Ouch! Talk Show 81: New Year special with Gill Hicks, Toby Mildon and Francesca Martinez
| 10:07 UK time, Thursday, 5 January 2012
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• Gill Hicks, who lost both legs above the knee in the 2005 London Bombings, talks about her approach to life as a disabled person six years on. She discusses her peace campaigning work and reveals the biggest advantage that having prosthetic limbs gives her.
• Francesca Martinez is a stand up comedian and public speaker who describes herself as wobbly. She remembers the moment when her outlook on life changed for the positive, and expresses strongly held opinions on government cuts to disability benefits and the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
• Career coach Toby Mildon has spinal muscular atrophy. He spent two months of 2010 in a coma, during which the decision was made to turn off his life support. Toby has come back more inspired than ever and hopes that his story can help others achieve their dreams in these challenging times. He provides some helpful strategies and tips for getting through the coming year.
• Mat Fraser and Liz Carr facilitate a lively discussion during this special round-table talk show, as our three guests ring in 2012 in an outrageously positive, motivational and dare we say it, inspirational fashion.
Pod Talk
The control room has never been so quiet as it was during the recording of this show. Afterwards, even guide dogs Verona and Becket had that warm and fuzzy feeling.
Each guest had such an extraordinary personal tale to tell and so many insights to share that our challenge with this episode was squeezing as much as possible into the allotted time.
It was a significant departure from our usual format so we'd love to hear what you thought of it in the comments below.
Regular service resumes in Early February, when Rob Crossan and Liz Carr will be in the hotseat.
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