Tony Blackburn: Escaping school, life at sea and landing the biggest job in radio
Radio legend Tony Blackburn has spent the past 60 years entertaining listeners with his cheeky charm and passion for soul music. His journey in broadcasting began in 1964 on the offshore pirate statio...
6 Sep 202458min
Jordan Stephens: Heartbreak, hitting rock bottom and finding my way back from self-destruction
Jordan Stephens is a writer, musician and actor, best-known as one half of the hip-hop duo Rizzle Kicks. His late teens and early twenties were a whirlwind of hit records, sold-out shows and wild part...
30 Aug 202458min
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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Aug 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 Juli 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 Juli 202456min
