<p>The irrepressible Tom Shakespeare shares how the boy nicknamed 'The Blob' at school went on to become a bioethicist, disability rights advocate, and now a debut novelist.  </p><p>Kate Silverton has swapped the newsroom for the therapists couch having retrained as a child counsellor. She has also become a bestselling author and her latest book maintains that there's still no such thing as being naughty.</p><p>Did you struggle at maths with school? Having been diagnosed with dyslexia and dyscalculia as a child Rebecca Ginger did too. She has recently given up a successful career in the tv industry to create her own method of making learning maths fun after seeing her daughter struggle with the subject herself.</p><p>All that, plus we have the Inheritance Tracks of comedian, presenter and latest Taskmaster contestant, John Robins.</p><p>Presenters: Nikki Bedi and Huw Stephens
Producer: Ben Mitchell</p>

Saturday Live

BBC Radio 4

Kate Silverton, Tom Shakespeare, Rebecca Ginger, John Robins

APR 6, 202460 MIN
Saturday Live

Kate Silverton, Tom Shakespeare, Rebecca Ginger, John Robins

APR 6, 202460 MIN

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<p>The irrepressible Tom Shakespeare shares how the boy nicknamed 'The Blob' at school went on to become a bioethicist, disability rights advocate, and now a debut novelist. </p><p>Kate Silverton has swapped the newsroom for the therapists couch having retrained as a child counsellor. She has also become a bestselling author and her latest book maintains that there's still no such thing as being naughty.</p><p>Did you struggle at maths with school? Having been diagnosed with dyslexia and dyscalculia as a child Rebecca Ginger did too. She has recently given up a successful career in the tv industry to create her own method of making learning maths fun after seeing her daughter struggle with the subject herself.</p><p>All that, plus we have the Inheritance Tracks of comedian, presenter and latest Taskmaster contestant, John Robins.</p><p>Presenters: Nikki Bedi and Huw Stephens Producer: Ben Mitchell</p>