The Boland Show Tuesday 27th April. As a study shows mixed race people are seen as the most attractive and successful, Boland’s first guest Eve Ahmed's extraordinarily moving story raises uncomfortable questions. As a child growing up in the late Seventies and early Eighties, she had no idea what mixed-race meant. Eve knew what half caste meant, though, and she got called it by other children at school, by skinheads on the streets of London where she lived and even by extended family, who should have known better.
Following his hugely popular account of the previous 2000 years, Boland’s next guest John O'Farrell now comes bang up to date with a hilarious modern history asking ' how the hell did we end up here?' In his book ' An Utterly Exasperated History of Modern Britain' he informs, elucidates and laughs at all the bizarre events, ridiculous characters and stupid decisions that have shaped Britain since 1945.
Niamh (Neeve) O'Connor is one of Ireland's best known true crime authors and journalists. A crime reporter with the Sunday World, she has interviewed infamous murderers, gone undercover to expose an international prostitution ring and infiltrated a gang running a mortgage racket swindling the banks out of multi-millions, leading to intervention in the scheme by the Criminal Assets Bureau. Her books include Blood Ties - the real stories behind Ireland's notorious murders' and she has just written her first novel ' If I never See You Again'
If you have seen the movie Priscilla Queen of the Dessert, the story of a trio of female impersonators, you will know what inspired showgirl Boland’s final guest
(we don’t know if Maurice’s knows about this but Steph beware) Wynnie la Freak to hit the road and head south in search of adventure. Having been sick of dodging the bailiffs in not so sunny Manchester she decided to do a moonlight flit and drive to the Costas for some sun, sangria and shenanigans in her boudoir on wheels The Winnebago. The self confessed mad wo-man has been entertaining her way from Barcelona to Benidorm and Valencia to Almeria and is now appearing in her one woman show in Torremolinos. Boland on Tuesday@11am

The Boland Show Friday 23rd April: First guest is The Rt Hon David Milliban Secretary of State making his first ever appearance on English Radio in Spain on the Boland Show, but, don’t blink or you might miss this one, well not exactly but almost. After waiting weeks and then 45 minuets over the agreed allotted time for the recording David Milliband tells Boland he got only 5 minutes!!!

Thousands of paedophiles and rapists could have their names wiped from the Sex Offenders' Register after two convicts won a landmark human rights case yesterday. The Supreme Court ruled that putting paedophiles on the national register for life without the right of appeal was ' disproportionate' Each one now has the right to argue they no longer pose a threat to children. The decision opens the door to an appeal from former pop impresario Jonathan King, who was jailed for seven years for sexually abusing teenage boys and was placed on the register for life and who discuss this new twist in the law with Maurice.

So who came out as a winner? Has Clegg held his new position where the polls have put him above Labour after his outstanding performance in last weeks live TV debate well they had to do it all over again this time on Sky. Maurice talks to Harry Witchell, an expert in body language and communication, and discusses the debate and the body language of the leaders. Harry has appeared repeatedly on BBC Television's Mind Games and as a commentator for TV show Big Brother and has been interviewed on Newsnight with Jeremy Paxman

Being a Friday it means travel for the second hour on the Boland Show:
Sean Tipton is our correspondent from the ABTA press office. Today he will discuss, amongst other things, what, if any, compensation travellers can expect after the travel disruption following the volcanic ash.

Not sure if Boland will get a handle on his next guest but we shall wait and see: Tristan Gooley blends natural science, myth, folklore and the history of travel to introduce you to the rare and ancient art of finding your way using nature's own sign-posts, from the feel of a rock to the look of the moon. You can discover how it's possible to find North simply by looking at a puddle and how natural signs can be used to navigate on the open ocean and in the heart of the city.

