The former Today presenter has swapped news coverage for grilling A-listers on their love of nature while out for a walk
Martha Kearney, seen here at Redgrave and Lopham Fen, will host a new Radio 4 series called This Natural Life.Martha Kearney, seen here at Redgrave and Lopham Fen, will host a new Radio 4 series called This Natural Life.spent decades seeking “gotcha” moments in hard-hitting interviews. Now the broadcaster is unearthing rather different revelations for her new Radio 4 interview series.
All Kearney’s interviews are conducted outdoors for the series, which is first broadcast on 28 November. She is convinced that placing her subjects in natural settings opens them up. You can hear it in a person’s voice, she says: “Something changes. In general, radio is a better and more personal medium for interviewing people than television because you’re not surrounded by cameras or lights. But there’s still something quite intimidating about being in a studio. There’s a lightness and an engagement about the way people open up .”The world is accustomed to seeing Cate Blanchett on the red carpet – but she is also passionate about spending time in nature.
Her new series came about after she interviewed Cate Blanchett about a new film earlier this year. “I bought her a jar of apple jelly. She said, ‘Oh, I should’ve given you some of my honey.’ I said, ‘What? Wait! You’re a beekeeper?’ And she’s a beekeeper, and I used to keep bees.” Blanchett agreed to give another interview about her love of nature and the environment, so they went to look at beehives at Wakehurst, the Sussex outpost of Kew Gardens.
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