Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchDame Kathleen Ollerenshaw, Educationalist
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw was born Kathleen Timpson in 1912. Deaf from an early age, she went on to have a brilliant career and is best known for her…
3 years, 9 months ago
Ravi Shankar, India's famous sitar player
Ravi Shankar was born in India in 1920 and came to prominence just as India gained independence from Britain in 1947. He was initially a dancer and t…
3 years, 9 months ago
Holly Walsh on BS Johnson
BS Johnson was born in Hammersmith in 1933. A wartime evacuee, he never quite shook a sense of dislocation for the rest of his life. Holly's favourit…
3 years, 9 months ago
Pat Nevin on Johan Cruyff
Pat Nevin chooses Johan Cruyff who was part of the Dutch revolution of the 1970s. He burst onto the international stage at the 1974 World Cup with an…
3 years, 10 months ago
Judy Garland
Susie Boyt picks Judy Garland, the child star who became one of the most famous entertainers of the twentieth century. June 2022 will be the centenar…
4 years ago
Joan Rhodes, strongest woman in the world
Joan Rhodes picked by Anna Maxwell Martin, star of Line of Duty and Motherland. Her choice is a lovely surprise, a strongwoman who could rip up phon…
4 years ago
Rob Newman on Franklin D Roosevelt
Comedian and writer Rob Newman is a long-time fan of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who "saved the United States, just in time for the United State…
4 years ago
Mr Manchester Tony Wilson nominated by Terry Christian
He was a broadcaster, music mogul, social activist, local celebrity, publicity seeker, loud mouth, surreal politician, showman and, according to Paul…
4 years ago
Gil Scott-Heron
Described by those who knew him as a 'Revolutionary Man of Peace' Gil Scott-Heron transformed the musical landscape of the 1970's. In 2021 he was pos…
4 years ago
Lolita Chakrabarti on actor Ira Aldridge
Award-winning playwright and actor Lolita Chakrabarti celebrates the life of Ira Aldridge, an icon of theatre who rose to fame at the height of the m…
4 years, 1 month ago