Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLord Kalms, Melissa Llewallyn-Davies, Rex Cowan, Wilma Finla
Matthew Bannister on
Lord Kalms, who turned his family’s camera shop into the multi-million-pound Dixons electronics chain.
Melissa Llewellyn-Davies, the anthropologist who made an acclaimed TV serie…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Val Kilmer, Jane Reed, Sir Torquil Norman, Dr Marika Sherwood
Matthew Bannister on The Hollywood actor Val Kilmer, best known for his roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors. Jane Reed, the media executive who made Woman’s Own magazine a powerful voi…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Oleg Gordievsky, Renee Goddard, Professor Richard Fortey, Sofia Gubaidulina
Matthew Bannister on Oleg Gordievsky, the KGB agent who defected to Britain and became a valued source of secret intelligence during the 1970s and 80s.
Renee Goddard, the actress and TV commissioner w…
Published on 5 months ago
Group Captain John Allman ‘Paddy’ Hemingway DFC, Dame Julie Kenny, Tuppy Owens, Dick McTaggart
Matthew Bannister on:
Group Captain John Allman ‘Paddy’ Hemingway DFC , the last surviving pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain during the second world war.
Dame Julie Kenny, the successful busin…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Athol Fugard, Janet Pharaoh, Alison Halford, Johnny Green
Kirsty Lang on: Athol Fugard, the playwright whose art became synonymous with exposing the inequities of the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
Janet Pharaoh, the dancer from Yorkshire who became the …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Bill Dare, Clint Hill, Valérie André, Gene Hackman
Matthew Bannister on
Bill Dare, the writer and producer behind some of Radio 4’s best loved comedies, including “The Now Show” and “Dead Ringers”. Jan Ravens pays tribute.
Clint Hill, the American Sec…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Roberta Flack, Dr D G Hessayon, Keith Dewhurst, Rose Hanks
John Wilson on:
Musician Roberta Flack, best known for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Killing Me Softly.
Dr David Hessayon, the author of a series of gardening books known as The Expert guide…
Published on 6 months ago
Rick Buckler, Margaret Miles-Bramwell, Harry Stewart Jr, Maureen Halton
John Wilson on Rick Buckley, the drummer in The Jam, one of the most popular and influential British bands of the 70s and 80s. Margaret Miles-Bramwell who founded Slimming World in response to w…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Nigel McCrery, Andrée Dumon, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, Diana Melly
Matthew Bannister on
Nigel McCrery, the former police officer who created the popular TV series “Silent Witness” and “New Tricks”.
Andrée Dumon, who rescued many allied service men during the Second Wo…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Tony Martin, Pete Wilkinson, Loretta Ford, Marianne Faithfull
Matthew Bannister on
Tony Martin, the Norfolk farmer who shot dead a burglar and started a national debate about the rights of householders to defend themselves.
Pete Wilkinson, the co-founder of Green…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago