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Dolly Alderton on Doris Day

4 Extra Debut. Author, podcaster and columnist Dolly Alderton chooses the Hollywood star, Doris Day. With Matthew Parris. From June 2020.

Dolly Alderton's love of Doris Day began when she watched Calamity Jane as a young child.

And for Dolly, the incandescent film star was as much of a poster girl as The Spice Girls. But Dolly's view of the legendary actress and singer has changed as she's matured.

Dolly joins Matthew Parris and Dr Tamar Jeffers McDonald, Reader in Film and Head of the School of Arts at the University of Kent, to discuss dancing, divorces and dogs.

Together they explore whether the image of Doris Day as a happy-go-lucky girl-next-door is a true reflection of the life and character of one of the 20th century's most famous stars.

Producer: Camellia Sinclair

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in June 2020.

*** Credit: Love Me or Leave Me (dir. Charles Vidor, MGM); Pillow Talk (dir. Michael Gordon, Arwin Productions).

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