Denise Welch and Brendan Foster
In South Shields, Aasmah Mir and the Rev Richard Coles are joined by Denise Welch and Brendan Coles, with live music from The Wilson Family and Chris Rea's Inheritance Tracks.
Saturday Live's summer road trip begins in South Shields, at the Westovian Theatre, with Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles.
As preparations for the maritime themed summer parade get underway, actor and presenter Denise Welch talks about why the North East will always be home, the return of TV series Boy Meets Girl and keeping her Geordie accent.
Olympian Brendan Foster talks about his athletic career and his inspiration for founding the Great North Run.
Leading the summer parade in South Shields is listener Ray Spencer, who is also the Executive Director of the Customs House arts centre. Ray will be revealing his maritime themed costume and sharing his love of pantomimes.
JP Devlin reveals what happened when he followed up a listener email and went to the reunion of the Double Decker Club, who set off on a holiday across Europe in the summer of 1964, on a red double decker bus purchased from London Transport.
Graham Young has been celebrating the British chippy for the Birmingham Mail since 2005. He talks about how he became a chip reviewer and what makes the perfect take-away.
Mike, Chris, Steve and Ken from the English folk group The Wilson Family will be performing live and talking about the regional influences that inspire them.
Chris Rea shares his Inheritance Tracks. He has chosen My Father, sung by Nina Simone and So What by Miles Davis.
Producer: Claire Bartleet
Editor: Karen Dalziel.
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The Wilson Family
Great North Run
Chris Rea
has released a new edition of La Passione, a film and soundtrack based loosely on his dreams as a young boy growing up in the industrial North East and his love of Formula 1.聽
Boy Meets Girl
Westovian Theatre
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Aasmah Mir |
Presenter | Richard Coles |
Interviewed Guest | Denise Welch |
Interviewed Guest | Brendan Foster |
Interviewed Guest | JP Devlin |
Interviewed Guest | Graham Young |
Performer | The Wilson Family |
Interviewed Guest | Chris Rea |
Producer | Claire Bartleet |
Editor | Karen Dalziel |
Broadcast
- Sat 2 Jul 2016 09:00成人快手 Radio 4
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