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Margaret Papandreou was the American born wife of the socialist Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou. When her husband was elected in 1981, Margaret refused to disappear into the background. Instead, she embarked on a series of high-profile campaigns for women鈥檚 rights that brought her international attention. Her son George Papandreou, also a former Greek premier, shares his memories.

For 30 years Loyd Price was one of the senior animators behind the success of Wallace and Gromit and other Aardman series. Loyd worked on 鈥淲allace and Gromit: A Close Shave鈥�, 鈥淭he Curse of the Were Rabbit鈥�, 鈥淭he Shaun the Sheep Movie鈥� and 鈥淐hicken Run鈥�. He co-directed and wrote 鈥淲allace and Gromit鈥檚 Cracking Contraptions鈥� and won a Visual Effects Society Award for his character animation on Gromit. Sir Peter Lord, co-founder of Aardman Animations, reflects on Loyd's career.

Malcolm Edwards was the respected publisher of novels by authors including Ian Rankin, Anthony Horowitz and Harlan Coben. His first job in publishing was at Gollancz where he followed his passion for science fiction by managing a list which included Sir Arthur C Clarke, the 鈥淒une鈥� author Frank Herbert and Sir Terry Pratchett. Malcolm then moved to Harper Collins before becoming managing director of Orion. Jon Wood worked with Malcom on Harlan Coben鈥檚 breakthrough novel 鈥淭ell No-One", and author Kate Mosse collaborated with Malcolm during the publication of her best-selling novel 'Labyrinth'.

Tarby Davenport founded The Weird and Wonderful Wood festival in Suffolk. It began as a small, affordable, family-friendly celebration of woodlands and traditional crafts in 1994. The two-day event now attracts over 10,000 people to enjoy circus performances, music and crafts whilst still maintaining that original ethos. Her daughter Sarah Barker spoke to Matthew about the woman who kept the spirit of the sixties alive in Suffolk.

Presenter: Matthew Bannister
Producer: Ed Prendeville
Assistant Producer: Catherine Powell
Researcher: Jesse Edwards
Editor: Andrea Kennedy

Archive:
First Socialist Government in Greece, 91福利社 Radio 4, 21/10/1981; Woman's Hour (Margaret Papandreou), 91福利社 Radio 4, 26/07/1982; Newsnight (Margaret Papandreou), 91福利社 Two; A Close Shave, 91福利社 One, 1995; Chicken Run, Feature Film (Aardman Animations / DreamWorks / Path茅), 2000; Weird & Wonderful Wood, uploaded to Youtube 04/02/2026 (Permission granted by Sarah Barker); The Coode Street Podcast, Episode 158: Live with Malcolm Edwards and David G. Hartwell, Coode Street Podcast, 06/09/2013;