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Anne Perry, Dame Mary Quant, Jean Argles, Ahmad Jamal
Matthew Bannister on
Anne Perry, the best-selling crime novelist who committed a murder when she was a teenager.
Dame Mary Quant, the influential fashion designer at the heart of the swinging 60s. Pattie Boyd recalls the coat Mary designed for her wedding to George Harrison.
Jean Argles, who – with her sister - served as a codebreaker during the second world war.
Ahmad Jamal, the jazz pianist and composer whose restrained but intense style inspired Miles Davis. Joe Stilgoe pays tribute.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Interviewee: Joanne Drayton
Interviewee: Jenny Lister
Interviewee: Pattie Boyd
Interviewee: Tessa Dunlop
Interviewee: Joe Stilgoe
Archive used:
Carnaby Street, British Pathe News, 1969; Mary Quant interview with ITN about the ideas that guided her innovative designs, ITN Archive, YouTube uploaded 13/04/2023; Mary Quant interview, Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4 , 16/02/2012; Anne Perry: The Making of a Writer, Open Road Media, YouTube uploaded 21/03/2010; Ian Rankin interview with Anne Perry, YouTube uploaded 18/08/2007; Heavenly Creatures film promo, YouTube uploaded 22/07/2014; Jean Argles interview, Legasee, The Veterans Video Archive, recording date unknown, source: legasee.org.uk;
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Matthew Bannister on
Anne Perry, the best-selling crime novelist who committed a murder when she was a teenager.
Dame Mary Quant, the influential fashion designer at the heart of the swinging 60s. Pattie Boyd recalls the coat Mary designed for her wedding to George Harrison.
Jean Argles, who – with her sister - served as a codebreaker during the second world war.
Ahmad Jamal, the jazz pianist and composer whose restrained but intense style inspired Miles Davis. Joe Stilgoe pays tribute.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Interviewee: Joanne Drayton
Interviewee: Jenny Lister
Interviewee: Pattie Boyd
Interviewee: Tessa Dunlop
Interviewee: Joe Stilgoe
Archive used:
Carnaby Street, British Pathe News, 1969; Mary Quant interview with ITN about the ideas that guided her innovative designs, ITN Archive, YouTube uploaded 13/04/2023; Mary Quant interview, Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4 , 16/02/2012; Anne Perry: The Making of a Writer, Open Road Media, YouTube uploaded 21/03/2010; Ian Rankin interview with Anne Perry, YouTube uploaded 18/08/2007; Heavenly Creatures film promo, YouTube uploaded 22/07/2014; Jean Argles interview, Legasee, The Veterans Video Archive, recording date unknown, source: legasee.org.uk;
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