As Ronan Keating returns with a new album, Jim White, Claudia Connell and Brian Viner discuss the time Claudia met him (and was very disappointed). Jim speaks to crime queen Val McDermid, who has sold 16 million novels and inspired TV series such as Wire in the Blood, about writing in lockdown (and choosing the 'right' level of violence in a whodunnit).

Lord Michael Cashman on going from Albert Square to Parliament Square
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Kiki Dee on still sounding good in your 70s (and why she always kills Elton John's Christmas presents)
23:03

Thriller king Mark Billingham on his 20th novel (and his band the Fun Loving Crime Writers)
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