Aled Jones
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Aled Jones

Aled Jones has been famous since he was only 13, when he was a choirboy at Bangor Cathedral in North Wales with a beautiful voice.

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Richard Ayoade
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Richard Ayoade

Richard Ayoade is Gyles's guest this week. A director, writer and actor, Ayoade is well known for his portrayal of Maurice Moss in cult sitcom The I.T. Crowd.

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Dame Maureen Lipman
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Dame Maureen Lipman

It's a big day for Rosebud, as it's our 50th episode. No, we can't quite believe it either! We started Rosebud in September 2023 with Dame Judi Dench, and so we wanted to bring you another theatrical dame for our 50th show.

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Omid Djalili
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Omid Djalili

The comedian, actor, star of The Mummy, and activist Omid Djalili talks to Gyles about his life and memories.

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Robert Lindsay
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Robert Lindsay

Robert Lindsay is Gyles's guest this week, and the conversation they have is brilliant: evocative, revealing, and funny.

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Björn Ulvaeus
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Björn Ulvaeus

Björn Ulvaeus is pop music royalty, a founder member of one the most successful pop groups in history - ABBA.

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Chris McCausland
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Chris McCausland

Gyles gets together with comedian Chris McCausland to record a really special episode of Rosebud. Chris takes Gyles back to his childhood days, playing football and messing about in the streets of West Derby Village in Liverpool, part of a close-knit family and friendship group.

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Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal
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Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal

Who is the cleverest person in Britain? When Gyles asked this question to readers of his columns last year, one name was mentioned more than any other; that of Martin Rees, Lord Rees of Ludlow, the Astronomer Royal.

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Katherine Ryan
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Katherine Ryan

Gyles has fun talking to Katherine Ryan about her early memories and formative experiences, with added discussions about the rights and wrongs of plastic surgery, whether you should tell anecdotes during sex, and what, exactly, is phallic swagger.

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John Cleese
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John Cleese

This week, Gyles has John Cleese in the Rosebud hotseat. Gyles finds out about John's childhood, growing up in the Westcountry during the war, with a father whose surname was actually 'Cheese' and a mother who was suffering from post natal depression.

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Dermot O’Leary
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Dermot O’Leary

Dermot O'Leary and Gyles know each other from the This Morning sofa, but here they get the chance to sit down for a proper in-depth conversation.

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Sir Keir Starmer
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Sir Keir Starmer

In this episode Gyles talks to the Leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer. This isn't a political interview, instead it's an in-depth and fascinating conversation about Keir's background and personal history.

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