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Here is a sketch to identify who's headlining throughout the week:
Thursday 22
KEN DODD, KATHERINE JENKINS, TIM SMIT
Friday 23
JAMIE OLIVER, TINARIWEN, BARRY CRYER
Saturday 24
CHERIE BOOTH, GORE VIDAL, JOSEPH STIGLITZ, OMID DJALILI
Sunday 25
SALMAN RUSHDIE, JIMMY CARTER, BISHOP GENE ROBINSON, HITCH
Monday 26
PAUL GREENGRASS, BORIS SPASSKY, GEN SIR MIKE JACKSON
Tuesday 27
JACQUELINE WILSON, TARIQ RAMADAN, JEREMY CLARKSON
Wednesday 28
FRIEDA HUGHES, AMBASSDOR JOHN BOLTON, JOOLS HOLLAND
Thursday 29
JIMMY CARR, JUDITH KERR, JULIA NEUBERGER
Friday 30
MICHAEL WOOD, ALAN BENNETT, SETH LAKEMAN
Saturday 31
GARRY KASPAROV, IAN McEWAN, JOHN IRVING
Sunday 1 June
SUSAN GREENFIELD, TERRY JONES, KAREN ARMSTRONG, CARL BERNSTEIN
Check out some of the conversations and performances from previous years. They are available online and as downloads from our audio/video archive.
The informal, conversational style of the events we put on work perfectly as an audio download. The majority of the files on offer are in .mp3 format which will work with the majority of players on the market today. This includes the ever popular iPod.