Talk about ups and downs… Top sports presenter Gabby began 2020 by receiving an MBE, before seeing all the highlights of her year fall away – including the Tokyo Olympics.Gabby’s MBE recognises her work in raising the status of women in sport.

Ep 22: Ed Byrne

Aug 20th, 2020 34m 3s

Telling jokes to parked cars at a drive-in… hollow laughter echoing around half-empty theatres… just some of the surreal challenges facing today’s socially distanced comedians.Irish stand up star Ed Byrne tries to see the funny side in this re

Ep 21: Baroness Floella Benjamin

Aug 12th, 2020 36m 37s

Actress, singer, author, businesswoman… Floella has come a long way since presenting Play School in 1976. And with a seat in the House of Lords, she’s made it in the political arena too.Floella came to England from Trinidad in 1960. She began

Ep 20: Jean-Christophe Novelli

Aug 5th, 2020 28m 8s

Jean-Christophe came to England in 1983, where one of his first successes was running Keith Floyd’s Maltster’s Arms in Devon. He set up his first London restaurant, Maison Novelli, in 1996.Three more followed, along with a gastropub in Hertfor

Ep 19: Tracy Edwards

Jul 30th, 2020 33m 52s

Tracy is one of Britain’s most successful sailors. In 1985 she completed her first Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race aboard Atlantic Privateer. Four years later aboard Maiden, Tracy skippered the first all-female crew to enter this epic race

Ep 18: Tanni Grey-Thompson

Jul 23rd, 2020 37m 21s

She’s won 16 Paralympic medals, over 30 world records and the London Marathon six times. Her charitable achievements are too numerous to detail. No wonder she’s been awarded an OBE, an MBE, a DBE and the title of Baroness with a seat in the Hou

Ep 17: Judy Murray

Jul 15th, 2020 38m 8s

We all remember Judy’s determined face as she watched her sons Andy and Jamie triumph at Wimbledon. After kick-starting the lessons that took her boys to the top, Judy has become one of the most influential coaches in British tennis.In 2017 sh

Ep 16: Viv Anderson

Jul 9th, 2020 35m 49s

Viv Anderson was a pioneering footballer who rose to fame as part of Brian Clough’s celebrated Nottingham Forest team. They climbed to the top of the First Division in 1977 and went on to win both the League and European Cups. He subsequently p

Ep 15: Sir Andrew Strauss

Jul 2nd, 2020 32m 3s

Andrew enjoyed a stellar career as a cricketer for Middlesex and England, playing in 100 test matches and 127 One Day Internationals. He scored over 7,000 test runs, including 21 centuries, and featured in three Ashes-winning series – two as Ca

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