All sporting legends find, one day, that their bodies can no longer do what they did and younger athletes take their place on the podium. But one of the UK’s finest ever runners has forged another career to harness his talents. BBC’s Steve Cram talks to Mature Times editor Tony Watts ahead of a very special gathering of sporting superstars.

With their flash suits and unique sound, The Troggs were one of THE acts of the late 60s. But their story has not ended. The band is still performing – and still making its influence felt on today’s musicians. Tony Watts talks to legendary frontman Reg Presley.

 Early into my interview with David I am forced into an embarrassing confession: I did rather model myself on him back in the early 70s. 

The trouble was, I might have had the long hair and the fashionably slim body, not to mention the flaired jeans, penny collar shirts and stack heels, but David Essex circa 1973 had the lot – including swooning fans, the famously ‘come to bed eyes’ and the undoubted musical talent that has seen him through the last 35 years.

 According to Wikipedia, Britt Ekland is ‘a Swedish actress long resident in the United Kingdom, best known for her roles as a Bond girl in The Man with the Golden Gun, and in the British cult horror film The Wicker Man, as well as her marriage to actor Peter Sellers and her high-profile social life’.

Mature Times editor Tony Watts talks to her – and discovers that there is a much bigger story to tell, including the reasons behind her passionate support of Alzheimer’s sufferers and their carers.

She may be best known for her stirring roles in ‘The Avengers’ and ‘Goldfinger’, but these days you’re as likely to find Honor Blackman in a protest march as in a film studio. She talks to Tony Watts about the parts that made her famous, and how life seems less than Equitable since the pension company’s near collapse.

If you want to remember someone special this Christmas, national healthcare charity Sue Ryder Care is offering the opportunity to celebrate the life of a loved one – by lighting a ‘Light of Love’. 

Songs of Praise presenter Pam Rhodes tells Mature Times editor Tony Watts about its aims.

After nearly 35 years on The Archers, playing one of the most notorious cads and philanderers in radio history, Charles Collingwood reassures Tony Watts that there really is a good side to ‘the JR of Ambridge’.