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Grant Shapps
New Conservative party co-chairman Grant Shapps is a man with a colourful past. Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles the pilot, rapper and businessman tasked with bringing out the Tory vote.
The new Conservative party co-chairman Grant Shapps is a man with a colourful past. The former grammar schoolboy is a pilot, rapper and successful businessman - but he's also battled cancer and survived a near fatal car crash. Geeta Guru-Murthy profiles the pugnacious and sometimes controversial politician tasked with bringing home the Tory vote.
Producer: Chris Bowlby.
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Sun 9 Sep 201217:40
BBC Radio 4
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- Sat 8 Sep 201219:00BBC Radio 4
- Sun 9 Sep 201205:45BBC Radio 4
- Sun 9 Sep 201217:40BBC Radio 4
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