Snowcast Podcast
1) RUTH MADELEY: celebrating the inclusivity of Doctor Who
Ruth Madeley was born in Westhoughton, near Bolton, and studied English and creative writing at university. She always wanted to work in the entertainment industry and thought that her path lay in scr...Show More
2) DAN SCHREIBER: exploring the world of the weird with a QI elf
Dan Schreiber was born in Hong Kong, grew up in Sydney, and moved to England at the age of 19.Once here, Dan was hired as a researcher on the BBC panel show QI. And it was a job that Dan was born to d...Show More
3) LIZ BONNIN: sharing a passion for the natural world
Liz was born in France, grew up in Ireland, and studied biochemistry and wildlife biology at university.She has since travelled the world studying animal behaviour. And her documentaries include ...Show More
4) WAAD AL-KATEAB: a refugee and filmmaker who dares to dream
Waad Al-Kateab is a BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated filmmaker. Born in Syria, Waad left home at 18, to study at the university of Aleppo. In 2011, she began shooting video on her phone, while a...Show More
5) CAROL MORLEY: the detective filmmaker shining a light on forgotten women
Carol Morley is an acclaimed filmmaker, whose work includes short film, documentary and drama. She was born in Stockport, and spent her teens enjoying the Manchester music scene, before moving to...Show More
6) PROFESSOR MARY BEARD: a don's life and love for Ancient Rome
Classics professor Dame Mary Beard was a bright child, who was bumped up a year at school, went on archaelogical digs as a teen, and studied classics at Newnham College. After completing her PhD, Mary...Show More
7) AVA GLASS: crime reporter to "new queen of spy fiction"
Ava Glass is the pen name of Christi Daugherty. She was born in Texas and worked as a crime reporter before moving to the UK.A few years after settling in London, Christi was recruited to work in the ...Show More
8) STEVE GALLANT: finding courage on London Bridge and a purpose in prison
In November 2019, Steve Gallant was serving a life sentence for murder when he confronted the terrorist Usman Khan.Steve had been allowed out on day release, to attend a Learning Together event, near ...Show More
9) ZAK OVÉ: shining a light on invisible histories through art
The British-Trinidadian artist Zak Ové was born into an artistic family. After studying at St. Martin’s School of Art, he worked as a photographer and as a director of television and music videos.&nbs...Show More
10) SARAH SANDS: editing the news and finding hope in hedgehogs
Sarah Sands grew up in Tunbridge Wells and cut her teeth on a local newspaper in Kent, before moving to the diary, on the Evening Standard.She later edited the Standard but not before spending some ti...Show More