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Life of Pie

Julie Jones, Pete Brown and Ella Risbridger are among those sharing their pie stories with Sheila Dillon. These are the pies that made us.

One September Ella Risbridger tried to kill herself. She survived and left the hospital thinking about making a pie. When she got home, her partner persuaded her to make the pie, and it set Ella on a course to teach herself to cook. And in teaching herself to cook, she has taught herself to live.

This is a programme about pies. The pork pie of Pete Brown and his ‘soon-to-be-wife’ Liz’s first date in Barnsley market. The pies that Julie Jones made with her mother which helped to keep her calm after a dementia diagnosis. Pies crafted by chef Calum Franklin, inspired by the surroundings of his London childhood, and pies creating a new future for young Preston businessman Robert D'Orville. Sheila Dillon travels to hear these stories, and uncovers a pie story of her own.

Presented by Sheila Dillon.
Produced in Bristol by Clare Salisbury

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28 minutes

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  • Sun 31 Mar 2019 12:32
  • Mon 1 Apr 2019 15:30

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