Something from the Cellar: Gyles Brandreth
White Wine Question Time
Biscuit Jim
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🗓️ 25 November 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to White Wine Question Time; the podcast that asks it's guests three thought-provoking questions over three glasses of wine.
Today, we're heading back down to the cellar for another episode from the archives, and as part of our mini literature festival we're holding this month, it's from another bestselling author...
My guest today has written more than a hundred books, and is also a broadcaster, a knitwear designer, a former politician, and a celebrated raconteur.
Having become well-known on breakfast television in the 80s, in no small part thanks to
his choice of knitwear, he's been a mainstay on TV shows like The One Show,
Countdown, Celebrity Gogglebox, This Morning, and Radio 4's Just a Minute.
He was also the host of the award-winning Something Rhymes with Purple podcast with Susie Dent, and on his latest pod, Rosebud he talks to famous and fascinating people about their first experiences.
This is the last of our November authors - I hope you've enjoyed this look back - and for December we've lined up some festive episodes designed to put you in the perfect mood for Christmas.
Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to white wine question time. The podcast that asks its guests three thought |
| 0:09.0 | provoking questions over three glasses of wine. And today we're heading back down to the |
| 0:14.0 | cellar for another episode from the archives. And as part of our mini literature festival we're |
| 0:19.6 | holding this month, it's time for another |
| 0:21.5 | best-selling author. My guest today has written more than 100 books, 100 books, and is also |
| 0:27.6 | a broadcaster, a knitwear designer. I'll have, you know, a former politician and, well, |
| 0:32.1 | frankly, a celebrated raconteur. Haven't become well known on breakfast Television in the 80s, in no small part, |
| 0:38.9 | thanks to his choice of knitwear, he's become a mainstay on TV shows like The One Show, |
| 0:43.9 | countdown, Celebrity Gogglebox this morning, and of course Radio 4's Just a Minute. |
| 0:48.8 | He was also the host of the award-winning Something Rhymes with the Purple podcast with Susie Dent. |
| 0:55.7 | And on his latest pod, Rose rosebud he talks to famous and fascinating people about their first experiences with his wife |
| 1:01.6 | Michelle who he's been married to for over 50 years now he has three children and seven grandchildren |
| 1:06.4 | one of whom he shares a really moving story about right from the get-go. |
| 1:16.8 | So here it is, my conversation from 2023 with a man who's never short of something to say. |
| 1:17.9 | Charles Brandreth. |
| 1:28.1 | How are you, sir? |
| 1:30.7 | Well, I'm well, and I'm older than you think. |
| 1:32.5 | Perhaps I'm older than... Well, I'm not older than I look, as my wife reminds me every day. |
| 1:35.4 | I'm actually 75 now. |
| 1:37.5 | 75, my apologies. |
| 1:38.3 | And I'm conscious of... |
| 1:39.7 | No, it doesn't matter. |
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