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Episode 7 - Tiggi Trethowan

Season 1, Ep. 7

In this episode, Emma talks to Tiggi Trethowan who worked for years as a TV producer until recently she was diagnosed with an incurable eye condition which will lead eventually to total blindness. Emma and Tiggi talk about mainly different things that affect Tiggi's life including her guide dog Jackie, working on highly successful TV shows with Bear Grylls and on the Antiques Roadshow and about the perception that some sighted people have of blind people.


Tiggi also talks in detail about her own podcast - Draycott Diaries Village Podcast - which you can listen to at https://www.draycottdiaries.com/


This episode was recorded remotely.


Do feel free to get in touch with the team with feedback or future guest suggestions by emailing thevippod@gmail.com


Interviewed by Emma Martins

Produced & Edited by Michael Wordingham and Rupert Mountjoy



Podcast artwork by Jimmy Scofield

Website: www.jimmyscofield.com

Contact: jimmy.scofield.design@gmail.com

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Intro music is "Ghost Byzantine" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive.


Interlude and Outro music is "Dead River" by Blue Dot Sessions, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License via the Free Music Archive

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