EPISODE · Jan 2, 2026 · 27 MIN
Brigitte Bardot, Sir Alec Reed, Alwyn Crawshaw, Dame Shân Legge-Bourke
from Last Word · host BBC Radio 4
Jon Kay on The French actor Brigitte Bardot who starred in over 40 films in the 1950s and 60s before a career-change saw her give up the big screen to campaign for animal welfareSir Alec Reed who founded the UKs most successful recruitment agency and, through his philanthropy, raised millions for charityAlwyn Crawshaw, the artist who encouraged millions to paint landscapes through his how-to books and TV programmes Dame Shan Legge-Bourke who transformed the Glanusk estate in the Black Mountains and was for many years lady in waiting to Princess AnneProducer: Ed Prendeville Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan Researcher: Josie Hardy Editor: Glyn TansleyArchive The Lady of Glanusk: Winter, BBC Two Wales, 28/09/2006; The Lady of Glanusk: Summer, BBC Two Wales, 14/09/2006; The Lady of Glanusk: Autumn, BBC Two Wales, 21/09/2006; The Lady of Glanusk: Spring, BBC Two Wales, 07/09/2006; Reed Podcast, Sir Alec Reed at 91: A British Business Legend, Permission granted by James Reed; The Fast Show: The Last Fast Show Ever, BBC Two, 28/12/2000; Daytime Live, BBC One, 16/03/1990; …And God Created Woman (Official Trailer), 1956, Directed by Roger Vadim, Starring Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant; Worldwide: France’s New-Look TV, BBC Two, 14/05/1975; And God Created Bardot, BBC One, 28/09/1994; The World at One, BBC Radio 4, 25/04/1968; Brigitte Bardot, BBC Archive, 01/11/1956
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Jon Kay on The French actor Brigitte Bardot who starred in over 40 films in the 1950s and 60s before a career-change saw her give up the big screen to campaign for animal welfareSir Alec Reed who founded the UKs most successful recruitment agency and, through his philanthropy, raised millions for charityAlwyn Crawshaw, the artist who encouraged millions to paint landscapes through his how-to books and TV programmes Dame Shan Legge-Bourke who transformed the Glanusk estate in the Black Mountains and was for many years lady in waiting to Princess AnneProducer: Ed Prendeville Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan Researcher: Josie Hardy Editor: Glyn TansleyArchive The Lady of Glanusk: Winter, BBC Two Wales, 28/09/2006; The Lady of Glanusk: Summer, BBC Two Wales, 14/09/2006; The Lady of Glanusk: Autumn, BBC Two Wales, 21/09/2006; The Lady of Glanusk: Spring, BBC Two Wales, 07/09/2006; Reed Podcast, Sir Alec Reed at 91: A British Business Legend, Permission granted by James Reed; The Fast Show: The Last Fast Show Ever, BBC Two, 28/12/2000; Daytime Live, BBC One, 16/03/1990; …And God Created Woman (Official Trailer), 1956, Directed by Roger Vadim, Starring Brigitte Bardot, Curd Jürgens, Jean-Louis Trintignant; Worldwide: France’s New-Look TV, BBC Two, 14/05/1975; And God Created Bardot, BBC One, 28/09/1994; The World at One, BBC Radio 4, 25/04/1968; Brigitte Bardot, BBC Archive, 01/11/1956
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