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Saturday Live

Viv Groskop's comedy marathon; Paul Nicholas's Inheritance Tracks

Duration: 1 hour, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Sian Williams and Richard Coles with writer and comedian Viv Groskop, the Inheritance Tracks of actor Paul Nicholas, author Sara Wheeler's first attempts to learn Russian and the sounds of a balalaika band. There's Angela's story of a broken family healed, David Chilvers's sighting of the world's first cosmonaut and Professor Carole Hough reveals what our names tell us about our origins.

Producer: Harry Parker. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Sian Williams
Presenter:
Richard Coles
Interviewed Guest:
Viv Groskop
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Nicholas
Interviewed Guest:
Sara Wheeler
Interviewed Guest:
David Chilvers
Interviewed Guest:
Carole Hough
Producer:
Harry Parker

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