Summary: Libby Purves meets the actor and screenwriter Emma Thompson who has written The Christmas Tale of Peter Rabbit; Richard Noble who set the world land speed record thirty years ago and his new project is Bloodhound SSC where he attempts to break the record again by reaching 1,000mph in a jet and rocket powered car; the folk singer Linda Thompson whose new album Won't Be Long is her first since 2007 and finally Dr Paul Abel who is an astronomer, mathematician and co presenter on the BBC's The Sky at Night.
