From fighter pilot to designer of Hollywood ball gowns; the extraordinary life of Britain's first sex reassignment pioneer; Roberta Cowell.

The double life of Roberta Cowell; Britain's first trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

Who are history’s greatest nobodies? Here you’ll meet Britain’s most intriguing yet often unknown characters. Just like in the best detective stories, the past is packed with fascinating tales that are often stranger than fiction and twice as gripping. “Invisible Lives” unpicks the people who should have made it in to our history books, from unsung heroes to the downright curious.

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The double life of Roberta Cowell; Britain's first trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

The double life of Roberta Cowell; Britain's first trans woman to undergo sex reassignment surgery.