Dame Stella Rimington, Sylvia Young, Sir Jamie McGrigor, Joan Anderson
Matthew Bannister on MI5 Director General Dame Stella Rimington, drama school founder Sylvia Young, MSP Sir Jamie McGrigor and craze starter Joan Anderson.
Matthew Bannister on
Dame Stella Rimington, the first woman to be Director General of MI5, who made the service more open and accountable.
Sylvia Young, whose drama school turned out countless stars of stage, screen and music.
Sir Jamie McGrigor, the Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Highlands and Islands, who introduced a bill to protect tartan.
And Joan Anderson the former model who brought the hula hoop to America.
Producer: Ben Mitchell
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Al Murray鈥檚 Great British Spy Movies, 麻豆社 Four, 21/04/2015; Woman鈥檚 Hour, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 28/07/2011; Newsround, 麻豆社 One, 25/02/1992; 麻豆社 News, 麻豆社 One, 16/07/1993; Stella Rimington: Security and Democracy 鈥 Is There a Conflict?, The Richard Dimbleby Lecture, 麻豆社 One, 12/06/1994; Death on the Rock, ITV (uploaded to YouTube), first broadcast 28/04/1988; 麻豆社 News, 麻豆社 One, 08/09/2001; EastEnders Feuds: The Beales vs The Mitchells, 麻豆社 Three, 18/05/2007; Doctor Who trailer 鈥 鈥淩ose: I鈥檝e got a choice鈥, 麻豆社 One (uploaded to YouTube), c.2005; 麻豆社 Radio Wales 鈥 Aled Jones, 06/06/2010; Through the Keyhole, 麻豆社 1, 10/05/1999; Saving Our Salmon, 麻豆社 Two Scotland, 16/10/2018; The Radio Caf茅, 麻豆社 Radio Scotland, 31/12/2008; Desert Island Discs: Allan Ahlberg, 麻豆社 Radio 4, 12/07/1980; Hula Girl (documentary), dir. Amy Hill & Chris Riess, Snap Pictures, 2018
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