Saturday Live

On today's programme, Adrian Chiles is with Steve Backshall the adventurer and naturalist who’s captivated all of us with his work, but especially children, millions of them, who he’s led wide-eyed into the natural world.
Frank Cottrell Boyce is blessed with a similar gift for capturing the imagination of children as well as grownups. The esteemed screenwriter is presently the Children’s Laureate. Frank will be appearing on the programme ahead of his appearance at the Children's Laureate Lecture called - The Kids Are Not Alright – which is being held on Thursday the 14th May at The Royal Institution, London.
And amazing storytellers though Frank and Steve are, even they might struggle to do justice to the tale of what Natalie Queiroz has been through. Her work campaigning for the victims of crime has earned her a well-deserved MBE
Plus we'll hear the Inheritance Tracks of broadcaster and journalist Nick Robinson.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall found his calling in the countryside of Gloucestershire and Devon to become a cook on the wild side championing seasonal and sustainable ingredients.
Lucy Shepherd is our explorer who has navigated her way from the safety of the Suffolk countryside to the amazon and arctic, including the Cardiff studio.
And Jonathan Shalit, who began writing music reviews at school and ended up managing the talents of some of the biggest names in music and show business.
Plus the Inheritance Tracks of the beauty entrepreneur and author Liz Earle.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producers: Ribika Moktan and Lowri Morgan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

On today's programme, Adrian is joined with a poet, an actor and a woman who has been through a military coup in the 1960s.
Joseph Coelho the poet was raised in a tower block in Roehampton. He wrote his way into the role of children’s laureate and fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Lesley Nicol, the actress, grew up in Irlam, Greater Manchester and ended up in Downtown Abbey. Some journey that for Mrs Patmore, the cook who, disappointingly, can’t cook in real life.
And Tari Lang who grew up in Jakarta and has written a coming of age memoir in the middle of the military coup which saw at least half-a-million people lose their lives in Indonesia. Plus the Inheritance Tracks from the singer-songwriter Laura Mvula.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Assistant Producers: Ribika Moktan and Lowri Morgan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

John Robins is a critically-acclaimed comic with awards a-plenty, and now a blistering memoir "Thirst; worked around Twelve Drinks That Changed My Life.
Arit Anderson of Gardeners’ World is on her way to the centre of the gardening world, the Chelsea Flower Show, where she’s creating a special space for those with Parkinson's.
Starting with a distressed raccoon she found in a bloke’s garage, Lindsey McKenna’s spent the last 15 years saving two hundred exotic animals.
We'll be thanking six burly men who, 27 years ago, lifted up and carried a car containing a heavily pregnant listener of ours, off the hard shoulder of the M25.
Two brothers are pleased as punch to be reunited, after forty years, with their late father’s Austin 35 racing green, racing car.
And we’ll get the Inheritance Tracks of the actor turned director James McAvoy.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Colin Patterson

“Prankster” hardly does Dom Joly justice. He’s been a diplomat, a linguist, a traveller, a broadcaster, a writer and lots more besides.
Walter Iuzzolino is the "Walter" behind Channel 4’s Walter Presents series. A man who probably watches more TV from more countries than anyone else on the planet.
Dr Jaqueline Stroud, Professor of Soil Science at Warwick University, likes nothing better than eavesdropping on worms.
And we hear the Inheritance Tracks of the actor and star of The Pitt; Noah Wyle.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Glyn Tansley