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Libby Purves

Glynis Barber

Paco Pena

Lorraine Jones

Diana Nyad

Paula McGinley

Midweek: Glynis Barber, Paco Pena, Lorraine Jones, Diana Nyad.

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06/07/2016

Glynis Barber, Paco Pena, Lorraine Jones, Diana Nyad.

BBC Radio 4 - Midweek, Glynis Barber, Paco Pena, Lorraine Jones, Diana Nyad.

Libby Purves meets actress Glynis Barber and flamenco composer Paco Pena.

Libby Purves meets actress Glynis Barber, flamenco composer and guitarist Paco Pena, Pastor Lorraine Jones and champion long distance swimmer Diana Nyad.

Libby Purves meets actress Glynis Barber; flamenco composer and guitarist Paco Pena; Pastor Lorraine Jones and champion long distance swimmer Diana Nyad.

Diana Nyad was a champion swimmer in her twenties, setting the record around Manhattan Island. In 1978 she made her first attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida, but failed to get across. In her sixties she made four further attempts, finally achieving her dream at the age of 64. Her memoir, Find a Way - One Untamed and Courageous Life, is published by Pan McMillan.

Pastor Lorraine Jones lost her son Dwayne Simpson just short of his 21st birthday when he was fatally stabbed in Brixton. Dwayne had created a boxing club for young people to divert them from joining gangs. After his death his mother relaunched the boxing scheme as Dwaynamics. She recently won a Points of Light Award which recognises outstanding individual volunteers.

Paco Pena is a flamenco composer and guitarist. His new work Patrias is an exploration of the emotional and cultural impact on Spain of the civil war and the death of one of its most prominent victims, Federico Garcia Lorca. Born in Cordoba, Paco taught himself to play the guitar as a child. Patrias is at Sadler's Wells, London.

Glynis Barber is an actress who is best known for her role in the crime series Dempsey and Makepeace. She is appearing in Stalking the Bogeyman based on the story of journalist David Holthouse who was the victim of a violent rape when he was a child. Glynis's television work includes EastEnders and Emmerdale. Stalking the Bogeyman is at Southwark Playhouse, London.

If you have been effected by anything you heard on the programme:
Survivors UK (www.survivorsuk.org)
Napac (napac.org.uk)
Safeline (www.safeline.org.uk)

Producer: Paula McGinley.

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