Robert Carlyle
Edi meets the shining star of theatre, film and television and talks about growing up in Maryhill, attending drama school in Glasgow, and founding the Raindog theatre company.
Dec 26, 2021•50 min
Stark Talk
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Episodes
Richard Holloway
Edi talks to the former Bishop of Edinburgh and Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church about family life and his early resolve to be an Anglican priest.
Dec 19, 2021•43 min
Joyce Cairns
Edi talks to one of Scotland’s finest artists. and the first female president of the Royal Scottish Academy.
Dec 12, 2021•33 min
Jack Docherty
Edi in conversation with the Scot Squad actor about what inspires his role as Chief Commissioner, Cameron Miekelson in the award winning spoof documentary,
Dec 05, 2021•32 min
Prof Sir David Omand
Edi in conversation with to the former director of GCHQ. Born in Glasgow and educated at Glasgow Academy he talks about the challenges, personal and professional that he has faced.
Nov 28, 2021•40 min
Ali Watson
Edi meets the head of the school of international relations at St Andrew’s University and hears how she found freedom and fulfillment despite personal challenge and adversity.
Nov 21, 2021•31 min
Atta Yaqub
Edi talks to the actor and youth worker, about the challenges of being catapulted to fame. Now a husband and father he reflects on his childhood in the east end of Glasgow.
Nov 14, 2021•32 min
Clare Hunter
The textile artist talks to Edi Stark about writing a book that nobody thought would sell.
Nov 07, 2021•30 min
Jock McFadyen
Edi Stark meets the eminent and maverick painter. He talks about how a commission in Orkney provoked a radical move in his work.
Oct 31, 2021•36 min
Val McDermid
The queen of crime returns to Stark Talk for a second time, one of the very few guests to do so... and there is much to say.
Oct 24, 2021•46 min
Jack Bruce
With powerful vocals and pioneering electric bass, the legendary Cream frontman revolutionised rock music and set the bar so high, many would argue it's never been surpassed.
Apr 01, 2021•53 min
Jenny Sealey
Edi Stark in conversation with Jenny Sealey, artistic director of Graeae Theatre which provides a platform for new generations of deaf and disabled talent.
Mar 25, 2021•29 min
Gordon Strachan
Edi interviewed Gordon Strachan in 2007 when he was manager of Celtic football club. He talks about his football life, devotion to family and the reasons for his abrasive manner.
Mar 18, 2021•29 min
Lynn Myles
Lynn Myles is one of only three women in Scotland to be a consultant neurosurgeon. She tells Edi Stark what led to her choosing the brain as her specialty.
Mar 11, 2021•30 min
Patrick Doyle
Edi talks to the twice Oscar nominated world class composer behind dozens of film scores.
Mar 04, 2021•42 min
Ellis Watson
Edi Stark in conversation with Ellis Watson in 2015, when he was chief executive of DC Publishing.
Feb 25, 2021•29 min
Nicola Benedetti
Edi talks to world acclaimed violinist about picking up a violin at the age of four and the privilege and responsibility of being able to play a multi million pound Stradivarius.
Feb 18, 2021•37 min
Peter Mullan
Edi Stark talks to the award winning actor, writer and director. Peter talks for the first time about his son's struggle with autism and how that affects family life.
Feb 11, 2021•28 min
Phyllida Law
Edi talks to the Scottish born actress who started writing in her late seventies. She was happily married to Eric Thomson who narrated and adapted The Magic Roundabout for TV.
Feb 04, 2021•30 min
Albert Watson
Albert Watson, the internationally renowned photographer talks to Edi about his early childhood in Penicuik and his adult life in Manhattan.
Jan 28, 2021•29 min
Alasdair Gray
Edi Stark talks to writer and artist Alasdair Gray.
Jan 21, 2021•30 min
Sir Cameron Macintosh
Edi Stark talks to the world's leading producer of musicals, including Cats, Miss Saigon, Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables.
Dec 18, 2020•31 min
Steven Campbell
Edi Stark talks to the artist about being labelled along with 'the new Glasgow Boys' and his reputation as 'Scotland's greatest living artist'.
Dec 10, 2020•31 min
Prof Sir James Black
In a rare radio interview, the Nobel laureate talks to Edi Stark about his early life in Cowdenbeath, his passion for science and why he's the luckiest man in London.
Dec 02, 2020•29 min
Hamish MacInnes
In this extra podcast, Edi returns to an interview conducted in 1992 with Hamish MacInnes, the legendary climber and mountain rescue pioneer who died on 22nd November 2020 aged ninety.
Nov 26, 2020•28 min
Karen Cargill
Edi Stark in conversation with Karen Cargill.
Nov 26, 2020•29 min
Ian McEwan
Edi Stark talks to one of our foremost storytellers about his life and work.
Nov 19, 2020•45 min
Elish Angiolini
As the former Lord Advocate tells Edi, her roots in Govan are a far cry from the pomp of the Crown Office but she has been a passionate moderniser of the legal system.
Nov 12, 2020•30 min
Alan McGee
Edi talks to the founder of Creation records who discovered and managed the hugely successful band, Oasis. He talks about success, addiction, mental breakdown.
Nov 05, 2020•28 min
Dario Franchitti
Edi Stark in conversation with the Bathgate Motorsport legend.
Oct 29, 2020•30 min
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