The Last Champion: The Life of Fred Perry

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The Last Champion -  The Life of Fred Perry by Jon Henderson: 2. First Signs of Greatness

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2. First Signs of Greatness

The Last Champion -  The Life of Fred Perry by Jon Henderson

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Perry applies his championship table tennis prowess to the tennis court.

Perry applies many shots perfected to win the 1929 world table tennis championships to the tennis court. Read by Jamie Bamber.

Many of the killer shots Perry perfects to win the world table tennis championships in 1929, he adapts and applies to the tennis court.

Jon Henderson's biography of English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to Wimbledon glory, the glamour of Hollywood and the founding of a clothing empire.

Read by Jamie Bamber.
Abridged by Viv Beeby.
Produced by Gemma Jenkins.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2009.

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Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of English tennis great Fred Perry

Jamie Bamber reads from Jon Henderson's biography of English tennis great Fred Perry, charting his extraordinary life from his childhood in Stockport to Wimbledon glory and the gla

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