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Saturday Live: Professor Tanya Byron

Professor Tanya Byron

02/05/2015

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Professor Tanya Byron

Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir and joined by child behaviour expert Professor Tanya Byron.

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by child behaviour expert Professor Tanya Byron.

Clinical psychologist and broadcaster Professor Tanya Byron joins Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir to talk tales of the clinic, how a family tragedy sparked her interest in psychology and destigmatising vulnerable people.

Becoming unexpectedly jobless in 2012 prompted Michelle Thomas to start paying people to tell her their stories. The response was so amazing she's now crowd-funding a book which will feature some of stories.

This week marks 70 years since the end of the second world war in Europe. Listener Liesbeth Langford got in touch to share her family's story of growing up in occupied Netherlands and sheltering a young Jewish woman.

Professor Greg Whyte is the man behind David Walliams successful channel swim attempt, Davina McCall's challenge to run, swim and cycle from Edinburgh to London in seven days and the person that inspired Dermot O'Leary to dance for 24 hours non-stop all for Comic Relief. As a former Olympic Modern Pentathlete he tells us his secret to motivating others.

Violinist Nigel Kennedy shares his inheritance tracks and we speak to some of the very patient died-hard fans who've been waiting and waiting for the second royal baby to make an appearance.

Inheritance Track choices: 'Hymn to Him' from Apocalypse by the Mahavishnu Orchestra and 'Limehouse Blues' performed by Stephane Grappelli.

'The Skeleton Cupboard' by Professor Tanya Byron is published by Pan.

'Salt Beef Jack and Other Londoners' by Michelle Thomas is currently being crowdfunded by Unbound.

'Written by Candlelight' by Liesbeth Langford is the story of her family's experience of the war.

'Achieve the impossible' by Professor Greg Whyte is published by Bantam Press.

Produced by: Alex Lewis
Edited by: Karen Dalziel.

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