Sir Terence Conran, Dame Diana Rigg CBE, Shere Hite, Toots Hibbert - a podcast by BBC Radio 4

Pictured: Sir Terence Conran

Matthew Bannister on:

Sir Terence Conran, the designer and businessman who transformed the UK’s approach to home décor and eating out.

Dame Diana Rigg, the actor who combined a critically acclaimed stage career with stardom on TV and film.

Shere Hite, who wrote the Hite Report which changed attitudes to female sexuality.

Toots Hibbert, the Jamaican singer often called “the man who invented reggae".

Interviewed guest: Deyan Sudjic OBE
Interviewed guest: Michael Quinn
Interviewed guest: Matthew Sweet
Interviewed guest: Lola Atkins
Interviewed guest: Dame Jenni Murray
Interviewed guest: David Katz
Interviewed guest: Glady Wax

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Profile, Radio 4 22/04/1983; The Festival of Britain, British Pathe 07/05/1951; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 01/09/1996; Game of Thrones Series 7 Episode 3, directed by Mark Mylod, HBO 30/07/2017; Front Row, Radio 4 10/09/2020; Today, Radio 4 11/09/2020; Private Passions, Radio 3 3/12/2012; The Avengers, ABC 1965; Woman’s Hour, Radio 4 02/05/2006; The First Time With Toots Hibbert, 6 Music 17/01/2019.

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