John Wilson
speaker
3,312 appearances
24 recordings
9 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 17 Sep
John Wilson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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You were born in Cornwall and you were educated in Cheltenham at the Ladies' College and grew up in a military family.
But your childhood was shaped by a double tragedy.
Two air crashes five years apart that killed both your father and then your stepfather.
Tell me about your father, first of all.
Who was he?
Well, I wish I knew.
That's part of the issue, part of the motor.
The mystery of what is half of me is something that I'll never really know.
You know, I just never discover any more about it.
It was very weird growing up, particularly when I was a sort of teenager or young adult.
I'd go to weddings and these funny old men would come towards me and they were sort of balding and slightly portly and say, I was a great friend of your father's.
And I said, well, you can't possibly.
My father was devastatingly good looking and only 30.
And you were five when he was killed?
I was, yeah, five.
What were the circumstances?
He was in the Royal Navy.
He was in the Royal Navy and he was flying.
And at the time, flying was a very, very dangerous job.
I think it still is.
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