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Saturday Live: Ray Mears

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12/11/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Ray Mears

Ray Mears, BBC Young Musician 2016 Sheku Kanneh-Mason and Matt Baker's Inheritance Tracks.

Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. Survival expert Ray Mears, musician Sheku Kanneh-Mason, vlogger and science enthusiast Charlie McDonnell.

British Bushcraft, survival expert and photographer Ray Mears talks to Aasmah Mir and Rev Richard Coles about what draws him to the outdoors.

Charlie McDonnell was the first Video Blogger in the UK to reach one million YouTube subscribers. He explains why he's trying to make science fun.

Saturday Live listener Paula Reid explains why she quit her job to become an Adventurer.

Reporter JP Devlin meets Zucchero, an Italian singer-songwriter most famous in the UK for the duet "Senza Una Donna (Without a Woman)" with Paul Young.

Presenter Matt Baker is currently taking part in the One Show Rickshaw Challenge in aid of BBC Children in Need. He shares his Inheritance Tracks. He has chosen Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang by the Sherman brothers

Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason is the winner of BBC Young Musician 2016. He performs live and discusses his musical ambitions, A-Levels and playing football.

Out on the Land by Ray Mears and Lars Fält is out now.
Fun Science by Charlie McDonnell is out now.
Zucchero's new album Black Cat is out now.
The BBC 4 documentary Young, Gifted and Classical: The Making of a Maestro, featuring Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his family, will be broadcast 20th November at 8pm.

Producer: Claire Bartleet
Editor: Karen Dalziel.

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