Main content
From Oswestry to the toast of LA
How did Jesse Armstrong's Shropshire roots shape him into the global superstar he is today? Jesse Armstrong was born in 1970 in Oswestry where his father had moved βto be in nature in a slightly sixties way...we lived in the countryside with chickens, edging towards The Good Life.β
Lauren Laverne hears Jesse's incredible journey from the Shropshire 'good life' to global stardom.
Duration:
This clip is from
Featured in...
![]()
From Shropshire—BBC Radio Shropshire
Shropshire
More clips from BBC Radio Shropshire
![]()
Britain's baby traffickers.
Duration: 06:24
![]()
You can't train for an incident like this
Duration: 06:10
![]()
Botched 'Turkey teeth' victim's warning
Duration: 10:49
![]()
The Medieval manuscript
Duration: 06:11






