Episodes
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On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall
talks to the principal conductor of The Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Vasily Petrenko . Hear what the orchestra
have been up to so far this year as they hit the half way point
in the city’s celebrations as the ‘European Capital of Culture ‘08’.Also on the show is actress Zoe Wanamaker who is taking
part in a performance at the Mostly Mozart Festival next week. Zoe is appearing in ‘Truth About Love’ , a programme exploring the theme of love through Mozart’s operatic repertoire. -
On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks
to Joanna Page , one of the stars of the hit TV show
‘Gavin and Stacey’....Joanna is currently appearing in
the play ‘Fat Pig’ in London’s West End and tells Anne-Marie
all about the production….
Find out how after yet another rejection when auditioning for a part she proceeded to book herself in to the ‘Savoy’ and drink the mini-bar dry !...Also on the show is the queen of ‘Chick-Lit’ Jane Green whose
new book ‘The Beach House’ is out now… -
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This week the Guest List is from Liverpool Cathedral as
part of the celebrations of the city being the ‘European
Capital of Culture’....
On the show is Broadcaster John Suchet , who
tells Anne-Marie about his new book ‘The Treasures of
Beethoven’ which looks at the stories and music behind
the man…
Also on the programme is Organist and Conductor Ian
Tracey who is conducting the RLPO in a performance
of Benjamin Britten’s War Requiem at Liverpool Cathedral -
On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller who both star in the new movie ‘Edge of Love’ based on the life and loves of the poet Dylan Thomas….
Also on the show is the man behind the music to movies such as ‘The Kingdom of Heaven’ and the ‘Shrek’ films….Harry Gregson-Williams tells the Guest List what it was like to write the score for the latest instalment in the Chronicles of Narnia series…’Prince Caspian’ -
This week one of the world’s top chefs Heston Blumenthal , the man behind dishes such as ‘Snail Soup’ and ‘Egg & Bacon Ice Cream’ , and whose scientific approach to cooking is often referred to as Molecular Gastronomy…...
Also on the show is one of the UK’s leading conductors Richard Hickox who has over 300 recordings to his name..
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It's an all-British line-up of guests this Sunday: the composer
John Rutter brings us up to date on his latest projects, and the actor Tom Conti also joins The Guest List to talk about his new movie ‘Dangerous Parking…Plus –Andrew Lloyd Webber, who Annie caught up with backstage at this week's Classical BRIT Awards, shares his thoughts on the honour of receiving the Outstanding Achievement in Music Award. -
On the Guest List this Week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to
Oscar winner Susan Sarandon and Christina Ricci about
their new movie ‘Speed Racer ....Also on the show is singer Sarah Brightman who tells Annie
about her new CD ‘Symphony’ and how excited she is
to be appearing at next weeks ‘Classical Brit Awards’ at
the Royal Albert Hall…One of the world’s leading violinists Midori also appears
on the show telling the Guest List about her new CD featuring
the works of Bach and Bartok and also what her role as a
UN Ambassador entails . -
The Guest List this week comes from the Everyman Theatre
in the capital of culture , Liverpool.Hear from Ewan MacGregor on his new movie ‘Deception’ and
what it was like filming in New York and his plans for the future behind the camera.Also on the show are Elijah Wood and John Hurt who are currently starring in the ‘Oxford Murders’ , the story of an Oxford University professor and a grad student who work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.
Anne-Marie also talks to the Liverpool-born screenwriter Carla Lane who is the writer behinf TV classics like ‘The Liver Birds’, ‘Bless This House’ and ‘Bread’
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On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks
to the world’s leading violinist Nigel Kennedy about his
new album ‘Beethoven & Mozart Violin Concertos’....Also on the show is Film Director Mike Leigh. The man
behind ‘Topsy Turvey’ and ‘Vera Drake’ tells the Guest List
about his new movie ‘Happy-Go-Lucky’ and how he feels
that most actors would rather die than attempt to improvise
on the big screen… -
On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall
talks to 007 himself…Daniel Craig…..
The A-list actor tells Classic FM about his first movie as an
executive producer – Flashbacks of a Fool – in which he also stars.
Craig plays a washed-up Hollywood star whose hedonistic lifestyle has taken its toll. Only when he is confronted by tragedy is he forced to face up to the ghosts of his past.“It’s my first foray into producing. It’s a gentle way in and I’ve been very closely connected to the project, which is the way I like to work.
My heart has to be in my work, or it doesn’t make a great deal of sense to me.” -
This week The Guest List talks to Mike Oldfield who’s now followed in the footsteps of Paul McCartney and Sting by releasing a classical album.
