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Woman's Hour: Clare Balding; Embarrassing parents; Nana Mouskouri

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10/09/2014

Clare Balding; Embarrassing parents; Nana Mouskouri

BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour, Clare Balding; Embarrassing parents; Nana Mouskouri

Jenni Murray talks to presenter Clare Balding and singer Nana Mouskouri.

Clare Balding talks to Jenni Murray about being openly gay, her rather eccentric family and live reporting. Jenni also talks to international music star Nana Mouskouri.

Clare Balding was the runaway star of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Now hailed a national treasure (and OBE recipient), Clare talks to Jenni Murray about being openly gay, her rather eccentric family and live reporting. She also discusses the benefits of walking, which she writes about in her new book, Walking Home - My Family and Other Rambles. Hola! Magazine was founded in Barcelona by a young married couple Antonio and Mercedes Sanchez Junco. They pasted the first edition together in the spare room of their Barcelona flat and the edition sold out. 70 years later, the company, still family owned and run, publishes 30 editions of the bestselling magazine around the world, including Hello! In the UK which was first published in 1988. Jenni talks to Mamen Sánchez Perez, granddaughter of the founders. Judy Murray has spoken about her son Andy's embarrassment over her appearance on Strictly Come Dancing. But isn't being embarrassed by your parents a rite of passage every child has to go through? Self-confessed embarrassing mother & comedian Maxine Jones actor & comedian and child of embarrassing parents Tiff Stevenson. And Jenni talks to international music star Nana Mouskouri about her 50 year career in which she has recorded over 1500 songs and sold more than 350 million records.

Presenter: Jenni Murray.

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