Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
By Gyles Brandreth / Plain Jaine Media
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Anonymous
Nov 21, 2025
Gyles has great guests, but all too often, he runs roughshod over them to get them to say what he wants. And if your parents treated you badly as a child, for God's sake, stop saying, "They did the best they could. No, they didn't.
Mar 9, 2025
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Legendary British writer, broadcaster, ex-MP and TV star Gyles Brandreth hosts “Rosebud”, in which he talks to famous and fascinating people about their first memories and first experiences. Expect laughter, nostalgia, memorable stories, revelations and, of course, the odd name-drop from Gyles. We want to hear about your first memories - email us at hello@rosebudpodcast.com And you can follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @therosebudpod Artwork: Freya Betts. Music: Phil Lepherd. Producer: Harriet Jaine. Rosebud is a 'Plain Jaine Media' production. Creator: Gyles Brandreth/Plain Jaine Media
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| Episode | Date |
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Philippa Perry
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 29
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Lee Mack
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Rosebud on Armistice Day: Sir Nicholas Soames, grandson of Churchill
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Petula Clark
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 28
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Samuel West
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Sebastian Faulks
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Charles Spencer
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 27
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Sir David Hare
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - we talk to Julia Samuel MBE about grief, bereavement and loss
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Ben Elton
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 26
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Lee Child
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Lee Lawrence
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Sir John Major
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 25
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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Jung Chang
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Julia Bradbury
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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Alan Davies
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 24
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Professor Dame Mary Beard
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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The Rosebud Second Birthday Edition - Dame Judi Dench Returns
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Sep 02, 2025 |
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Dame Eileen Atkins
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 23
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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Melvyn Bragg
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Lord Ivar Mountbatten
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Aug 19, 2025 |
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Su Pollard
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 22
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Anthony Horowitz
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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More Rosebud Poetry Special: Roger McGough
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Kemi Badenoch
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 21
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Hi-de-Hi Holiday Special from Broadstairs, with Jeffrey Holland
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 20
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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Mel Giedroyc
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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More Rosebud: Chris Patten, Lord Patten of Barnes
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Richard Osman
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 19
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Jul 08, 2025 |
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Sir Gary Oldman
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Julia Baird
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Jeffrey Archer
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 18
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Piers Morgan
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 17
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Alison Steadman
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Rose Boyt
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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JoJo Siwa
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 16
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Jun 03, 2025 |
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Sir David Jason
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May 30, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Brandreth meets Beethoven
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May 27, 2025 |
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Rosebud at Sissinghurst - Sarah Raven and Adam Nicolson
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May 23, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 15
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May 20, 2025 |
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Dame Penelope Keith
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May 16, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - The Lost Coat Episode
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May 13, 2025 |
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Sir David Suchet
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May 09, 2025 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 14: the first half of 1966 - A-levels, a trip to Paris, and the end of an era
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May 06, 2025 |
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Rachael Stirling
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May 02, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Lynda La Plante
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Simon Armitage, The Poet Laureate
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's diary, episode 13: the second half of 1965 - adventures in Switzerland, school reports and a family argument
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Sir Tim Rice
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Wayne Sleep
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Brian Cox
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's diary, episode 12: the first half of 1965 - Debs' Delights, Gyles's 17th birthday, and Churchill's funeral
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Grand National special - Sam Waley-Cohen, champion jockey
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Apr 05, 2025 |
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Sue Perkins
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Harry Hill
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Sir Grayson Perry
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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More Rosebud: First memories from John Humphrys, Dame Jacqueline Wilson and more...
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Ed Balls
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's diary, episode 11: the second half of 1964 - a road trip, election fever and school reports
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Dame Kristin Scott Thomas
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Professor Brett Kahr: Freudian Psychotherapist
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Josh Widdicombe
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's Diary, episode 10: the first half of 1964 - O-levels, A Study in Sherlock, and lessons learnt
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Sigourney Weaver
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Tariq Ali
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Sir James Dyson
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's Diary, episode 9: the second half of 1963 - Twelfth Night, Kennedy's assassination, and more
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Nigel Havers: The Valentine's Day Rosebud
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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More Rosebud... Posting Letters to the Moon - the letters of Celia Johnson and Peter Fleming, with Lucy Fleming and Simon Williams
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Rosebud on the Road: Mark Gatiss
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's Diary, episode 8: the first half of 1963 - sexual politics at Bedales and beyond
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Vanessa Feltz
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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More Rosebud... Paul McKenna: Power Manifesting
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's diary, episode 7: the second half of 1962 - summer holidays in Paris and a part in the Bedales school play
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Dame Penelope Wilton
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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More Rosebud... Danny Baker
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Sir Vivian Richards
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's diary, episode 6: the first half of 1962 - more Bedales adventures
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Hugh Bonneville
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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More Rosebud - Happiness
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Dec 31, 2024 |
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The Rosebud Selection Box
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Dec 27, 2024 |
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The Rosebud Christmas Eve Extravaganza
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Dame Mary Berry
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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More Rosebud - James Rebanks: the shepherd's life and times
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Tom Holland
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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More Rosebud... Gyles's diary, episode 5: the second half of 1961 - Gyles's first term at Bedales.
