18/05/2011
Mel Giedroyc heads into orbit, 20 years after Helen Sharman became the first Briton in space. Plus Sigourney Weaver on aliens, and how a homemade camera kit took photos from space.
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Helen Sharman Part 1
It's 20 years since the chemist from Sheffield became the first Briton in space. Here she talks about her experiences.
Duration: 04:56
Inheritance Tracks: Goldie
Goldie talks about his childhood and the pieces of music which mean something to him.
Duration: 07:14
Helen Sharman Part 2
The astronaut tells Andy Kershaw about the training for space travel.
Duration: 05:13
Space Camera
How one radio listener's home-made kit took photographs in near space.
Duration: 09:49
Sigourney Weaver
The actress on growing up, and being ten foot tall and blue in the movie Avatar.
Duration: 06:25
Boy Overboard
Concluding Morris Gleitzman's story of Jamal and his family's journey from Afghanistan.
Duration: 07:30
Broadcast
- Wed 18 May 2011 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra
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