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Incredible Women

Series 6

Episode 5

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Meet the living legend, actress Dame Cicely Leyland as she approaches her 100th birthday! All this week Rebecca Front and Jeremy Front bring you a fun-packed retrospective of her life on stage, TV and the big screen. From her roots in Variety, through her early radio comedy days, to appearances in the Beatles film 'Gear!' And more recently in Harry Potter.

But there's one card Cicely is playing close to her chest as her big birthday approaches. Will Jeremy Front uncover it in time?

In today's programme Jeremy hears about the era of the kitchen sink drama; Fenella Fielding reveals what Cissy got up to on the set of 'Gear!' and Laurence Fox turns up as Cicely's plus one for her 100th birthday party.

Starring Rebecca Front, Jeremy Front, Sam Spiro, Jon Culshaw, Fenella Fielding and Laurence Fox.

Written by Jeremy Front.

Produced by Claire Jones.

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