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Professor Green

Rapper Professor Green, hairstylist Charlie le Mindu and broadcaster Seva Novgorodsev join Aasmah Mir and Kate Silverton.

He's sold over three million records, has over 2 million twitter followers and has notched up 66 million YouTube views of his work. Rapper Professor Green aka Stephen Manderson has now written his autobiography which details his troubled past, successful present and hopes for the future. He joins us on Saturday Live.

Charlie le Mindu is a hair artist. He cuts hair, makes wigs and what he calls 'haute coiffure' a fusion of high fashion and hair which has produced hair coats and clothes. He's worked with Lady Gaga, Lana Del Ray and gave Florence Welsh her flame red dye. He joins us on Saturday live to tell us about his passion for and the power of HAIR.

Seva Novgorodsev is famous in the former Soviet Union for broadcasting pop music across the Iron Curtain and introducing Western culture via the 91热爆 World Service. This month saw him retiring after 38 years, and he joins us to reflect on a career in which he also played a baddie in a Bond film, and received fan mail in the form of a message in a bottle.

Catherine Gallop is a listener who contacted us about her regular visits as a volunteer to Lourdes. She tells us what impact it had on her life and those who she travelled with.

Actress Emilia Clarke rose to prominence playing "Khaleesi" in Game of Thrones, she's also starred on Broadway and appears in the latest Terminator film. Her inheritance tracks are 'Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' by The Beatles and 'Check yo self' by Ice Cube.

and JP meets Ken Wilkinson who was a Spitfire pilot who flew in the Battle of Britain 75 years ago.

Professor Green Lucky by Stephen Manderson is published by Blink publishing
Haute Coiffure by Charlie le Mindu is published by Roads Publishing.

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1 hour, 28 minutes

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Sat 19 Sep 2015 09:00

Studio Photo 19th September 2015

Studio Photo 19th September 2015
(L to R) JP, Catherine Gallop, Professor Green, Kate, Charlie le Mindu, Seva Novgorovsev and Aasmah.

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Role Contributor
Presenter Aasmah Mir
Presenter Kate Silverton
Interviewed Guest Professor Green
Interviewed Guest Charlie le Mindu
Interviewed Guest Seva Novgorodsev
Interviewed Guest Catherine Gallop
Interviewed Guest Emilia Clarke
Interviewed Guest JP Devlin
Interviewed Guest Ken Wilkinson

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  • Sat 19 Sep 2015 09:00

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