Former Met Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu: I spent a year in therapy to get over what happened in my career
"When I signed up to the police my friends said, 'Why on earth are you joining a corrupt and racist organisation?'" Neil Basu joined the police force as uniformed officer in 1992. He rose through the ...
23 Elo 20241h 7min
Paul Sinha: How I went from GP to award-winning comedian and Chaser
Paul Sinha never really had a life plan and yet, somehow he's ended up with a career that's way beyond anything he could have imagined. He originally pursued a career in medicine, largely to keep his ...
16 Elo 202457min
Martin O'Neill: Trophies, titles and missing out on the FA Cup
Raised in an Irish Catholic family as one of nine siblings, Martin O'Neill was brought up with Gaelic football but he dreamt of becoming a professional English footballer. At 18, he was scouted by Not...
9 Elo 202459min
Robin Askwith: The legendary actor with a life you couldn't make up
A chance encounter with the director Lindsay Anderson changed Robin Askwith's life forever. It led to his first acting job, playing the schoolboy Keating in Anderson's film if.... which became one of ...
2 Elo 202457min
James Graham: The playwright with the Midas touch
James Graham is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter for TV and film. His plays include Ink, This House and Dear England, about the struggles and successes of England’s former football manager...
26 Heinä 20241h 8min
Russell Watson: From factory worker to performing for the Emperor of Japan
"I had this inner feeling that something would happen to take me away from my mundane life". The first twenty years of Russell Watson's life were very ordinary. He grew up in Salford, left school at 1...
19 Heinä 202456min
Joe Pasquale: All I ever wanted to do was make my mum laugh
When Joe Pasquale was just seven years old, his mum was involved in a car accident that left her with concussion and epilepsy. She struggled to look after Joe and his three siblings and became severel...
12 Heinä 202458min
Midge Ure: Hit singles and world tours meant nothing until I was in my own band
“I’m a Walter Mitty who’s actually done it.” Growing up in a tenement on the outskirts of Glasgow, Midge Ure dreamt of being a rock star, even though it seemed impossible for a working-class kid like ...
5 Heinä 202456min
