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Rick Wakeman is an iconic figure in progressive rock. He explains how the 19th century novelist Jules Verne provided the inspiration for his landmark album Journey to the Centre of the Earth, ahead of an anniversary UK stadium tour with the New World Symphony Orchestra and the English Chamber Choir.

A Belfast sports shop owner tells Richard about the moment he came face to face with a suspected firebomber who set himself alight before fleeing in flames through crowds of Christmas shoppers, and an expert in N.Ireland dissident activity assesses the bigger picture.

As new figures for England, Scotland and Wales reveal an overall fall in the number of people drinking alcohol -- but that older people are drinking more often and younger people are drinking more frequently -- what's the truth about our relationship with booze?

Around seven million grandparents in the UK regularly provide childcare for their hard-pressed offspring. So should grandparents be given the same rights to claim unpaid leave as parents, as the TUC suggests, or is it a luxury that business simply cannot afford?

Luke Evans of The Hobbit fame discusses preparing for his role as criminal mastermind Bruce Reynolds in this week's eagerly awaited two-part ITV drama The Great Train Robbery: A Robber's Tale.

And guest reviewers Dom & Steph from Gogglebox join Boyd Hilton & Emma Bullimore to cast their eye over the rest of the week's TV highlights, including Psychopath Night, Utopia & Citizen Khan.