The Yorkshire Post features highlights: From Lily Savage and Sarah Lancashire to Joe Root and Geoff Boycott

In case you missed them, here’s a look at some of the long-reads in The Yorkshire Post features section this week.

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00:00 Hi, it's Richard from the Yorkshire Post Features team. Here's what you may have missed this week.

00:04 Happy Valley was a standard fixture of all the top TV lists as 2023 drew to a close.

00:10 Will Johnson is the joint CEO of Lookout Point, the production company behind the Calderdale drama,

00:14 and he had a front row seat to a television triumph. We spoke to him.

00:18 Worth Watch is a new TV documentary, The Life and Death of Lily Savage,

00:22 which honours the beginnings of the late TV presenter, Paul O'Grady's career. We give our review.

00:27 For more than 30 years, Bradford-based Mind the Gap has given opportunities for people learning difficulties

00:31 and autism to develop the skills they need for a life in performing arts.

00:35 It laid claims to be the most comprehensive organisation of its kind in the region.

00:39 John Blow visited them to find out more. It was Social Work Week and so four care leaders in Yorkshire

00:44 shared their stories and told us how key interventions kept them on the right path in life.

00:49 Having a front row seat to major sporting and cultural events is a privilege which often drives many would-be

00:54 journalists to want to turn their dreams into reality. I spoke to Guy Williams, who has been living the dream for 50 years now.

01:00 And finally, Charlton's frontman Tim Burgess talked about how his listening parties became a lifeline

01:05 and how he landed a slot with Sir Paul McCartney.

01:08 Remember, we've launched a weekly Yorkshire Lifestyle newsletter, which sends highlights from the features team

01:13 direct to your email inbox. To sign up, visit yorkshirepost.co.uk/newsletter.