Evelyn Waugh takes part in the series due to what he claims is "poverty", and that "everyone thinks ill of the BBC". Among the topics under discussion are religion, truth in fiction, and Waugh's own periods of mental illness.
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Lord Birkett Bertrand Russell Dame Edith Sitwell Lord Boothby Nubar Gulbenkian Adlai E. Stevenson John Huston Professor Jung Lord Morrison of Lambeth His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan Lord Shawcross Q.C. Tony Hancock Henry Moore Dr. Hastings Banda Augustus John Sir Roy Welensky Stirling Moss Evelyn Waugh
Lord Birkett Bertrand Russell Dame Edith Sitwell Lord Boothby Nubar Gulbenkian Adlai E. Stevenson John Huston Professor Jung Lord Morrison of Lambeth His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan Lord Shawcross Q.C. Tony Hancock Henry Moore Dr. Hastings Banda Augustus John Sir Roy Welensky Stirling Moss Evelyn Waugh