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Janet Ellis, Nina Myskow, Charles Foster, Sarah Kendall

Libby Purves meets veterinarian and barrister Charles Foster, presenter and writer Janet Ellis, journalist Nina Myskow and comedian Sarah Kendall.

Libby Purves meets veterinarian and barrister Charles Foster; presenter and writer Janet Ellis; journalist Nina Myskow and comedian Sarah Kendall.

Sarah Kendall is an award-winning comedian and writer. Born in Newcastle, New South Wales in Australia, she is a regular cast member of Clare in the Community on 大象传媒 Radio 4 and a frequent guest on the Now Show. A Day in October, her new show, takes audiences back to a pool party she attended in 1990 with disastrous consequences. Sarah Kendall: A Day in October is at the Soho Theatre, London.

Charles Foster is a writer, traveller, veterinarian and barrister. A keen naturalist, his new book explores what it's like to be a beast: a badger, an otter, a deer, a fox and a swift He lived life as a badger for six weeks, sleeping in a dirt hole and eating earth worms, he came face to face with shrimps as he lived like an otter and he spent hours curled up in a back garden in East London and rooting around bins like an urban fox. Being a Beast is published by Profile Books.

Janet Ellis is a television presenter, actor and writer who is best known for presenting the children's television programmes Blue Peter and Jigsaw. A former actor, she recently attended a creative writing course and her first novel, The Butcher's Hook, is a gothic thriller set in Georgian London. The Butcher's Hook is published by Two Roads.

Nina Myskow is a journalist and former editor of Jackie magazine which launched in 1964. She's editor-in-chief of Jackie the Musical which starts touring in March. Jackie the Musical revisits the heady days of the 1970s and 1980s, and tells the story of a 50-something divorc茅e who revisits her stash of well-thumbed Jackie magazines for the same reason she first read them nearly 40 years ago - advice on how best to navigate the opposite sex. Jackie the Musical previews at the Gardyne Theatre in Dundee before touring the UK.

Producer: Paula McGinley.

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43 minutes

In the studio

In the studio
L-R Janet Ellis, Charles Foster, Sarah Kendall, Nina Myskow

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Libby Purves
Interviewed Guest Charles Foster
Interviewed Guest Janet Ellis
Interviewed Guest Nina Myskow
Interviewed Guest Sarah Kendall
Producer Paula McGinley

Broadcasts

  • Wed 24 Feb 2016 09:00
  • Wed 24 Feb 2016 21:30

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