Podcast appearances and mentions of Barbara Taylor Bradford

Following the death of Barbara Taylor Bradford at the age of 91, another chance to listen to Stephen Sackur's 2009 interview with the best-selling novelist. A talent for storytelling made her one of the richest women in Britain; her first novel, A Woman of Substance, has sold more than thirty million copies around the world. Adored by her fans and ignored by the critics, Bradford's books featured strong women overcoming life's slings and arrows.Image: Barbara Taylor Bradford (Credit: Caroll Taveras/Bradford Enterprises via PA)

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week…With over 16 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we've won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awardsIf you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps... Today's episode includes the following:https://x.com/i/status/1861022141015089387https://x.com/i/status/1861069782293836209 https://x.com/i/status/1861452734114803947 https://x.com/i/status/1861800133555286394 https://x.com/i/status/1862157413358395559 https://x.com/i/status/1861475850832486518https://x.com/i/status/1861510557955682472 https://x.com/i/status/1860650011173810651https://x.com/i/status/186102270990524855https://x.com/i/status/1861369630901624910https://x.com/i/status/1861793238744449371 https://x.com/i/status/1862171276426559630 https://x.com/i/status/1861121130863431822https://x.com/i/status/1860643526259990737https://x.com/i/status/1861460938026574015 https://x.com/i/status/1862208969022087413 https://x.com/i/status/972177706606620672 Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.comVoiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matthew Bannister on Madeleine Riffaud, the French resistance fighter who was tortured by the Gestapo, became a journalist and was embedded with the Vietcong in Vietnam.Chris Topp, the blacksmith who restored ironwork at Buckingham Palace, York Minster and St Paul's Cathedral.Barbara Taylor Bradford, the best-selling author of A Woman of Substance and many other novels.Dr Julian Litten, whose fascination for the rituals surrounding death led to him being called “England's foremost funerary historian”.Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies and Ed PrendevilleArchive: General Charles De Gaulle speech, BBC Radio, 22/06/1940; Algerian War: 70 Years On, News Report actuality, France 24, 01/11/2024; Panorama: Vietnam: The Other World ,BBC Television, 31/03/1969; Barbara Taylor Bradford, Desert Island Discs, BBC Radio 4, 11/07/2003; Reading: A Woman of Substance, HarperCollins Publishers UK SoundCloud Channel, Audio promo - Release date 25/10/2012; Barbara Taylor Bradford interview, Woman's Hour, BBC Radio 4, 09/07/1999; Barbara Taylor Bradford interview, Saturday Live, BBC Radio 4, 30/11/2019; Reading: A Woman of Substance, HarperCollins Publishers UK SoundCloud Channel, Audio promo, Released date: 04/05/2017; BLACKSMITH'S CONTRACT: LOOK NORTH, BBC One North East & Cumbria, 14/07/1995; Reading the Past / Writing the Future - Chris Topp (Blacksmith), Uploaded to Youtube 14/05/2014; Songs of Praise: Rite of passage, Bereavement, BBC, 05/11/2002, Red Heaven Oral History Archive, Julian Litten talks with Dr Simon Machin, 14/03/2021; BBC News at One, BBC, 26/03/2015

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Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah start a ceasefire after nearly 14 months of fighting, BJP ally Ramdas Athawale backs Devendra Fadnavis, says Eknath Shinde should…, Trump taps Jay Bhattacharya as director of the National Institutes of Health, 13-year-old cricketer Suryavanshi can become India's latest T20 batting sensation, Barbara Taylor Bradford, best-selling author known for 'A Woman of Substance,' dies at 91

Judges at the Supreme Court are today considering how women are defined in law in a landmark case brought by Scottish campaigners. It will address what “sex” means legally, and will set out exactly how the law is meant to treat trans people. BBC Scotland Policital Correspondent, Phil Sim, joins Nuala McGovern to explain more.Song writing partnership Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear are making history by becoming the youngest and first female songwriting duo to compose for a Disney feature film in the highly anticipated Moana 2. The Grammy Award-winning pair join Nuala live in the studio to discuss what the songs mean to them, and their career so far.The film Mediha tells the story of a teenage Yazidi girl who was captured by the Islamic State group in the 2014 genocide against the Yazidi people and kept for four years as a sex slave. To help her process her trauma, she has filmed her life and her journey to try and find her missing family members. Mediha herself joins Nuala alongside the director and producer of the film, Hasan Oswald.Following the death of bestselling novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, Nuala talks to her publisher, Lynne Drew, and to television presenter and author Fern Britton who was a fan and a friend of Barbara's. They'll discuss Barbara's extraordinary rise from typist to multi-millionaire author and the enduring appeal of her work, including her 1979 smash hit A Woman of Substance.Presenter: Nuala McGovern Producer: Lottie Garton

