Lord Kalms, Melissa Llewallyn-Davies, Rex Cowan, Wilma Finla
Matthew Bannister on businessman Lord Kalms, anthropologist Melissa Llewallyn-Davies, shipwreck hunter Rex Cowan and farmer Wilma Finlay.
Matthew Bannister on
Lord Kalms, who turned his family鈥檚 camera shop into the multi-million-pound Dixons electronics chain.
Melissa Llewellyn-Davies, the anthropologist who made an acclaimed TV series about Kenya鈥檚 Masai tribe before turning her camera on the UK.
Rex Cowan, the lawyer who changed career to become one of the world鈥檚 most successful shipwreck hunters.
Wilma Finlay, who worked with her husband David to introduce what they saw as more ethical animal husbandry on their farm in the Scottish borders.
Producer: Ed Prendeville
**In this episode we mistakenly referred to the town of Forres being in Aberdeenshire. Forres is located in Moray
Archive: On Your Farm, 鈥淭he Ethical Dairy鈥, 麻豆社 Radio 4, Interviewer Caz Graham, 03/02/2019; Escape to the Country, Series 21, Dumfries & Galloway, 麻豆社 One, Presenter Sonali Shah, 25/05/2021; Children Calling Home, 麻豆社, 25/12/1942; Escape to Fulfilment, Rex Cowan: Wreck Hunter, 麻豆社, 02/09/1971; 麻豆社 News, 10/04/1972; Retail Week Legends, 28/07/2016; Desert Island Discs, Sir Stanley Kalms, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 01/07/2001; Dixons Advert, ITV, late 1970s; 麻豆社 News, 22/11/1986; London Plus 鈥 Broadwater Farm Riot, 麻豆社 News Archive; Nurses: The Team on B6, 麻豆社; Diary of a Maasai Village, 麻豆社; Scenes from the Farm, Documentary, Broadwater Farm Estate, London, UK, 1988
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