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Episode 1: Claire Tomalin on Dora Jordan

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Biographer and journalist Claire Tomalin explores the life of Dora Jordan, the greatest comic actress of her day and renowned for being lover to the future King William IV. Show more

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.