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Boris Johnson
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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More Rosebud... Gyles's talk at the Henley Literary Festival
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Sir Matthew Bourne
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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More Rosebud... Gyles's diary, episode 4: the first half of 1961 - Gyles's last two terms at prep school.
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Michael Ball and Alfie Boe
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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More... Elizabeth McGovern
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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Prue Leith
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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More Rosebud... Gyles's diary, episode 3: The second half of 1960 - Gyles goes on summer holidays to Germany and France
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Alan Titchmarsh
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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More... Kate Mosse
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Timothy Spall
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Gyles's diary, episode 2: the first half of 1960 - further adventures at prep school
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Rick Stein
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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More... Lisa Squire
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Dame Harriet Walter
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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More Rosebud - Gyles's Diary, episode 1: 1959 - starting prep school
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Pam Ayres
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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More Rosebud... Petroc Trelawney
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Sandi Toksvig
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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More... Dame Maggie Smith and Kathleen Turner
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Tom Parker Bowles
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Rochelle Humes
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Stephen Fry
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Terry Pendry: Queen Elizabeth II's groom at Windsor Castle
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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The Memory Man - Professor Jon Simons, cognitive neuroscientist and head of the Cambridge Memory Lab
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Felicity Kendal
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Michael Rosen
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Aled Jones
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Anne Reid
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Richard Ayoade
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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It's our 50th episode! Dame Maureen Lipman
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Omid Djalili
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Kathleen Stock
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Robert Lindsay
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Björn Ulvaeus - ABBA legend
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Suzy Eddie Izzard
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Chris McCausland
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal
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May 31, 2024 |
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Alexander Armstrong
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May 24, 2024 |
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Reverend Richard Coles
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May 17, 2024 |
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Katherine Ryan
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May 10, 2024 |
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John Cleese
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May 03, 2024 |
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TREAT EPISODE: Dermot O'Leary
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Sir Keir Starmer
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Merlin Holland: Grandson of Oscar Wilde
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Twiggy
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Apr 12, 2024 |
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Anneka Rice
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Apr 05, 2024 |
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Charles Dance
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Mar 29, 2024 |
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Rupert Everett
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Val McDermid
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Mar 15, 2024 |
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Elizabeth Day
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Dame Jilly Cooper
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Mar 01, 2024 |
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Richard Dawkins
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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VALENTINE'S SPECIAL: Clare Balding and Alice Arnold
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Feb 16, 2024 |
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Lulu
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Feb 09, 2024 |
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Dame Esther Rantzen
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Feb 02, 2024 |
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David Mitchell
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Jan 26, 2024 |
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Rob Brydon
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Jan 19, 2024 |
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Geri Halliwell-Horner
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Jan 12, 2024 |
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Sir Michael Palin
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Jan 05, 2024 |
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Rosebud New Year Medley: SPECIAL EDITION featuring Anneka Rice, Lorraine Kelly, Joe Wicks and previewing next week's episode with Sir Michael Palin
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Rosebud Festive Medley - featuring Sir Michael Palin, David Mitchell, Dame Sheila Hancock, Rob Brydon and more...
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Rowan Williams: CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Patricia Owtram - war hero and centenarian
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Adjoa Andoh
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Joe Wicks
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Dec 08, 2023 |
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Anton Du Beke
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Dec 01, 2023 |
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Dame Sheila Hancock
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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AJ Odudu
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Nov 17, 2023 |
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Sir Ben Okri
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Nov 10, 2023 |
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Dame Joanna Lumley
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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Lorraine Kelly
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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Anne, Lady Glenconner: Lady-in-Waiting
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Jay Blades
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Oct 13, 2023 |
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Nicola Sturgeon
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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Miriam Margolyes
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Rory Stewart
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Sep 22, 2023 |
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Ken Bruce
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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Alison Hammond
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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Dame Judi Dench
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Sep 01, 2023 |
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'Rosebud' with Gyles Brandreth - COMING SOON
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Aug 29, 2023 |