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07/11/2009

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Last broadcast on Sat, 7 Nov 2009, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4.

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Real life stories in which listeners talk about the issues that matter to them.

Fi Glover is joined by businessman Harvey Jacobson.

With poetry from Susan Richardson.

Studio Guest :: Harvey Jacobson

Harvey Jacobson is the Managing Director of footwear supplier Jacobson Group. He has risen from a market trader to the Times Rich List and his stores can be found on most British High Streets

Topical Story :: Alan Emtage

On the 40th anniversary of the birth of the internet, we speak to Alan Emtage who invented the first ever search engine

Alan's official website

Inheritance Tracks :: Clarissa Dickson Wright

TV chef Clarissa Dickson Wright inherited She Had To Go And Lose It At The Astor and passes on D'Ye Ken John Peel. Her autobiography, Rifling Through My Drawers, is now available and published by Hodder

Topical Story :: Conscientous Objector

Kendall Clark conscientiously objected to army conscription in 1948 because of his Quaker faith. His father had also been a conscientous objecter in WWI and was a founder member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation

The Quaker website

Guerrilla Report :: 1930s

Brandyn Shaw's attraction to the 1930s dictates his lifestyle, the clothes he wears, the way he speaks and the music he listens to

Poet :: Susan Richardson

Susan Richardson is a poet, performer and educator based in Cardiff. She regularly performs at literary festivals and environmental events up & down the country

Susan's official website

Children in Need :: Saturday Live guest book auction

We are auctioning our prized guest book in aid of the charity. It’s been signed by 135 guests including Joanna Trollope, Gary Kemp, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Jodi Picoult and Alan Titchmarsh. Details of the auction will be updated on Tuesday

Children in Need website

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  1. Sat 7 Nov 2009
    09:00

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