

Headliners with Nihal Arthanayake
BBC Radio 5 Live
Nihal Arthanayake presents in-depth interviews with headline guests across entertainment, sport, culture and politics.
Episodes
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Nov 11, 2020 • 43min
Dan Walker
The BBC Breakfast host on some of the Remarkable People he’s met during his career and his love of organising much deserved flypasts.

Nov 10, 2020 • 44min
Elvis Costello
Nihal chats to Elvis about his new album Hey, Clockface.

Nov 3, 2020 • 46min
Matthew McConaughey
Nihal Arthanayake talks to the Oscar-winning actor at length about his childhood, his relationship with his parents and his Hollywood success. The True Detective and Interstellar star has written his first memoir, Greenlights, which is available now.

Oct 29, 2020 • 46min
Stephen Fry
Patrick Kielty talks to the Stephen about mythology, penmanship and life in lockdown as he releases the latest in his Mythos trilogy, Troy.

Oct 28, 2020 • 39min
Sir David Jason
Patrick Kielty talks to the actor about everything from Del Boy to Danger Mouse as Sir David releases his latest autobiography, A Del of a Life.

Oct 22, 2020 • 46min
Tim Peake
From flying helicopters in the army to orbiting the earth aboard the International Space Station. Major Tim tells Nihal about his influences, motivation and his memoir Limitless.

Oct 21, 2020 • 43min
Katie Melua
The multi-platinum selling singer-songwriter tells Nihal about her development as an artist and her new album which has been 4 years in the making.

Oct 14, 2020 • 51min
John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke talks to Nihal about punk, poetry, ambition, wanting to conform and his new memoir I Wanna Be Yours

Oct 13, 2020 • 38min
Fran Healy
The Travis frontman talks to Nihal about 10 songs, the band’s first studio album in four years, the art of songwriting and life in LA.

Oct 8, 2020 • 48min
Joe Marler
The England and Harlequins prop tells Nihal about the highs and lows of his career – and shares the secrets behind some of the ‘dark arts’ of the scrum.


