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Jim Al-Khalili

Jim Al-Khalili

FromSaturday Live


Jim Al-Khalili

FromSaturday Live

ratings:
Length:
84 minutes
Released:
Feb 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Scientist and broadcaster Jim Al-Khalili shares his experience of growing up in Iraq, his passion for music and his first novel, which will be published in April. Eboni Beckford-Chambers talks about combining a career in law with being an England netball player. As the new Biggin Hill Memorial Museum opens today, Geoff Greensmith recalls his childhood growing in the area during WW II. Listener Stephen 'Abs' Wisdom explains how Robin Hood inspired his career; and playwright and actress Natasha Gordon shares her Inheritance Tracks. She has chosen Midnight Train to Georgia sung by Gladys Knight & the Pips and Oblivion by Astor Piazzolla. Author Kimberley Chambers reveals how she became a bestselling author after deciding that life as a mini-cab driver wasn't for her.

Producer: Claire Bartleet
Editor: Eleanor Garland
Released:
Feb 2, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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