Weekly Mayo

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This week Jackie Copleton joined the book club armed with her Dictionary of Mutual Understanding, Simon talked to Tuffers, Patrick Ness popped in upon the release of Terry Pratchett’s last novel and Foodie Thursday saw Nigel serve up Summer Skirt.

Guests include: Paul Merton, the Lost Voice Guy, Henry Blofeld, and many more.

In this week's Book Club, author Charity Norman spoke to us about her book The New Woman, about a successful man, father and grandfather who’s convinced he should be a woman. Julian Clary told us about writing his debut children’s novel, The Bolds. Plus Gennaro Contaldo popped in to rustle up a special chicken salad... or to give it its proper name, Insalata Di Pollo Con Giardiniera.

In your edition of the Weekly Mayo, Imelda Staunton talked Gypsy and Pringles on opening night, Drivetime’s young listeners reviewed Dame Jacqueline Wilson’s new book live on air, and Nigel cooked some cheeky chops.

This week, economics expert Evan Davies explains Grexit and life in the all new Dragon’s Den, the brilliant Baroness Tanni Grey Thompson tells me I’ve no excuse not to get involved in the BBC’s Big Help Out, Melvyn Bragg becomes mightily modest talking about a new documentary on his life, and Nigel introduces carrots into a Moroccan tarte tatin.

In your edition of the Weekly Mayo author Gill Hornby joined our book club with her new novel ‘All Together Now’, former Kinks frontman Ray Davies talks to us about Greenwich Music Time 2015, David Starkey muses upon the Magna Carta and Nigel made us a Risotto with Peas, Prosciutto and Parmesan.

This week Chris Boardman talked about his book The Biography of a Modern Bike, Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud talks about his experiences meeting the families who have ditched the UK in favour of a new life in the wilderness and Chief Scout and survival expert Bear Grylls talks about his new novel 'Ghost Flight'. Plus Nigel brought in 'Cypriot Roast Chicken with Cumin Potatoes’.

This week we were joined by the music industry marvel Pete Waterman; the brilliant bassist, Bill Wyman; and German author, Sascha Arango, joined our Book Club with his first novel ‘Truth and Other Lies’ and Nigel made us a Lemon Tart.

This week we were joined by living legend John Cleese; Brian May and Broadway star Kerry Ellis popped by to talk about their collaboration; and Nigel brought in Stuffed Peppers with Pork, Smoked Paprika & Thyme.

This week we were joined by living legend John Cleese; Brian May and Broadway star Kerry Ellis popped by to talk about their collaboration; and Nigel brought in Stuffed Peppers with Pork, Smoked Paprika & Thyme.

This week Clive Anderson joined us to talk about the Whose Line Is It Anyway stage show; Anthony Horowitz did his best not to reveal anything from his new Bond reboot ‘Trigger Mortis’; our Book Club choice was "The Improbability Of Love" so author Hannah Rothschild was our guest; and Nigel “made” raw beef. Thanks for that Nigel.

This week Clive Anderson joined us to talk about the Whose Line Is It Anyway stage show; Anthony Horowitz did his best not to reveal anything from his new Bond reboot ‘Trigger Mortis’; our Book Club choice was "The Improbability Of Love" so author Hannah Rothschild was our guest; and Nigel “made” raw beef. Thanks for that Nigel.

This week Art Garfunkel talks about the four year process of regaining his famous singing voice. Actor (not physicist) Brian Cox tells us about playing ‘Daddy’ in the BBC Cold War drama ‘The Game.’ And on Foodie Thursday Nigel makes ‘Asparagus with Bolzano Sauce’, whatever that is.

This week Art Garfunkel talks about the four year process of regaining his famous singing voice. Actor (not physicist) Brian Cox tells us about playing ‘Daddy’ in the BBC Cold War drama ‘The Game.’ And on Foodie Thursday Nigel makes ‘Asparagus with Bolzano Sauce’, whatever that is.

This week impressionist Rory Bremner talked about his one-off special 'Election Report'; cricketing legend Andrew Flintoff told us some scandalous stories; and author Jeffery Deaver joined the Radio 2 Book Club to talk about his new novel Solitude Creek. Plus Nigel was joined by former Masterchef champion Shelina Permalloo to cook one of Shelina's recipes, 'Chicken Fajitas with a Mexican Corn Salad'.

This week the ineffable Suggs popped into the studio to talk about Madness’s forthcoming UK tour (and revealed why just so many kids are massive madness fans), the League of Gentleman’s Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton talked about the 2nd series of their dark anthology series Inside No.9. And Nigel brought in Olive Oil and Ricotta Cake. You’ll have to listen to find out if that went down better than we thought it would!

This week, Rory Kinnear dropped by to tell us about the second series of his Sky Atlantic horror serial 'Penny Dreadful'; Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit played live and talked about growing up around music; we welcomed debut novelist Kirsty Logan into the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss her novel 'The Gracekeepers.' Plus we challenged Nigel to bring in his version of Bangers and Mash!

This week we spoke to AC/DC about their world tour; we were joined by Sir Peter Blake to chat about Radio 2’s Artist In Residence; Annie Lennox dropped by to tell us about An Evening Of Nostalgia; we headed to the Radio 2 Folk Awards and were joined by a whole host of folk music stars for our delight; and Nigel made us pizza!

This week we spoke to Jandy Nelson about her new book ‘ll Give You The Sun,’ we shared some peace and love with Ringo Starr, Randy Edelman - master of film scores - came in for a chat about his live shows, and Nigel made us a tasty Spanish Pepper & Chorizo Pie.