Dame Joan Plowright, Sir Jim Walker, Barbara Clegg, Denis Law
Matthew Bannister on actress Dame Joan Plowright, businessman Sir Jim Walker, script writer Barbara Clegg and footballer Denis Law.
Matthew Bannister on
Dame Joan Plowright, one of the most acclaimed actresses of her generation who was married to Laurence Olivier. Dame Judi Dench pays tribute.
Sir Jim Walker, who built up his family business from a small bakery in the North of Scotland to become a global food exporter.
Barbara Clegg, the first woman to write a story for Dr Who.
Denis Law – the Scottish born footballer who was part of Manchester United’s “Holy Trinity” alongside Bobby Charlton and George Best.
Producer: Ed Prendiville
Archive:
Doctor Who : Season 20 : Enlightenment : Part 1, ѿý1, 01.03.1983; Emergency Ward 10; 14.08.1959; THE DALES: ѿý Radio, 27.10.1966; Jim Walker reflects on 125 years of Walker's Shortbread, Highlands News & Media, 2022; Nothing Like a Dame, ѿý 2, 31.12.2021; In Touch : Dame Joan Plowright at ѿý, ѿý Radio 4, 25.12.2018; Wogan, 10.12.1990; Private Passions : Sound Frontiers: Dame Joan Plowright, ѿý Radio 3, 25.09.2016; Roots, ѿý Radio 3, 29.02.1960; FOOTBALLERS LIVES, DENIS LAW, 21.03.2002; MORE THAN A GAME, ѿý, 26.05.2001; MEMORY MATCHES: ENGLAND V SCOTLAND 1967; 15.04.1967; Sports Special, ѿý,, 24.11.1979
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