Saturday Live - Mark Steel, Nun at NASA, Funeral Cosmetics, and the Inheritance Tracks of Matt Edmonsdon
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Today we have a comedian, a nun and an undertaker’s beautician.
Mark Steel says that when there’s a crisis afoot, while everyone else is panicking the comedians in the room are busy finding the funny side. This Mark’s done, with a book about what he calls his adventures in cancerland.
The remarkable Sister Libby Osgood, worked for NASA before she became a nun. Quite the career path that.
And Jayne Lownds - who brought her expertise as a high-street beautician into the family funeral business.
Also today the annual pancake race still being run more than 550 years after it started - and the Inheritance Tracks of Radio 1 DJ and boardgame designer Matt Edmondson.
Presenter: Adrian Chiles Producer: Ben Mitchell Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Published on Saturday, 14th February 2026.
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