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Saturday Live: Michel Roux Jr

Michel Roux Jr

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Maria Lijerstam Edy on Christmas in Antarctica and orchestral comedian Rainer Hersch.

Michel Roux Jr, Maria Leijerstam Edy on Christmas in Antartica, Meriel Larken on a Peruvian boat restoration and Rainer Hersch on making classical music funny.

Nikki Bedi and Rev Richard Coles are joined by Michel Roux Jr. whose father and uncle were the first in the UK to achieve three Michelin stars for their London restaurant Le Gavroche, where he partly trained in classical French cookery, also doing military service working in the kitchens of the Elysee Palace cooking for two French presidents.  He now runs Le Gavroche, and has continued the cooking dynasty as his own daughter has also become a chef.    

Maria Leijerstam Edy holds the Guinness World Record for being the first person to cycle to the South Pole, in 2013. Navigating avalanches and crevasses, extreme weather conditions and chronic pain, she reached her goal in just 10 days. She joins us. 

Meriel Larken has spent over 30 years rescuing a ship that lies today on the world’s highest navigable lake, Lake Titicaca in Peru.  The Yavari, a Victorian steamboat built in a Birmingham shipyard was transported piecemeal through the Andes on mule back.  It's now a popular tourist destination and B&B.  

Rainer Hersch studied economics, but has made his name in orchestral music that has the audience laughing raucously in scenes more expected at a stand-up show. He joins us.

Don Black chooses his inheritance tracks: Besame Mucho by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme and The Way You Look Tonight by Fred Astaire and we have your thank you.

Producer: Corinna Jones

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