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Steve Redgrave In His Own Words
A fascinating chance to hear Steve Redgrave talk about his life and career, in a selection of interviews taken from the BBC radio and TV archive. Sir Steve Redgrave is a former British rower who...
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Beauty of Britain: 'The Little Black Shorts' (Episode 3, Series 2)
Reader: Cast
Series 2 of the BBC Radio 4 narrative comedy featuring Beauty Oolonga's adventures as a careworker, starring Jocelyn Jee Esien.‘Beauty of Britain’ breaks the embarrassed silence about what...
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P.D. James In Her Own Words
A fascinating chance to hear P. D. James talk about her life and career, in a selection of interviews taken from the BBC radio and TV archive. Due to the age and nature of this archive material,...
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Stirling Moss In His Own Words
A fascinating chance to hear Stirling Moss talk about his life and career, in a selection of interviews taken from the BBC radio and TV archive. Sir Stirling Moss, OBE, is a legendary British...
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Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 2)
Reader: Lisa 'Simone' Kelly
Winner of The Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Music Documentary.
Nina's daughter Simone explores the life and career of her mother - the protest singer, jazz chanteuse, blues...£1.49 £3.69
Top of the Class: Michael Portillo
In Top of the Class, John Wilson meets leading figures in their fields and takes them back to the places and people they left behind. In this episode from the third series, Michael Portillo back...
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David Frost's Hollywood Greats: Shirley MacLaine
Reader: David Frost
In this fascinating series, veteran broadcaster Sir David Frost talks to a selection of his favourite film stars, beginning with Shirley MacLaine, who won an Oscar for her role in Terms of...
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Fred Perry In His Own Words
Fred Perry conquered the tennis world and remains the last Englishman to win Wimbledon. Yet despite achieving fame and fortune, his life began in humble surroundings on the banks of the River Goyt...
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Angela Carter's Love Affair with Radio
Reader: Charlotte Crofts
Angela Carter's relationship with radio began with an accidental sound effect. She went on to write two docu-dramas, Come Unto These Yellow Sands (about the Victorian painter Richard Dadd) and A...
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Laurence Olivier In His Own Words
Regarded by many as the greatest actor of the 20th Century, Laurence Olivier enjoyed a career in film, theatre and television, winning multiple awards along the way from the 1920s to the 1980s....
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Dear Philip, Dear Kingsley
Reader: Robert Hardy
Readings of selected correspondence between the poet Philip Larkin (played by Alan Bennett) and the writer Kingsley Amis (played by Robert Hardy). A meeting at Oxford University during World War...
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Shirley Bassey In Her Own Words
Reader: Various
In interviews ranging from 1963 to 2009, Shirley Bassey talks about her childhood in Tiger Bay; being a tomboy, and how she began her singing career. As well as clothes, concerts and...
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Top of the Class: Andrea Levy
In Top of the Class, John Wilson meets leading figures in their fields and takes them back to the places and people they left behind. In this episode, he takes author Andrea Levy back to the...
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Feeling Good: The Nina Simone Story (Part 1)
Reader: Lisa 'Simone' Kelly
Winner of The Sony Radio Academy Award for Best Music Documentary.
Nina's daughter Simone explores the life and career of her mother - the protest singer, jazz chanteuse, blues...£1.49 £3.69
Brian Clough In His Own Words
Reader: Brian Clough
In interviews ranging from 1972 to 2000, Brian Clough talks about ‘the real Brian Clough’ - how he is perceived by other people; his bluntness and forceful opinions, and what makes him a good...
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John Peel Remembered: Home Truths
Reader: Various
A special tribute edition of ‘Home Truths’, released to mark the anniversary of John Peel's death, in which Tom Robinson visits Peel Acres to meet John's wife Sheila and their four children.
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Stephen Fry In His Own Words
Reader: Stephen Fry
In a fascinating collection of archive interviews with the celebrated writer, presenter and polymath, you can hear - in his own words - the beliefs and aspirations that have shaped him. The...
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John Lennon In His Own Words
Reader: John Lennon
John Lennon was a world famous and influential singer/songwriter and former member of the Beatles. Here he discusses his life and achievements in a series of interviews from the BBC radio and TV...
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