Ben Shephard
The Mid•Point with Gabby Logan
The Midpoint
4.3 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 2 November 2022
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Saturday night telly, sports coverage and breakfast on Good Morning Britain, Ben Shephard has truly done it all.
He tells Gabby about his current training plan and remembers turning up to a dance audition in a pair of dirty rugby shorts. He also considers what makes a happy, long-lasting marriage.
Gabby and Ben are also joined by the mentor, coach and charity fundraiser Ivan Hollingsworth - one of 25 inspiring people from Ben's forthcoming book 'Humble Heroes.'
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| 0:00.0 | The 7th Sun is the profound novel by Sebastian Fox, author of Birdsong. When Tulissa offers to |
| 0:06.7 | carry another woman's child, she has no idea about the secret IVF experiments she's about to |
| 0:12.6 | become part of, that could change what it means to be human. Spanning New York, London and the |
| 0:18.4 | Scottish Islands, it's a powerful story that asks the question just because we can, does it mean |
| 0:24.2 | we should? The 7th Sun by Sebastian Fox, out now in hardback, e-book and audiobook. |
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| 0:48.4 | bit longer than normal, but the iPad away, read something that I wouldn't ordinarily open, |
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