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Join Anne-Marie Minhall from 9pm this Sunday aboard the legendary Mersey Ferry as the Guest List celebrates Liverpool being the European Capital of Culture '08'..... On the show will be the principal conductor of Classic Fm's Orchestra in the North West of England , Vasily Petrenko who tells Anne-Marie about what impact the orchestra has had on the city and what events they have lined up for the year ahead.... The Guest List also chats to the Liverpool born author , actress and writer Lynda La Plante who tells Anne-Marie why she thinks the people of Liverpool are unique....

On The Guest List this week hear why actress Eva Longoria wants to stay in Desperate Housewives for as long as she can and how she got her work ethic from her mother.... Also on the show is one of the world's leading violinists Nicola Benedetti who is about to undertake a UK tour with the Tonkunstler Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Kristjan Jaarvi.

The Guest List is coming from Liverpool this week . To celebrate the city being the European Capital of Culture Anne-Marie Minhall reports from Philharmonic Hall , the home of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic as they rehearsed in the hall under the direction of Sir Charles MacKerras.. On the show this week is the man behind this years celebrations, writer and producer of TV programmes like Grange Hill and Brookside, Phil Redmond , who tells Anne-Marie what he hopes the legacy of Liverpool '08 will mean for the city.... Anne-Marie also talks to world renowned pianist and Liverpudlian Stephen Hough about what Liverpool has meant to him over the years....

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to two of the world's leading authors Alexander McCall Smith and Ian Rankin.... Both McCall Smith and Rankin are taking part in Scottish Opera's new season featuring collaborations between some of Scotland's most famous composers and authors.... Ian Rankin is collaborating with the film composer Craig Armstrong on a new piece entitled 'Gesualdo' While Alexander McCall Smith is working with the composer Stephen Deazley on a work called 'Dream Angus' ...

On The Guest List this weekend, the Academy Award-winning director, Richard Attenborough talks about his latest movie. Closing The Ring is a love story spanning two continents and half a century. Starring Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer, the film tells the tale of an American woman who honours a wartime promise of love. Also making an appearance will be the singer whose album, Pure, was number one in the Classic FM Top 300 best-selling classical albums of the century - Hayley Westenra. She'll be talking about her new book - In Her Own Voice.

On The Guest List this week the Welsh Soprano Katherine Jenkins tells Anne-Marie about her new album 'Rejoice' and what her year has been like.... Also on the show is writer and broadcaster Ian Hislop who describes the Private Eye Annual as .."It's a bit like The Beano or Shoot for those who are slightly older and can't have that annual in their stocking anymore. We hope you'll get the Private Eye Annual - it's about the same intellectual level !' Anne-Marie also talks to writer Ben Schott who has just released the 3rd Edition of 'Schott's Almanac'......

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to 007 himself Daniel Craig about appearing in this year's Xmas blockbuster "The Golden Compass" alongside Nicole Kidman... Also on the show is a rare interview with "La Stupenda Dame" Joan Sutherland. Dame Joan tells The Guest List why The Royal Opera House , Covent Garden holds a very special place in her heart....Anne-Marie also chats to one of the world's leading actors , writers and directors Sir Kenneth Branagh about his new adaptation of Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'...

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to British born Hollywood Legend Sir Michael Caine about re-making his classic movie 'Sleuth' which also stars Jude Law and how he has never been more successful and in demand than in the last few years... Also on the show is Norwegian born cellist Truls Mork and the 'Boys from the Valley'...The Fron Male Voice Choir

On the Guest List this week Mezzo soprano Cecilia Bartoli on why she's been investigating the life and music of a 19th century opera singer who scandalised Europe .. Well also hear from the Oscar-winning actor Adrien Brody who stars in Wes Andersons new movie all about India .. brothers and trains .. The Darjeeling Ltd .. And Annie also chats Alfi Boe about his new album of Neopolitan songs - La Passione ..

This week British adventurer extraordinaire, Sir Rannulph Fiennes talks about his auobiography, Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Know .. He's been described as "the world's greatest living explorer" .. He was the first man to reach both poles by surface travel and the first to cross the Antarctic unsupported. Three months after a near-fatal heart attack, he ran seven marathons on seven continents in seven days. And just this year, he conquered his fear of heights by cllimbing the North Face of the Eiger (as you do..) and in doing so, raised millions for charity. We'll also hear how the composer Barrington Pheloung used Inspector Morse to bring classical music to a new audience and the Guest List talks to a new boy band brought together by the social online network - Facebook - Blake talk about fusing classical music and pop ..

On the Classic FM Guestlist this week, Gordon Ramsay tells Annie what he really thinks about food critics. Plus composer James MacMillan and actor Charles Dance.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Hollywood actor Christian Slater about his return to London's West End in the new production of 'Swimming with Sharks'..... Also on the show is movie composer Patrick Doyle who is behind a star-studded charity concert at London's Royal Albert Hall at the end of the month in aid of Leukaemia Research , and features Dame Judi Dench, Alan Rickman, Sir Derek Jacobi, Robbie Coltrane and Richard E. Grant.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to Hollywood superstar Michelle Pheiffer about her new star-studded romantic fantasy movie 'Stardust' directed by Matthew Vaughan.. Also on the show is Baritone Sir Thomas Allen who tells the Guest List about directing a new production of Rossini's 'The Barber of Seville' with Scottish Opera.

On The Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to actor Colin Firth about his new movie 'And When Did You Last See Your Father' based on the award winning book by Blake Morrison... Michael Palin tells The Guest List all about travelling around the world in eighty days , going from pole to pole and his latest venture of travelling to more than twenty countries in Eastern Europe.. Also on the show is one of the world's leading violinists Sarah Chang who's new recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons was released this week.

On the Guest List this week Anne-Marie Minhall talks to rock legend Jon Lord who tells the Guest List about recreating a bit of musical history from 1969 when Malcolm Arnold conducted the world premiere of Lord's Concerto For Group and Orchestra...The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra will be doing a one-off performance of the work as part of the Second Arnold Festival in Northampton at the beginning of October.... Also on the show is Vasily Petrenko who is the principal conductor with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and tells Annie what the RPLO have lined up for 2008 to celebrate Liverpool being the European Capital of Culture.... we also chat to best selling crime author Mark Billingham about his new book 'Death Message'..