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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Scott Capurro

Outspoken gay American comedian. Also an actor, journalist and novelist. His book Fowl Play is a dark comic novel about the seedy side of the San Francisco gay scene.

Jo Caulfield

Stand-up comedian, writer and actor, with her own show It's That Jo Caulfield Again on Radio 4. Has written for Graham Norton, Ruby Wax, Anne Robinson and Ant and Dec.

Shami Chakrabarti

Director of human rights organization Liberty. Writes and speaks on the need to create a ‘culture of respect for human rights’ with acknowledgment that rights and freedoms are the concern of us all. Previously a barrister.

Dr Sarah Churchwell

Senior Lecturer in American Lit at the University of East Anglia. Writes on gender and popular culture. Currently researching a book on the representation of witches and the Salem witch trial.

Max Clifford

The UK's best known publicist and a consummate media manipulator. Has represented celebrities including Jimi Hendrix, Muhammad Ali, Simon Cowell, OJ Simpson and Mohamed Al-Fayed. Famous for exposing the wayward behaviour of celebrities and politicians, he also specialises in keeping scandals from the press.

Matthew Collings

A trained artist. Author of Blimey!: From Bohemia to Britpop, The London Artworld from Francis Bacon to Damien Hirst, It Hurts: New York art from Warhol to now, and This is Modern Art.

Bob Crow

General Secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union. Former member of the Communist Party and Arthur Skargill's Socialist Labour Party. Was named as one of the 'Awkward Squad' of anti New Labour union leaders.

Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Collins

Author, broadcaster and motivational speaker, has served in the SAS and completed tours of duty in Northern Ireland and the Falklands. Has written about his experience as a commander in the second Gulf War in his first book, Rules of Engagement.