PD James, 'Mad' Frankie Fraser, Glen A Larson, Medlin Lewis-Spencer, Arthur Butterworth MBE

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Matthew Bannister on Baroness James of Holland Park - the crime novelist P.D. James - who was also a Governor of the BBC. Then a real life criminal: 'Mad ' Frankie Fraser - an East End gangster noted for his violence who spent a total of 42 years in prison. Also: TV director Glen A. Larson who brought us Quincy, Magnum PI and Battlestar Galactica. Medlin Lewis-Spencer, the Mayor of Hackney who defected from Labour to the Conservatives And the composer Arthur Butterworth who was often inspired by the British landscape.