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SATURDAY LIVE
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17 May 2008
WE WON!
Saturday Live
won
UK Speech Programme 2008
at the Sony Awards on Monday. If you fancy a laugh go to the Sony Awards website & -
take a look at us stumbling up onto the podium!
STUDIO GUEST
Andy McNab
joined the infantry as a boy soldier, going onto join the SAS 8 years later. He received the DCM & the Military Medal & left the British Army as its most decorated soldier in 1993.
SATURDAY LIFE -
NEW!
Charles Chilton
recalls his joy of going to the pictures on Saturdays. He went to the Euston Cinema - the second ever cinema in London
TOPICAL STORIES
Frank Ahearn
is a 'skip tracer', who works to locate an individual's whereabouts. But he’s also makes people disappear (legally)
EXTRAORDINARY STORIES
Sarah Anderson
developed a rare cancer when she was 10 & had her arm amputated. Her family never spoke about the loss
Halfway to Venus, A One-Armed Journey
is published by Umbrella Books ISBN-10: 0954262425
INHERITANCE TRACKS
David Starkey
chose the 'Hallelujah' chorus of Handel's Messiah & the Carlos & Rodriguez duet from Verdi's Don Carlos
MEET THE POET
Murray Lachlan Young
makes stand up poetry, spoken word & performance art & he is on Saturday Live poetry detail this week
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Sarah Anderson developed a rare cancer when she was 10 & had her arm amputated. Her family never spoke about the loss
David Starkey chose the 'Hallelujah' chorus of Handel's Messiah & the Carlos & Rodriguez duet from Verdi's Don Carlos
