
Midnight Meets With Colin Murray
Colin talks to interesting people with fascinating life stories. No rules, no soundbites, just in-depth conversations with some incredible people.
Latest episodes

Oct 20, 2021 • 52min
Ian Broudie
Singer-songwriter and Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie talks to Colin about his early days as a reluctant producer for the likes of Echo and the Bunnymen and The Fall, stealing milk crates to watch Liverpool from the Kop, writing bittersweet songs and how Three Lions took on a life of its own.
Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Oct 13, 2021 • 57min
Bobby Gillespie
Primal Scream founder and singer talks to Colin about watching the 1970s Brazilian team training in Glasgow, the decline of the B-side, The Jesus and Mary Chain 'replacing him' with a drum machine when he left the band, and celebrating being working class in his new memoir.
Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Oct 6, 2021 • 51min
Hannah Cockroft
Five-time Paralympic Champion Hannah Cockroft talks to Colin about being a McFly superfan, what she can do with the freedom of Calderdale, being excluded from PE classes when she was at school and her fear of fish. Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Sep 29, 2021 • 57min
David Arnold
David Arnold who scored five James Bond films, Independence Day and the music for Sherlock talks to Colin about being riddled with doubt, his favourite James Bond film, working with Chris Cornell for Casino Royale and being mixed up with the other David Arnold.Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Sep 15, 2021 • 54min
John Cooper Clarke
Poet John Cooper Clarke talks to Colin about why he needs an audience to write, how he found out Jazz musician Chet Baker had been his dealer and why he knew Arctic Monkeys were going to be successful.
Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Sep 8, 2021 • 56min
John Bird
The founder and Editor in Chief of the Big Issue on the origins of the magazine, on facing homelessness, care, and juvenile detention before reaching adulthood, and on hosting tea parties for Big Issue vendors at the House of Lords.Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Sep 1, 2021 • 55min
Sananda Maitreya
The singer and songwriter who started his career as Terence Trent D’arby talks to Colin Murray about keeping his young sons under control, the influence and inspiration of Sade and how the death of ‘big brother’ Prince affected him.
Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Aug 25, 2021 • 56min
Tony Hadley
Tony Hadley talks to Colin Murray about the beginning, middle and end of Spandau Ballet; being on stage with Freddie Mercury; meeting his heroes at Live Aid; and why he likes watching open heart surgery.Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Aug 18, 2021 • 51min
John Amaechi
Former NBA player and psychologist John Amaechi talks to Colin Murray about his inspirational mum, being stopped and searched, how he wishes he came out earlier and teaching people how to achieve ‘meaningful success’ through his book The Promises of Giants.
Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.

Aug 11, 2021 • 41min
Macy Gray
The Grammy award-winning singer Macy Gray on how she argued against I Try being a single, talking to her idol Prince for two hours in the dark, and her failed plan to set up a toilet paper company over the pandemic.
Midnight Meets is part of Colin Murray’s BBC Radio 5 Live show which is on Monday to Thursday, 10.30pm to 1am – or available whenever you want via the BBC Sounds app.