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21 February 2009
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Pat Gresham as The Headless Lady
Pat Gresham spent her working life never knowing whether she was going to be legless in Southend or headless in Margate.

Plus David Morrison who became a father aged 15, an I Was There moment from a man who heard the shot fired by Ruth Ellis, the Inheritance Tracks of The Zombies' Rod Argent, poetry from Elvis McGonagall and studio guest Whispering Bob Harris.
Clare BaldingClare Balding is this week's guest presenter.
Bob HarrisFrom the Old Grey Whistle Test to Radio 2, Whispering Bob Harris is a true icon of broadcasting.
>> Bob on Radio 2

Bob is the patron of Cancer Research UK's music heritage event Sound and Vision
Ruth EllisSaturday Live listener Martin Hart heard the shot fired by Ruth Ellis that led to her being the last woman to be hanged in this country.

Email us with your I Was There story: [email protected]
BabyDavid Morrison was 14 years old when his girlfriend got pregnant. He tells Saturday Live how the experience transformed his life.
Headless LadyHeadless lady Pat Gresham spent her working life losing her head, sitting in a goldfish bowl, or being electrocuted. Sideshow Illusions
Step Right Up: The science and social history of the sideshow
Rod ArgentFounder member of The Zombies, Rod Argent chose Duke Ellington's 'Sophisticated Lady' and Bach's 'St Matthew Passion'.

The Zombies are on tour in April 2009. You can catch them in Glasgow on April 21st, Bristol on the 23rd, Manchester on the 24th and London on the 25th. More infomation
Elvis McGonagallElvis McGonagall - tartan clad poet, twit and armchair revolutionary brings his poetry to us.
Read his poems here
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