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Radio 4,11 May 2018,28 mins

Bruce Tulloh, Emma Smith, Professor Peter Waddington, Dowager Countess of Harewood, Ronald Chesney

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Matthew Bannister on Bruce Tulloh, who ran across the United States in record time and became European 5,000 metres champion barefoot. Emma Smith the author of an acclaimed novel based on her travels to India with Laurie Lee. Professor Peter Waddington the sociologist who studied policing and came up with the technique of "kettling" to control street protests The Dowager Countess of Harewood, an Australian former model whose affair with the married Earl caused a scandal in the 1960s. And Ronald Chesney, half of the writing partnership that brought us the hit TV sitcoms The Rag Trade and On The Buses. Presenter: Matthew Bannister Producer: Neil George.

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