Alain de Botton. Aoife Mannix, killer brother, undertaker windfall, oldest diabetic, Smokie at the Kremlin, Ani DiFranco

Richard Coles with philosopher Alain de Botton, poet Aoife Mannix, the 70's pop star who was summoned to play at the Kremlin, the woman who tracked down her long lost brother only to find him serving 99 years for murder in an American jail, one of the UK's oldest diabetics who was treated by the man who invented insulin, the vicar's son who got a windfall from the local undertaker and the Inheritance Tracks of singer Ani DiFranco.

Producer: Lisa Jenkinson.