Cary Grant
Lucy Porter, the comedian and writer, champions Cary Grant as her Great Life
Great Lives · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Comedian and writer Lucy Porter champions Cary Grant as her Great Life finding that, despite his troubled relationships with women off screen, his on screen charm and generosity towards his female co-stars redeems him.
With Grant's biographer, Geoffrey Wansell, who discusses the troubled screen icon's humble beginnings in Bristol and the following glamour and wealth of Los Angeles.
Presenter: Matthew Parris
Producer: Maggie Ayre
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 2016.