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Radio 4,14 Oct 2023,5 mins

Helen Skelton

Inheritance Tracks

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She’s cycled to the South Pole, ran the Namibia ultra-marathon, kayaked the entire length of the River Amazon, solo, yet competing on Strictly made TV presenter and adventurer, Helen Skelton feel most vulnerable. Helen began her presenting career at Newsround and has been a household name since 2008, when she became a Blue Peter presenter and graduated to Countryfile. Her new memoir In My Stride charts her life from being raised on a dairy farm outside Cumbria to becoming a household name on Blue Peter and Countryfile. What then, will she choose for her Inheritance Tracks? Inherited: One Way or Another by Blondie Passing on: Hanging on the Telephone by Blondie Producers: Ben Mitchell and Ribika Moktan

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