Clarence B Jones, Judith Chalmers, Dr Anna Ritchie, Professor Frank Land

About this episode

Matthew Bannister discusses the lives and contributions of Clarence B Jones, Judith Chalmers, Dr Anna Ritchie, and Professor Frank Land.

Matthew Bannister on Clarence B Jones the American lawyer and civil rights campaigner who helped Martin Luther King to write his famous I Have A Dream speech. Judith Chalmers, the TV and radio presenter best known for her globetrotting holiday series Wish You Were Here. Dr Anna Ritchie, the archaeologist who excavated some of Orkney’s most revealing ancient sites. And Frank Land, one of the prime movers in the development of the world’s first business computer - at the Lyons catering company. Interviewee: Mark Durden Smith Interviewee: Matt Ritchie Interviewee: Georgina Ferry Producer: Catherine Powell Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan Researcher: Josie Hardy Editor: Andrea Kennedy Archive used: Martin Luther King March on Washington, SOUND ARCHIVE Reference: 28322, 28/08/1963; BBC News special, BBC News, 28/08/2020; Wish you were Here…? Thames TV, ITV, 10/01/1978. From YouTube upload ThamesTv, 8/08/2020; Wish you were there, BBC Archive, 28/03/1966; Tracks of My Years, BBC Radio 2, 28/09/2017; Smillie’s People: Judith Chalmers, BBC 1, 20/01/1997; Pebble Mill, BBC 1, 14/05/1993; Gardeners’ Question Time: Matt Biggs’ House, BBC Radio 4, 27/08/2023; The House the Picts Built, BBC…

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Bannister

Guests: Clarence B Jones, Judith Chalmers, Dr Anna Ritchie, Professor Frank Land

Topics covered

• civil rights
• media
• archaeology
• technology
• history

Keywords

• civil rights
• I Have A Dream
• archaeology
• business computer
• media

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 4

Books & works: Wish You Were Here, Tracks of My Years, Pebble Mill, Gardeners’ Question Time, The House the Picts Built, Around Scotland

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