Robert Fox, Mary Rand MBE, Sir Tony Hoare, Biruté Galdikas

About this episode

John Wilson discusses the lives and contributions of notable figures including Robert Fox, Mary Rand MBE, Sir Tony Hoare, and Biruté Galdikas.

John Wilson on Robert Fox the producer who had a career that spanned theatre, film and television. We have tributes from Colin Firth, Rupert Everett and Robert’s brother, the actor Edward Fox. Mary Rand MBE, the first British woman to win an Olympic athletics gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sir Tony Hoare, one of the world’s leading computer software designers who developed algorithms and languages which have become industry standards. Biruté Galdikas, the primatologist and conservationist whose years of studying orangutans in their natural habitat helped understand and protect the primates. Interviewee: Edward Fox Interviewee: Rupert Everett Interviewee: Colin Firth Interviewee: Wendy Sly Interviewee: Professor Bill Roscoe Interviewee: Professor Erin Vogel Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan Researcher: Jesse Edwards Editor: Glyn Tansley Archive used: Another Country movie promo, Another Country Trailer, 1984, director Marek Kanievska, writer Julian Mitchell, Goldcrest Films International,, YouTube Uploaded by Sundance Now, 04/10/2017; Another Country, Queen’s Theatre, directed by Stuart Burge, written by Julian Mitchell, 1982, broadcast…

People in this episode

Host: John Wilson

Guests: Colin Firth, Rupert Everett, Edward Fox, Wendy Sly, Professor Bill Roscoe, Professor Erin Vogel

Topics covered

• theatre
• film
• television
• Olympic athletics
• computer software
• primatology
• conservation

Keywords

• Robert Fox
• Mary Rand
• Sir Tony Hoare
• Biruté Galdikas
• Olympics
• computer science
• primates
• theatre
• film
• television

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BBC Radio 4

Books & works: Another Country

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