James Dyson

Desert Island Discs: Archive 1996-2000 by BBC

Jun 20, 199937:19Society & Culture

Sue Lawley's guest this week is James Dyson. Today he's one of the richest men in Britain, but he began with an idea, a piece of cardboard and some sticky-backed plastic. Five years and more than 5,000 prototypes later,...

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