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Saturday Live: Vicky McClure

22/01/2022

Vicky McClure

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Vicky McClure

Fabric artist Osman Yousefzada and the Inheritance Tracks of Sir Kenneth Branagh.

Actor Vicky McClure, king of couture Osman Yousefzada, Sir Kenneth Branagh, Helen Naylor on a childhood of parental sickness and listener Liz Ashworth on Scottish food.

Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Vicky McClure, star of Line of Duty and This Is England.  Her latest role is in a new drama on bomb disposal, keeping us on the edge of our sofas. 

We also have Helen Naylor who grew up believing that her mother had a chronic health condition that made her so exhausted she had to spend most of her time in bed.  After her mother's death she found her diaries which told a different story.  

Listener Liz Ashworth emailed us about her mission to keeping traditional Scottish food alive: she wrote cook books for bairns and joins us ahead of Burns night on Tuesday! 

We also have Osman Yousefzada, the son of Pakistani-Afghan migrants who settled in Birmingham. As a child, he was able to inhabit his mother’s world where women gathered behind a curtain to sew and talk, separated from the men. Osman has became an artist himself, designing clothes for Beyonce and Lady Gaga.   

Sir Kenneth Branagh gives us his inheritance tracks - he chooses Cyprus Avenue by Van Morrison and Rio by Michael Nesmith. 
and we have your Thank you.

Producer: Corinna Jones

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