Eric Idle, Caitlin Moran, Rob Brydon and the Inheritance Tracks of Jim Al-Khalili

About this episode

On the programme this week are Caitlin Moran, Eric Idle and Rob Brydon. Caitlin’s here to talk about - how to be hopeful in a world gone mad. For more than half a century Eric Idle’s refuge from the mad world of comedy, music, film and fame has been a little place in Provence. And his latest book is a love letter to it. And Rob Brydon is in a happy place having found hope, peace and contentment in his work, not least in writing about his cat. Also, we have a listener on the Isle of Wight offers thanks to the young man who pulled him out of trouble when a swim went very wrong one day last month. Plus, we have the Inheritance Tracks of the Professor of Physics and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili.…