The former Today presenter has swapped news coverage for grilling A-listers on their love of nature while out for a walk

As a presenter of the Today programme and Newsnight’s political editor, Martha Kearney spent decades seeking “gotcha” moments in hard-hitting interviews. Now the broadcaster is unearthing rather different revelations for her new Radio 4 interview series.

Here comes Hollywood star Cate Blanchett rocking a beekeeper suit, the wildlife presenter Hamza Yassin explaining how he learned English as a small boy from David Attenborough, the actor Martin Clunes losing a blind dog and the naturalist Richard Mabey driving an electric boat and being blessed by a bittern.