Helen Fraser and Neil Innes
Sue MacGregor talks to Helen Fraser, chief executive of the Girls' Day School Trust, and writer and comic performer Neil Innes about their favourite books.
Sue Macgregor talks favourite paperbacks with Helen Fraser, the Chief Executive of the Girls' Day School Trust, and writer and comic performer Neil Innes. Before taking up her current post Helen spent her entire career in publishing, beginning with a brief stint as a sales assistant at Foyles bookshop and ending up as Managing Director of Penguin. Neil was one of the founder members of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and went on to write and perform with Monty Python's Flying Circus and the Rutles. He's well-known for his Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2 show, The Innes Book of Records and has a one-man show modestly entitled 'A People's Guide to World Domination.'
Producer: Sara Davies.
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