The Smart 7 is an award winning daily podcast that gives you everything you need to know in 7 minutes, at 7am, 7 days a week…With over 16 million downloads and consistently charting, including as No. 1 News Podcast on Spotify, we're a trusted source for people every day and we've won Gold at the Signal International Podcast awardsIf you're enjoying it, please follow, share, or even post a review, it all helps... Today's episode includes the following:https://x.com/i/status/1861022141015089387 https://x.com/i/status/1861069782293836209https://x.com/i/status/1861088852531638685 https://x.com/i/status/1861052065931239899https://x.com/i/status/1861022709905248556 https://x.com/i/status/1861121130863431822https://x.com/i/status/1861176420484968650https://x.com/i/status/1861004084792234088 https://x.com/i/status/972177706606620672Contact us over @TheSmart7pod or visit www.thesmart7.comVoiced by Jamie East, using AI, written by Liam Thompson, researched by Lucie Lewis and produced by Daft Doris. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

DALLAS (AP) — The Thanksgiving travel rush is expected to be bigger than ever this year. AAA predicts that nearly 80 million people in the U.S. will venture at least 50 miles from home between Tuesday and next Monday — most of them by car. Thanksgiving Day falling so late this year has altered traditional travel patterns. At airports, the Transportation Security Administration says it could screen a record number of U.S. air travelers on Sunday. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge will decide whether new evidence warrants a re-examination of the convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez in the shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home more than 30 years ago.  The Israeli ambassador to Washington says that a cease-fire deal to end fighting between Israel and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah could be reached “within days.”  Reports say the Russian military has captured a Briton fighting with Ukrainian troops who have occupied part of Russia’s Kursk region.  NEW YORK (AP) — Best-selling author Barbara Taylor Bradford has died. She was 91. She became a publishing sensation in her 40s with the tenacious saga “A Woman of Substance” and wrote more than dozen other novels that sold more than 80 million copies worldwide. Politics remains a subject best left off the Thanksgiving menu when family and friends gather. In other news: Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far. Hydrate. Make lists. Leave yourself time. And other tips for reducing holiday travel stress. US Air Force says drones spotted near 3 bases in England last week. Judge in Alex Jones' bankruptcy to hear arguments on The Onion's bid for Infowars. Cheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York, with the repeal of a little-known 1907 law. Listeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food leaves California infant dead and 10 people sick. 'Wicked' and 'Gladiator' make gravity-defying theater debuts, a look at the National Dog Show and Chuck Woolery, the smooth-talking game show host of 'Love Connection' and 'Scrabble,' dies at 83. A wild finish helps the Cowboys end their skid, the Chiefs get another win in nail-biting fashion, the Packers get revenge in a divisional playoff rematch, the Eagles add to their lead in the NFC East, the Cavaliers remain undefeated at home, the Celtics get a down-to-the-wire win over Minnesota, and another NHL team makes a mid-season coaching change.  The United Arab Emirates arrests 3 Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi. The number of children recruited by gangs in Haiti soars by 70%, UNICEF says. In South Korea, nations meet in final round to address global plastic crisis. —The Associated Press About this program Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate. Theme music The News Tonight, used under license from Soundstripe. YouTube clearance: ZR2MOTROGI4XAHRX

This is our last podcast before our summer break, so we've selected some of our favourite conversations of the last year. ART: We celebrate Patrick Hughes's birthday, talk to Tracey Emin about battling cancer and to gallerist James Burch about drinking with Francis Bacon. BOOKS: Rose Tremain tells us about her novel ‘Lily', Barbara Taylor Bradford explains how she found inspiration to write the prequel to ‘A Woman of Substance', Ben Okri inspires to see trees in a totally new light, we discuss culture wars with Bernardine Evaristo and lyricist Don Black, while talking at Jewish Book Week, makes us laugh. THEATRE: We talk to playwright David Hare about ‘Straight Line Crazy' and the death of the avant garde, actor Nathaniel Parker about playing Henry VIII in Hilary Mantel's ‘The Mirror and the Light', Nick Allott from Cameron Mackintosh regales us with hilarious theatrical anecdotes and Creative Director of the Young Vic, Kwame Kwei-Armah, praises playwright James Graham. HISTORY: Andrew Roberts tells us about George III and A.N. Wilson explains how our Trafalgar Square Christmas tree was a gift from the King of Norway during World War II. MUSIC and DANCE: We talk to ballet-dancer Marcelino Sambé about playing Romeo in Kevin McMillan's ballet, to choreographer Matthew Bourne about his stellar career, to soprano Anush Hovvanisyan about all the Armenians at the Royal Opera House and playing Violetta in Richard Eyre's ‘Traviata' and finally Dylan Jones, polymath and long-standing editor of GQ, tells us what David Bowie was really like. Enjoy the summer. Ed and Charlotte will be back on Sunday September 11th September.

