My Alter Ego
Series in which different presenters tell the story of a character from history that they identify with
My Alter Ego - Eliza Vestris
Burlesque performer Kirsty Allan on Eliza Vestris, the 19th-century theatrical performer and Britain's first burlesque star.
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My Alter Ego - George Augustus Sala
Con Coughlin of The Daily Telegraph tells the story of Victorian journalist George Augustus Sala, a prolific leader writer and adventurous and well-travelled foreign correspondent.
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My Alter Ego - Ignatius Sancho
Jazz musician and rapper Soweto Kinch tells the forgotten story of the black 18th-Century composer Ignatius Sancho.
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My Alter Ego - Kathleen Raine
Katrina Porteous tells the story of her fellow poet Kathleen Raine, with whom she shares Scottish roots, a Cambridge education and a connection with Northumberland.
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My Alter Ego - Varaztad Kazanjian
Surgeon Iain Hutchison on plastic surgery pioneer Varaztad Kazanjian, an American doctor posted with the British army in WWI who became a pioneer in plastic surgery.
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