Johnny Ball is a television personality and has been inspiring the nation with Maths and Science for 46 years! He spent 3 years in the RAF and began his career as a Butlins red coat and was a successful comedian for 17 years. He also wrote and presented over 20 children's TV series including Crackerjack, Think of a number and Play School and has worked with some of the biggest stars including The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Johnny has written over 9 books and at 85 continues to share his wisdom and is currently writing his autobiography.
In the episode we delve into Johnny's amazing life from the RAF to his comedy days. We discuss his thoughts on teaching positivity and using you drive to go for what you want! He chats about a sliding doors moment of someone believing in him and his ability that led to a job that started off his career and a moment when everything went wrong on live TV to 19 million viewers- but ultimately changed his life!
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Ep93: Sliding Doors with Peter Komolafe
Ep92: Sliding Doors with Dame Prue Leith
Ep91: Sliding Doors with Mel Schilling
Ep90: Sliding Doors Live with Bex Smith
Ep89: Sliding Doors with Jo Elvin
Ep88: Sliding Doors with Ade Adepitan
BONUS EP: Sliding Doors International Women's Day Special
Ep87: Sliding Doors with Will Best
BONUS EP: Sliding Doors- Love Stories
Ep86: Sliding Doors with Sonny Jay
Ep85: Sliding Doors with Sam McKnight
Ep84: Sliding Doors with Sarel
Ep83: Sliding Doors with Farmer Will
Ep82: Sliding Doors with Jo Good
Ep81: SDYS- A reverse Sliding Doors moment..could it end differently with our help? with Julie Anderson
Ep80: SDYS- When a chain of events changes your entire life with Jez Haisman
Ep79: SDYS- Turning down your dream job with Mark Anand
Ep78: SDYS- A life changing moment from a random text message with Cassie Watts
Ep77: SDYS- When the stars aligned across the world with Anna & Mark
Ep76: SDYS- A modern day love story with Eve Squires
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