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26/07/2026

Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer are joined by Gyles Brandreth, Ricky Wilson, Nicola Benedetti, Stephen Mangan and Frank Skinner. With music from Gabriella Cilmi


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Simon Rimmer (Presenter)
Tim Lovejoy (Presenter)
Born: March 28, 1968 in Northwood, Middlesex
Best Known For: Hosting Soccer AM on a Saturday morning for over a decade
Early-life: Tim was born in Middlesex in 1968 and became a die-hard Chelsea fan at an early age. He always hoped for a career in sport and presenting, and as a teenager began sending out letters to production companies looking for work. For a time he worked in music as a merchandise manager for touring bands.
Career: After starting out as a VJ on MTV UK, Tim moved to the Big Breakfast, where he worked his way up from researcher to producer of the show. From there, he got the Soccer AM job in 1996, and continued to host it with Helen Chamberlain, as well as producing it, for 11 years. After leaving, he moved to BBC Radio Five Live before settling at Something For The Weekend, the Sunday breakfast show he hosts with Louise Redknapp and chef Simon Rimmer. He also launched online project Channel Bee.
Quote: 'I did not choose Something For The Weekend over Soccer AM. I love doing both. However I just turn up and present STFW whereas with Soccer AM I worked my nuts off every day writing and producing it. If I carried on doing Soccer AM I would not be able to develop my other ideas.'
Gabriella Cilmi (Musical guest)
Gyles Brandreth (Guest)
Ricky Wilson (Guest)
Born: January 17, 1978 in Keighley, West Yorkshire
Best Known For: Being the lead singer of the Kaiser Chiefs.
Early-life: Charles Richard Wilson was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire, on January 17, 1978. His first band was called Runston Parva (later just Parva). He was an art lecturer at Leeds College of Art and Design for a year before the Kaiser Chiefs were formed.
Career: Parva released one studio album, 22, in 2003, before they renamed themselves as the Kaiser Chiefs. With Wilson as lead vocalist, the indie rock band's original line-up also comprised guitarist Andrew 'Whitey' White, bassist Simon Rix, keyboardist Nick 'Peanut' and drummer Nick Hodgson. Vijay Mistry replaced Hodgson in 2013. The Kaiser Chiefs released their first album, Employment, in 2005, and it went on to sell more than three million copies. The band continues to release albums and tour around the world. In January 2014, Wilson became a coach on the third series of The Voice UK, joining will.i.am, Tom Jones and Kylie Minogue.
Quote: On his coaching role on The Voice: 'Who doesn't want to spend their Saturday night with Kylie Minogue?'
Trivia: In August 2012, the Kaiser Chiefs performed at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.
Stephen Mangan (Guest)
Born: July 22, 1972 in London
Best Known For: Green Wing and Episodes.
Early-life: Born on July 22, 1972, in London, and was raised in Hertfordshire. His parents were Irish, and his father owned a building company. He became interested in acting after appearing in numerous school plays, but never thought he would tread the boards professionally. Instead, he studied law at Cambridge University, but decided against being a solicitor after taking a year out to care of his terminally ill mother. After a spell at Rada, he began landing theatre roles.
Career: Mangan became a regular on the West End stage, and apart from some foreign adverts, steered clear of TV work for years. He made his film debut in Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence in 1998, and had a small role in Billy Elliot. Early TV appearances came in Big Bad World, Sword of Honour, In Defence and Human Remains before his big break as the lead in Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years. He's worked consistently in movies and on TV ever since, with roles in Jane Hall, Marple, Never Better, I'm Alan Partridge, Hyperdrive, and the acclaimed Green Wing. His recent work includes Dirk Gently and Episodes on TV, as well as several well-received stage performances.
Quote: 'I love playing unattractive parts. I want to be really horrid. I want people to really hate me. Maybe one day in analysis, I'll discover what that's all about.'
Trivia: Away from showbiz, Mangan is a Tottenham Hotspur fan. He attends games with Tamsin Greig's husband, actor Richard Leaf.
Nicola Benedetti (Guest)
Frank Skinner (Guest)
Born: January 28, 1957 in West Bromwich
Best Known For: Penning football anthem Three Lions.
Early-life: Born Graham Christopher Collins on January 27, 1957, in the West Midlands suburb of Oldbury, but he is better known by his stage name Frank Skinner. He is the youngest of former semi-professional footballer John Collins and his wife Doris's four children. He has a Masters degree in English literature and, after a spell of unemployment, became a lecturer. He gave that up in 1989 to become a professional stand-up comedian. He was known as Graham to his family and Chris to his friends, but renamed himself Frank Skinner after a member of his father's dominoes team because Equity already had a Chris Collins on their books.
Career: A four-year slog on the comedy circuit, financed by a string of day jobs, led to Skinner establishing his own club in Birmingham. The work paid off in 1991, when he won the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Festival ahead of Jack Dee and Eddie Izzard. Fantasy Football League and Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned catapulted Skinner and his co-host David Baddiel into the mainstream during the 1990s and early 2000s. Skinner's solo work has included his own ITV chat show and short-lived sitcom Shane. In 2005, Skinner announced he was to turn his back on TV to return to his stand-up roots, but has since returned with various documentaries and as host of Room 101. He also co-presents a Saturday-morning show on Absolute Radio.
Quote: 'Being a celebrity is great - it's a lot easier than working in a factory, and I've done both. Everyone is loathe to say, 'My life is fabulous', but I'm pretty happy with mine. I like signing autographs and chatting to people.'
Trivia: Skinner plays the ukelele like his hero, George Formby, and wrote and performed the Radio 4 comedy series Don't Start.
Patrick Ruddy (Editor)

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