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🗓️ 20 November 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
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SAS thriller writer Andy McNab and spoken word artist George the Poet choose a good read
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0:47.0 | Hello, with me today, the former SAS operative Andy McNabb, |
0:50.6 | now a best-selling author of memoirs such as Bravo Two-Zero and of well over 30 novels, |
0:53.0 | of which the first in the Tom Buckingham series Red Notice is |
0:56.5 | currently being made into a film. Andy is also a spokesman for and advisor to the military |
1:02.6 | and advises on war films such as Black Hawk Down and Pearl Harbour. With him is George Mpanga, |
1:10.5 | more popularly known as George the Poet. |
1:13.2 | A recording artist who began performing rap and grime at the age of 15 |
1:16.6 | and has now adapted his rap into spoken word. |
1:19.9 | Earlier this year, with his poem The Beauty of Union, |
1:22.7 | he opened BBC One's live coverage of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's Wedding. |
1:27.8 | And if you missed that, you can always download Have You Heared George's Podcast. |
1:33.4 | Andy McNabb, would you start us off with your choice of a good read? |
1:36.9 | Yes, my book is Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. |
1:41.1 | It's basically the story of two mountain climbers. |
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