Episodes

  • Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Nydia Hetherington & Samantha Sotto Yambao

    Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Nydia Hetherington & Samantha Sotto Yambao
    Aug 19 2025
    In the final of three special episodes Georgina talks to two more of the authors short-listed for the much coveted 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Nydia Hetherington for Sycorax and Samantha Sotto Yambao for Water Moon (Samantha Sotto Yambao image (c) Charm Cataag)

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    51 mins
  • Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Diana McCaulay & Jack Jordan

    Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Diana McCaulay & Jack Jordan
    Aug 19 2025
    In this special episode Georgina talks to two more authors short-listed for the 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Diana McCaulay for A House for Miss Pauline and Jack Jordan for Redemption. (Jack Jordan Image (c) Phil Sharp, Diana McCaulay Image (c) Jeremy Francis)

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    50 mins
  • Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Nussaibah Younis & Costanza Casati

    Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2025, Nussaibah Younis & Costanza Casati
    Aug 19 2025
    In the first of three special episodes Georgina talks to two of the authors short-listed for the much coveted 2025 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, Nussaibah Younis for Fundamentally and Costanza Casati for Babylonia.

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    46 mins
  • The Spirit of Adventure with Laura Bingham and Lucy Shepherd

    The Spirit of Adventure with Laura Bingham and Lucy Shepherd
    Apr 11 2025
    In this final episode of our adventure mini series Georgina talks to to extraordinary women, Laura Bingham who made the first ever descent of the Essequibo river in Guyana from source to sea and explorer Lucy Shepherd who has led expeditions to some of the harshest and most challenging places in the world, from high mountains to tropical rainforests and Arctic tundra.

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    44 mins
  • The Spirit of Adventure with test pilot Nathan Gray Part Three

    The Spirit of Adventure with test pilot Nathan Gray Part Three
    Apr 4 2025
    In this third and final episode Georgina talks to Nathan about the challenges of being a test pilot, the importance of reading both. for information and for leisure, what it's like to fly the amazing F-35, how to know when to stop and the future of aviation

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    32 mins
  • The Spirit of Adventure with Nathan Gray Part Two

    The Spirit of Adventure with Nathan Gray Part Two
    Mar 28 2025
    In his episode Nathan Gray talks to Georgina about he overcame a devastating accident early in his career, what it's like to fly at twice the speed of sound, how to land a jet on an aircraft carrier and his time as a combat pilot in Afghanistan.

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    32 mins
  • The Spirit of Adventure with test pilot Nathan Gray Part One

    The Spirit of Adventure with test pilot Nathan Gray Part One
    Mar 21 2025
    In this first episode of three with decorated test pilot Nathan Gray, Georgina chats to Nathan about why he decided to become a pilot, why he chose the Navy rather than the Air Force and what he had to go through to achieve his dream.

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    30 mins
  • The Spirit of Adventure with Ed Stafford and Alex Bescoby Part 2

    The Spirit of Adventure with Ed Stafford and Alex Bescoby Part 2
    Mar 14 2025
    In this second episode with explorer Ed Stafford and filmmaker Alex Bescoby Georgina talk to them about their love of story telling, how they set about doing research, getting out of sticky situations, the kindness of strangers, tips for young explorers and much, much more

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    41 mins