<description>&lt;p&gt;Three great guests on the show, as per normal. One of them’s all about the paranormal, one is a legendary entrepreneur, and a lifelong journalist whose greatest story turned up in her own family. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Danny Robins is a man with an uncanny ability to explore the supernatural in a way which delights sceptics and believers alike.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sharon Ring worked on Fleet Street in newspapers and magazines for more than three decades before finding the full story of her mother and uncle’s childhood in Nazi Germany.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And Simon Woodroofe had a great career in music and television behind him before he got round to keeping the promise he made to himself to make his million - Yo Sushi being the business which made his name. He's just released his memoir: Yo! Man: Rock n’Roll, Robots and Reinventing British Dining.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant producer: Catherine Powell &amp;amp; Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Adrian Chiles with extraordinary stories from remarkable people.

Three great guests on the show, as per normal. One of them’s all about the paranormal, one is a legendary entrepreneur, and a lifelong journalist whose greatest story turned up in her own family. Danny Robins is a man with an uncanny ability to explore the supernatural in a way which delights sceptics and believers alike.Sharon Ring worked on Fleet Street in newspapers and magazines for more than three decades before finding the full story of her mother and uncle’s childhood in Nazi Germany.And Simon Woodroofe had a great career in music and television behind him before he got round to keeping the promise he made to himself to make his million - Yo Sushi being the business which made his name. He's just released his memoir: Yo! Man: Rock n’Roll, Robots and Reinventing British Dining.Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant producer: Catherine Powell &amp; Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Danny Robins, Sushi, Family Secrets, and the Inheritance Tracks of Nat Sciver-Brunt

<description>&lt;p&gt;Adrian Chiles is joined by three hugely successful guests - all shining stars in their fields.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Victoria Pendleton won it all as a track cyclist, a quite astounding athlete who dug so deep, physically and mentally, in her career, and also in navigating her life after cycling.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cressida Cowell is the writer and illustrator behind - amongst other things - the incredibly successful How to Train your Dragon series.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So we have a sports star, and a star author, and in Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell we have someone whose work enabled the discovery of a new kind of star, a discovery which changed astronomy forever. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Imy Harper &amp;amp; Ribika Moktan
Productions co-ordinator: Josie Hardy
Editor: Andrea Kennedy&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Adrian Chiles is joined by three hugely successful guests - all shining stars in their fields.Victoria Pendleton won it all as a track cyclist, a quite astounding athlete who dug so deep, physically and mentally, in her career, and also in navigating her life after cycling.Cressida Cowell is the writer and illustrator behind - amongst other things - the incredibly successful How to Train your Dragon series.So we have a sports star, and a star author, and in Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell we have someone whose work enabled the discovery of a new kind of star, a discovery which changed astronomy forever. Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Imy Harper &amp; Ribika Moktan
Productions co-ordinator: Josie Hardy
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Victoria Pendleton, Training Dragons and the Science of Stars, plus the Inheritance Tracks of Russell T Davies

<description>&lt;p&gt;Adrian Chiles with a pop star, a comedian and a writer, but there’s a lot more to each of them than that.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tom Fletcher was starring on the West End stage at the age of 10. 30 years later he’s been back there writing the music for Paddington - The Musical. In between he’s squeezed in popstardom with the hugely successful band McFly. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bethany Handley grew up loving life in the great outdoors of Monmouthshire and she has written a memoir, My Body is a Meadow: Finding Freedom in the Outdoors.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And with Russell Kane there’s an awful lot going on. Terrifyingly clever, award-winning comedian, writer, children's book author and now Shakespearean actor. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producers: Ribika Moktan and Sofia Popova
Production co-ordinator: Josie Hardy
Editor: Andrea Kennedy&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Adrian Chiles with a pop star, a comedian and a writer, but there’s a lot more to each of them than that.Tom Fletcher was starring on the West End stage at the age of 10. 30 years later he’s been back there writing the music for Paddington - The Musical. In between he’s squeezed in popstardom with the hugely successful band McFly. Bethany Handley grew up loving life in the great outdoors of Monmouthshire and she has written a memoir, My Body is a Meadow: Finding Freedom in the Outdoors.And with Russell Kane there’s an awful lot going on. Terrifyingly clever, award-winning comedian, writer, children's book author and now Shakespearean actor. Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producers: Ribika Moktan and Sofia Popova
Production co-ordinator: Josie Hardy
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Tom Fletcher, Russell Kane, Poetry in Nature, and the Inheritance Tracks of Katie Razzall

<description>&lt;p&gt;Martha Kearney is a titan of news and political broadcasting who these days takes a more relaxed approach to her work, swapping the campaign trail for a nature trail.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Matt Haig can do it all, fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books - and we’re all aboard for his latest novel the Midnight Train - but it's Winnie the Pooh that &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ian Fletcher, Earl Grantham, Mr Brown…are but some of the much loved characters of Hugh Bonneville - he’s now turned his hand to a children’s book where, as we’ll hear, the most unbelievable stories within it are true!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;All that, plus the Inheritance Tracks of Prue Leith.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Lowri Morgan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards and Josie Hardy
Editor: Andrea Kennedy&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Adrian Chiles is joined by a veteran broadcaster, literary polymath… and Paddington’s dad.

Martha Kearney is a titan of news and political broadcasting who these days takes a more relaxed approach to her work, swapping the campaign trail for a nature trail.Matt Haig can do it all, fiction, non-fiction, and children’s books - and we’re all aboard for his latest novel the Midnight Train - but it's Winnie the Pooh that Ian Fletcher, Earl Grantham, Mr Brown…are but some of the much loved characters of Hugh Bonneville - he’s now turned his hand to a children’s book where, as we’ll hear, the most unbelievable stories within it are true!All that, plus the Inheritance Tracks of Prue Leith.Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Lowri Morgan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards and Josie Hardy
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

LIVE at the Hay Festival - Hugh Bonneville, Martha Kearney, Matt Haig, and the Inheritance Tracks of Prue Leith

<description>&lt;p&gt;Adrian Chiles presents Radio 4's Saturday morning show. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Our wonderful guests today include JJ Chalmers, who has been a design-technology teacher, Royal Marine and Invictus games medallist. He is now a regular presenter on Television and Radio. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also have with us a legend of the food and restaurant world, Ruth Rogers. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And a couple of podcasting Dads - Matthew Carter and Lawrence Price - who’ve got fellow fathers to come together and share their feelings by offering classes in braiding girls’ hair.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Plus the Inheritance Tracks of the actor Jason Watkins. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan and Lowri Morgan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Adrian Chiles with extraordinary stories and remarkable people.

Adrian Chiles presents Radio 4's Saturday morning show. Our wonderful guests today include JJ Chalmers, who has been a design-technology teacher, Royal Marine and Invictus games medallist. He is now a regular presenter on Television and Radio. We also have with us a legend of the food and restaurant world, Ruth Rogers. And a couple of podcasting Dads - Matthew Carter and Lawrence Price - who’ve got fellow fathers to come together and share their feelings by offering classes in braiding girls’ hair.Plus the Inheritance Tracks of the actor Jason Watkins. Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan and Lowri Morgan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

JJ Chalmers, Ruth Rogers, Matthew Carter & Lawrence Price plus the Inheritance Tracks of Jason Watkins

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