Mariella and guests on the Sky Arts coverage of the Guardian Hay Festival
I've set my Sky+ machine for the new run of Hay-on-Sky showing on the Sky Arts channel from tonight (Friday, May 23). For the second year Mariella Frostrup (The Book Show)will be hosting this daily catch up on everything that's happened at the Guardian Hay Festival. Among the authors already lined up for a spot on the sofa are Cherie Blair, Salman Rushdie, Marian Keyes and Jo Brand.
The literary festival celebrates its 21st anniversary this year and takes place over 11 days with more than 85,000 visitors expected to take part in the festivities whilst enjoying over 400 events covering themes including the arts, politics, environment, comedy and music.
Mariella said: "I can't wait to don my favourite wellies again and talk to some of the most interesting people in the universe!"
Every day at 8pm, on Sky Arts (channel 267) and Sky Arts HD (channel 268), Mariella will interview guests in the Sky Arts Studio tent, including Joanne Harris, Michael Wood, Rory McGrath, AL Kennedy and Seth Lakeman. There will also be highlights from each day's debates and talks as well as a live music or comedy performance. Hay-on-Sky will also include a daily sketch from British Comedian Dom Joly who will be out and about revelling in the Hay atmosphere.
What the Dickens? is a new arts and culture quiz show
This year Sky Arts are also launching What the Dickens? a topical cultural panel quiz hosted by Sandi Toksvig. The show will challenge the teams and viewers alike to, amongst other things, ‘Lose the Plot’, ‘Name the Thesp’ and finish famous lines from well-known books.
http://hayonsky.skyarts.co.uk//
Hay-on-Sky 2008…
Friday 23rd May 2008:
TIM SMIT- The Eden Project
SANDI TOKSVIG – presenting the brand new Sky Arts TV show What The Dickens?
STEPHEN POLIAKOFF – at Hay discussing recent BBC plays
Joe’s Palace and Capturing Mary
Performance: Tinariwen
Saturday 24th May 2008:
CHERIE BOOTH – Special interview with Mariella at the festival about her new book
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS – God is Not Dead
FAY WELDON – Spa de Cameron
SALMAN RUSHDIE – The Enchantress of Florence
Performance: Louis de B and Ilone Antonius
Sunday 25th May 2008:
A L KENNEDY – Day
RORY McGRATH – Bearded Tit
NINA CONTI AND MONK.(EY) – Comedienne ventriloquist
Performance: Son de la Frontera
Monday 26th May 2008:
JASPER FFORDE
TIM WINTON – “Breath”
GEN. MIKE JACKSON – “Soldier “
Performance: Sarah Jane Morris and Dominic Miller
Tuesday 27th May 2008:
SAM TAYLOR WOOD – Short film
JO WOOD – Naturally: How to Look and Feel Healthy, Energetic and Radiant the Organic Way
MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE
Performance: Seckou Keita Quartet
Wednesday 28th May 2008:
JUDITH KERR – 40th anniversary of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and her new book
SIR ROY STRONG – A Little history of the English Church
TOBY YOUNG – Film version of “How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Performance: Nick Harper
Thursday 29th May 2008:
MARIAN KEYES – This Charming Man
MICHAEL WOOD – India
KATHLEEN TURNER – Send Yourself Roses
Performance: Alex Valentine
Friday 30th May 2008:
JOANNE HARRIS – Runemarks
DAN CRUICKSHANK – Adventures In Architecture
IAN MCEWAN – His opera “For You”
Saturday 31st May 2008:
JOHN IRVING
FRANCES OSBORNE – The Bolter
JO BRAND
Performance: John Wesley Harding
Sunday 1st June 2008:
DON MCCULLIN – “In England”
GARRY KASPAROV – Giving Hay Lecture : Putin’s Russia
and his book: How Life Imitates Chess
Performance: The Ukulele Orchestra of GB
plus MANY MORE to be confirmed closer to the day…
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