Xia De-hong, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, Joan Burstein, Bill Leader
MAY 1, 202627 MIN
Xia De-hong, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, Joan Burstein, Bill Leader
MAY 1, 202627 MIN
Description
<p>Xia De-hong, inspired her daughter Jung Chang to write the best selling book Wild Swans about her trials and tribulations at the hands of the Chinese government.</p><p>Lord Hunt, the meteorologist and former Director General and Chief Executive of the Met Office, who was an expert in turbulence.</p><p>Joan Burstein, ran the influential Browns boutique in London’s South Molton Street, backing the careers of many leading designers.</p><p>Bill Leader, the recording engineer who captured all the leading performers of the folk revival of the 1960s and 70s.</p><p>Presenter: Matthew Bannister
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy</p><p>Archive:
Tomorrow's World, BBC One,18/11/1965; You and Yours, BBC Radio 4, 27/06/2005; My Life in Seven Charms, with Annoushka Ducas MBE, 27/05/2021; Joan Burstein Browns 50 Testimonial, Browns Fashion (Uploaded to Youtube - 22 Oct 2020); Best of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, BBC Two, Uploaded to Youtube</p>