Peter Dimmock, Alix d'Unienville, Yolanda Sonnabend, Maggie Eales and George Barris
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Last Word · BBC Radio 4
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Show Notes
Matthew Bannister on
TV pioneer Peter Dimmock. An accomplished presenter and also a BBC executive, he directed the coverage of the Queen's coronation in 1953.
Also SOE agent Alix d'Unienville. In the days before D Day she was parachuted into occupied France with a suitcase containing forty million francs.
Yolanda Sonnabend who designed some of the UK's best loved ballets
Maggie Eales who rose from the secretarial pool at ITN to become the company's Foreign Editor. Jon Snow pays tribute.
And George Barris who created some of the most exotic vehicles in TV and film, including the Batmobile, the Munsters' Koach and the intelligent car in Knight Rider.