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Peter Jay, Ed Johnson, Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, Deborah Roberts

Matthew Bannister on diplomat and journalist Peter Jay, CIA agent Ed Johnson, museum director Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll and singer Deborah Roberts.

Matthew Bannister on

Peter Jay, who was economics editor at the Times and the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ and also Britain’s Ambassador to the United States.

Ed Johnson, the CIA agent who played a key role in the Argo operation to smuggle US diplomats out of Iran – but kept his involvement secret until his death. His wife tells us she had no idea what his work involved.

Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, who made controversial changes aimed at bringing more visitors to the Victoria and Albert Museum

Deborah Roberts, the acclaimed soprano who co-founded the Brighton Early Music Festival.

Producer: Ed Prendeville

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Norman Acgroyd, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ, Artists in Print, 09/03/1981; Argo, Declassified Trailer, Warner Bros Entertainment, YouTube Upload 09/02/2013; ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, 09/1/1979; ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, 04/11/1979; ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Desert Island Discs 20/10/1991; ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Newsnight, 13/12/94; TV-am First Broadcast – Good Morning Britain (1983), Uploaded to Youtube β€œThings”, 9/02/19; That’s Life, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ 1, 25/01/1981

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