Damon Hill and Cerys Matthews
Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world. Cerys Matthews, Damon Hill, Meik Wiking and Benny Lewis join Aasmah and Richard for Saturday Live.
Cerys Matthews, Damon Hill, Meik Wiking and Benny Lewis join Aasmah and Richard for Saturday Live.
He became Formula One World Champion in 1996, following in the footsteps of his father, the legendary F1 champion Graham Hill who tragically died in a plane crash when Damon was 15 years old. Now a SKYF1 racing commentator, Damon will be telling us how he ended up behind the wheel himself.
Cerys Mathew came to our attention singing about Road Rage and Mulder and Scully with her band Catatonia, she's sung with legends like Tom Jones, the Pet Shop Boys and the Manic Street Preachers, now she presents a show on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 6Music and has started her very own Festival.
Benny Lewis spoke only English until the age of 21, now he speaks 11 languages and runs the largest language learning blog in the world. He joins us to tell his story.
Denmark is often ranks the happiest country in the world. Could their passion for hygge be behind it? We talk to happiness and hygge expert, Meik Wiking.
We have your thank you's and the inheritance tracks of opera star Joseph Calleja who chooses I'll never love you performed by Mario Lanza and his own version of A Vuchella.
Watching the Wheels by Damon Hill is out now
The Little book of Hygge by Meik Wiking is out 14th September
Benny Lewis' Language Hacking series includes French, Spanish, Italian and German
Cerys' festival The Good Life experience takes place 16-18 September 2016 in Flintshire
Producer: Corinna Jones
Editor: Karen Dalziel.
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F1 champ Damon Hill on spending time in cars
Duration: 00:49
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Aasmah Mir |
Presenter | Richard Coles |
Interviewed Guest | Cerys Matthews |
Interviewed Guest | Damon Hill |
Interviewed Guest | Meik Wiking |
Interviewed Guest | Benny Lewis |
Interviewed Guest | Joseph Calleja |
Producer | Corinna Jones |
Editor | Karen Dalziel |
Broadcast
- Sat 10 Sep 2016 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Saturday Live
Radio 4's Saturday morning show brings you extraordinary stories and remarkable people.