The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade.

Episode 023  The Theft Of The Duke Of Wellington

Dr No, the first big screen outing for Ian Fleming’s James Bond. Its 1962, and the movie would start to lay out a successful formula for most of the other movies that would follow in the series.

Of course when we speak about  Dr No, most of us will remember Bonds introduction at the casino, Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder emerging from the sea in ‘that’ bikini or the scene where the spider crawls up Sean Connery’s arm. But what about this scene….and in particular, one specific moment.

James Bond and Honey Ryder have just met the evil Dr No in his underground lair. Before crushing an ornament with his metal hand and telling the pair of  SPECTRE’s dastardly plan to hold the world to ransom, they are led away. As they walk up a small set of steps, Bond stops, noticing an oil painting on an easel to his right ….

The painting was a portrait of Arthur Wellesly the first Duke of Wellington, painted by Francisco de Goya - and only several months before the release of Dr No it had been hanging on display in London’s National Gallery. When it was stolen however, one early August morning, it made national and international headlines. The story would develop with an unlikely villain, who like Dr No, would hold the British government to ransom. A story that would span many decades and involve a high profile court case, the introduction of a new criminal offence, and, of all things….the British tv license!

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of the theft of the Duke of Wellington.

You can find us on Player FM

…and anywhere you download your podcasts

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast

Join our Facebook group

Or send us your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

#Podpals

#podernfamily

This has been a Stinking Pause production.

Thanks for listening

Scott

The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade.

Episode 022 - Tammi Terrell

Join us as we tell the story of one of Motown's greatest stars. The story of a life cut tragically short, but thankfully a life that brought us one of the greatest soul singers of all time. 

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of Tammi Terrell.

You can find us on Player FM

…and anywhere you download your podcasts

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast

Join our Facebook group

Or send us your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

#Podpals

#podernfamily

This has been a Stinking Pause production.

Thanks for listening

Scott

The return of Rainbow Valley – the podcast that tells the stories about the swinging decade.

Episode 021 – The Zapruder Film.

Season three opens with the story of a sequence of film that runs for approximately 22 seconds.

A piece of 8mm film that is only 25 feet in length and yet is possibly the most watched piece of celluloid in history….and certainly the most famous home movie ever.

For within that 22 seconds, Dallas dress manufacturer, Abraham Zapruder managed to capture the death of the most powerful man on the planet on November 22nd 1963.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of The Zapruder Film

This and other episodes are available on our website  rainbowvalley.libsyn.com

You can also find us on Player FM

Sticher

Spreaker

I Heart Radio

…and anywhere you download your podcasts

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast

Join our Facebook group

Or send us your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

#Podpals

#podernfamily

This has been a Stinking Pause production.

Thanks for listening

Scott

Episode 020 of the Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade.

Emil Savundra, for a brief period in the late sixties, was probably the most reviled man in the UK. A Sri Lankan swindler, the collapse of his Fire, Auto and Marine Insurance Company left about 400,000 motorists in the United Kingdom without coverage.

As a post-war black marketeer, Savundra committed bribery and fraud on an international scale before settling in the UK to sell low-cost insurance in the fast-growing automotive market. By defaulting on mandatory securities, he funded a lavish lifestyle and travelled in fashionable circles.

This attracted the attention of the press, who uncovered evidence of major fraud. In a TV interview with David Frost, Savundra demonstrated contempt for his defrauded customers (some of whom were in the studio audience) and denied any moral responsibility.

That particular tv show witnessed the birth of trial by television and is a fascinating piece of broadcasting history.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of David Frost, Emil Savundra, and the trial by television.

This and other episodes are available on our website  rainbowvalley.libsyn.com

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast

Join our Facebook group

Or send us your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

#Podpals

#podernfamily

This has been a Stinking Pause production.

Thanks for listening

Scott

http://rainbowvalley.libsyn.com/podcast

Episode 019 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade.

Join me as I tell the story of one of the finest singers Britain has ever produced.

A true icon in the world of popular music, and one of the defining voices of the 1960s.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of Dusty Springfield.

This and other episodes are available on our website  rainbowvalley.libsyn.com

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast

Join our Facebook group

Or send us your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

#Podpals

#podernfamily

This has been a Stinking Pause production.

