Start the Week is a Talk Show programme.

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Start the Week

The BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, military historian Ashleigh Percival-Borley and author Michela Wrong join Shahidha Bari to discuss the history of conflict in Afghanistan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Genre: Talk Show

When is Start the Week next on TV?

It's next showing on BBC Radio 4 Tonight, 9:00pm and on BBC Radio 4 September 22nd, 9:00am. See more...

Main Cast

Tom Sutcliffe
Lea Ypi
Shahidha Bari
Sarah Howe
Arundhati Roy
Liz Berry
Geeta Tharmaratnam
Michela Wrong
Brit Bennett
Jeet Thayil
Gavin Francis
Claire Tomalin
Kate Fall
Richard Vinen
Ai Weiwei
Rebecca Solnit
Mervyn King
Priya Basil
Shamil Thakrar
Fintan O'Toole