Episode 6: Celebrating Life
An exploration of celebrity culture in the last 70 years through facets of Elizabeth Taylorβs life.
βWith my name, I could open doors, I was a commodity in myself β and Iβm not talking as an actress... I could take the fame I resented and tried to get away from for so many years β but you can never get away from it β and use it to do some goodβ¦β And the cause Elizabeth Taylor championed, earlier and more energetically than anyone else, was AIDS awareness.
With David Furnish, Chairman of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, Marc Thompson, Co-Director of The Love Tank, and archive from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
With Louise Gallagher.
Produced by Alan Hall with music by Jeremy Warmsley.
A Falling Tree production for ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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- Tue 18 Oct 2022 11:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 5 Feb 2023 21:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4