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Terence Stamp, Stephanie Shirley, Kay Dunbar, Eric Midwinter

John Wilson on actor Terence Stamp, tech pioneer Baroness Stephanie Shirley, literacy festival founder Kay Dunbar, u3a founder Eric Midwinter

John Wilson on:

Actor Terence Stamp, the Oscar nominated 60s screen icon who went onto play many villains in his later film career

Baroness Stephanie Shirley, the pioneering computer scientist and founder of her own software company

Kay Dunbar who founded the Ways with Words literary festival which ran in Devon for 30 years

Eric Midwinter was one of the three co-founders of u3a to encourage continued learning in retirement

Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive used:
Desert Island Discs, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 12/03/2006; Billy Budd, Rank Film Distributors, 1962; Superman II, Warner Bros, 1980; Far from the Madding Crowd, Warner-Pathe Distributors, 1967; Front Row, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 16/05/2013; Morning Live, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 08/03/2022; HARDtalk, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 07/03/2000; Spotlight, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News Plymouth, 11/07/2023; Spotlight, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News Plymouth, 02/09/1996; Archive on 4: Kindertransport, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 09/2015; Lifespan, AS Choices, 16/08/1987; Armchair Discussions with u3a, u3a UK, n.d.; You and Yours, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 12/12/2016

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