David Blunkett faces questions about the Harry Potter novels, while Shaun Williamson explores the life of Richard Burton. Antony Worrall Thompson delves into the culinary world of Escoffier, and Jeremy Bowen’s expertise on the Arab-Israeli …

Bill Oddie, Charlie Higson, Julia Somerville, and Germaine Greer offer their perspectives on American jazz, the James Bond franchise, Winnie the Pooh, and Australian rainforests, respectively. The questions are posed by John Humphrys.

Stephen Fry is assessed on the œuvre of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes, while Gyles Brandreth’s expertise lies in the life and works of Sir John Gielgud. Andrew Motion, the Poet Laureate, is examined on the poetry of Philip Larkin…