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On Midweek this week you can hear:-
MARK DOWN
When he was ten years old he put on a Punch and Judy show at his local village fete. He qualified as a doctor and later changed direction to become an actor. In a career coming full-circle he co-founded the puppetry company Blind Summit, which makes new plays with puppets for adult audiences.
Their production Low Life started out as a scratch performance at the Battersea Arts Centre. It stormed the Edinburgh Festival and will be at BAC Studio 2 from 17 January as part of London International Mime Festival 2006.
MARC WOODS
At the age of 16, Marc, an accomplished swimmer, noticed his ankle had become swollen. He was diagnosed with cancer and his leg was amputated.
Six months after the operation he competed in the National Disabled Swimming Championship and won three medals. Since then he's represented Great Britain in a number of paralympics, winning medals at each one.
He's now written Personal Best: 10 lessons to help you achieve your true potential, which is published by Capstone, at £9.99.
AUDREY EYTON
She started her career as the beauty editor of Woman magazine under the by-line "The Lovely Helen Temple". Along with husband she set up Slimming magazine in 1969 - and soon they were head of an empire with 400 slimming clubs and a spa.
In 1982, she published the best-selling F Plan diet which sold four million copies worldwide.
Today she celebrates her 70th birthday and launches a completely updated book.
The F2 Diet, is published by Bantam Press, at £12.99.
CARL HEAP
He was born in India to missionary parents.
He has co-founded, directed and acted in many productions for the touring company The Medieval Players, with a strong emphasis on circus skills - he has a sideline as a stiltwalker. After a spell as a teacher, he co-wrote and directed three epic Christmas shows at Battersea Arts Centre, including Ben Hur.
He's now writing and directing a version of Shakespeare's Pericles for a National Theatre tour of primary schools.
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