Saturday Live

Today we’re in the company of three luminously talented people who’ve survived seriously dark periods to shine brightly in their fields.
More than thirty years after Irvine Welsh’s debut novel caused a sensation, he tell us how Trainspotting The Musical was a natural next step.
Alan Davies’ career has been going strong for more than thirty years too. There's a lot going on in his new memoir - the story of his stand-up comedy told in the context of the trauma he went through as a child, and his cancer treatment in middle age.
And Clemency Burton Hill was an accomplished classical musician, writer and broadcaster when a catastrophic brain haemorrhage almost robbed her of everything.
Also, thanks are given to a couple of coppers who were on hand when a listener’s homecoming from holiday went badly wrong.
And we have the Inheritance Tracks of the actor Adrian Lester.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Lowri Morgan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Joining Adrian this week on Saturday Live, BBC Radio treasure and bestselling author Sara Cox. She just taken over BBC Radio 2's breakfast show but has found the time to write a brand new novel, 'The Truth of Us' that is published on the 16th July.
We have the Booker Prize Winning Author and poet Ben Okri, he is a giant amongst writers, a master storyteller with a fascinating life story of his own to tell.
And Chris Terill has more than 200 documentaries under his belt, awards galore, and a long career worthy of a documentary in its own right.
Plus, the inheritance tracks of the chef and restaurateur behind Mowgli Street Food restaurants, Nisha Katona.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Lowri Morgan
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Joining Adrian Chiles on this week's programme is Mark Foster, for a good while the fastest swimmer on the planet.
We have author and psychologist Katriona O’Sullivan, a woman raised in poverty in Coventry, who went on to get a PhD from Trinity College, Dublin.
And the remarkably gifted Ralf Little, who we know as an actor but might equally have been a doctor or a footballer.
Plus the Inheritance Tracks of the singer-songwriter Clare Grogan.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producers: Catherine Powell and Imy Harper
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Adrian Chiles presents Radio 4's Saturday morning programme. On today's programme:
Paul Merton’s been at the top of his game for BBC One's Have I Got News for You and a familiar voice here on BBC Radio 4’s Just A Minute. He is about to take his Improv show with his wife Suki Webster to the Edinburgh Fringe this August. They’ll also be taking the show back to The Comedy Store in London from November through to December.

Professor Lady Sue Black - Baroness of Black Strome – is a world‑renowned forensic anthropologist, celebrated for her pioneering work in forensics and human identification.
David James is a football pundit and a former England international. His career as a goalkeeper has taken him from grassroots sport in Welwyn Garden City to the international stage and World Cup tournaments.
Plus we'll have the Inheritance Tracks of the best selling crime author Mark Billingham.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Imy Harper
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Joining Adrian Chiles on this week's programme is Professor of social history, a writer with a first class degree from Cambridge and a TV legend with a masters from Oxford.
Ruby Wax is as well known now for her work in mental health, but she’s been looking back at some of her biggest interviews to see what she can learn about herself as well as her subjects.
Professor Carl Chinn is a social historian, proud son of Birmingham and great grandson of a Peaky Blinder.
Sathnam Sanghera’s written novels, an acclaimed memoir, acclaimed histories of the British Empire. Now he’s exploring the meaning of one of his heroes - George Michael.
Plus the Inheritance Tracks of the broadcaster Lorraine Kelly.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producers: Catherine Powell and Imy Harper
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy
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