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Radio 4's longest-running panel game returns for the first time since the death of much-missed maestro Nicholas Parsons, who chaired the show for more than 50 years. Following in his footsteps for series 86 are an array of special guest hosts, including Paul Merton, Sue Perkins, Nish Kumar, Jenny Eclair, Gyles Brandreth, Lucy Porter, Stephen Fry, Julian Clary, Tom Allen and Jo Brand, while in series 87, Sue Perkins takes the chair and endeavours to keep the participants in check.

Martin Christmas is a local government worker in the Sanitation department, whose days are shaped by endless recycling initiatives and green league tables, and whose nights are shadowed by his failed relationships and curmudgeonly interior monologues. While Martin is trying to cultivate his inner peace, things keep getting in his way.

Elvira und ihr Gatte, der Rittmeister, leben auf ihrem Schloss, als der Vagant Pelegrin auftaucht. Die drei hatten sich vor 17 Jahren in Santa Cruz kennengelernt. Der Rittmeister wollte mit dem damaligen Matrosen Pelegrin nach Hawaii segeln. Die Tochter Viola entstammt der damaligen Liebe zwischen Pelegrin und Elvira. Pelegrin wird nun für den Rittmeister und seine Frau zu einer Erinnerung an ungelebtes Leben. Der Rittmeister bricht nach Hawaii auf, um noch einmal zu leben.

Since the dawn of mankind, we have gazed up at the sky and wondered. Now, take an in-depth look at the heroic men and women whose life's work was a quest to reach out beyond Earth and into the great unknown of space, on some of the greatest adventures ever undertaken. This publication pays tribute to their incredible triumphs and achievements in a bold chapter of human history.