Peter Jay, Ed Johnson, Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, Deborah Roberts
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Peter Jay, who was economics editor at the Times and the BBC and also Britain’s Ambassador to the United States.
Ed Johnson, the CIA agent who played a key role in the Argo operation to smuggle US diplomats out of Iran – but kept his involvement secret until his death. His wife tells us she had no idea what his work involved.
Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, who made controversial changes aimed at bringing more visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum
Deborah Roberts, the acclaimed soprano who co-founded the Brighton Early Music Festival.
Producer: Ed Prendeville
Archive Norman Acgroyd, BBC, Artists in Print, 09/03/1981; Argo, Declassified Trailer, Warner Bros Entertainment, YouTube Upload 09/02/2013; BBC News, 09/1/1979; BBC News, 04/11/1979; BBC Desert Island Discs 20/10/1991; BBC Newsnight, 13/12/94; TV-am First Broadcast – Good Morning Britain (1983), Uploaded to Youtube “Things”, 9/02/19; That’s Life, BBC 1, 25/01/1981
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