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The Food Programme: Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food, through lockdown

Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food, through lockdown

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, Joe Wicks: A Life Through Food, through lockdown

Sheila Dillon and Joe Wicks talk PE, feeding family and his phenomenal rise to fame.

Sheila Dillon catches up with food writer and YouTube fitness star Joe Wicks to talk food and family during lockdown.

When Joe Wicks, the personal trainer, started making Instagram videos in his kitchen in 2014, he couldn't have imagined he'd become author of the second biggest selling UK cookbook of all time. He built a social media brand with millions of followers, nay disciples, on Instagram and YouTube who came for the quick healthy recipes and online fitness workouts.

And then, just as he was about to embark on a tour of UK primary schools, the Coronavirus pandemic swept the world and the UK. We were told to stay at home. Schools closed. Overnight, Joe came up with an idea. What if he could keep P.E lessons running from people's front rooms?

In this programme Sheila catches up with 'The Body Coach' to hear how the huge spotlight on him during lockdown has affected him and his family. And there's a chance to listen again to what happened when Sheila and Joe cooked together in 2019.

Presented by Sheila Dillon.
Produced by Clare Salisbury.

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