Barbara Taylor Bradford's life story is every bit as extraordinary as one of her novels. As she tells Michael Berkeley in a warm and frank interview, she was born in the back streets of Leeds in 1933, left school at 15 to work as a typist at the Yorkshire Evening Post, and at 18 was the first editor of the paper's 'Woman's Page'. By 20 she was an established Fleet Street journalist. And then came the novels - her first book, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979 and has sold over 32 million copies: it is the story of Emma Harte, an impoverished maidservant who through sheer grit rises to become a phenomenally successful businesswoman. Barbara Taylor Bradford has gone on to write another 34 books, with sales approaching 100 million; many were turned into films and television series by her late husband, the producer Robert Bradford. Barbara takes Michael back to her childhood in Leeds, where her mother, Freda, introduced her to the composers she still loves today: Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Bizet and, especially, Puccini. She talks movingly about her long and happy marriage and how her determination to keep writing has sustained her since her husband's death; she describes the ambition and determination, which drove her in the male dominated world of journalism in the 1950s; and her pride in the success of her novels. And, at 88, Barbara Taylor Bradford shows no sign of slowing down. Producer: Jane Greenwood A Loftus Media production for BBC Radio 3

We're reading: A Man of Honour by Barbara Taylor Bradford We're visiting: Changing Lanes by David Yarrow at the Maddox Gallery, Westbourne Grove Extended till January 5th 2022 https://maddoxgallery.com/exhibitions/98-david-yarrow-changing-lanes-november-19th-january-5th-2021/ Waddesdon Manor Christmas Fair Wednesday till Sunday 12 to 7 Grounds Till 23rd December, plus Monday and Tuesday 21st and 22nd https://waddesdon.org.uk/whats-on/christmas-fair/

Mike Parry and Lesley-Ann Jones take you on the latest exciting adventure as Life on Planet Porky returns. Topics today include: the importance of news, LAJ's Royal engagement at St Bride's, the juxtaposition of the church and the rock world, Maureen Cleave and her influence on the Beatles, watching Macca and his lyrics live, the real Von Trapp family, Julie Andrews, the inspiration for Evita, method acting and how it can be hazardous, Suzi Quatro, taking the booster jab and the impact it could have on the body, capturing a good selfie, Margaret York, the Columbo technique, keeping up with modern times, Barbara Taylor Bradford, facelifts, the man who fixed Porky's oven, filling out tax returns, and needing a woman to sort out a man's life. It's the podcast that knows the real pecking order; it's Life on Planet Porky.  Follow the show on Twitter: @PlanetPorky or Mike is: @MikeParry8 while you can find Lesley-Ann: @LAJwriter. Or you can email us questions or comments to: planetporkypod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you! 

Image: Barbara Taylor Bradford Credit: Julian Dufort

Town Square with Ernie Manouse airs at 3 p.m. CT. Tune in on 88.7FM, listen online or subscribe to the podcast. Join the discussion at 888-486-9677, questions@townsquaretalk.org or @townsquaretalk. Twenty-five years, a quarter of a century. How much can be accomplished in that amount of time? As they say, time flies when you're having fun. Twenty-five years ago today, Ernie Manouse joined Houston Public Media. And you've allowed him into your lives and homes ever since. Today, on this “Erniversary,” join us as we reminisce about the last 25 years -- from Channel 8 to Houston Public Media ... from InnerVIEWS to Manor of Speaking ... and now Town Square. Matt Harab has an "investigative piece" on Who is Ernie Manouse? You'll hear from Ernie's friends, colleagues and past celebrity interviewees, including Barbara Taylor Bradford, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo, Lyle Lovett, Nana Mouskouri, Suze Orman, former Houston Mayor Annise Parker, Lisa Shumate and others. Then, Sunny 99.1's Dana Tyson reminisces about Ernie's past shows, Weeknight Edition and Manor of Speaking, with his co-hosts and on-air colleagues Doris Childress, Doug Mueller and Luke Wrobel. In the third segment, producers Catherine Lu and Brenda Valdivia take calls from listeners who share their memories of watching and listening to Ernie over the years. Plus, we hear Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner's proclamation of May 21, 2021 as "Ernie Manouse Day." Town Square with Ernie Manouse is a gathering space for the community to come together and discuss the day's most important and pressing issues. Audio from today's show will be available after 5 p.m. CT. We also offer a free podcast here, on iTunes, and other apps.

