Private Passions

Michael Berkeley is joined by Jeremy Vine, who is one of the most familiar voices and faces in British broadcasting. He has presented his Radio 2 lunchtime show since 2003, and its mixture of music and news reaches six million listeners every week, and also presents a weekday show on Channel 5. Since joining the BBC almost 40 years ago, he's been its correspondent in Africa and appeared on everything from Newsnight to Strictly Come Dancing, and he also writes crime fiction, drawing on his work behind the microphone. He talks about his life and career and picks music by Ennio Morricone, Mussorgsky and Holst.