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Saturday Live: Delia Smith

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Roony 'Risky' Keefe on Grime, Liv Thorne on her journey to parenthood and James Buckley.

Recipe Queen Delia Smith, Roony Keefe's life in Grime, Liv Thorne on using a sperm donor to have a baby, Ed Patrick - anaesthetist/comedian, James Buckley's Inheritance Tracks.

Nikki Bedi and Adil Ray are joined by Delia Smith CH CBE, first known for teaching cookery skills on TV and in her books in a no-nonsense style.  50 years worth of recipes later, she is now sharing her thoughts on spirituality.  

Liv Thorne wanted a baby, but she was single.  Instead of hanging around waiting for Mr Right, she took things into her own hands and bought some sperm, having her son in 2018.  Keen to reduce stigma surrounding such choices, she documented her experience and found that revisiting her past, in particular the loss of both her parents when she was a teen, helped her understand why she had struggled maintaining a relationship.  She joins us.

A passion for Grime has fuelled Roony “risky” Keefe’s career, first making documentaries about the subject and then music videos for Skepta amongst others, picking up praise from Drake on the way.  He also works as a London cabbie, doing the infamous “knowledge” in less than the requisite 4 years.  He joins us.

We also have Ed Patrick - NHS doctor by day, comedian by night and author wherever he can find the time. He uses comedy to help find balance in his life as an anaesthetist. 

We have the Inheritance Tracks of actor James Buckley who chooses God Only Knows by the Beach Boys and Time For Heroes by The Libertines  
and your thank you.

Producer: Corinna Jones

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