Athol Fugard, Janet Pharaoh, Alison Halford, Johnny Green
Kirsty Lang on writer Athol Fugard, dancer Janet Pharaoh, senior police officer Alison Halford, roadie and tour manager Johnny Green.
Kirsty Lang on: Athol Fugard, the playwright whose art became synonymous with exposing the inequities of the Apartheid regime in South Africa.
Janet Pharaoh, the dancer from Yorkshire who became the artistic director at the Moulin Rouge in Paris.
Alison Halford who rose through the ranks to become the first female Assistant Chief Constable.
Johnny Green, the former roadie and tour manager for The Clash. His friend, the poet John Cooper Clarke pays tribute.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive used:
Athol Fugard interview, Third Ear, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 3, 12/02/1991; Inside The Mind Of Athol Fugard: A Master Playwright's Journey, Tekweni, YouTube channel, uploaded 02/07/2018; Janet Pharaoh interview, Moulin Rouge: Yes We Can-Can! Dragonfly Film and Television, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ TWO, 27/09/2023 and 04/10/2023; Moulin Rouge film promo, Director: Baz Luhrmann, 20th Century Fox; YouTube uploaded 2015; Alison Halford interview, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Wales, 28/02/2002; Johnny Green interview, The Joy of 6: London Calling, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 6 Music, 03/11/2019; Johnny Green interview, A Riot of Our Own, Rock City Networks, Ben Pitchers Rock City Networks, YouTube uploaded, 03/04/2012; Johnny Green interview/actuality taken from ,Off The Page: Le Tour de France, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio 4, 24/06/2010; John Cooper Clarke Presents Clarkie’s Christmas Crackers, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Three, 19/12/2018;
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