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Saturday Live: Mel Giedroyc and Alice Cooper

Mel Giedroyc and Alice Cooper

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Mel Giedroyc and Alice Cooper

Mel Giedroyc, Alice Cooper and Stuart Lawrence on the loss of his brother Stephen.

Comedian Mel Giedroyc, the Inheritance Tracks of Alice Cooper, Stuart Lawrence reflects on his life without his brother and listener Tiggi Trethowan on losing her sight.

Nikki Bedi and Rev Richard Coles are joined by Mel Giedroyc, one half of Mel and Sue who shot to fame hosting Light Lunch, and then warmed our hearts and made us drool with the comforting TV cooking competition programme Great British Bake Off.  Since Mel has acted, presented, podcasted about quilting, and she’s written her first novel.
Stuart Lawrence’s life was thrown into disarray aged 17 when his adored older brother Stephen was killed in a racially motivated attack.  Determined to have an positive impact on young people, he became a teacher, and is now a motivational speaker.
Tiggi Trethowan is a listener who contacted us with her story of losing her sight.
Alice Cooper chooses his Inheritance Tracks: Train Kept a Rollin’ by The Yardbirds and Thunderclap Newman, Something in the air
and your Thank you.
Producer: Corinna Jones

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