Boris Becker
Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles with Boris Becker, who talks about his life and career, and crossword-compiling heart surgeon Samer Nashef. Plus Benedict Allen's Inheritance Tracks.
With Richard Coles and Aasmah Mir.
Boris Becker is the only person to have won two Wimbledon titles by the time he was 18. He talks about tennis, his love of Wimbledon, a place he now calls home, and life away from the courts.
Lorna Luft discusses her life and relationship with her mother, Judy Garland. Whilst Lorna loves entertaining audiences onstage she reveals there's one song she won't be singing.
The Katanas are 19-year-old identical twins called Millie and Hope. At 14 they played twins in the 麻豆社 drama Waterloo Road. They're currently putting an album together.
Explorer Benedict Allen shares his Inheritance Tracks: the theme tune to the 1964 TV series The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe and Four Strong Winds sung by Neil Young.
Samer Nashef is a heart surgeon who is also a pioneer in developing ways to measure the risk of operations. Samer's other passion is crosswords and he's compiled a quiz for Saturday Live, with thanks to Arachne and Rufus for some of the "classic" clues".
Boris Becker's Wimbledon is out now.
The Naked Surgeon by Samer Nashef is out now.
Lorna Luft is currently in the UK performing The Songbook of Judy Garland
Producer: Claire Bartleet
Editor: Karen Dalziel.
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Heart surgeon Samer Nashef composes crosswords and he鈥檚 created a special one for us.
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Benedict Allen chooses his Inheritance Tracks
Duration: 07:28
Studio Photo 27th June 2015
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Aasmah Mir |
Presenter | Richard Coles |
Interviewed Guest | Boris Becker |
Interviewed Guest | Lorna Luft |
Interviewed Guest | Millie Katana |
Interviewed Guest | Hope Katana |
Interviewed Guest | Benedict Allen |
Interviewed Guest | Samer Nashef |
Producer | Claire Bartleet |
Editor | Karen Dalziel |
Broadcast
- Sat 27 Jun 2015 09:00麻豆社 Radio 4
Podcast
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Saturday Live
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