Who's on the show

Mon 11 Dec: Melanie Phillips, Germaine Greer, Prof Steve Jones
Tues 12 Dec: Greg Dyke, Kelvin Mackenzie, Marina Hyde
Wed 13 Dec: Baroness Julia Neuberger, Charles Glass
Thurs 14 Dec: Shami Chakrabarti, Oona King, Clive Anderson

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David Aaronovitch

Journalist, broadcaster and author who writes a regular column for The Times and The Guardian. Author of Paddling to Jerusalem: An Aquatic Tour of Our Small Country. Won the George Orwell Prize for political journalism in 1998 and 2001.

Professor Haleh Afshar

Prof of Politics and Women's Studies at York University. Former Deputy Chair of the British Council's Gender and Development Task Force and founding member of the Muslims Women's Network. Has an OBE for services to equal opportunities.

Lord Ahmed of Rotherham

Labour Member of the House of Lords. Was made Britain's first Muslim peer in 1998. Born in Pakistan and brought up in the UK. Founded the British Muslim Councillors' Forum in 1992.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Ugandan born journalist. A feminist who furiously criticises some forms of feminism, a Muslim who calls for reformation and a British citizen who battles for real equality for immigrants.

Anita Anand

Presents her own show on Radio 5 Live. Has a regular column in The Guardian. Her film of the Bhuj earthquake relief effort won awards and was screened both here and in Asia.

Clive Anderson

Former barrister and comedy writer and went on to present 'Clive Anderson Talks Back', picking up British Comedy Awards in 1991 and 1992. On radio he chairs 'Unreliable Evidence'. President of the Woodland Trust.

Jake Arnott

Novelist. Novels include The Long Firm, He Kills Coppers, and Truecrime, a story of drugs, thugs and revenge in the 1990s.

Anne Atkins

Writer, broadcaster, agony aunt, mother, vicar's wife and commentator on moral and ethical issues. Her latest book, Agony Atkins, is a compilation of her column which ran for several years in The Daily Telegraph.