Tristram Fane Saunders

Dirk Maggs: "Adams told me there was more to come"

The producer and director on doing justice to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, working with Neil Gaiman, and the debt they both owe to Douglas Adams.

Tristram Fane Saunders, Radio Times, 28th September 2013

My Teenage Diary just keeps getting better. It's like a raunchier Desert Island Discs, and this week's diarist, Rachel Johnson, is marvellous. Her "gap yah" with brother Boris makes for essential listening, but don't expect adolescent angst.

Johnson is no Adrian Mole; her crisp, journalistic style was already perfected at the age of 18. When she does open up, the results are fascinating, whether she's worrying about her relationship with her father or just lusting after the locals while working in an Israeli valve factory ("Israeli soldiers," she informs us, "are really hunky").

Interestingly, before the broadcast Boris made Rachel promise to keep any stories about him "on brand". What we find out about the Mayor is entertaining enough but we can only imagine what those "off brand" anecdotes might be like.

Tristram Fane Saunders, Radio Times, 11th September 2013

Meet the man with the funniest joke...

RadioTimes.com caught up with poet, comedian, cloud-lover and the winner of the 2013 Dave's Funniest Joke of The Fringe award, Rob Auton.

Tristram Fane Saunders, Radio Times, 20th August 2013