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Micheal Palin, writer, broadcaster, actor and comic joins Sian and Richard in the studio.听 His book 鈥楾he Truth鈥� 听uses a once idealistic journalist's search for a 鈥榬eal鈥� story as a means 听to explore what 鈥榯ruth鈥� really is.

Internationally renowned photographer talks about her life growing up in South Africa, apartheid and her book, 听Reflections on Mandela. Icon of Peace which asks the question 鈥淲hat do you think society, mankind and humanity can learn from Nelson Mandela鈥檚 values and virtues?鈥�.听 Some of the proceeds of the book will be going towards the .

Michael Pincher aka Mickey the Moler tries to keep the mole population around Pershore in Worcestershire under control.

Winner of Lithuania's Got Talent, Martynas Levickis talks about his classical accordion training, why his favourite concert programme would include versions of Lady Gaga tracks and why he's only recently realised the importance of his Lithuanian folk heritage.

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The God of Hellfire, 听is still rocking and听 making music in a Yurt deep in the woods of East Sussex. His new album,听 Zim Zam Zim, is in the making. He chose "Teddy Bears' Picnic" by Henry Hall听and his orchestra and "Love Itself" by Leonard Cohen.

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David Lang, an expert on orchids, talks about his travels to the Dalai Lama鈥檚 garden and along the North Indian border with China and Tibet in search of his exotic听 passions - and his arrest by over-zealous administrators.

"No black, no sausage rolls and lots of wine at the wake鈥�. Those were the instructions given by my good friend, who died last week and whose funeral I鈥檝e just come back from. So it looked like a wedding, or a garden party 鈥� lots of women in their forties dressed in red and bright blue and purple. Tears, yes 鈥� but also lots of laughing and story-telling. I didn鈥檛 think a funeral could be a celebration of life, especially after losing one so young, but it was. Her maxim had always been 鈥淓mbrace Life鈥�. So we did and we will. Gutsily, in remembrance of her.

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On Saturday Live this week, a man whose motto is: 鈥淒on鈥檛 talk about living, just live鈥�. Michael Palin has done a lot of that. Now in his seventies and still travelling the world, he鈥檚 just brought out his second novel, in paperback. A tale about environmentalism, writing and the elasticity of truth. Michael travelled to India to research some of it and also in the programme, a man who has visited many of the same places (and, whisper it quietly, some Michael couldn鈥檛 get into). David Lang loves flowers and has travelled the world in pursuit of orchids. He鈥檒l also tell us what the Dalai Lama鈥檚 garden鈥檚 like. We hear from a photographer who鈥檚 taken portraits of Nelson Mandela, a Lithuanian accordionist and JP鈥檚 out with Mickey the Mole Catcher. Inheritance Tracks come from the wild man of seventies rock, Arthur Brown and we have some more of your Thank Yous.

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Saturday Live, embracing life, at nine. 听

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