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William Orbit, the pioneering DJ and music producer, through his work with synthesizers and new studio technology he combined electronic dance music with pop, to create chart toppers. He grew up surrounded by classical music. His epiphany came when he discovered Tonto's Expanding Head Band, an electronic duo and so began his passion for electronic music. The DJ and A&R executive Pete Tong tells us his story.

Wang Quanying was believed to be the last surviving female participant in China鈥檚 Long March, one of the most significant events in modern Chinese history. The historian and film maker Shuyun Sun learned about the Long March at school and many years later walked the 6,000 mile route herself, where she met women like Wang who told her they鈥檇 tie a belt around their stomachs so they wouldn鈥檛 feel hunger.

Lady Hornby was the broadcast journalist who championed women鈥檚 rights. After hitting her own glass ceiling at work she set about making sure other women had an easier path to the top. As a founding member of the 300 Group, she promoted women鈥檚 participation in politics and public life. And, as a reporter working for Woman鈥檚 Hour, she took on the then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as her daughter Victoria Hornby explains.

鈥淎 good trainer can hear a horse speak to him. A great trainer can hear him whisper.鈥� The words of Monty Roberts, the Californian horse psychologist who used gentle persuasion rather than harsh punishment to get the best out of his horses. His autobiography 鈥淭he Man Who Listens to Horses鈥� sold six million copies and he became a close adviser to Queen Elizabeth II. As his friend and fellow horse behaviourist Kelly Marks told Matthew, when he first began promoting his techniques, he was met with widespread scepticism.

Presenter: Matthew Bannister
Producer: Ribika Moktan
Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

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The First Time With..., 麻豆社 6 Music, 26/02/2023; Front Row, Radio 4, 11/08/2010; Spotlight, 麻豆社 Archive, 29/09/1966; Assignment, China's Long March, 04/09/2000; Women's Hour, Radio 4, 11/12/1986; Women's Hour, Radio 4, 23/09/1976; Monty Roberts, Q.E.D.: Talking Horses, 麻豆社 One, 01/08/1995; Monty Roberts, Lowri, 麻豆社 Two, 09/09/1999.