Matthew Bannister on

Dame Ann Leslie, the journalist who reported on some of the most significant events of recent times.

Lord Kerslake, who was Head of the Civil Service under the coalition government.

Diane Rowe, the table tennis champion who won the world doubles title with her twin sister Rosalind.

Tim Blackmore, the radio executive who produced the first Radio 1 breakfast show and pioneered independent production in the industry.

Interviewee: Lindsey Hilsum Interviewee: Lord O’Donnell Interviewee: Mary Wright Interviewee: Tony Blackburn Interviewee: Simon Cole

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive used: Dame Ann Leslie, Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 12/11/2004; Dame Ann Leslie, Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, 07/08/2011; Lord Kerslake interview, BBC Newsnight, 21/02/2020; Bob Kerslake interview Affordable Housing, You and Yours, BBC Radio 4, 09/04/2008; Bob Kerslake interview, How to run a city, BBC Radio 4, 21/10/2009; Sir Gus O' Donnell and Sir Bob Kerslake talk about the Civil Service, Civil Service Mailbox, YouTube uploaded 31/07/2012; Lord Bob Kerslake, National Housing Federation , YouTube uploaded 01/02/2023; Diane Rowe, Table Tennis champions return home (1951), Pathe, uploaded 10/11/2020; Rowe Twins Triumph (London 1954), World Champs Top 10 Moments, World Table Tennis YouTube Channel, uploaded 30/03/2017; A Conversation with Tim Blackmore, Radio Academy, 06/07/2022; Tim Blackmore, Established 1973: 40 years of commercial radio, BBC Radio 4, 27/08/14; Tim Blackmore, Radio Moments - Conversations, David Lloyd Radio, 09/04/2019; The Story of Pop, BBC Radio 1, 26/01/1974;

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