Private Passions

BBC

Guests from all walks of life discuss their musical passions and talk about the influence music has had on their lives.

Episodes

Eric Idle, comedian and writer

Elif Shafak, novelist

Courtney Pine, saxophonist

Francis Fukuyama, political scientist

Louisa Young, writer

Sylvester McCoy, actor

Lyse Doucet, journalist

Carlos Acosta, dancer

Leslie Cavendish, former Beatles hairdresser

John Nichol, writer, former RAF Navigator

Ruth Ozeki, writer

Jeremy Vine, broadcaster

Sofka Zinovieff, writer

Simon Barnes, journalist

Margaret Busby, publisher and editor

Michael Wood, historian

James Aldred, cameraman and writer

Professor Dame Ijeoma Uchegbu, chemist

Dietmar Mueller-Elmau, entrepreneur

Rachel Eliza Griffiths, poet and novelist