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During the most recent episode of The One Show<\/a>, Clara Amfo and Lauren Laverne spoke to Petula Clark, Neil Morrissey and Jamie-Lee O’Donnell.<\/p>\n As the two BBC<\/a> stars welcomed their guests onto the show, which recently saw one host make a blunder on-air,<\/a> they were quick to address the Downtown singer, who has recently released a book about her incredible career.<\/p>\n However, it wasn’t long before people watching were left distracted over Petula’s youthful appearance after discovering the singer is turning 93 next month.<\/p>\n Taking to X, one person said: “Petula looks amazing.” Someone else wrote: “WHAT A GIRL. #LEGEND<\/a> ‘scuse the caps, it’s valid though !!!”<\/p>\n Another viewer added: “Wow. Hard to believe Petula is 92. Looks and sounds much much younger!” In agreement someone else said: “Petula Clark is a QUEEN.”<\/p>\n One fan commented: “Petula Clark wow she looks so good 93 next month!” While another person shared: “Heavens, Petula Clark is in good shape for 92.”<\/p>\n During their chat, the singer explained why she decided to write a book about her career at this moment in time.<\/p>\n Addressing the singer, Lauren commented: “You said you’d never write an autobigography, but you’ve changed your mind, why?”<\/p>\n She replied: “Well, I really didn’t want to write. I’ve been asked so many times, ‘Oh, you’ve got to tell your story, it’s so interesting’. I had no desire to do it!<\/p>\n “Then, my husband talked me into it and he passed away last year. So, I decided I would do it. But, it wasn’t easy! I’m not really very nostalgic.<\/p>\n “I had to look back, I had to really dig around in my past, and it’s ok, I suppose. Here I am, it’s out now!”<\/p>\n Clara highlighted that Petula’s career started 83 years ago when she was a young child, singing for the BBC. Showing an image of her as a child singing into the microphone, she explained that she was sending a message to her uncle who was in the armed forces.<\/p>\n She said: “We done the rehearsal and during rehearsal there was a huge air raid, the place was shaking and a lot of the kids were up from the country and were crying.<\/p>\n “I was blas\u00e9, I was a London kid. So, the producers said, ‘would somebody like to come up and sing a song? A piece of poetry?’<\/p>\n “I said I’d sing a song, so I went up on the stage and sang. They heard it in the control room and went ‘hmm, we’d like to use your voice in the programme’. That’s the first time I was heard on the air.”<\/p>\n The One Show is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Tuesday’s instalment of The One Show, BBC viewers saw Clara Amfo and Lauren Laverne welcome some well-known…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,4884,42066,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-517865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wales","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-the-one-show","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115414095108333457","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Petula](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/4_Untitled-22-2025-10-21T192928323jpeg.jpg\")
The One Show viewers were left in shock over Petula’s age(Image: BBC)READ MORE: This Morning star addresses ITV absence as they admit ‘it’s been stressful’<\/a>READ MORE: Strictly Come Dancing star makes heartbreaking admission as she admits ‘I’m gutted’<\/a><\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_Untitled-22-2025-10-21T192939786jpeg.jpg\")
Petula Clark appeared on The One Show on Tuesday night(Image: BBC)<\/p>\n![\"10-year-old](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1_GettyImages-940143518.jpg\")
Petula has been singing and performing since she was a child(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n