Saturday Live

Anoushka Shankar


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Nikki Bedi and Richard Coles are joined by Anoushka Shankar who started playing the Sitar when she was 9, secured a recording contract aged sixteen and has been nominated for 7 Grammy awards. She is the musical successor to her father the world renowned musician Ravi Shankar, and is celebrating his life and achievements.

Harry Parker's life changed overnight when he lost his legs to an IED in Afghanistan. He talks rebuilding his life, identity and the impact of technology.
Maddy Lucy Dann is a junior doctor who turned to social media platform, TikTok to cheer herself up during the pandemic. Her self-deprecating manner, quick wit and resemblance to the comic character Miranda earned her legions of followers and has led to a fledgling parallel career as a stand-up.
Giles Kristian is now a writer but during the 90s he auditioned and won the role of lead singer of pop group Upside Down, achieving four top twenty hit records, performing on Top of the Pops as well as at the Royal Albert Hall, N.E.C. and Wembley Arena, and playing concerts on the same bill as such artists as The Spice Girls, Take That, The Backstreet Boys and Eric Clapton.
We also have the inheritance tracks from actor Paterson Joseph who chooses In Loving You Junior English and Better Get it in Your Soul by Charles Mingus
and your thank you.

Producer: Corinna Jones

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