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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker 

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Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker

Johnnie Walker plays classic tracks from the Seventies

Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker : Ruby Wax

Ruby Wax

BBC Radio 2 - Sounds of the 70s with Johnnie Walker, Ruby Wax

Johnnie chats to Ruby Wax about her memories of the 1970s.

Ruby Wax is Johnnie's My 70s guest this week, sharing her recollections of the decade.

Actress, comedienne, author and mental health campaigner Ruby Wax joins Johnnie for this week's show. 

Ruby was born and raised in Evanston, Illinois. She came to the UK and studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Ruby began her acting career as a straight actress at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, where she began a long-standing writing and directing partnership with Alan Rickman, who later was to direct most of her stage comedy shows. She joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1978. 

Her TV career began in the mid 1980's with Girls on Top (1985–86), but she found her niche as a comic interviewer, with TV shows including The Full Wax (1991–94) and Ruby Wax Meets... (1994–98). She was also the script editor for the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012).  Her memoirs, How Do You Want Me? (2002), reached the Sunday Times best-seller list. 

Ruby first studied psychology at the University of California, Berkeley but did not complete her degree. In 2013 she gained a master's degree in mindfulness-based cognitive therapy from Oxford University. In 2015, she was appointed a Visiting Professor in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Surrey. 

Ruby's new book, 'How To Be Human' is out now.

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