I Was...

Andrew McGibbon presents a series of interviews analysing great artists from the perspective of someone who knew them

I Was... - David Lean's Boy Star

John Howard Davies talks about starring, aged eight, in David Lean's classic 1948 film version of Oliver Twist. Presented by Andrew McGibbon.

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I Was... - Douglas Adams' Flatmate

Analysing great artists from the perspective of someone who knew them. Jon Canter shared a flat with his friend Douglas Adams while the latter struggled for success.

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I Was... - Dudley Moore's First Bandleader

Analysing great artists from the perspective of someone who knew them. John Bassett met Dudley Moore at Oxford in the late 1950s and asked him to join his jazz band.

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I Was... - Ernest Hemingway's La Secretaria

Andrew McGibbon analyses great artists from the perspective of someone close to them at a career-defining moment. Valerie Danby Smith was Ernest Hemingway's final 'La Secretaria'.

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