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Saturday Live: Julia Donaldson

Julia Donaldson

BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, Julia Donaldson

Fr Alex Frost, Cat Turnbull, Vikki Stone and David Harewood

Children's writer Julia Donaldson and actor David Harewood chooses his tracks plus Fr Alex Frost who went from stand up comedy to becoming a priest.

Nikki Bedi and Adil Ray are joined by Julia Donaldson CBE, the children's writer who has written over 200 books, not least The Gruffulo, Stick Man, The Highway Rat and Room on the Broom to name a few.  She is also a composer and ex children’s laureate and her repertoire includes books for school use to help children learning to read.  

From running an Argos store and working as a stand up comedian, to being a parish priest in Burnley, Fr Alex Frost has become a campaigner against poverty and deprivation.  He joins us.

Cat Turnbull is a search and rescue paramedic based in Portsmouth who was part of the all female final for SAS Who dares wins, the programme that puts contestants through a military training regime.   

and Vikki Stone is an award-winning writer, composer, comedian and musician who has co-adapted children’s TV favourite Hey Duggee for a major live theatre tour. 

Actor David Harewood chooses his inheritance tracks: Everything I Own by Ken Boothe and Stevie Wonder Living for the City and we have your Thank you.

Producer: Corinna Jones

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