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BBC3 Presenter Amber Haque joins me in this episode. Think back to where you were a kid and where you grew up. What you saw, the people around you, the things that shaped your perspective on the world. And how would it feel to revisit that place, but with a camera crew documenting your experience? Well, that’s exactly what journalist and documentary-maker Amber Haque has been up to, presenting the second series of BBC3’s Hometown! And she’s here today to talk to me all about the documentary, growing up in and amongst several cultures and her career at the BBC.

In the 25th episode of Get With The Programme, award-winning writer Roanne Bardsley joins us! Her writing work includes the recent Channel 4 prison drama Screw, starring Derry Girls’ Jamie-Lee O'Donnell, Netflix’s Free Rein & long-running teen soap Hollyoaks. She’ll be chatting to us about her career & the social impact of both TV drama and soap opera.

Today I’m joined by star of hit teen drama Byker Grove, actor, writer, -producer, and broadcaster Sajid Varda, Sajid has worked in the entertainment industry for over 25 years and is co-chair of the BFI Screen Advisory Group. He’s also the founder of UK Muslim Film, a charity working to ensure authentic portrayals of Muslims and champion underrepresented voices both on and off-screen.

Calling all Sex Education fans! For the return of 'Get With The Programme', we're joined by writer, theatremaker, comedian and performance artist Krishna Istha, in conversation with Michael Andrew James Sheridan. Krishna has written an episode of the fourth series of Sex Education, is a writer at Die Gute Fabrik, a games studio in Denmark, and has even toured their stand-up show ‘Beast’. They’ve worked internationally across Europe, Australia and the US, making socially-conscious work, that speaks to underrepresented experiences of gender, race and sexual politics.