And finally Deborah Clark always wanted a wide portfolio of interests and after her high-flying career as a lawyer working in aviation finance for Norton Rose she began looking for a new challenge. The answer was to buy the faded hotel in Devon where she and her husband had married. Nine years later the Burgh Island Hotel at the mouth of the River Avon and some 20 miles east of Plymouth is turning over £3m a year and making profit.
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The Boland Show Tuesday 20th April: First up is Former Commando Ben McBean is a double amputee (left arm and lower right leg) who has overcome massive hurdles since he stepped on a Taliban landmine in 2007. Just 12 months later he ran the London Marathon in just 6hrs and 30 mins and he hopes to break that time when he runs this week end. Ben is the winner of The Sun's Millie Award for overcoming Adversity. Maurice will be wishing him luck.
The most commonly accepted definition of a cougar is a woman 40 years of age or older who exclusively pursues very young men. Typically, cougars prey upon men almost young enough to be their sons. They may be married or unmarried, and some even go after their daughters' boyfriends. Boland’s next guest Rita Sangha is the UK's only ' Cougar Coach' and she runs nationwide events in the UK. She has appeared on radio and TV in both the UK and the US.
Pressure has been mounting on the Government to end the blanket flight ban which has left hundreds of thousands of Britain’s abroad. Airlines have slammed ministers for their approach to the crisis, claiming they have overreacted to the threat posed by the cloud of volcanic ash without assessing the actual risks involved. Boland’s guest David Bentley from The Independent aviation research group The Centre For Asia Pacific Aviation has also questioned whether the restrictions could be 'a massive overreaction of super-cautious politicians and bureaucrats who are far more concerned about their own liability while suffering none of the financial carnage caused by the ban.
And finally Politics these days is all about PR, spin, evading answers and presenting facts, figures, legislation and pretty much everything really in some kind of special code. That we mere mortals should understand politics is dangerous for the politicians and the best way to keep us torpid is by using a language so bland, boring and non understandable. Nick Webb has come up with the perfect antidote in his new book ' The Dictionary of Political Bullshit' Now more than ever with the election coming up, it is the time to decode the bull and see what lies behind the language of the politicians and their hangers-on. Boland on Tuesday@11am

The Boland Guest List Wednesday 14th April.
He's known as the bad boy of ballroom - renowned for a hot head and an even hotter love life. But Boland’s first guest, Strictly Come Dancing star Brendan Cole is actually a bit of a softie. He is a controversial figure on the program often getting into trouble with the judges for performing illegal lifts. He is now performing in 'Brendan Cole - Live and Unjudged' a dance show with a difference. Love him or hate him the show allows you to meet the real Brendan.
In the cruel old China, baby girls were often left to die in the gutters. In the cruel modern China, they are aborted by the tens of millions, using all the latest technology. There is an ugly new word for this mass slaughter - Gendercide. Since 1979 China has limited many families to one child and combined with this they have a ruthless prejudice in favour of sons. Millions of girls have disappeared, either being killed, aborted or neglect and the number is rising. By the year 2020 there will be 30 million more men than women of marriageable age in China. Boland’s next guests Clifford Coonan is the correspondent for the Independent in Beijing.

Being a Wednesday the second hour of the Boland Show is Enterprise where Maurice introduces us to three very talented entrepreneurs. First up is David Bailey and his wife Patti who appeared on Dragons Den last year pitching Motormouse which is a car design computer mouse in which James Cann invested £120,000 for a 40% stake in the company. Both David and Patti are successful consultants specialising in the development of sales people and sales effectiveness. The new cooperation will also include David’s other inventions , as well as their property business.
www.motor-mouse.net


Next entrepreneur is Chris Truelove who also appeared on Dragons Den pitching his tracking system for luggage and valuables. Although there was no investment made by the Dragons, the company now supply custom tags to some of the world's largest corporations including Debenhams, Diageo, Renaissance Hotels and BT. www.globalbagtag.com

And finally two very successful entrepreneurs Andrew Skeen and Omari Bowers, were busy making their fortune as property entrepreneurs when the market started to crumble it was time to look for other opportunities. This is when they came across Global Forestry Investments a company that expects to turn over 6-7 million pounds this year and acquire 10,000 hectares of rainforest.. www.globalforestryinvestments.com

The Boland Show, Tuesday 13th April @ 11AM
On Saturday, President Lech Kaczynski and scores of other senior Polish figures were killed in a plane crash in Russia. Polish and Russian officials said no-one survived after the plane apparently hit trees as it approached the airport in thick fog. Russian media reports said the pilots ignored advice from air traffic control to divert to another airport and that the presidents’ apparently reckless insistence on landing cost the lives of some of Poland's most distinguished military and academic figures. Edward Lucas is the Central and Eastern Europe correspondent of the Economist and talks to Boland about the effect this crash is going to have on Poland
Lance Corporal Katrina Hodge, came second in last year's Miss England competition but was awarded the title when the winner stepped down in November. The Iraq veteran, whose nickname is ' Combat Barbie' explains why she has given swimsuits their marching orders from the annual contest. Katrina is also the face of the website Uniform Dating.com, an online dating for military singles, the uniformed and emergency services or those seeking a date in uniform.
Right wing leader Eurgene Terreblanche may have been murdered after sexually assaulting one of his workers. One of the two men accused of beating the 69 year old Afrikaner to death told his lawyer the attack was in response to homosexual advances by his employer, who was buried last Friday. Andre, who was a guest on The Boland show last week talks about these accusations in the press