Lesley Paterson,  a 5 times World Champion Triathlete who has become a BAFTA winning script writer for Netflix's wonderful 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.

Having bought the rights to the best selling book, over the course of 16 years she relentlessly pitched the idea of the movie but no one was interested in a German language film about World War 1, without a star.  She remortgaged her house but in the end she still had to find another $10,000 she didn't have, to keep the rights to the film.

Lesley went back into training and entered a triathlon, the prize money was exactly $10,000 but the day before the race she fell from her bike and broke her shoulder. She strapped up, cycled, ran and swam using only  one arm and against all odds she won the race.

This weekend 'All Quiet on the Western Front' is nominated for 9 Oscars, including Leslie and her two writing partners Ian Stokell and the director Edward Berger for Best Adapted Screenplay. Hear  is her incredible story from the very start.

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Host - Actor/Writer Elliot James Langridge (Scott Marshall Partners)

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'All Quiet on the Western Front' is on Netflix and at select cinema's now.

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Thank you to our guest Lesley & thank you to Netflix.

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