Quincy Jones, Janey Godley, Lyudmila Trut, Dr Paul Stephenson
Matthew Bannister on musician Quincy Jones, comedian Janey Godley, geneticist Lyudmila Trut and campaigner Dr Paul Stephenson.
Matthew Bannister on
Quincy Jones, the music producer, composer and arranger who worked with artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson.
Janey Godley, the comedian who used her challenging childhood and youth in Glasgow as material for her shows.
Lyudmila Trut, the Russian geneticist who dedicated her life to a revolutionary – and evolutionary - experiment investigating the domestication of silver foxes
Dr Paul Stephenson, who led the Bristol bus boycott to end race discrimination in employment.
Producer: Ed Prendeville
Archive used:
Jeremy Vine : Live from Glasgow, Radio 2, 17.11.14; Janey, BBC Scotland, 14.05.24; JANEY GODLEY INTERVIEW, BBC 1 Scotland, 17.01.24; Janey Godley “The C bomb Shall We Start At The Beginning” BBC Radio Four, 01.06.23; Janey Godley Stand Up Specials, BBC Radio Four, 01.02.2023; BBC Points West, 18.07.14; BBC World Service, The Bus Boycott, 28.08.23; Windrush, BBC4, 24.06.08; Horizon: The Secret Life of the Dog, BBC 2, 06.10.2010
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