Mark Radcliffe: What do you consider your greatest achievement?

What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Originally asked

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Mark Radcliffe said elsewhere, not written here

Having three great daughters, having been on the radio for nearly 50 years and not being dead.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 23 August 2025 source ↗

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Graham Norton

Now that I’m at this end of my career, I’m gobsmacked that I’ve managed to cling on for as long as I have.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 18 April 2026 source ↗

Archie Panjabi British actress

I am an ambassador for Rotary, and we are very close to eradicating polio. When I was younger, I lived in Mumbai and, as a kid from England, I was traumatised by seeing children on the street without limbs.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2018 source ↗

John Lewis U.S. Representative from Georgia, 1987–2020; Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1963–1966

Participating in a transformative movement that advocated human dignity and changed America forever.

Recorded Vanity Fair, Proust Questionnaire, Vanity Fair, 6 December 2019 source ↗

Rebecca Ferguson

I campaigned for a creative industry regulatory body, and that’s now happening in the next 18 months. It’s called CIISA [Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority]. I’m proud that I set the ball rolling and dared to challenge the establishment.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 9 December 2023 source ↗