Two British institutions collided when The Beatles' Paul McCartney joined Roy Plomley on the special 40th-anniversary episode ...

Leeds’ finest, Nicola Adams, is the first British female double Olympic boxing champion; in her Desert Island Discs she talks to Kirsty Young about being mobbed in the supermarket, hating to ...

Lesley Manville made her debut on the West End stage as a teenager in 1972, and since then has taken on a wide range of roles on stage and screen, including an Oscar-nominated performance in the ...

Christopher Reeve flew to Scotland from his home in the US several times, but in the mid 1980s he almost didn't make it.

The beloved TV personality opened up about his challenges with a food addiction, which he says began around the time he was ...

Pioneer, who styled many famous faces including The Beach Boys and Dame Helen Mirren, died after bowel cancer spread to his ...

The Archers star June Spencer has died, aged 105. Spencer was best known for playing Peggy Woolley in the BBC 4 Radio show ...

Trevor Sorbie, who was known for styling the hair of the rich and famous, has died at the age of 75 after being diagnosed ...

Martin Lewis has become the go-to financial expert for many Brits, but his journey to fame and fortune was far from easy as ...

Celebrity hairdresser Trevor Sorbie has died, aged 75. It comes after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer, with posts on ...

As one of the most trusted financial gurus in the UK, Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has enjoyed an extraordinarily successful, not to mention lucrative, career. And it's likely his reclusive younge ...

A year later, he revealed to BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs he was seeking to retire, but would continue to cut wigs for people who had lost their hair. Later, Tom Connell, international artistic ...