Mel Giedroyc and Alice Cooper
Comedian Mel Giedroyc, the Inheritance Tracks of Alice Cooper, Stuart Lawrence reflects on his life without his brother and listener Tiggi Trethowan on losing her sight.
Nikki Bedi and Rev Richard Coles are joined by Mel Giedroyc, one half of Mel and Sue who shot to fame hosting Light Lunch, and then warmed our hearts and made us drool with the comforting TV cooking competition programme Great British Bake Off. Since Mel has acted, presented, podcasted about quilting, and sheβs written her first novel.
Stuart Lawrenceβs life was thrown into disarray aged 17 when his adored older brother Stephen was killed in a racially motivated attack. Determined to have an positive impact on young people, he became a teacher, and is now a motivational speaker.
Tiggi Trethowan is a listener who contacted us with her story of losing her sight.
Alice Cooper chooses his Inheritance Tracks: Train Kept a Rollinβ by The Yardbirds and Thunderclap Newman, Something in the air
and your Thank you.
Producer: Corinna Jones
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βIβd rather people get to know me as myself firstβ
Duration: 13:27
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"Blindness is never dark"
Duration: 13:24
Broadcast
- Sat 10 Apr 2021 09:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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