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Saturday Live: Jo Whiley

07/03/2020

Jo Whiley

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Sarfraz Mansoor on Bruce Springsteen; Dame Kristin Scott Thomas.

DJ and triathlete, Jo Whiley; listener Deborah Rowland; Ryan Riley who co-founded a cancer cookery school; and Sarfraz Manzoor on his lifelong obsession with Bruce Springsteen.

Jo Whiley joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles.    Jo presents on Radio 2 and from Glastonbury, as well as pursing her passion for gardening.  A competitive swimmer in her youth, she is about to take on the triathlon for Sport Relief. 

Saturday Live listener Deborah Rowland, who trained as an archaeologist and an anthropologist, describes how she uncovered her own human heritage when she tracked down her birth parents.   

When Ryan Riley’s mum Krista was diagnosed with terminal small cell lung cancer, he cared for her for two years. In that time chemotherapy and radiotherapy dulled her sense of taste and she couldn’t enjoy food. After she died, Ryan had a life changing moment and decided to set up a cookery school for people like his mum.

Adapted from his memoir, Greetings From Bury Park, the feature film Blinded by the Light tells the story of Javed (Sarfraz Manzoor), a British Muslim teenager growing up in Luton and how he finds inspiration and hope in the unlikely form of Bruce Springsteen. Sarfraz explains how this has inspired his new show at the Leicester Square Theatre, Blinded by the Light – The True Story.

Dame Kristin Scott Thomas shares her Inheritance Tracks – These Boots Are Made for Walkin’, by Nancy Sinatra; and The Planets - Mars, The Bringer Of War, by Holst.

Producer: Louise Corley
Editor: John Goudie

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