SatLive: 14 September 2013




Saturday Live show

Summary: Rev Richard Coles and Anita Anand with historian and broadcaster, Bettany Hughes. Dr Robert Poole explains what happened on September 14th 1752 when Britain changed from a Julian calendar to a Gregorian calendar. Jess Herman tells us about her work with Nicaraguan street children. A 'Sound Sculpture' of a Spitfire's Merlin engine described by Britain's only female Spitfire pilot, Carolyn Grace. Explore Andrew Johnston's attic in 'The Thing About Me' where he discovers pictorial maps by his Uncle MacDonald 'Max' Gill. The 'Inheritance Tracks' of former SAS soldier Chris Ryan. And John McCarthy travels to Durham to see the Lindisfarne Gospels.