She turned yoghurt pots into treasure, pets into celebrities, and treated her young audience as valued "customers". For 26 years, Biddy Baxter was the driving force behind Blue Peter, transforming it into the cleverest show on children's television and attracting audiences of up to 12 million.Image: Getty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Jim Lovell - Apollo 13 commander
Jim Lovell was the cool-headed astronaut who became one of the first men to orbit the moon, and later commanded the Apollo 13 mission - famously telling mission control, “Houston, we’ve had a problem.” In the days that followed, his skill and leadership helped bring the crew safely home, turning what could have been a disaster into one of NASA’s greatest recoveries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dame Stella Rimington - first female head of MI5
As the first female head of MI5 and the first chief to be publicly identified, Stella Rimington, brought freshness and innovation to MI5 and a much-needed openness during her time as director-general. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Allan Ahlberg - Children's Author
Allan Ahlberg was the beloved children’s author of Peepo! and The Jolly Postman. Capturing the everyday magic of childhood with his illustrator wife Janet, he wrote over 150 books. We remember the teacher-turned-writer whose work shaped generations of young readers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Margot Friedländer - Holocaust survivor
In January 1943, 21-year-old Margot Friedländer returned to her home in Berlin to find her family gone – her 17-year-old brother had been arrested by the Gestapo, and her mother had turned herself in to the authorities to be with him. She left Margot a note with just five words, urging her to "try to make your life." After 15 months in hiding, Margot was deported to the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Decades after her liberation, Margot became one of the very few Berlin-born Holocaust survivors to return to Germany, saying Berlin was "how I actually discovered true humanity.”Image: Getty Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Your History is a podcast based on the life stories of people who have shaped the times we live in. These are fascinating stories based on the daily obituaries in The Times offering remarkable insights about contemporary history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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