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Radio 4,05 Sep 2025,28 mins

Joe Bugner, Ann McManus, Angela Mortimer Barrett, Frank Strang

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John Wilson on Joe Bugner, the heavyweight boxer who fought the titans of the sport from Henry Cooper, Muhammed Ali and Joe Frazier. Ann McManus, the writer for Coronation Street who went on to be one of the founders of Shed Productions that created hit drama series such as Bad Girls, Footballer Wives and Waterloo Road. Angela Mortimer Barrett, the multiply Grand Slam winning tennis player – winner of the 1961 Wimbledon women’s singles championship. And Frank Strang, the entrepreneur who bought a RAF radar station in Shetland and turned it into a space port. Interviewee: Gareth A Davies Interviewee: Eileen Gallagher Interviewee: Debbie Jevans Interviewee: Chris Jones Interviewee: Scott Hammond Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies Archive used: Joe Bugner, Desert Island Discs, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4, 11/06/1973; Battle of Britain Heavyweights, Cooper v Bugner, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 16/03/1971; Ali v Bugner, World Championship Fight, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½, 01/07/1975; Ann McManus interview, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4, Front Row, 08/03/2006; Coronation Street, Hayley tells Roy scene, Coronation Street YouTube channel, uploaded 07/02/2015; Bad Girls, Season 1 Episode 1 - Trailer, Bad Girls YouTube Channel, uploaded 18/06/2019; Bad Girls, ITV Promo, 1999; Angela Mortimer interview, 1961, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½; Wimbledon Women's Singles Championship, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio, 1961; Frank Strang interview, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Shetland, 17/07/2025; Frank Strang interview; Frank Strang obituary, ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio Shetland, 13/08/2025;

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