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Radio 4,08 Aug 2025,28 mins
Dame Stella Rimington, Sylvia Young, Sir Jamie McGrigor, Joan Anderson
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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 Archive: Al Murray’s Great British Spy Movies, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Four, 21/04/2015; Woman’s Hour, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4, 28/07/2011; Newsround, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One, 25/02/1992; ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One, 16/07/1993; Stella Rimington: Security and Democracy – Is There a Conflict?, The Richard Dimbleby Lecture, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One, 12/06/1994; Death on the Rock, ITV (uploaded to YouTube), first broadcast 28/04/1988; ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ News, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One, 08/09/2001; EastEnders Feuds: The Beales vs The Mitchells, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Three, 18/05/2007; Doctor Who trailer – “Rose: I’ve got a choiceâ€, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ One (uploaded to YouTube), c.2005; ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Wales – Aled Jones, 06/06/2010; Through the Keyhole, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ 1, 10/05/1999; Saving Our Salmon, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Two Scotland, 16/10/2018; The Radio Café, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Scotland, 31/12/2008; Desert Island Discs: Allan Ahlberg, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4, 12/07/1980; Hula Girl (documentary), dir. Amy Hill & Chris Riess, Snap Pictures, 2018
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