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Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Christabel Pankhurst

Martha Kearney invites ten leading figures of today to the newly refurbished National Portrait Gallery to champion a favourite picture from the Gallery's star-studded collection.

The fifth of Martha Kearney's new series celebrating portraits and portraiture through the eyes of ten Great Britons.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee whittled his options down to two, the architect Sir Christopher Wren and his final choice, the Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst. His decision was informed in part by an admiration for a woman who saw a problem and sought to fix it, and also by a desire to pay tribute to his own mother who had her own battle for equal recognition in the world of computer science.

In each episode we find out about the subject of the portrait, the moment at which their image was captured for posterity and the importance of image and identity for those who find themselves in the eye of the nation's attention today.

Producers: Tom Alban and Mohini Patel

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14 minutes

Last on

Sat 14 Oct 2023 05:45

Broadcasts

  • Fri 9 Jun 2023 13:45
  • Fri 13 Oct 2023 14:45
  • Sat 14 Oct 2023 05:45