Saturday Live

Alan Davies, Trainspotting the Musical, Life After a Ruptured Brain, and the Inheritance Tracks of Adrian Lester

The comedian Alan Davies on what he could live life without, Irvine Welsh on the soundtrack to his writing style, and how Clemency Burton-Hill survived a brain haemorrhage.

Sara Cox, Ben Okri, Chris Terrill and the Inheritance Tracks of Nisha Katona

Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.

Ralf Little, Mark Foster, Katriona O'Sullivan and the Inheritance Tracks of Clare Grogan

Mark Foster, for a good while the fastest swimmer on the planet, is with us.We have author and psychologist Katriona O’Sullivan, a woman raised in poverty in Coventry, who went on to get a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin. And the remarkably gifted Ralf Little, who we know as an actor but might equally have been a doctor or a footballer. Plus the Inheritance Tracks of the singer-songwriter Clare Grogan. Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies Assistant Producers: Catherine Powell and Imy Harper Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Paul Merton, Professor Lady Sue Black, David James and the Inheritance Tracks of Mark Billingham

Adrian Chiles presents Radio 4's Saturday morning programme. On today's programme:Paul Merton’s been at the top of his game for Have I Got News for You and a familiar voice here on BBC Radio 4’s Just A Minute. He is about to take his Improv show with his wife Suki Webster to the Edinburgh Fringe in August. Professor Lady Sue Black - Baroness of Black Strome – to give her full title – is a world‑renowned forensic anthropologist, celebrated for her pioneering work in forensics and human identification. David James is a football pundit and a former England international. His career as a goalkeeper has taken him from grassroots sport in Welwyn Garden City to the international stage and World Cup tournaments.Plus we'll have the Inheritance Tracks of the best selling crime author Mark Billingham. Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies Assistant Producer: Imy Harper Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Ruby Wax, Social History, Memoirs & Music, plus the Inheritance Tracks of Lorraine Kelly

Ruby Wax has lived a life as varied as her career - acting, comedy, writing and mindfulness. Ruby is currently on a nationwide theatre tour which is looking back a the time she presented television documentaries during the 1990s and 2000s – when she developed an immersive approach to interviewing some of the biggest names in the world. Professor Carl Chinn is a social historian who has unearthed stories of the lives of people embedded in the rich history of his home city of Birmingham – and they include his own link to a real-life Peaky Blinder.And the author and journalist Sathnam Sanghera has written books about British History following his perspective forged in his early years, growing up in Wolverhampton, the place where he developed his love of literature and the music of George Michael.Plus, the space-inspired Inheritance Tracks of the broadcaster Lorraine Kelly. Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies Assistant Producers: Catherine Powell and Imy Harper Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Andrea Kennedy