Genre | Topical chat |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Home station | BBC Radio 2 |
Hosted by | Clive Anderson |
Written by | Iain Pattinson, Clive Anderson |
Produced by | Jon Naismith (series 1) David Morley (series 2-4) Lissa Evans (series 5) |
Executive producer(s) | Adam Bromley |
Original release | 21 October 2004 – present |
No. of series | 6 |
No. of episodes | 41 |
Website | Official website |
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