{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67ea8e8374ce6156734d1d8f/68d3ca57826776877cdb0ebc?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Clare Balding","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67ea8e8374ce6156734d1d8f/1758711924689-1ebd858d-5116-4157-8070-332b590ccd3c.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Fresh from Traitor's Castle is <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/clarebalding/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Clare Balding</a> - sports commentator, author and radio presenter (BBC R4's Ramblings).</p><p><br></p><p>Together with our host <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/rachelsvparris/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Parris</a> (BAFTA-nominated comedian, actor, author), Clare reveals (at least) three children's books that have helped make her who she is today.</p><p><br></p><p>Delivering not quite the&nbsp;<em>soundtrack</em>&nbsp;of her life, but the literary yarns that knit it together.&nbsp;&nbsp;A kind of \"desert-island-children's-book\" show.</p><p><br></p><p>Three books:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Childhood favourite - the book that shaped who they are today, a little window into their childhood</li><li>Shared book - an important book, read with someone significant today</li><li>Gift to the future - a title to donate to The Children's Book Project, inspiring a future generation</li></ul><p><br></p><p>PLUS - we hear from Book Detectives Mariam Da Haan and Zoë Miller at the British Library, via The Children's Book Project unit in Leeds.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Brought to you by <a href=\"https://childrensbookproject.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Children's Book Project</a> - the Queen's Award-winning national charity that takes your pre-loved, unwanted children’s books and gives them to families with few, if any, of their own.</p><p><br></p><p>Just by listening, you help us achieve our goal - to eliminate book poverty in children.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Guests this series:</p><ul><li>Lauren Laverne</li><li>Stephen and Anita Mangan</li><li>Clare Balding</li><li>David and Ivor Baddiel</li><li>Andi Oliver</li><li>Suli Breaks</li><li>Bonus panel ep hosted by Tracy Chevalier</li></ul><p><br></p><p>To discover the recommended books of all our guests, and support your local bookshop, visit the independent bookseller's website <a href=\"https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/CBP\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Written, produced and edited by <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/reallyrachelshelley/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Rachel Shelley</a></p><p><br></p><p>In collaboration with <a href=\"https://childrensbookproject.co.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Children's Book Project </a>charity.</p><p><br></p><p>Image: Owen James Vincent</p>","author_name":"The Children's Book Project"}