Patrick Grant and Mark Anthony Turnage
Sewing Bee judge Patrick Grant; comedian Adam Kay; tree climber Jess Herbert; alopecia app creator Nichola McAvoy and composer Mark Anthony Turnage
Aasmah and Richard are joined by: Patrick Grant - he bought and revived a failing tailors in Savile Row in 2005, since then he鈥檚 been awarded Menswear designer at the British Fashion Awards, become a judge on The Great British Sewing Bee and promotes sustainable fashion. Adam Kay used to be a junior doctor, and left to become a writer and comedian. His book This is Going to Hurt was based on diaries written as a junior doctor, exposed the highs and lows of the job and became a bestseller. Nichola McAvoy lost her hair age 11 and will tell us how finding a friend who also had alopecia was invaluable to her. Jess Herbert left her job as a trilingual assistant and retrained as an aborist - she's since won tree climbing competitions. We'll have your thank you and the Inheritance tracks of composer Mark Anthony Turnage who chooses Stravinsky's 鈥楾he Fairy鈥檚 kiss鈥� conducted by Oliver Knussen with the Cleveland orchestra, and Miles Davis' 鈥楤lue in Green鈥�.
Producer: Corinna Jones
Editor: Eleanor Garland
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