Download Winnie Jordan, Richard Green, Karol Modzelewski, Liz Howe, John Singleton
Pictured: John Singleton
Andrea Catherwood on:
British Athlete Winnie Jordan who won a silver medal in the Empire Games in 1938 and became a celebrated British Champion after the war.
American psychiatrist and lawyer, Richard Green, who advanced acceptance and understanding of gay and trans people.
Founder of Poland's Solidarity movement, Karol Modzelewski.
Liz Howe, the ecologist who spearheaded a modern environmental Domesday book for Wales.
And John Singleton, US film director of the LA gang classic Boyz N the Hood.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Peter Tatchell Interviewed guest: Faye Jordan Interviewed guest: John Brant Interviewed guest: John Ratcliffe Interviewed guest: Dr Stanley Bill
Archive from: Front Row, Radio 4, 25.10.2016
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