

Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake
BBC Radio 5 Live
Nihal Arthanayake presents in-depth interviews with headline guests across entertainment, sport, culture and politics.
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Nov 1, 2018 • 25min
Tom Odell …Part Two
Tom tells Nihal why he no longer thinks heartbreak makes for great songwriting and how he was “floored” by meeting Rafael Nadal in the gents.

Oct 31, 2018 • 52min
Jordan Peterson meets...
Controversial big thinker Prof Jordan B Peterson is joined by an audience of young men, at the Moss Side Fire Station Boxing Club in Manchester, to discuss the issues that affect them in today’s society.

Oct 29, 2018 • 25min
Thom Yorke
Thom tells Nihal why composing his first film score was an “all encompassing” job, how music can change the world and why he’s not a “content creator.”

Oct 22, 2018 • 37min
Sally Field
Academy-Award-winning actor, Sally Field on her decades in the industry and her relationship with Burt Reynolds.

Oct 18, 2018 • 44min
Roger Daltrey
On 50 years of The Who, why he shunned the rock-star lifestyle and almost losing an eye in an onstage accident.

Oct 18, 2018 • 38min
Bobby Gillespie
Primal Scream’s frontman on rediscovering the original Memphis recording sessions for Give Out But Don’t Give Up.

Oct 11, 2018 • 32min
Kathy Burke
The actress and director on 24 Stories, a star studded collection of short stories to support the survivors of Grenfell Tower.

Oct 10, 2018 • 32min
Elvis Costello
Elvis talks to Nihal about his new album and why it’s the perfect home for songs he wrote years ago with Burt Bacharach.

Oct 3, 2018 • 42min
Jonathan Rea
The 4 time World Superbike Champion talks about life on and off the track and what he thinks about “when things are going right”.

Oct 1, 2018 • 33min
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry talks about his one man show and why he’ll never appear on Question Time again.


