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George Clarke

George Clarke

FromSaturday Live


George Clarke

FromSaturday Live

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Length:
85 minutes
Released:
Jan 24, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"Restoration Man" and Amazing Spaces presenter George Clarke joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles to talk about leaving school at sixteen without any qualifications and his passion for bringing buildings back to life. Find out how a present from his Granddad set him on the road to becoming an architect.Sherika Sherard quit University to get a job. But it took her almost a year to get work and in that time she busked around London to earn some money. Now the song she wrote 'Give Me A Job' has gone viral and touched the hearts of thousands.Today marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Sir Winston Churchill. The wartime leader's funeral was the largest state funeral in world history up to that point, with representatives from 112 nations present, along with many thousands of people who had camped out overnight to pay their respects. Among them was a 21 year old David Savage, who 50 years on reflects on that bitter cold night and historic day.Chris Bates was awarded an MBE in the New Year's Honours list for services as an unpaid Ambassador to the island of Tristan da Cunha.JP Devlin joins the crowds of well-wishers who attended the funeral of an RAF veteran who died without any family or friends.Actor Natascha McElhone picks her Inheritance TracksProducer: Maire Devine
Editor: Karen DalzielInheritance Tracks
"Jamming" by the reggae band Bob Marley & the Wailers from their 1977 album Exodus
"Lean on Me" written and recorded by singer-songwriter Bill Withers from his 1972 album Still Bill.
Released:
Jan 24, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

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