

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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May 23, 2019 • 44min
Stevie Van Zandt
The musician and actor on his latest album and his work with Bruce Springsteen and James Gandolfini.

May 16, 2019 • 28min
David Harewood
“The hardest thing I’ve ever done.” The Homeland actor on making Psychosis and Me, a documentary about his breakdown 30 years ago

May 16, 2019 • 27min
Nadiya Hussain
'I had panic attacks during Bake Off'. Nadiya opens up about her anxiety and why she has made a documentary about it.

May 14, 2019 • 25min
Tommy Banks
The chef on winning a Michelin star at the age of 24, food waste and his love of cricket.

May 9, 2019 • 27min
Lucy Spraggan
The singer-songwriter on her new album, the X Factor and the best job she ever had.

May 8, 2019 • 35min
Guy Chambers
Guy talks to Nihal about reworking some of the classic tunes from his writing partnership with Robbie Williams and how he needed someone that had Robbie’s “outrageous ambition”

May 2, 2019 • 34min
Loyle Carner
“I was in the dog house for two days.” The hip hop artist on pranking his girlfriend and why his ADHD means “when I write rhymes that’s the only time I get to say exactly what I mean.”

Apr 30, 2019 • 44min
Bret Easton Ellis
The best-selling author and podcaster talks to Nihal Arthanayake about millennial culture, stoking controversy on social media and his first non-fiction book, White.

Apr 29, 2019 • 37min
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer talks to Nihal about the “stigma” associated with Hollywood stars who make music, his new album, the new series of Designated Survivor and how he learned to love his name.

Apr 17, 2019 • 24min
Neil Jordan
The Oscar-winning director on his new psychological thriller Greta and why he thinks people will soon be paying not to be famous.(photo courtesy of Patrick Redmond)


