11. Tops Off, Tensing
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When she wasn’t singing around the world, Charlotte spent her teenage years hanging out in Victoria Park, with a group of friends including Antonio Simone. Antonio is now one of Cardiff’s most respected chefs. Together they reminisce on their working class upbringings in Cardiff and how their lives have changed. Charlotte Church hosts a series of intimate conversations about belonging, working class identity and the unbreakable bonds of family. A BBC Studios Audio production for BBC Sounds. Producer: Lynsey Martenstyn Executive producer: Paul Smith Music by Jonathan Powell & Charlotte Church Development executive is Emma Shaw Additional production and editing: Helen Brown Commissioning editor for BBC Sounds: Rhian Roberts
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