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The actor and singer Chaim Topol (pictured), best known for his performances in the musical Fiddler on the Roof.

Zandra Flemister, the first African American woman to work as a Secret Service special agent.

The prolific cartoonist Bill Tidy MBE who created the Cloggies and The Fosdyke Saga.

Avis Fawcitt, the Leicestershire music teacher who devoted her life to the Orphean Youth and Concert Orchestra.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: John Collinge
Interviewed guest: Sylvia Tidy-Harris
Interviewed guest: Sir Tim Rice
Interviewed guest: Ian Stewart

Archive clips used: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, Desert Island Discs – Chaim Topol 15/10/1983; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, In The Public Eye 28/12/1967; Batjack Productions/ The Llenroc Productions/ The Mirisch Corporation, Cast A Giant Shadow (1966) film clip; Eon Productions, For Your Eyes Only (1981) film clip; Starling Films/ Famous Films (II)/ Dino De Laurentis Company, Flash Gordon (1980) film clip; The Mirisch Production Company/ Cartier Productions, Fiddler On The Roof (1971); ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, The World This Weekend, South Asian Earthquake 09/10/2005; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4 Extra, The Fosdyke Saga – Tripe War 21/07/2018; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, One Man’s Week – Bill Tidy 16/04/1975; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue 21/01/1989; Jeremy Oakley personal archive, Avis Fawcitt actuality and music.