Sandi Toksvig, Helen Czerski and Richard Blackwood's Inheritance Tracks

Comedian and writer Sandi Toksvig, former armed robber turned triathlete John McAvoy and bubble enthusiast, Dr. Helen Czerski and harmonica fan Ben Hewlett. With the Inheritance Tracks of Richard Blackwood.

Sandi Toksvig joins Aasmah Mir and the Rev.Richard Coles, to talk about being a national “Trevor”, adapting Treasure Island, why baking makes her emotional, and honeymooning in the Arctic. Helen Czerski, expert in the physics of bubbles, has just returned from a trip to the High Arctic. She explains how learning to ice a cake is just as much about physics as arc welding. John McAvoy describes how he turned himself from an armed robber into a triathlete thanks to the sports faculties of HMP Belmarsh and an epiphany. JP Devlin hears from the members of Sands United, a football team made up of bereaved fathers. Ben Hewett, Chairman of Harmonica UK, demonstrates how the Blues Brothers changed his life. With Inheritance Tracks from the actor and comedian Richard Blackwood. He chooses Mama Used to Say by Junior and Don’t you Worry ‘bout a Thing, Stevie Wonder.

Producer: Louise Corley Editor: Eleanor Garland