Live podcasts and picnics are back at spectacular Kew Gardens this summer, from Thursday 9 – Saturday 11 July. In Conversation Live on the Great Lawn features an exciting lineup of celebrity guests that includes Fearne Cotton, Tom Read Wilson, Jim Moir and Professor Kate Williams. There are more sessions and seating options, live music, street food, and an event bookshop. All tickets include free, all-day access to Kew Gardens.
In Conversation Live is presented by Immediate Live, the UK's leading organiser of unmissable consumer events, including BBC Gardeners’ World Live, Hampton Court Food Festival, Good Food Show and London Art Fair.
Much-loved TV couple Joanna Page and Mathew Horne are the hosts of Table for Four, a new podcast from Good Food that reunites friends, partners and colleagues over a relaxed meal. Their In Conversation Live guests will be entertainment power couple Nicki Chapman and Dave Shackleton, and Tom Read Wilson and Anna Williamson from Channel 4’s Celebs Go Dating.
BBC Countryfile presenter Matt Baker will present live episodes of Petcast, a new Radio Times podcast series that pays tribute to the nation’s love of pets. Matt is joined by well-known personalities, sharing their stories of beloved pets, past and present. His guests are professional dancer Flavia Cacace and actor Jimi Mistry, and broadcaster and author, Fearne Cotton. Expect heartfelt conversations about awesome animals, practical advice for pet owners, and a fun quiz.
Broadcaster and activist Katrina Ridley and gardener and presenter Amy Chapman present Connect to Nature, a new visual podcast from Immediate. They'll be welcoming special guests with a strong connection to the natural world - Jim Moir and Nancy Sorrell, and Julia Bradbury.
HistoryExtra will present leading British historians, broadcasters and best-selling writers, Professors Tracy Borman OBE and Kate Williams for A Royal Rampage Through History.