Stark Talk
Join Edi for the interview series which often treads where others wouldn't dare!
Stark Talk - 01/06/2008
Edi Stark talks to stand-up comedian Janey Godley about the comedy and tragedy of her life.
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Stark Talk - 02/11/2008
Edi Stark talks to Sir Graeme Catto, president of the General Medical Council.
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Stark Talk - 04/05/2008
1/10. Edi Stark visits the queen of clean, Aggie MacKenzie from How Clean is Your House?
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Stark Talk - 05/10/2008
A new run of Edi Stark's compelling and award-winning conversation series. Edi talks to Val McDermid.
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Stark Talk - 06/07/2008
Edi Stark talks to Cherie Blair about image and asks what effect 10 years at Downing Street has had on her personality and relationship with her husband.
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Stark Talk - 08/06/2008
Leading industrialist Jim McColl, a fixture in Scotland's Rich List, talks to Edi Stark about what has made him a business achiever.
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Stark Talk - 11/05/2008
2/10. Edi Stark in conversation with award-winning foreign correspondent Asne Seierstad, author of international bestseller The Bookseller of Kabul.
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Stark Talk - 12/10/2008
Confidence guru Carol Craig talks to Edi Stark about the challenges she's faced and why she's good for Scotland.
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Stark Talk - 13/04/2003
Wally Herbert, arguably the first person to have reached the North Pole, talks about conquering fear on his expeditions, family life with the Inuit and the death of his daughter.
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Stark Talk - 15/06/2008
The Crieff-born actor Denis Lawson talks about his career, the highs and lows of his personal life and whether he feels eclipsed by his nephew Ewan McGregor.
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Stark Talk - 16/11/2008
Edi Stark talks to James Allan, songwriter and frontman with Scottish band Glasvegas, about surprise fame and growing up in the east end of Glasgow.
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Stark Talk - 18/05/2008
Edi Stark in conversation with the Booker award-winning James Kelman.
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Stark Talk - 19/08/2007
As a tribute to the artist who died recently, another chance to hear Edi Stark talk to Steven Campbell.
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Stark Talk - 19/10/2008
Scottish Dance Theatre's inspirational new co-ordinator Caroline Bowditch tells Edi Stark how her disability didn't stop her dancing.
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Stark Talk - 20/05/2001
1/4. Edi Stark in conversation with George MacDonald Fraser, who passed away recently.
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Stark Talk - 22/06/2008
Edi Stark talks to Dundee University scientist Professor Dario Alessi about his reaction to being elected a fellow of the Royal Society of London.
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Stark Talk - 23/11/2008
Edi Stark talks to Olympic rower Katherine Granger about the highs and lows of world-class competition.
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Stark Talk - 26/04/2000
Internationally-renowned poet, artist, gardener and contraversialist, Ian Hamilton Finlay talks to Edi Stark at his home in Dunsyre.
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Stark Talk - 28/09/2008
A new run of Edi Stark's compelling and award-winning conversation series.
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Stark Talk - 29/06/2008
Edi Stark talks to traditional fiddler Aly Bain about his life and music.
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Stark Talk - 30/11/2008
Edi Stark talks to Sir Menzies Campbell at his home in Edinburgh and asks if the Liberal Democrats did him a favour when he was replaced as party leader.
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Stark Talk - Alan Grant
Edi Stark talks to comics writer Alan Grant about his schooldays in Newtongrange and how his history of expulsions and sackings ended as he began writing for Judge Dredd and Batman.
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Stark Talk - Alison Peebles
Edi Stark talks to actress and director Alison Peebles about the difficulties of making a career in Scotland and how she manages the effects of multiple sclerosis.
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Stark Talk - Alistair Urquhart
Alistair Urquhart tells Edi Stark how it feels to be a bestselling writer at the age of 90 after decades of silence and discusses his experiences as a Far East prisoner of war.
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Stark Talk - Anna Dominiczak OBE
Edi Stark talks to Anna Dominiczak OBE, professor of cardiovascular medicine, about her work and her decision to move to Scotland after martial law was declared in Poland.
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Stark Talk - Billy Boyd
Actor Billy Boyd talks to Edi Stark about the importance of friendship and how one scene in Sunshine On Leith recalls memories of the deaths of his parents when he was a teenager.
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Stark Talk - Brian Whittingham
Edi Stark talks to poet and teacher Brian Whittingham about his time at John Brown's shipyard on Clydeside and building the QE2.
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Stark Talk - Charley Boorman
Edi Stark talks to actor and biker Charley Boorman about his career and family, his friendship with Ewan Macgregor and his taste for adventure.
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Stark Talk - Chris Tiso
Edi Stark talks to Chris Tiso, chief executive of Scotland's leading outdoor clothing and equipment retailer, who discusses his passion for sailing and climbing expeditions.
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Stark Talk - Christmas Special
Edi Stark spends time with Eddi Reader, reflecting on the year and the musical influences in her life.
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Stark Talk - Christopher Brookmyre
Edi Stark meets writer Christopher Brookmyre and finds out that although his books are renowned for blood and gore, he'd be too fainthearted to swap jobs with his doctor wife.
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Stark Talk - Claire Cunningham
Award-winning dancer Claire Cunningham, who wore calipers as a child, tells Edi Stark how learning to dance five years ago has revolutionised her life.
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Stark Talk - Craig Hill
Edi Stark talks to entertainer Craig Hill about his life before 40 and his image as a camp comedian.
