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Cary Grant

Comedian Lucy Porter chooses an actor and Hollywood icon born in Bristol, Cary Grant. With Matthew Parris. From 2016.

Comedian and writer Lucy Porter champions Cary Grant as her Great Life finding that, despite his troubled relationships with women off screen, his on screen charm and generosity towards his female co-stars redeems him.

With Grant's biographer, Geoffrey Wansell, who discusses the troubled screen icon's humble beginnings in Bristol and the following glamour and wealth of Los Angeles.

Presenter: Matthew Parris

Producer: Maggie Ayre

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.

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30 minutes

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Thu 18 Jan 202421:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

PresenterMatthew Parris
Interviewed GuestLucy Porter
Interviewed GuestGeoffrey Wansell
ProducerMaggie Ayre

Broadcasts

  • Tue 6 Dec 201616:30
    BBC Radio 4
  • Fri 9 Dec 201623:00
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 27 May 202118:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 28 May 202100:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 29 May 202107:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sat 29 May 202117:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Sun 30 May 202105:30
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 18 Jan 202421:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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