Tim Firth, Fatiha El-Ghorri, Operation Mincemeat, Lois, Stuart Maconie
Stuart Maconie and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy.
The award winning writer of Calendar Girls and Kinky Boots Tim Firth on his latest stage production - The Ladies Football Club. Its based on the true story of women working in a Sheffield munitions factory during World War I who start to kick a football in breaktimes and end up part of a South Yorkshire women's league that drew thousands of fans.
Taskmaster and Mr Bigstuff star Fatiha El-Ghorri says she's ironing her swaggest hijab to head out on her debut stand up tour - Cockney Stacking Doll. She'll also have the story of her journey out of the heartbreak of divorce and back on the dating scene in her new Radio 4 comedy - A Match Made Inshallah.
Music from the cast of the hit musical Operation Mincemeat which tells the story of a second world war spy deception and from 麻豆社 Introducing "one to watch" , Lois, who is heading on tour.
Presenter: Stuart Maconie
Producer: Olive Clancy
On radio
Broadcasts
- Sat 14 Feb 2026 18:15麻豆社 Radio 4
- Thu 19 Feb 2026 21:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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Loose Ends
Clive Anderson and guests with an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy
