John Wilson
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2,755 appearances
21 recordings
7 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 5d ago
John Wilson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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In 2014, she was made a dame for services to drama.
Christine Scott Thomas, welcome to This Cultural Life.
Thank you very much.
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.
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