5th November: Justin Webb, the long-time Radio 4 Today presenter, will be talking to journalist York Membery about early starts, his life as a broadcaster and his frank, widely-acclaimed childhood memoir, The Gift of a Radio, about growing up in 1970s Britain.

12th November: The former Labour MP and minister, novelist and celebrated diarist Chris Mullin, who famously led a campaign that resulted in the release of the Birmingham Six, talks to York Membery about his latest volume of diaries, Didn't You Use to Be Chris Mullin?.

17th November: The historian Tracy Borman, Chief Historian at the Historic Royal Palaces and the author of several acclaimed books about Tudor England, talks about her new book, The Stolen Crown, which looks at 'treachery, deceit and the death of the Tudor dynasty'.

26th November Broadcaster Reeta Chakrabarti is best known for being a BBC television news presenter, but will be talking about both her 30-plus years with 'The Beeb', as well her debut novel, Finding Belle, in a wide-ranging talk with journalist York Membery.