Xia De-hong, Lord Hunt of Chesterton, Joan Burstein, Bill Leader

Xia De-hong, inspired her daughter Jung Chang to write the best selling book Wild Swans about her trials and tribulations at the hands of the Chinese government. Lord Hunt, the meteorologist and former Director General and Chief Executive of the Met Office, who was an expert in turbulence. Joan Burstein, ran the influential Browns boutique in London’s South Molton Street, backing the careers of many leading designers. Bill Leader, the recording engineer who captured all the leading performers of the folk revival of the 1960s and 70s. Presenter: Matthew Bannister Producer: Ben Mitchell Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Andrea Kennedy Archive: Tomorrow's World, BBC One,18/11/1965; You and Yours, BBC Radio 4, 27/06/2005; My Life in Seven Charms, with Annoushka Ducas MBE, 27/05/2021; Joan Burstein Browns 50 Testimonial, Browns Fashion (Uploaded to Youtube - 22 Oct 2020); Best of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, BBC Two, Uploaded to Youtube

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This episode was published on May 1, 2026.

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