Incredible Women (Omnibus)

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Incredible Women

Introducing listeners to extraordinary and unforgettable women.

Brother-sister interviewing team Jeremy and Rebecca Front introduce listeners to extraordinary and unforgettable women.

Incredible Women (Omnibus editions): Series 6

Series 6

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Rebecca and Jeremy Front present a fun-packed retrospective of Dame Cicely Leyland's life.

Rebecca and Jeremy Front present a fun-packed retrospective of Dame Cicely Leyland's life as she approaches her 100th year.

Meet the living legend, actress Dame Cicely Leyland as she approaches her 100th birthday! 

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?

Join Cissy as she comes off stage after performing her one-woman show Other People's Shoes. 

Discover her surprising origins in Russia, and meet her dresser and companion Paddy

Plus her friend and fellow actress, Fenella Fielding reveals Cissy is 'never one to let the truth get in the way of a good anecdote'.

Omnibus of five parts written by Jeremy Front.

Starring: 

Rebecca Front
Jeremy Front
Sam Spiro
Jon Culshaw
Fenella Fielding

With short testimonials by Andy Hamilton, Joe Lycett and Melanie C.

Producer:  Claire Jones.

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2017.

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