About Putting Life On Hold
You, Me and the Big C: Putting the can in cancer
BBC
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 June 2019
⏱️ 93 minutes
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Summary
Head of features for ITV’s Lorraine, Helen Addis, talks about taking a break from work after finding out she had breast cancer and launched a campaign as a result. She also reveals how important a role Deborah played in her finding out she had cancer. Lorraine Kelly joins us to discuss the impact it's had on the production team.
Former England Cricket captain Andrew Strauss, who stepped down as the ECB's director of cricket after his wife Ruth was diagnosed with a rare form of lung cancer, has an in depth conversation about how the illness and death of his wife affected the family.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
| 0:17.4 | I think you could really enjoy a day at the cricket. I mean, I know how much... |
| 0:19.9 | That's what you can do for us, really. |
| 0:21.4 | Cricky, that's the watch. |
| 0:22.4 | Apparently there's beer, there's wine. |
| 0:24.3 | There's all sorts, yeah. Long days. |
| 0:25.8 | There's mumpaymaboles, should we end it there? |
| 0:27.4 | LAUGHTER |
| 0:28.4 | MUSIC |
| 0:29.4 | Hello and welcome to You Me in the Big Sea, with me, Laura Mann, otherwise known as Goverse |
| 0:42.0 | Cancer. Hello. |
| 0:43.2 | Deborah James, aka Balbe. Hi. |
| 0:45.6 | And Steve Bland, otherwise known. |
| 0:47.6 | As Steve Bland. |
| 0:48.6 | I'm good. |
| 0:49.6 | We are all friends, vloggers and broadcasters. We will have one thing in common. We have |
| 0:54.0 | a relationship with cancer. And we want to tell you about the hides as well as the |
| 0:57.4 | realise. And if you're new to the podcast, we have covered a number of topics and you |
| 1:01.8 | can find them all at BBC Sounds and you usual podcast providers. You can also get in touch |
| 1:05.8 | with us to suggest future topics and let us know your experiences by using the hashtag |
| 1:10.1 | You Me Big Sea on social media. And today we're going to talk about a topic that we've |
| 1:15.4 | all had to do, which is put our lives and hold you to cancer. It's boo and a yay. I think |
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