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Lord Kalms, Melissa Llewallyn-Davies, Rex Cowan, Wilma Finla

Matthew Bannister on businessman Lord Kalms, anthropologist Melissa Llewallyn-Davies, shipwreck hunter Rex Cowan and farmer Wilma Finlay.

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Lord Kalms, who turned his family鈥檚 camera shop into the multi-million-pound Dixons electronics chain.

Melissa Llewellyn-Davies, the anthropologist who made an acclaimed TV series about Kenya鈥檚 Masai tribe before turning her camera on the UK.

Rex Cowan, the lawyer who changed career to become one of the world鈥檚 most successful shipwreck hunters.

Wilma Finlay, who worked with her husband David to introduce what they saw as more ethical animal husbandry on their farm in the Scottish borders.

Producer: Ed Prendeville

**In this episode we mistakenly referred to the town of Forres being in Aberdeenshire. Forres is located in Moray

Archive: On Your Farm, 鈥淭he Ethical Dairy鈥, 91福利社 Radio 4, Interviewer Caz Graham, 03/02/2019; Escape to the Country, Series 21, Dumfries & Galloway, 91福利社 One, Presenter Sonali Shah, 25/05/2021; Children Calling 91福利社, 91福利社, 25/12/1942; Escape to Fulfilment, Rex Cowan: Wreck Hunter, 91福利社, 02/09/1971; 91福利社 News, 10/04/1972; Retail Week Legends, 28/07/2016; Desert Island Discs, Sir Stanley Kalms, 91福利社 Radio 4, 01/07/2001; Dixons Advert, ITV, late 1970s; 91福利社 News, 22/11/1986; London Plus 鈥 Broadwater Farm Riot, 91福利社 News Archive; Nurses: The Team on B6, 91福利社; Diary of a Maasai Village, 91福利社; Scenes from the Farm, Documentary, Broadwater Farm Estate, London, UK, 1988

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