20 Questions with…

Ed Stewart (23 April 1941 – 9 January 2016) had a long and illustrious career in broadcasting. Perhaps best known for presenting "Junior Choice" on BBC Radio, Ed started his career in Hong Kong, he was a radio pirate in the mid sixties before becoming a BBC stalwart and presenter of the Friday evening childrens' programme "Crackerjack". Shout it! This programme was originally broadcast on The Wireless and included Ed's favourite five pieces of music. For rights reasons we can't leave the music in the podcast so you may just hear the odd end note in the edit. The Everton chat really dates the recording!

Dame Gillian Lynne (20 February 1926 – 1 July 2018) was an English ballerina, dancer, choeographer, actress, and theatre & television director, noted for her theatre choreography associated with two of the longest-running shows on Broadway - "Cats" and "The Phantom of The Opera". At age 87, she was made a DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of The British Empire in the 2014 New Years Honours List. The New London Theatre, where the original production of "Cats" played, was officially renamed the Gillian Lynne Theatre in 2018. This made Lynne the first non-royal woman to have a West End theatre named after her.Ex-dancer and now Boom Light radio presenter, Susie Sharp, visited Dame Gillian in her London home, a few years before she died.

Recorded a few years ago for The Wireless, Rob Jones asks the celebrated journalist and author, 20 questions about life. Frederick McCarthy Forsyth CBE is an English novelist and journalist. He is best known for thrillers such as The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File, The Fourth Protocol, The Dogs of War, The Devil's Alternative, The Fist of God, Icon, The Veteran, Avenger, The Afghan, The Cobra and The Kill List.

Jim Dale is fondly remembered for the 11 Carry On movies he appeared in but his career was so much richer than that. He was invited by Sir Laurence Olivier to join the National Theatre where he did Shakespeare. He starred on Broadway in Barnam and his awards are two numerous to mention. Just from seeing him you'd think he was a lovely guy but in the interview studio - he's even lovelier! Enjoy this romp through the life and times of Jim Dale. Jim picks some of his favourite music which sadly we can't play in a podcast but it's interesting to hear the choices.

The former politician and best selling author tells some amazing stories including the time he met Sammy Davis Jnr, "one of the greatest entertainers of all time" and how he sat in on a Frank Sinatra rehearsal. Stories not to be missed including his time working for Margaret Thatcher. What's wrong with politics today and why all men should get a prostate cancer check up NOW!

Actress Zoe Wanamaker has starred in the Harry Potter movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone but her acting career goes much deeper and wider than that and you'll be amused by her funky record choices.

Held captive in Lebanon for years in a mission to rescue John McCarthy, Terry Waite, the Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy tells the story of his life and answers our 20 Questions.

Former politician Alan Johnson talks about his life both before and after politics. The recent star of The Masked Singer grew up with his sister in Notting Hill but said he never saw Julia Roberts or Hugh Grant there! He really wanted to be in a band but ended up becoming a postman before moving into politics. Guess who his musical hero is? He actually got to meet them.