Emily Maitlis tell us how Peter Mandelson’s interview this week evoked Prince Andrew on Newsnight; We hear from the men who arranged and sang the Proms’ orchestral version of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody; And the government’s economic direction is criticised by businessman and Labour donor John Caudwell, who reviews the papers alongside Kate Adie and ITV’s Paul Brand.
Paddy and guests assess what next for the government after Angela Rayner resigns. Plus, hundreds of arrests at a Palestine Action demonstration - we speak to someone who was there and a former chief constable. And Mark Kermode has a new book about the secrets of the cinema soundtrack - he guides us through some great movie music moments. Reviewing the news are food guru Henry Dimbleby, comedy writer Henry Normal, and Observer political editor Rachel Sylvester.
Education secretary Bridget Phillipson outlines her plans to tackle truancy. Also, hostage advocate Diane Foley on her hopes for the Middle East.
As political discourse hardens, Lord Dubs warns against abandoning the Refugee Convention. Plus we stick up for real-life friendships after warnings about human-AI relationships.
Paddy O'Connell and Lyse Doucet present this week’s Broadcasting House as the conflict between Israel and Iran ramps up. Cabinet minister Darren Jones discusses the UK's role, as well as the announcement of national inquiry into grooming gangs. Plus, the hyperglot who speaks more than 15 languages, and the BH press review with Alice Bunn of UK Space, George Parker of the Financial Times, and writer and broadcaster Maria McErlane.
The world watched Presidents Trump and Putin shake hands in Alaska. What next? Ex Defence Secretary Sir Ben Wallace gives us his briefing. Plus, the shortage of burial space, and we meet the teenage composers being inspired by the Proms. On the press review, Dame Sheila Hancock, Lord Ed Vaizey and Times journalist Patrick Kidd.
Dating in the age of corona, Batman in Liverpool, a united Manchester and Brexit. With Dame Esther Rantzen, Val McDermid and Alistair Barrie on the paper review. bh@bbc.co.uk
Paddy O'Connell explains what the Prime Minister's letters to the EU mean. The Latvian foreign minister gives his take on how the EU will respond. Steve Rosenberg takes a tour of East Berlin with the last communist leader of the GDR, thirty years on from the fall of the Berlin wall. And the press review with Richard Quest of CNN, Sathnam Sanghera of The Times and the economist Ruth Lea.
Paddy O'Connell examines a difficult week for Boris Johnson and his biographer puts him in the psychiatrist's chair. The threat to native trees and a celebration of a 90 year old conductor's last concert at the Proms. Papers reviewed by Elinor Goodman, Matthew Wright and House of Commons Chaplain Rose Hudson-Wilkin.