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Stark Talk - Danny Thompson
Edi Stark talks to double bass player and Pentangle founder member Danny Thompson about his friendship with John Martyn, who passed away last year.
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Stark Talk - David McVicar
Edi Stark talks to acclaimed opera director David McVicar, who has returned to his home town of Glasgow to work in his production of Cosi Fan Tutti for the Scottish Opera.
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Stark Talk - Dennis Canavan
Dennis Canavan talks to Edi Stark about his reputation as one of the most colourful politicians at Westminster and Holyrood.
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Stark Talk - Donald Runnicles
Edi Stark talks to Donald Runnicles, chief conductor of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and music director of Deutsche Oper Berlin.
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Stark Talk - Elish Angiolini
Edi Stark talks to Elish Angiolini, Lord Advocate for Scotland, about how her Govan roots are a far cry from the Crown Office and how she has been a passionate legal moderniser.
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Stark Talk - Fran Healy
Edi Stark is in Berlin for an hour-long special at the home of singer-songwriter Fran Healey, who talks about growing up as an only child in Glasgow and the music that inspired him.
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Stark Talk - Harry Reid
Edi Stark talks to Harry Reid, former editor of The Herald, about some of the highlights of his years in journalism and how he feels times are changing.
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Stark Talk - Hunter Davies
Journalist and writer Hunter Davies talks to Edi Stark about his obsessive compulsion to write about anything and everything around him.
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Stark Talk - Iain Banks
Edi Stark talks to novelist and science fiction writer Iain Banks at his home in Fife.
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Stark Talk - Jack Bruce
Edie Stark talks to singer and bassist Jack Bruce about his career with platinum-selling rock band Cream and his life offstage, including how he was saved by the love of his wife.
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Stark Talk - Jackie Leven
Folk musician and song writer Jackie Leven talks to Edi Stark about his Romany heritage and whether he'd choose fame over cult status.
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Stark Talk - Jo Clifford
Edi Stark talks to transgender playwright Jo Clifford about marriage, the death of her wife and her shame and desperation in her years as John Clifford.
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Stark Talk - Joan Burnie
Edie Stark talks to journalist Joan Burnie about her days at Cosmopolitan and whether she has faced any personal dilemmas in her thirty years as an agony aunt.
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Stark Talk - Jonathan Mills
Edi Stark talks to Australian composer and Edinburgh International Festival director Jonathan Mills about the loss of his father, who died in a sailing accident.
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Stark Talk - Jonathan Watson
Compelling conversation in a new series of Stark Talk. In this first programme, Edi Stark meets actor and impressionist Jonathan Watson at his home in Bearsden.
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Stark Talk - Judith Doherty
Edi Stark talks to Judith Doherty, producer and chief executive of award-winning company Grid Iron Theatre, a company that chooses unusual locations for its performances.
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Stark Talk - Ken Bruce
Edi Stark talks to Radio 2's Ken Bruce about his childhood in 1950s Glasgow, his early days at Radio Scotland and his move to London.
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Stark Talk - Malcolm Gladwell
Edi Stark talks to writer Malcolm Gladwell, who has been on the staff of the New York Times since 1996 and is the author of three best-selling books.
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Stark Talk - Margaret Frame
Edie Stark talks to Margaret Frame, head of Edinburgh Cancer Discovery Centre, about how shyness encouraged her early fascination with science.
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Stark Talk - Martin Creed
Turner Prize winner Martin Creed talks to Edi Stark about how his personal obsessions influence his art and why humour is so important in his work.
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Stark Talk - Mary McCartney
Photographer Mary McCartney, the first child of Paul and Linda McCartney, talks to Edi Stark about growing up with famous parents and how her mother is still a major influence.
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Stark Talk - Maureen Beattie
Actress Maureen Beattie talks to Edi Stark about how she views her profession, the influence of her father Johnny Beattie and what she values most in life.
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Stark Talk - Miss Lynne Myles
Miss 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.
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Stark Talk - Olivia Giles
Edi Stark talks to former lawyer Olivia Giles, seven years after meningitis nearly killed her, and her family made the decision to save her by agreeing to a quadruple amputation.
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Stark Talk - Pierre Levicky
French restaurateur Pierre Levicky looks back on the success and failure of his chain of restaurants across Scotland, and talks about his determination to succeed once more.
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Stark Talk - Prof Nigel Osborne
Prof Nigel Osborne, Reid professor of music at Edinburgh University, talks to Edi Stark about the powerful changes music has made in his own life and for children in conflict.
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Stark Talk - Professor David Wilson
Edi Stark talks to Professor David Wilson, an expert on British serial murderers, about working as a criminologist, a profiler and as a prison governor.
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Stark Talk - Richard Demarco
Edi Stark talks to artist Richard Demarco as he celebrates his 80th birthday and reflects on a life dedicated to art and contemporary artists.
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Stark Talk - Sharleen Spiteri
Edi Stark in conversation with Sharleen Spiteri, singer with Texas.
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Stark Talk - Simon Groom
Edi Stark talks to Simon Groom, director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, about taking an unconventional route to the job he loves.
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Stark Talk - Stark Talk
1/13. Edi Stark delivers her 200th edition of this award winning conversation series.
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Stark Talk - Tony Singh
Edi Stark talks to chef Tony Singh, owner of restaurants Oloroso and Tony's Table, about his roots, growing up in Leith and why he's opening another restaurant in a recession.
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