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Matthew Bannister on
Annie Nightingale who was Radio 1’s first female presenter and its longest serving DJ. Her son remembers meeting Jimi Hendrix over breakfast in her kitchen and the 72-hour-party at her home featuring some of the biggest names of the dance music scene.
Isca Salzberger-Wittenberg, the psychoanalyst who changed the approach to treating young people’s mental health.
Bryan Ansell, the games designer who co-created Warhammer and helped led the growth of the Games Workshop company.
And Charlie Allan who was a Scottish farmer, an economist, a broadcaster and a caber tossing champion.
Interviewee: Alex Nightingale
Interviewee: Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg OBE
Interviewee: Dr Valerie Sinason
Interviewee: Sir Ian Livingstone CBE
Interviewee: Susie Malcolm
Interviewee: Frieda Morrison
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive used:
Annie Nightingale 1940-2024, BBC Radio 1, 14/01/2024; Annie Nightingale, Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 24/07/2020; Interview with Annie Nightingale, Sussex-BBC Centenary Interview part of the Connected Histories of the BBC project, Full interview Connected Histories connectedhistoriesofthebbc.org; Annie Nightingale interview, BBC Radio 1, Vintage, 22/12/2018; Old Grey Whistle Test, 100 Voices, BBC Four, 23/02/2018; The Oldest Living Child Psychotherapist, 99 year old Isca Wittenberg, Legacy Interview, MINDinMIND, Youtube uploaded, 02/03/2021; Dungeons and Dragons News report, BBC News South East, 06/10/1983; Fantasy Board Games report, BBC Breakfast, BBC News 20/08/1984; Warhammer 40000, Darktide, Soundtrack, Fatshark Youtube, uploaded 18/11/2022; Charlie Allan sings, Blue Grey Coo and Other Bothy Ballads, Ardo Pedigree Cattle, published 1979; Charlie Allan, Man O' Pairts,BBC Radio Scotland, 03/01/2024;
Matthew Bannister on
Madeleine Riffaud, the French resistance fighter who was tortured by the Gestapo, became a journalist and was embedded with the Vietcong in Vietnam.
Chris Topp, the blacksmith who restored ironwork at Buckingham Palace, York Minster and St Paul’s Cathedral.
Barbara Taylor...
Published 11/29/24
Matthew Bannister on
Lord Prescott, the working-class lad who became Deputy Prime Minister.
Stephanie Collie, whose costume designs for “Peaky Blinders” and “Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” inspired street fashion.
Dame Janet “Jinty” Nelson, the leading mediaeval historian who wrote an...
Published 11/22/24