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Saturday Live: Clare Balding

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05/11/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Clare Balding

Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. Clare Balding, Sir David Tang and the inheritance tracks of Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman.

Clare Balding and Sir David Tang join Aasmah and Richard

Clare Balding was a horse mad girl who became a leading amateur flat jockey in her teens. She found success as a racing correspondent and since then has presented the Olympics 6 times, as well as numerous other chat shows, documentaries, and programmes about biking, walking. Now she's mined her own experience, and written a children's book about a horse mad girl. 

Giles Chapman is a lover of Classic Cars and was Editor of Classic & Sports Car magazine. Recently the Reliant Robin caught his eye and he's written a book about it.

Listener Rebecca Peyton experienced the sudden losses of her father when she was aged 6 and her sister when she was 32. She joins us to tell us how she's so keen to talk about death that she wrote a show about it. 

Sir David Tang grew up in Hong Kong before moving to the UK aged 13. After teaching philosophy for a short time, he went into business, and became an agony uncle for the Financial Times. 

We have the inheritance tracks of Vogue editor, Alexandra Shulman who chooses Ladies who Lunch by Elaine Stritch and Blowing in the Wind performed by Stevie Wonder. 

And we'll hear from Diary of a Wimpy Kid author, Jeff Kinney and have your thank yous.

The Racehorse who wouldn't Gallop is by Clare Balding
The Reliant Robin, Britain's most bizarre car is by Giles Chapman
Rules for Modern Life, A connoisseur's Survival Guide is by Sir David Tang and he will also appear at the Royal Geographical Society in conversation with Andrew Marr on 17 November.
Inside Vogue, a diary of my hundredth year is by Alexandra Shulman
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down is by Jeff Kinney

Producer Corinna Jones
Editor Karen Dalziel.

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