Later evening conversation and gorgeous music with Tamsin Burnett-Hall, cookery writer, food stylist and food Editor for Sainsbury’s Magazine who trained with Prue Leith, and learned the tricks of the trade from the Godfather of the kitchen, the legendary cook Delia Smith…  

With Bill Lawrance, Jo Coldwell and Tamsin Burnett-Hall

Later evening conversation with renowned blue badge guide Jonathan Pearsall, who takes us through the complete history of Colchester, Britain's oldest town. From capital of the Roman Britain to one of the fastest growing communities in Europe today, its a revealing and entertaining journey - with great music too!

With Bill Lawrance & Jonathan Pearsall

Ten Years and 10 songs 1976-1985 - highly personal choices from Bill Lawrance. A decade marked out in music, one year and one song at a time, with songs that strongly remind us of that year and provide a map of our lives. Welcoming, engaging and intimate later evening conversation and music.

With Bill Lawrance

Special Guest Tony Francis is based in North East Essex at Harwich, and is a community polymath. Ex-serious crime officer who still works with police cadets, Tony runs a community hub working to address important problems such as homelessness, drug and alcohol addiction – and he also works on historical projects such the 400th anniversary of the journey of the Mayflower which took the Pilgrim Fathers from North east Essex to the New world of America in 1620.  And he chooses great music for the show too!

With Bill Lawrance, Bob May & Tony Francis

Later evening conversation with special guest Gerard Francis - entrepreneur, businessmen and founder of recruitment firm Lighthouse Personnel. And with S Club 7 too.  Just a little bit.

with Bill Lawrance

Player, spectator, and man who smells of cricket, Andrew Oldershaw casts his expert eye over our national summer game, from the traditional Test match, to the razzmatazz carnivals of T20 and the The Hundred, to the village cricket in late summer evening sunshine. 

Later evening conversation, music and leather on willow...

With Bill Lawrance, Andrew Oldershaw and Iain Tallentire. 

Later evening conversation with Paula and Phil, authors of the autobiographical 'From Colchester to Sulawesi', the 26 part story featured in series 5 of 'Bill's Big Bag of Onions' - and recorded in The Presidential Suite Room 305 at the Hyatt Hilton Hotel in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia.

In conversation with Adrian Coen, and with contributions from Yvonne Pini.

More later evening conversation from Red Button, this week with lifelong angler Bryn Griffiths, who talks about how important fishing has been in his life. Explaining what this great pastime has taught him, the joys of Bobby George's ponds, how Mr Crabtree enhanced his childhood, and why Sri Lanka was the venue for his perfect Fishing day out - Bryn extolls the beauty of Fishing and its ability to bring perfect mindfulness.

And there's great music too!

With Bill Lawrance and Bryn Griffiths

Later evening conversation about Oceans and our fragile relationship with them.  Guest presenter Jo Coldwell is joined  live in the studio by two special guests (and their great choices of music!)  

Eleanor Church, documentary photographer and film maker, who in 2018 took a mammoth voyage through the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch in an attempt to learn more about the impact of plastic pollution on coastal communities.

Leanne Hepburn, Director of Education and Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology at the University of Essex,  whose main research area is coral reefs and environmental change.

With Bill Lawrance and Jo Coldwell

The later evening conversation and music show is live from Studio 4 on the First Floor, as Bill and Mike catch up with listeners queries.    Its a rarely visited part of the Lord David Price Digital Media Building, where all the mail from listeners is stored

It's not long before this unique Q&A session turns into a dark exploration of the dusty depths of Red Button, exposing not only the strange complexity of the minds of Mike and Bill, but also laying bare the very soul of broadcasting itself...

With Bill Lawrance, Adrian Coen and Mike Harwood