Saturday Live

Luke Evans


Listen Later

Luke Evans joins Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles. The Hobbit and Nine Perfect Strangers star left a happy family home in Wales age 16 to pursue his dreams. Luke's big break came after being seen in a London play and he combines acting with a lifelong passion for singing, as he releases his second album.

Lucy Gray began collecting discarded shopping lists by accident, as a way to amuse her friends during lockdown. After amassing over 250 of them, they are being displayed in the Museum of Brands in London. Lucy talks about what shopping lists say about us, and how they offer a window into the human condition.

Susan Rogers started her career as a recording engineer and worked with Prince on albums including Purple Rain and Parade. After more commercial success in the 1990s she finally had the money to move into academia and is now a professor of Psychoacoustics, looking at why we’re drawn to music and what it says about us.

Dan Walker chooses his Inheritance Tracks: the theme-tune to Grandstand and Heartache Tonight by the Eagles.

Writer and poet, David Toms was born with a rare congenital heart defect - a transposition of the great arteries. As a result, he has had to live with the fear and restriction of not knowing when his heart might give out. What has life been like for him, having to learn to live life as a spectator?

A Song For You by Luke Evans is out now.

This Is What It Sounds Like: What The Music You Like Says About You by Susan Rogers is out now.
Standing on the Shoulders by Dan Walker is out now.
Pacemaker by David Toms is out now.

Producer: Claire Bartleet

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Saturday LiveBy BBC Radio 4

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

31 ratings


More shows like Saturday Live

View all
In Our Time by BBC Radio 4

In Our Time

5,411 Listeners

The Documentary Podcast by BBC World Service

The Documentary Podcast

1,854 Listeners

Woman's Hour by BBC Radio 4

Woman's Hour

416 Listeners

Global News Podcast by BBC World Service

Global News Podcast

7,820 Listeners

6 Minute English by BBC Radio

6 Minute English

1,761 Listeners

Learning English Conversations by BBC Radio

Learning English Conversations

1,067 Listeners

The Archers by BBC Radio 4

The Archers

1,054 Listeners

Ramblings by BBC Radio 4

Ramblings

150 Listeners

The Archers Omnibus by BBC Radio 4

The Archers Omnibus

374 Listeners

Desert Island Discs by BBC Radio 4

Desert Island Discs

2,081 Listeners

The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4

The Infinite Monkey Cage

1,994 Listeners

Newshour by BBC World Service

Newshour

1,062 Listeners

Last Word by BBC Radio 4

Last Word

50 Listeners

The Kitchen Cabinet by BBC Radio 4

The Kitchen Cabinet

117 Listeners

Ambridge on the Couch - this week on The Archers by Lucy V Freeman

Ambridge on the Couch - this week on The Archers

66 Listeners

Americast by BBC News

Americast

777 Listeners

You're Dead to Me by BBC Radio 4

You're Dead to Me

3,026 Listeners

Life Changing by BBC Radio 4

Life Changing

68 Listeners

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent by The Guardian

Comfort Eating with Grace Dent

166 Listeners

Off Air with Jane & Fi by The Times

Off Air with Jane & Fi

149 Listeners

Joanna Lumley & The Maestro by Bauer Media

Joanna Lumley & The Maestro

45 Listeners

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth by Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Productions / Keep It Light Media

Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth

296 Listeners

All About The Archers by Philippa Hall

All About The Archers

34 Listeners

Young Again by BBC Radio 4

Young Again

70 Listeners