Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
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Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth
Legendary British writer, broadcaster, ex-MP and TV star Gyles Brandreth hosts “Rosebud”, in which he talks to famous and fascinating people about their first memories and first experiences. Expect laughter, nostalgia, memorable stories, revelations and, of course, the odd name-drop from Gyles. ...
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Angela Scanlon
Angela Scanlon joins Gyles for an open and honest conversation full of wit, wisdom and insight. Angela talks to Gyles about her childhood in Ireland a...
More Rosebud - Tchaikovsky
This week we're delighted to be bringing you another ground-breaking conversation between Gyles and one of the world's great composers: on this occasi...
Dame Elaine Paige
We're thrilled to announce that our guest today is Dame Elaine Paige! So many of you have told us you'd love hear Elaine's Rosebud, and this conversat...
More Rosebud - Jodie Harsh
Our guest today is the DJ, music producer and drag artiste Jay Clarke AKA Jodie Harsh. In this conversation, Jay/Jodie talks to Gyles about their chil...
Sir Geoff Hurst
We can't bring you an England World Cup Final in 2026 - much to our regret - but we CAN bring you a trip down memory lane with the greatest goal-score...
More Rosebud - Gyles's Diary episode 45
Gyles Brandreth's unique record of the late twentieth century continues, as he reads from the diaries he's kept since he was 10 years old. We're now r...
Caitlin Moran
Our guest today is the writer, columnist and broadcaster Caitlin Moran. Caitlin talks to Gyles about her unusual childhood in Wolverhampton, homeschoo...
More Rosebud - Adrian Lester
We are delighted to have the actor Adrian Lester, currently in the West End as Cyrano de Bergerac, in the Rosebud chair today. Adrian talks to Gyles a...
Anthony Scaramucci
It's The Mooch! Yes, today Rosebud celebrates 250 years of American independence with our final U.S. guest: the irrepressible host of the Rest Is Poli...
More Rosebud: Gyles's Diary, episode 44
It's 1977, and Gyles is welcoming his first daughter, Saethryd, into the world - and explaining the origins of her name to all his friends. "Why such...
Rosebud in NYC - Michael Feinstein
Michael Feinstein, the pianist, singer and perhaps the greatest living interpreter of what is known as The Great American Songbook, is our guest today...
More Rosebud - Akshata Murty
Akshata Murty, entrepreneur, philanthropist and wife of the former Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, is our guest today. And it's particularly interesting...
Rosebud in NYC - Harlan Coben
Our guest today is the hugely successful author of twisty, suspenseful, page-turning, gripping novels - such as Tell No One, Fool Me Once and Deal Bre...
More Rosebud - Gyles's Diary episode 43
It's 1976, and we have more hilarity, honesty, and social commentary from Gyles's diaries. In this episode he shares a stage with Bernard Manning and...
Rosebud in NYC - Christine Baranski
We're in New York City, so we need glamour, class, poise, elegance, talent and wit; and we're pleased to say we've got them all... because our guest t...
More Rosebud in NYC - Graydon Carter
Graydon Carter, the celebrated magazine editor, is the second guest in our New York series. Carter edited Vanity Fair for 25 years and transformed the...
Rosebud in NYC - Fran Lebowitz
Leading up to the 250th anniversary of American independence, Rosebud is giving you a series of interviews recorded in New York City. Our first is wit...
More Rosebud - Gyles's Diaries episode 42
We're entering the long, hot summer of 1976, and Gyles is moving into a big, new house with his young family and still forging ahead in his life and c...
Will Self
The writer, satirist and urban explorer Will Self talks to Gyles about his childhood, his career and his life now. From his boyhood as "little Willy",...
More Rosebud - Matt Haig
Matt Haig, the international best-selling author of books such as The Midnight Library, Reasons to Stay Alive, and his new release The Midnight Train,...
Anne-Marie Duff
We're lucky to have the talented actress Anne-Marie Duff (St.Joan, The Magdalene Sisters, Shameless, Bad Sisters, The Virgin Queen) as our guest today...
More Rosebud - Gyles's Diaries episode 41
It's 1975 and new father Gyles Brandreth is multi-tasking, like any young parent. One day he's feeding the ducks in Regent's Park with his new baby, t...
Ralph Fiennes
At Rosebud we know how lucky we are to meet and talk to so many talented and fascinating guests. And this week we are especially lucky, as our guest i...
More Rosebud - Dame Rachel De Souza, the Children's Commissioner
Our More Rosebud guest today is the Children's Commissioner for England, Dame Rachel De Souza. Dame Rachel advocates for children in parliament, and o...
Rosebud Live at Riverside Studios - Sir Lenny Henry
Our guest today is Sir Lenny Henry, the pioneering comedian, entertainer, actor and campaigner, who tells Gyles his story, and it's an impressive one:...
More Rosebud - New York City Diaries with Gyles and Harriet, and Tales from Broadway with Josh Ellis
Rosebud has been on its first international road trip, to New York City. In this episode, Gyles and Harriet chat about their trip... about how they go...
Jeremy Corbyn
Jeremy Corbyn MP is our guest on this May Day morning. Now an independent MP and the leader of Your Party, Jeremy has been in Westminster for 43 years...
More Rosebud - Gyles's Diaries episode 40
An action-packed edition of Gyles's diaries, from 1974 and 75. Gyles masquerades - very convincingly - as the European Monopoly Champion, and wows the...
India Hicks
It's the second of our guests this week with a royal connection: India Hicks. India is the granddaughter of Lord Mountbatten - the last Viceroy of Ind...
More Rosebud - Major General Alastair Bruce
Today - Tuesday 21 April 2026 - would have been Queen Elizabeth II's 100th birthday, and we're marking the occasion with two regal Rosebuds. Our guest...
Hayley and Juliet Mills
On Hayley Mills's 80th birthday weekend, Gyles speaks to the legendary actress and her sister, Juliet Mills, about their remarkable lives and careers....
More Rosebud - Gyles's Diaries episode 39
Gyles continues to have success, failure and everything in between with the Oxford Theatre Festival... and even gets to open some plays in the West En...
Amol Rajan
In this episode, Gyles is charmed and fascinated by Amol Rajan, the podcaster, broadcaster and host of Radical and Radio 4's Today programme. Amol tel...
More Rosebud - Gyles's diary, episode 38
Yes, diary fans, it's a big one, because this episode describes some of the most stressful months of Gyles's life. It's spring 1974, and he's desperat...
Monty Don
This week's guest is the utterly wonderful Monty Don, and this is one of our warmest, richest, most delightful and most touching episodes yet - full o...
More Rosebud - Jean Campbell
Our guest today is the model and podcast host Jean Campbell, who talks to Gyles about her wild Scottish childhood and about her experience of living w...
Tom Allen
Our guest today is the comedian, author, actor and presenter Tom Allen. And this is a truly charming edition of Rosebud. Tom tells Gyles about his chi...
More Rosebud - Gyles's Diaries episode 37
It's time for another riveting edition of Gyles's diaries, which give a unique perspective on life in Britain in the second half of the twentieth cent...
Wes Streeting MP
In this episode, Gyles meets the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting MP. Gyles hears about Wes's remarkable life story so far...
More Rosebud - Michael Heseltine
We've got two political interviews for you on Rosebud this week, and this is the first. In the week of his 93rd birthday, Gyles is talking to Lord Hes...