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Incredible Women

Comedy: Spoof

Rebecca and Jeremy Front explore the lives and achievements of some incredible women.

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15 Minute Drama: Incredible Women

Rebecca Front

Jeremy Front

Samantha Spiro

Jon Culshaw

John Wilson

Claire Jones

Incredible Women: Series 6: Episode 2

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Rebecca and Jeremy Front's docudrama celebrating Dame Cicely Leyland's 100th birthday.

John Wilson praises Dame Cicely Leyland's Hitchcock years in Rebecca and Jeremy Front's docudrama celebrating one of our most enduring actresses as her 100th birthday approaches.

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 reporter Jeremy Front Interviews Dame Cissy in a Jacuzzi after her over-80s aqua-robics class, he accompanies her to Pinewood Studios for a mysterious meeting and he experiences, first-hand, the power of Dr Theatre's tonic. We also hear from Front Row's John Wilson about Cissy's performance in the Hitchcock film The Informer, while she was still a teenager.

Starring Rebecca Front, Jeremy Front, Sam Spiro, Jon Culshaw and John Wilson.

Written by Jeremy Front.

Produced by Claire Jones.

This is a BBC Studios production.

Incredible Women: Series 6

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Portrait of actress Dame Cicely Leyland as she nears her 100th birthday.

Rebecca and Jeremy Front put the spotlight on actress Dame Cicely Leyland as she nears her 100th birthday.

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