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- Joining Adrian this week on Saturday Live, BBC Radio treasure and bestselling author Sara Cox. She just taken over BBC Radio 2's breakfast show but has found the time to write a brand new novel, 'The Truth of Us' that is published on the 16th July.
We have the Booker Prize Winning Author and poet Ben Okri, he is a giant amongst writers, a master storyteller with a fascinating life story of his own to tell.
And Chris Terill has more than 200 documentaries under his belt, awards galore, and a long career worthy of a documentary in its own right.
Plus, the inheritance tracks of the chef and restaurateur behind Mowgli Street Food restaurants, Nisha Katona.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Lowri Morgan
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy Ralf Little, Mark Foster, Katriona O'Sullivan and the Inheritance Tracks of Clare Grogan
04/07/2026 | 56 mins.Joining Adrian Chiles on this week's programme is Mark Foster, for a good while the fastest swimmer on the planet.
We have author and psychologist Katriona O’Sullivan, a woman raised in poverty in Coventry, who went on to get a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin.
And the remarkably gifted Ralf Little, who we know as an actor but might equally have been a doctor or a footballer.
Plus the Inheritance Tracks of the singer-songwriter Clare Grogan.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producers: Catherine Powell and Imy Harper
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea KennedyPaul Merton, Professor Lady Sue Black, David James and the Inheritance Tracks of Mark Billingham
27/06/2026 | 57 mins.Adrian Chiles presents Radio 4's Saturday morning programme. On today's programme:
Paul Merton’s been at the top of his game for BBC One's Have I Got News for You and a familiar voice here on BBC Radio 4’s Just A Minute. He is about to take his Improv show with his wife Suki Webster to the Edinburgh Fringe this August. They’ll also be taking the show back to The Comedy Store in London from November through to December.
Professor Lady Sue Black - Baroness of Black Strome – is a world‑renowned forensic anthropologist, celebrated for her pioneering work in forensics and human identification.
David James is a football pundit and a former England international. His career as a goalkeeper has taken him from grassroots sport in Welwyn Garden City to the international stage and World Cup tournaments.
Plus we'll have the Inheritance Tracks of the best selling crime author Mark Billingham.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Imy Harper
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea KennedyRuby Wax, Social History, Memoirs & Music, plus the Inheritance Tracks of Lorraine Kelly
20/06/2026 | 56 mins.Joining Adrian Chiles on this week's programme is Professor of social history, a writer with a first class degree from Cambridge and a TV legend with a masters from Oxford.
Ruby Wax is as well known now for her work in mental health, but she’s been looking back at some of her biggest interviews to see what she can learn about herself as well as her subjects.
Professor Carl Chinn is a social historian, proud son of Birmingham and great grandson of a Peaky Blinder.
Sathnam Sanghera’s written novels, an acclaimed memoir, acclaimed histories of the British Empire. Now he’s exploring the meaning of one of his heroes - George Michael.
Plus the Inheritance Tracks of the broadcaster Lorraine Kelly.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producers: Catherine Powell and Imy Harper
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy
If you have been affected by any of the details discussed in today’s programme you can find information for help and support in the UK at bbc.co.uk/actionlineDanny Robins, Sushi, Family Secrets, and the Inheritance Tracks of Nat Sciver-Brunt
13/06/2026 | 56 mins.Three great guests on the show, as per normal. One of them’s all about the paranormal, one is a legendary entrepreneur, and a lifelong journalist whose greatest story turned up in her own family.
Danny Robins is a man with an uncanny ability to explore the supernatural in a way which delights sceptics and believers alike.
Sharon Ring worked on Fleet Street in newspapers and magazines for more than three decades before finding the full story of her mother and uncle’s childhood in Nazi Germany.
And Simon Woodroofe had a great career in music and television behind him before he got round to keeping the promise he made to himself to make his million - Yo Sushi being the business which made his name. He's just released his memoir: Yo! Man: Rock n’Roll, Robots and Reinventing British Dining.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant producer: Catherine Powell & Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy
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