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Russell Grant

Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein are joined by Russell Grant and Les McKeown, and Jon Culshaw shares his Inheritance Tracks.

Join Aasmah Mir and Suzy Klein for a live Boxing Day Saturday Live.

Russell Grant has been synonymous with astrology ever since he interpreted the stars on breakfast TV in the 1980s. But if you remember his flamboyant outfits and presenting style, it wasn't hard to see where his real love lay. In 2011 he joined the cast of Strictly and it catapulted him back into the world of theatre, a passion which had started some years earlier at drama school. He joins Aasmah and Suzy to talk about his glittering career and his new project, an astrology themed colouring book.

Bay City Rollers leader singer Les McKeown takes time out of their revival tour to tell us about how different it is now from their 1970's heyday. We'll check out if he's still wearing tartan.

Chinelo Bally's passion for sewing was fuelled when she appeared on the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Great British Sewing Bee programme in 2014. Despite only being in sewing for a couple of years and never having used a pattern, she was encouraged to make her passion her profession. Four years on from starting sewing she's made it her business as a designer and seamstress. She'll join be talking about the Nigerian technique of free sewing, outfit embellishment and the joy of African prints.

In February this year, Sean O'Brien was body-shamed after photos of him dancing were posted online. After his story went viral, an LA woman launched a global online search to find the person they dubbed "Dancing Man" in order to invite him to a big dance party in California. He joins Aasmah and Suzy to talk about his extraordinary year, and how he has used the attention to support anti bullying charities.

We'll touch base with the Coxless Crew, a team of women who will be achieving a world first by rowing 8,446 miles unsupported across the Pacific Ocean in 2015, from America to Australia, and in the process aim to raise quarter of a million pounds for their two charities Walking With the Wounded and Breast Cancer Care.

We've the inheritance tracks of Jon Culshaw. He chooses Memories performed by Elvis Presley and The Boy with the Thorn in his side by The Smiths.

JP meets Ken Dodd to talk about Christmas's past and we have your thank yous.

Russell Grant's Art of Astrology is out on December 31st
Freehand Fashion by Chinelo Bally is out now
A Christmas Shang-A-Lang: The Bay City Rollers Album is out now and their next gig is in Edinburgh on 27th December
Ken Dodd is doing two shows in his home city of Liverpool at the Philharmonic Hall on December 28th and 29th

Producer: Corinna Jones
Editor: Karen Dalziel.

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1 hour, 28 minutes

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Boxing Day 2015 09:00

The Coxless Crew

The Coxless Crew
Credit: Sarah Moshman, Losing Sight of Shore

Studio Photo 26th December 2015

Studio Photo 26th December 2015
(L to R) Suzy, Russell Grant, Aasmah, Sean O'Brien and Chinello Bally.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Aasmah Mir
Presenter Suzy Klein
Interviewed Guest Russell Grant
Interviewed Guest Les McKeown
Interviewed Guest Chinelo Bally
Interviewed Guest Sean O'Brien
Interviewed Guest Jon Culshaw
Interviewed Guest JP Devlin
Interviewed Guest Ken Dodd
Producer Corinna Jones
Editor Karen Dalziel

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  • Boxing Day 2015 09:00

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