster
Jay Rayner
Self - Restaurant Critic and Writer
Scarlett Curtis
Self - Writer and Activist
Jeanette Winterson
Simon Garfield
Patrick Grant
Self - Designer
John Troyer
Self - Centre for Death and Society - Bath University
Tiffany Jenkins
Carlos Acosta
Rachel Johnson
Self - Guest, Writer and broadcaster
Bidisha
Self - Guest, Journalist and Broadcaster
Natalie Haynes
Self - Guest, Writer and Broadcaster
Kengo Kuma
Viv Groskop
Mark Gatiss
Self - Guest, Actor & Writer
Afua Hirsch
Self - Author & Broadcaster
Louisa Buck
Self - Art Critic
Shappi Khorsandi
Self - Comedian & Author
Konstantin Kisin
Self - Comedian
Romy Gill
Self - Chef and Author
Hugh Odling-Smee
Self - Writer and Cultural Commentator
Elsie Owusu
Self - Architect
Simon Heffer
Peter Bazalgette
Self - Former Chair - Arts Council England
Lisa Appignanesi
Kate Williams
Self - Guest, Author and Historian
John O'Farrell
Self - Guest, Author, 'Things Can Only Get Worse?'
Meg Rosoff
Self - Guest, Author
Ekow Eshun
Self - Guest, Writer
Richard Wilson
Self - Actor & director
Prasanna Puwanarajah
Self - Guest - Actor and Director
Rachel Maclean
Hugh Pearman
Self - Architecture critic
Sara Wajid
Self - Head of Engagement - Museum of London
Dean Atta
Self - Guest, Poet
Keenan Malik
Self - Guest, Writer & Broadcaster
Munira Mirza
Self - Director - HENI Talks
Siobhán McSweeney
Self - Actress
Val McDermid
Self - Writer and broadcaster
Germaine Greer
Simon Jenkins
Self - Author & journalist
Julia Gillard
Chair - Global Institute for Women's Leadership
Jeremy Lee
Self - Chef Proprietor - Quo Vadis
Giles Fraser
Self - Priest & Journalist
Bernardine Evaristo
Rose Hudson-Wilkin
Self - Bishop of Dover
Michael Winterbottom
Self - Director
Sarah Churchwell
Self - Guest, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Kirsty Lang
Stig Abell
Mark Shenton
Self - Guest, Associate Editor, The Stage
Dom Joly
Self - Comedian and Writer
Louise Wilson
David Owen
Self - Visitor Services Manager - British Museum
Pru Rowlandson
Self - Publicity Director - Granta Books
Meleisa Ono-George
Self - University of Warwick
Jane Robins
Arran Johnston
Self - Director - Scottish Battlefields Trust
Prue Leith
Self - Cook and Author
Charlotte Church
Self - Singer and Activist
Richard Herring
Matt Haig
Rory O'Neill
Dr. Panti Bliss - Queen of Ireland
Roger Law
Jo Clifford
self - Playwright & Performer
Luke Jerram
Christopher Bigsby
Self - University of East Anglia
Raqib Shaw
Nitin Sawhney
Michael Rosen
Hussein Chalayan
Ruth Atwood
Chris Garrard
Self - Co-director - Culture Unstained
Michael Fassbender
Luke Evans
Bambi
Self - Guest Reporter
Julie Burchill
Nick Bagnall
Todd Booth
Self - Weapons Historian
James Daunt
Self - Managing Director - Waterstones
Chris Bush
Victoria Pomery
Self - Director - Turner Contemporary
Jane Wilson
Kiri Pritchard-McLean
Justine Mann
Self - British Archive for Contemporary Writing
Mark Carney
Self - Governor - Bank of England
Ryan Gosling
Benny Andersson
Darcey Bussell
Gilbert Prousch
Larry Achiampong
Andrew Biswell
Self - Manchester Metropolitan University
Sarah Shaffi
Self - Literary Journalist
James Grieve
David Baddiel
Kate Winslet
Harrison Ford
Sparks
Themselves - Guests
Donald MacLeary
George Passmore
Tim Minchin
Self - Guest, Musician and Comedian
Susanne Sundfør
Irek Mukhamedov
George Caple
Alex
Daniel Radcliffe
Self - Interviewee
John Benjamin Hickey
Henry Wilcox
Kyle Soller
Eric Glass
Ghostpoet
Kenneth Branagh
Maureen Lipman
David Gilmour
Self - Guest, Performer
Polly Morgan
Sarah Phelps
Waldemar Januszczak
Father John Misty
David Bailey
Martin Creed
Self - Performer
Rose McGowan
Laurie Penny
Kamila Shamsie
Juliet Stevenson
Self - Actor
Greg Wise
Kwame Kwei-Armah
Self - Artistic Director, Young Vic, London
Le Gateau Chocolat
Self - Opera Singer and Cabaret Artist
Antonio Pappano
Self - Music Director, The Royal Opera, London
Ian Hislop
Wolf Alice