http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/midweekDiverse conversation with Libby Purves and her four guests. The focus of Midweek is personal experience, the story behind the story. A mix of the famous, the infamous, and first time broadcasters. Forty-five minutes of lively conversation to start the day.Diverse conversation with Libby Purves and her four guests. The focus of Midweek is personal experience, the story behind the story. A mix of the famous, the infamous, and first time broadcasters. Forty-five minutes of lively conversation to start the day.BBC Radio 4BBCpodcast.support@bbc.co.uken-gb720http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/midweek/assets/_300x300.jpghttp://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/midweek(C) BBC 2009Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:09:08 +0000topical, diverse, conversation, debate, real lifetopical, diverse, conversation, debate, real lifenononadultThis week Libby Purves is joined by Phill Jupitus who is currently starring as Edna Turnblad in the musical Hairspray; Professor Mary Beard is a Cambridge don who now has her own blog on Times Online and has published writings from it in her book It's a Don's Life; presenter and broadcaster Emma Freud has written a foreward to her late father's book, A Feast of Freud: A Collection of the Wittiest Writings of Clement Freud; and former England and Wasps rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio on his book Rugby Tales - Legendary Stories of Blood, Sweat and Beers.This week Libby Purves is joined by Phill Jupitus who is currently starring as Edna Turnblad in the musical Hairspray; Professor Mary Beard is a Cambridge don who now has her own blog on Times Online and has published writings from it in her book It's...This week Libby Purves is joined by Phill Jupitus who is currently starring as Edna Turnblad in the musical Hairspray; Professor Mary Beard is a Cambridge don who now has her own blog on Times Online and has published writings from it in her book It's a Don's Life; presenter and broadcaster Emma Freud has written a foreward to her late father's book, A Feast of Freud: A Collection of the Wittiest Writings of Clement Freud; and former England and Wasps rugby player Lawrence Dallaglio on his book Rugby Tales - Legendary Stories of Blood, Sweat and Beers.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:39:00 +000041:39http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/midweek/midweek_20091104-1039.mp3http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/radio4/midweek/midweek_20091104-1039a.mp3BBC Radio 4