{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/fba1a06c-5366-4fde-9182-d47aa7f6f9f6/651832f29f06d000116e665f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 109: Charlotte Hawkins ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e762606c05eb791f4093e/1696084438591-da53acaf9250d20f36e8c2a59ebefd74.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Charlotte Hawkins presents Good Morning Britain where she proudly helps set the news agenda for the day and quizzes the people in power on the TV viewer's behalf.&nbsp;She also has a lifelong love of music and presents a show on Classic FM.</p><p><br></p><p>Charlotte talked about how she and her husband tried without success to have a baby and were just about to set off down the IVF route when Charlotte unexpectedly became pregnant.&nbsp;She also spoke about how she lost her beloved Dad to motor neurone disease, just a month before her daughter was born, but that her daughter still has a bond with Grandad Frank, who gives her a Christmas present each year, as Charlotte knows exactly what he would have chosen.</p><p><br></p><p>Charlotte's daughter Ella Rose is now 8 and she also tried out the TV presenter role this summer when she interviewed her idol George Ezra.&nbsp;She did it so well that it made me want to see lots more children putting adults in the hot seat - especially politicians.</p><p><br></p><p>Spinning Plates is presented by Sophie Ellis-Bextor, produced by Claire Jones and post-production by Richard Jones</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Sophie Ellis-Bextor"}