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Anna Ryder Richardson, Peter Brathwaite, Lee Skeet, Sophie Raworth

Designer and broadcaster, Anna Ryder Richardson, reveals why she left a life of fame to go full "Matt Damon" and buy a zoo

Designer and broadcaster, Anna Ryder Richardson, reveals why she gave up her celebrity life and go full "Matt Damon" when she bought a zoo and moved her family to rural Wales.

During the first lockdown, with all his performances cancelled, the writer and opera star Peter Brathwaite began researching his Barbadian roots, uncovering both enslaved and enslaver ancestors - culminating in a new book and exhibition at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery; Rediscovering Black Portraiture.

Lee Skeet had to give up his dream after a hit and run accident saw him forced out of the kitchen for over three years. The former head chef at a Michelin starred restaurant, who trained under Gordon Ramsay and Marcus Wareing, has just opened his new restaurant named after his son who also survived the incident that changed his life.

Broadcaster Sophie Raworth shares her Inheritance Tracks.

Presenters: Nikki Bedi and Peter Curran
Producer: Ben Mitchell

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  • Sat 8 Apr 2023 09:00

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