Goldie
Extraordinary stories, unusual people and a sideways look at the world.
Goldie, producer, DJ and artist; actor Tim Bentinck and model and campaigner Mary Russell join Aasmah Mir and the Reverend Richard Coles..
Born in Walsall and brought up in a series of children's homes, Goldie made his name as a graffiti artist before becoming a sought after producer and DJ. As an actor he appeared in the James Bond film the World is Not Enough and learned how to conduct an orchestra in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ series Maestro. His new book, All Things Remembered, written with Ben Thompson, looks back at his eventful life and reveals how hot yoga has helped him come to terms with his past. All Things Remembered is published by Faber and Faber.
Mary Russell is a model, disability rights campaigner and a television personality. Born with achondroplasia - a common cause of dwarfism - she also works for a range of charities which aim to educate people about disability. Mary has appeared in the television series the Undateables and more recently in the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ series Without Limits in which a group of people with disabilities travelled to Vietnam.
Actor Tim Bentinck has played the role of David Archer in Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4's soap opera The Archers for the past 35 years. In his memoir, Being David Archer, he recounts his varied life from being born in Tasmania to being the Earl of Portland (a title he inherited from a distant cousin) the voice of Mind the Gap on the Piccadilly Line, an HGV truck driver, an inventor and the voice of James Bond in the computer game The World is Not Enough. Being David Archer is published by Constable and Robinson.
Also on the programme is Eloise Sentito who left her job as an academic to drive around the country in a campervan which is now her home and where she weaves blankets and shawls inspired by the landscape around her.
JP Devlin visits Rosamund Young who runs a farm in the Cotswolds where she observes the mannerisms and relationships developed by her cattle - all the better to learn from their behaviour. The Secret Life of Cows is published by Faber and Faber.
And comedian Shazia Mirza reveals her inheritance tracks - Verdi's The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves from the opera Nabucco and Heroes by David Bowie.
Producer: Paula McGinley.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Aasmah Mir |
Presenter | Rev. Richard Coles |
Presenter | JP Devlin |
Interviewed Guest | Goldie |
Interviewed Guest | Mary Russell |
Interviewed Guest | Tim Bentinck |
Interviewed Guest | Eloise Sentito |
Interviewed Guest | Rosamund Young |
Interviewed Guest | Shazia Mirza |
Producer | Paula McGinley |
Broadcast
- Sat 28 Oct 2017 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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