Thanks for listening

Scott

http://rainbowvalley.libsyn.com/podcast

Episode 018 of The Rainbow Valley podcast – telling the stories that made the swinging decade.

Join me as I tell the story of the movie that nearly brought 20th Century Fox crashing to the ground.

The longest and most expensive movie ever made at the time.

The movie that nearly killed it’s leading lady, Elizabeth Taylor.

The movie that sparked one of the greatest romances of the twentieth century.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of the making of Cleopatra (1963)

This and other episodes are available on our website  rainbowvalley.libsyn.com

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast

Join our Facebook group

Or send us your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

#Podpals

#podernfamily

This has been a Stinking Pause production.

Thanks for listening

Scott

http://rainbowvalley.libsyn.com/podcast

1963 - a massive year in terms of news events. 

A year that would see an increase in tensions in America as the battle for racial equality raged on. It would be the year in which a scandal in the UK involving call girls, Russian spies and MPs , would eventually bring down the government.  The Beatles would begin their dominance of the UK chart signalling the beginning of the British invasion, the Russians would make history as the first woman blasts off into space and Martin Luther King would declare to the world that he had a dream.  Along with the Great Train Robbery, the beginning of what would become known as the Moors Murders, the death of the Pope, and the assassination of the US president it truly was one of the most remarkable twelve months in the swinging decade.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of the hits and headlines from 1963.

In London in the 1880s, the city was gripped by fear. A killer was prowling the cobbled, fog heavy streets of Whitechapel murdering prostitutes in a chilling reign of terror.

Fast forward seventy years and a new killer was on the loose, this time, not in the impoverished Victorian East End, but towards the west.

Again his victims of choice would be prostitutes. Believed to have claimed anything up to possibly seven lives, or even more, his identity, again like the infamous Jack, was never discovered….or was it?

The newspapers dubbed him The Nude Killer or Jack the Stripper and his crimes are now pretty much forgotten. At the time, his crimes led to one of the largest manhunts in British history with some famous suspects along the way.

There would be links to high ranking officials, world famous sportsmen and the Profumo affair.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of The Hammersmith Nude Murders.

This and other episodes are available on our website  rainbowvalley.libsyn.com

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast

Join our Facebook group

Or send us your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

This has been a Stinking Pause production.

Thanks for listening

Scott

It can certainly be safe to say that the 1960s produced some of the most dramatic changes in the world of popular music.

From the early days of rock and roll, through to the swinging beat scene, the British invasion, American surf music and right through to the San Francisco sound of the peace and love generation, there was a voice that was there from the beginning. That voice was still there at the end of the decade and beyond.

Sadly that voice is largely unknown to today’s generation. Some of today’s kids would probably only be vaguely familiar with it if they are fans of some of the biggest and most popular movies to come out of that decade.

Matt Monro was described as the UK’s answer to Frank Sinatra, a label he detested. For Matt Monro was not an answer to anything. Matt Monro was unique, he was his own entity, had his own marvellous style, and was possibly the finest male popular music singer the UK has ever produced.

You can follow the podcast on Twitter @rv_podcast

Join our Facebook group

Website rainbowvalley.org

Or send us your thoughts and feedback to [email protected]

This has been a Stinking Pause production.

Thanks for listening

Scott

The story of James Bond on the big screen is a tale of highs and lows, ups and downs, twists and turns.  The story of the making of the movies themselves is worthy of an Ian Fleming novel in its own right.  It is the story has taken over sixty years to tell, and is still being told today.

As important to this story as Connery, Lazenby, Moore, Dalton, Brosnan and Craig is the story of three other men.  The three men who between them managed to bring one of the most successful and well-loved movie franchises to the big screen.

No journey into the world of cinematic Bond can begin without a look of the importance of Messrs’ Fleming, Broccoli and Saltzman.

To many people, James Bond is only an entity that can be found on the big screen. This, of course, is not the case. Bond was born long before 1962 when Sean Connery first introduced himself to Sylvia Trench at the casino in Dr No.

Many have said that Ian Fleming himself was the basis for the character of Bond, but as you will soon hear, the inspiration for the world’s most famous spy came from a variety of sources and influences.

Ladies and gentlemen, Rainbow Valley is proud to present the story of Dr No and the birth of James Bond on the big screen