Ever wondered how some of the biggest crimes in Yorkshire were solved, where scampi comes from, or what it was like working for James Herriott?
A new podcast from The Yorkshire Post, set to launch in April, will reveal all that and more as we speak to some of the most recognisable names and faces in the county.
The Mrs Yorkshire podcast - hosted by The Yorkshire Post’s Sophie Mei Lan - will delve deeper into the people behind some of Yorkshire’s most famous stories.
In the first episode we meet The Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright at his home in Thirsk. Located near to his former practice which is now the World of James Herriot, he pays homage to his former boss and the author of All Creatures Great and Small.
Other episodes feature Peter's pal Graeme Hall aka The Dogfather, while we also speak to Christa Ackroyd and Christine Talbot to find out the real reasons behind their departure from our television screens.
We also speak to the man who tracked down the Yorkshire Ripper Hoaxer, and see why Yvette Fielding has set her sights on retiring to Whitby.
Series one of The Mrs. Yorkshire podcast, sponsored by Whitby Seafoods, will launch on April 7.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch exclusive video clips here.
A new podcast from The Yorkshire Post, set to launch in April, will reveal all that and more as we speak to some of the most recognisable names and faces in the county.
The Mrs Yorkshire podcast - hosted by The Yorkshire Post’s Sophie Mei Lan - will delve deeper into the people behind some of Yorkshire’s most famous stories.
In the first episode we meet The Yorkshire Vet Peter Wright at his home in Thirsk. Located near to his former practice which is now the World of James Herriot, he pays homage to his former boss and the author of All Creatures Great and Small.
Other episodes feature Peter's pal Graeme Hall aka The Dogfather, while we also speak to Christa Ackroyd and Christine Talbot to find out the real reasons behind their departure from our television screens.
We also speak to the man who tracked down the Yorkshire Ripper Hoaxer, and see why Yvette Fielding has set her sights on retiring to Whitby.
Series one of The Mrs. Yorkshire podcast, sponsored by Whitby Seafoods, will launch on April 7.
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or watch exclusive video clips here.
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00:00Eyup, I'm Sophie Meylan and this is the Mrs Yorkshire podcast brought to you by the Yorkshire Post
00:07sponsored by Whitby Seafoods, the home of scampi, where we meet some of Yorkshire's
00:13most famous faces in their favourite places. What headline would you write about your life?
00:22It's not over yet. It's time to get changed and also find out what scampi is.
00:28What are your views on Jeremy Clarkson and Clarkson's fam?
00:34Well, I think Jeremy is not lost his Yorkshire roots. I think he sometimes forgets them. One
00:45of these days I'd love to meet Jeremy and tell him what it's all about in true Yorkshire fashion,
00:50which in language that he'll understand, but also I think he's been a wonderful,
00:57wonderful advocate for farming. We're here in Mel B's home. She's just become
01:03vice president of the Yorkshire Society. Will you ever bring back the Holland Red? No.
01:09I think we have a little bit of a bit of over sentimentality. I did have meet some rather hot
01:15dates though by the fish tank there, but there was always quite an unpleasant smell, wasn't there,
01:20if we've got to be honest. We're really sentimental now. And I can tell you now, no.
01:27So today you've been out and about in Whitby today asking people what actually is scampi,
01:33and you just said it's the wholetail wongasteen. That's right. Whereas when I'm asking people,
01:38they absolutely love it, but nobody's had a clue what it is. And it has so many names,
01:46that wongasteen you can call a Dublin red prawn. It's a Norway lobster. It's a wongasteen. It's
01:51all the same thing, which the Latin name is Nephrop's norvegicus. Or Marston's in Huddersfield.
01:57Or the chicken. Yeah, yeah, the chicken in Huddersfield. I'm not into this Yorkshire
02:02pudding wrap thing that's happening recently. No. I don't know. I haven't tried it. I think
02:06Yorkshire puddings are Yorkshire puddings, isn't that true? Yeah, exactly, yeah. We've been open
02:1035 years. It was all down to me, Dad. It was his idea. I suppose if you go way back, the
02:17family's really struggling, so we had to do something different. I think what I like so
02:22much, particularly, is I feel as though we're a place where families... The best thing about
02:26Yorkshire? I think it's the straightforwardness. There's no skirting around the edges. People are
02:35direct, and I like that. I like that. I think that's how the rest of the country should be.
02:42We're in an Alice in Wonderland themed cafe at Garden Centre here in Barnsley,
02:47and I'm here with TV psychic... My favourite place to go in Yorkshire
02:51is Cannon Hall. I'm not even sorry. The best thing about Yorkshire is dot, dot, dot.
02:58Well, that's de Barnsley, Elmsley. Today, I'm meeting the dog father himself.
03:05Yes, I'm meeting Graham Hall for our latest Mrs Yorkshire podcast. So, make sure you're
03:10tuning. And we're talking out for nowt and being from Yorkshire. This is the Mrs Yorkshire podcast
03:18brought to you by the Yorkshire Post, sponsored by Whitby Seafoods, the home of scampi.
03:25We'll be back for more, where we meet some of Yorkshire's most famous faces
03:30in their favourite places.