The man behind Tubular Bells talks about why Music of the Spheres is a new chapter in his career.Plus the star of Rebus .. Messiah and The Vice, Ken Stott, will be talking about his latest role in a new West End production called God Of Carnage written by Yasmina Reza who was behind the smash hit – Art.
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Join Anne-Marie Minhall this Sunday at the new time of 3 to 5pm where she will be in conversation with Hollywood legend Julie Andrews who has just released a memoir of her early years….Hear what is was like growing up in WWII Britain to being on the brink of international stardom in the sixties as she was cast as the world’s most famous nanny , Mary Poppins.
Also on the show is one of the world’s best loved violinists Maxim Vengerov…Maxim tells the Guest List about his plans for the future which include working with the next generation of violinists. He’ll also be talking about a unique concert
in Cardiff in April where he’ll be conducting his good friend and fellow fiddle player, Joshua Bell, playing the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto….
Plus Jessica Stevenson of Spaced and Royle Family fame joins the show to talk about a great new British comedy called Son Of Rambow which opens in cinemas in April -
On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to
Sir David Frost…The man behind The Frost Report talks to
The Guest List about a one-off tv programme that reunites
the team behind the legendary satirical series. Hear from the only person to have interviewed the last seven US Presidents and the last seven Prime Ministers of the UK.Also on the show is Trumpeter Alison Balsom who talks about
Hear Here!... The UK's first classical music project dedicated to listening Mike Newell , the man behind ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ and ‘Harry Potter And The Goblet of Fire’ tells Anne-Marie about his new movie ‘Love in The Time of Cholera’...Based on the bestselling novel by Nobel Prize winner Gabriel García Márquez . -
This Week the Guest List returns to the European Capital of Culture -Liverpool where Anne-Marie Minhall presents the show from the stunning Albert Docks…
On the show will be one of world’s most popular living composers Karl Jenkins whose new work ‘Stabat Mater’ will be premiered at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral on Saturday
15th March….Also on the show is scouse comedian , writer and actor Alexei Sayle who tells the Guest List about reconnecting with his scouse routes in a new TV series… -
On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to
Johnny Depp in Timothy Burton’s new movie ‘Sweeney Todd’
actor Timothy Spall who is currently starring alongsideAlso on the show is on one of Britain’s best loved comedienne
Jo Brand , who is about to play the role of the policeman in
Gilbert and Sullivan’s ‘Pirates of Penzance’ at the Gielgud Theatre in London…. -
Join Anne-Marie Minhall from 9pm this Sunday aboard the legendary Mersey Ferry as the Guest List celebrates Liverpool being the European Capital of Culture ‘08’.....On the show will be the principal conductor of Classic Fm’s Orchestra in the North West of England , Vasily Petrenko who tells Anne-Marie about what impact the orchestra has had on the city and what events they have lined up for the year ahead….
The Guest List also chats to the Liverpool born author , actress and writer Lynda La Plante who tells Anne-Marie why she thinks the people of Liverpool are unique…. -
On The Guest List this week hear why actress
Eva Longoria wants to stay in Desperate Housewives
for as long as she can and how she got her work
ethic from her mother….Also on the show is one of the world’s leading violinists
Nicola Benedetti who is about to undertake a UK tour
with the Tonkunstler Symphony Orchestra under the baton
of Kristjan Jaarvi. -
The Guest List is coming from Liverpool this week .
On the show this week is the man behind this years celebrations, writer and producer of TV programmes like Grange Hill and Brookside, Phil Redmond , who tells Anne-Marie what he hopes the legacy of Liverpool ‘08 will mean for the city…. Anne-Marie also talks to world renowned pianist and Liverpudlian Stephen Hough about what Liverpool has meant to him over the years….
To celebrate the city being the European Capital of
Culture Anne-Marie Minhall reports from Philharmonic
Hall , the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic as they
rehearsed in the hall under the direction of Sir Charles MacKerras.. -
On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to two of the world’s leading authors Alexander McCall Smith and Ian Rankin….
Both McCall Smith and Rankin are taking part in Scottish Opera’s new season featuring collaborations between some of Scotland’s most famous composers and
authors….Ian Rankin is collaborating with the film composer Craig Armstrong on a new piece entitled ‘Gesualdo’
While Alexander McCall Smith is working with the composer Stephen Deazley on a work called ‘Dream Angus’ ... -
On The Guest List this weekend, the Academy Award-winning director, Richard Attenborough talks about his latest movie.
Closing The Ring is a love story spanning two continents and half a century. Starring Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer, the film tells the tale of an American woman who honours a wartime promise of love.Also making an appearance will be the singer whose album, Pure, was number one in the Classic FM Top 300 best-selling classical albums of the century – Hayley Westenra. She’ll be talking about her new book – In Her Own Voice.
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