At Lunch With...
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At Lunch With...
Politicians and public figures talk candidly and engagingly over lunch with reporter Becky Milligan. This is the off-the-record lunch, on the record.These interviews are broadcast on Radio 4’s PM programme.
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Clive Lewis MP
For a long time, Becky Milligan has been dining out with political figures and recording the conversations for us.
Here is a brand new At Lunch...
Dame Margaret Beckett MP and Ben Bradley MP
Becky Milligan invited one of the longest serving MPs in the House of Commons Dame Margaret Beckett to have lunch with one of the youngest MPs Ben Bra...
Steve Backshall
Award winning naturalist and adventurer Steve Backshall is best known for presenting Deadly 60 on the BBC, where he meets the most dangerous animals o...
Angela Rayner MP
She has had a remarkable political ascent; elected an MP in 2015 Angela Rayner is now shadow education secretary.
Becky Milligan went to her co...
Grant Shapps MP
Grant Shapps is a former Conservative cabinet minister and party chairman. In some circles, he was once tipped to be a contender for prime minister.
Baroness Karen Brady
Baroness Karen Brady is a Conservative peer, who is sometimes referred to as 'The First Lady of Football' having run Birmingham football club when sh...
Lord Falconer
Lord Falconer, often known as Charlie Falconer, is a Labour peer. His long career in British politics includes stints as Lord Chancellor and Minister...
Keith Craig
Becky meets Keith Craig, someone not usually in the public eye, but who is a businessman, a former banker and an ex-diplomat.
He caused a bit o...
Arron Banks
Arron Banks is a British businessman and former Conservative Party donor, who came to prominence in October 2014 when he donated £1 million to UKIP.
Stephen Crabb MP
Becky Milligan At Lunch With.... Stephen Crabb MP.
He is a former cabinet minister, and was a contender in the Conservative leadership race ear...
Ken Loach
The film director Ken Loach won this years Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. He met Becky Milligan to discuss why he supports Jeremy Corbyn, get...
Patrick McLoughlin
The latest in Becky Milligan's series of political conversations over a meal has her At Lunch With... the now Conservative former Transport Secretary...
Lord David Owen
Lord David Owen split from the Labour party when he was an MP in 1981 and set up an alternative party called the Social Democratic Party.
As he...
Jon Lansman
The founder of the pro-Corbyn movement Momentum has lunch with Becky Milligan and discusses anti-Semitism, Ken Livingstone and his own memories of gro...
Lord Heseltine
The former Conservative Deputy Prime Minister, Lord Heseltine, has lunch with Becky Milligan and discusses the EU, Boris Johnson, trees and tits, and...
Mike Penning
He calls himself the most working class geezer you'll ever find. Mike Penning, Minister of State, Home office and the Ministry of Justice, has lunch w...
Natalie Bennett
The leader of the Green Party Natalie Bennett, who's to stand down, had lunch with Becky Milligan last year. She talks about losing her mother, being...
Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson - now leading the Labour In Campaign - has lunch with Becky Milligan. The former cabinet minister and once leadership favourite, talks po...
Naz Shah MP
Bradford West MP Naz Shah - currently suspended from the Labour party - has lunch with Becky Milligan. This interview is from July 2015.
Lord Fellowes
Lord Fellowes, Conservative peer and creator of Downton Abbey, talks to Becky Milligan over lunch about choosing love over politics.
Simon Danczuk MP
The MP Simon Danczuk, suspended from the Labour Party after sending lurid texts to a 17 year old girl, has lunch with Becky Milligan.
He explai...
Lord Wood
The former adviser and close friend of Ed Miliband, Lord Wood, offers insight into Labour leaders, Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband, and about the night L...
Suzanne Evans
From the archive: She doesn’t like beards and is partial to sparkling at lunch, Suzanne Evans has lunch with Becky Milligan
Tommy Sheppard
SNP MP Tommy Sheppard talks to Becky Milligan over lunch about animal noises in the House of Commons, and being investigated for breaking parliamentar...
Johnny Mercer
From the archives, Conservative MP and ex soldier Johnny Mercer tells Becky Milligan about fighting in Afghanstan, singing for the Queen, and is very...
Bob Crow
In 2014 the sudden death of the RMT union boss Bob Crow was receieved with shock. He was 52. HIs last interview was over lunch with Becky Milligan.
Nigel Farage
From the archive, UKIP's leader Nigel Farage, tells Becky Milligan that he is "deeply flawed" and talks frankly about growing up with a father who suf...
John McDonnell
From the archive, John McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, tells Becky how Jeremy Corbyn was chosen to be Labour leader and how he believes his party wi...
Len McCluskey
From the archive, Unite's Len McCluskey talks Labour and his preference for Andy Burnham, and sings for his pudding.
Baroness Shirley Williams
Becky Milligan is invited to a restaurant in Westminster to lunch with Baroness Shirley Williams. She discusses her retirement from the House of Lords...
Anna Soubry MP
Becky delves into the archive for a lunch with the Conservative minister Anna Soubry. She calls herself 'a tough old bird' and shows off her skills as...
Dan Jarvis MP
Becky is invited to a café in Barnsley to lunch with the Labour MP, Dan Jarvis, who was almost tempted to stand for the leadership of the Labour party...