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Oct 2024
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Simon Reeve, Liz McConaghy, Lalage Snow,...

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

The global explorer, TV presenter and author Simon Reeve makes programmes around the world which focus on people’s lives...and he’s been arrested by the KGB, chased by cheetahs and nearly died from malaria.

Liz McConaghy spent seventeen years as a Chinook crewman with the RAF, the longest serving woman to do so, her deployments left scars on her soul but has now found a way to soothe them.

Lalage Snow, photojournalist and filmmaker, has covered war and unrest in the in Gaza, The West Bank, Israel, Eastern Ukraine - but has now found that the peaceful act of people gardening brings out the best stories.

All that, plus we have the Inheritance Tracks of the broadcaster and proud Brummie – Adrian Chiles.

Presenters: Nikki Bedi and Jon Kay Producer: Ben Mitchell

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