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Apr 2020
52m 19s

The Lockdown Edition

Bbc Radio 5 Live
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Using video conferencing, presenters Kate Grey , Ruth Madeley and Hannah Dines chat all things Lockdown. They are joined by 3 Paralympians –long jumper Stef Reid, Boccia player Claire Taggart and table tennis player (and Strictly star) Will Bayley, all live and direct from their homes. Topics up for discussion include fake tan addiction, singing lessons, tortoises and nakedness in the kitchen as well as the normal chat about disability and Parasport.

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