Saturday Live

On Saturday Live this week we’ll be looking up, down and all over the place.

Dame Maggie Aderin, space scientist, will have us looking to the skies in wonder before David Mearns, shipwreck hunter, takes us down into the ocean deep as we marvel at his life’s work - and a man never short of a sense of wonder is writer, actor, comedian, sailor and lover of alpacas...Griff Rhys Jones.
Also today, we’ll rise from the depths to the surface for some sea shantying from The Longest Johns - and we’ll be getting the Inheritance Tracks of Andy Zaltzman.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producers: Lowri Morgan and Alice McKee
Researcher: Angharad Butler
Editor: Glyn Tansley
(The live music performed in this programme has been shortened for music rights reasons)

Today we’re in the company of a billionaire, a hostage negotiator and the most sought after screenwriter in the business.
The screenwriter in question is Jack Thorne who’s now turned his considerable talent to a brilliant TV adaptation of Lord of the Flies.
Nicky Perfect says hostage negotiation is all about empathy, and less about talking than listening. And we’ll be all ears as she tells us what we can all learn from the techniques police negotiators use.
And we’ll certainly be paying close attention to what Welsh born billionaire Michael Moritz has to say to us, about his own story, and his telling of the story of his family which is fascinating, harrowing and inspiring in equal measure.
Also today the firefighter who spends his spare time being a Viking - and the Inheritance Tracks of Marian Keyes.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producers: Catherine Powell, Ribika Moktan, Imy Harper
Researchers: Angharad Butler, Jesse Edwards
Editor: Glyn Tansley

Today we have a comedian, a nun and an undertaker’s beautician.
Mark Steel says that when there’s a crisis afoot, while everyone else is panicking the comedians in the room are busy finding the funny side. This Mark’s done, with a book about what he calls his adventures in cancerland.
The remarkable Sister Libby Osgood, worked for NASA before she became a nun. Quite the career path that.
And Jayne Lownds - who brought her expertise as a high-street beautician into the family funeral business.
Also today the annual pancake race still being run more than 550 years after it started - and the Inheritance Tracks of Radio 1 DJ and boardgame designer Matt Edmondson.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Alexander Armstrong on life as a writer, Professor Patricia Wiltshire explains the role of a forensic botanist, Mackenzie Crook unveils the secrets behind his latest show.

We have a writer, a shepherdess, and a man in favour of doing more of nothing.
Our writer wrote one of the biggest books of the last 25 years. The Curious Incident of a Dog in the Night-time has brought joy to millions of children, and adults. And now Mark Haddon’s written a memoir just as memorable.
Our Shepherdess is almost certainly the only Shepherdess you can name. The Yorkshire Shepherdess herself, Amanda Owen, whose new tv series suggests her love of her farming life burns as brightly as ever.
And the man who wants us to give our brains a break is a neuroscientist who’s applied his considerable brain to the importance of giving all our tormented minds a bit more downtime. Dr Joseph Jebelli has a fascinating story to tell.
Also, we’ll be asking how many clowns can you fit into a church as we speak to the clown organising the 80th anniversary Joseph Grimaldi Service - and we’ll be enjoying the Inheritance Tracks of Mika.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Colin Patterson