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Mariella Frostrup meets entrepreneur Michelle Mone; comedian and writer Tony Hawks; singer and songwriter Doug Seegers and actor and director Lillete Dubey.

Michelle Mone OBE is an entrepreneur and motivational speaker. In her memoir, My Fight to the Top, she tells of growing up in the tough East End of Glasgow and launching a global lingerie business. As a child she had a poster of Richard Branson on her bedroom wall and a paper round at 10. Her company made millions, she mixed in elevated circles but there was heartache along the way. My Fight To The Top is published by Blink Publishing.

Tony Hawks is a comedian and author. His new book Once upon a Time in the West...Country is the story of his move from London to Devon two years ago. In the book he writes about leaving the capital and beginning a new life of village halls, committees and tractor-driving. He also takes up the challenge of cycling from one Devon coast to another with a micro-pig called Titch. Once upon a Time in the West...Country is published by Hodder And Stoughton.

Doug Seegers is a 62-year-old country singer and songwriter who was a homeless busker living in Nashville until two years ago when he was plucked off the streets to record his first solo album. Doug moved to Nashville from New York in 1997 to pursue his dream of making it as a musician. Battling drug and alcohol addiction, he struggled to make a living before finally getting clean and sober in 2013. Not long afterwards Swedish country music star Jill Johnson discovered him playing in the street and whisked him into a recording studio. The album Going Down to the River is on Wrasse Records.

Lillete Dubey is an actor and director who has appeared in over 40 Bollywood and international films. She is artistic director of Mumbai-based English language theatre company, Primetime. Lillete is directing the company's production of Boiled Beans on Toast which traces the lives of six characters in Bangalore as they confront a changing India. Boiled Beans on Toast is at Waterman's Art Centre, Brentford, Middlesex.

Producer: Paula McGinley.