Five Live's Shelagh Fogarty at Shrewsbury School

BBC radio presenter Shelagh Fogarty had an audience "hanging on every last word" last night at a fundraising talk hosted by Shrewsbury School.

The Radio Five Live breakfast show host was speaking about her career in journalism and will be appearing again tonight for a second instalment in the Ashton Theatre.

Giles Bell, a close friend and housemaster at the school, organised the talks which will raise funds for Shrewsbury House, a youth and community centre in West Everton, Liverpool, and Depaul UK, a charity helping young people who are homeless, vulnerable and disadvantaged.

Mr Bell became friends with the radio star while they were both studying at Durham University.

He said: "The audience was really mixed but there were lots of young people and there were moments you could tell they were hanging on every word.

"She spoke about her early career on Radio Merseyside and how the station became like a drop-in centre for the community after the Hillsborough disaster. She was also asked who the most difficult people to interview were.

"They included Buzz Aldrin, who she said once physically attacked a Japanese reporter, and she also found the King of Sweden a challenge because he had to be spoken to in the third person."

More anecdotes tonight at 8pm are expected to cover Madonna and Guy Ritchie's wedding and the Spanish train bombings.

Tickets are still available priced at £5 or £2.50 to students. To book call (01743) 280600.