Original version

BBC World Service South Asia

Migrated podcast image for: Outlook

Outlook

Factual: Life Stories

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

BBC World Service Australasia

BBC World Service Online

BBC World Service schedule for American satellite radio and the Caribbean

BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa Schedule

BBC World Service East and Southern Africa

BBC World Service

BBC World Service News Internet

BBC World Service Europe and the Middle East

BBC World Service West and Central Africa Schedule

BBC World Service West and Central Africa

BBC World Service East Asia

Outlook: London bus driver fighting crime with music

Magazines & Reviews

Justin Finlayson in front of his music bus

03/10/2019 GMT

London bus driver fighting crime with music

BBC World Service - Outlook, London bus driver fighting crime with music

Justin Finlayson turned his bus into a music studio to keep youths out of trouble

Justin Finlayson is on a mission to save young lives in London. He offers young people music, yoga and kickboxing in his new bus after the first one was burned to the ground.

Justin Finlayson is on a mission to save lives. He converted his double-decker London bus into a music studio and drove it between areas where there were gangs – encouraging the young people caught up in the violence or at risk from it, to make music together. When we spoke to him a year ago, his son had been stabbed over ten times – luckily he survived, but then Justin’s bus was burned to the ground. Undaunted, Justin tells Jo Fidgen how he's managed to raise the funds for a new bus and why he’s now offering yoga and kickboxing to young people as well as music, to help keep them out of trouble. His charity is called United Borders.  

In 1986 American teenager, Jeff Henigson was diagnosed with brain cancer and given two years left to live. He had just one wish: to travel to the Soviet Union, meet the country's leader Mikhail Gorbachev and attempt to broker a nuclear peace deal. He spoke to Outlook's Asya Fouks. Jeff has written a book about his experience called WarHead.

Image:  Justin Finlayson in front of the new double-decker bus he turned into a music studio
Credit:  United Borders

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Outlook

London bus driver fighting crime with music

Genres

Formats

Brand

BBC World Service South Asia

About BBC World Service