A woman of substance More than 40 years ago, Barbara Taylor Bradford wrote the book: "A Woman of Substance."  I read it when I was 18 and Although Emma is a fictitious character, she has had a great influence on my life. She thought me the importance of taking initiative and self-determination. These traits applied over time lead to self-confidence.  In this episode, I draw a parallel between the heroine and my life.  Emma Harte taught me to have an open mind on rules and prepared me at a young age to question the old status quo.

Barbara Taylor Bradford OBE is an international best-selling novelist and journalist. Starting as a typist at the Yorkshire Evening Post, she became a reporter at 16 and was the paper’s first woman’s page editor at 18. By 20, she was a fashion editor and columnist on Fleet Street. Her 1979 debut novel, ‘A Woman of Substance', has sold 32 million copies worldwide. Since then, she has had 38 books published in over 90 countries and 40 languages. In this in-depth interview, Barbara looks back fondly at the creative process and inspiration behind some of her best-loved characters, describes the experience of transforming her books from page to screen – and explains why she thinks 'Me Too' has "overstepped the mark".

Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles are joined by Barbara Taylor Bradford who has just published her 37th book. Age 15 she started in the typing pool for a newspaper and was in Fleet Street as a reporter age 20. She published her first novel, A Woman of Substance, in 1979 and has sold 90 million books world wide. Also in the studio is David Loftus, who is a lone identical twin whose brother John died shortly after their 24th birthday. At the start of 2018 he set himself the challenge of writing a daily memoir reflecting on the events of just over 30 years ago leading up to his brother’s tragic death. Brenda Edwards is with us - she finally realised her dream of performing on the stage by entering the X factor in her mid 30s and is now appearing on the West End and Simon Yates who, during a climb up the Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes, infamously cut the rope of his climbing partner Joe Simpson as depicted in the book, film and now play, Touching the Void. As well as your thank yous, we have the inheritance tracks of conductor and violinist Andre Rieu who chooses Sphärenklänge by Josef Strauss and What a Wonderful World performed by Louis Armstrong. Producer: Corinna Jones Editor: Eleanor Garland

A woman of substance, The King and the body

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Bestselling authors Barbara Taylor Bradford (A Woman Of Substance) and Sophie Hannah (Kind Of Cruel) go head to head in the Book Off!Emily Bronte's classic "Wuthering Heights" goes up against "Half Broken Things" by Morag Joss, but who will be crowned the winner?The writers talk to Joe Haddow about Agatha Christie, their routines, what constitutes an archive and the joy of typewriters. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome! This week, the guest on the Book Club is an Author who has sold over 90 MILLION books, Barbara Taylor Bradford. Her new book is Master of His Fate, it's a gripping new Victorian epic from the author of A Woman of Substance. If you enjoyed this podcast, make sure you check through the archive for one you may have missed or why not listen to For The Many, Iain's podcast with Jacqui Smith! Iain Dale Monday - Thursday, 7-10pm on LBC. https://www.iaindale.com/

This week we're joined by the legendary Barbara Taylor Bradford. Born in 1933 in Yorkshire, Barbara had a career as a journalist before publishing her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, in 1979. It went on to sell more than 32 million copies worldwide, and 40 years later she's still going strong as an author: her latest novel, Master of His Fate, is out now. Barbara shared what she's learnt about manners, self-belief and how to tell a story. This week also marks Grazia Life Advice moving to Fridays - so from now on we'll be providing you with a brilliant listen just in time for every weekend.

Between them, Mary Higgins Clark and Barbara Taylor Bradford have written nearly 90 books. They chatted with us about their latest books and if they have any plans to put down their respective pens.

Clive Anderson and Emma Freud are joined by Professor Brian Cox, Barbara Taylor Bradford and Paul Chowdhry for an eclectic mix of conversation, music and comedy. With music from Dan Gillespie Sells and Lail Arad & JF Robitaille. Producer: Sukey Firth.

Josephine meets one of the most successful authors in the world Barbara Taylor Bradford at the Dorchester hotel, Barbara's home in London. Barbara wrote A Woman of Substance in her late 30’s, it ranks as one of the top-ten bestselling novels of all-time. To date, she has written 36 novels — all bestsellers on both sides of the Atlantic. Barbara was born in Yorkshire, Leeds and has lived a fairytale life herself. She left school at started her career as a typist at the Yorkshire Post, she became a journalist and moved down to London when she was 20 and became the fashion editor of Woman magazine, then she became a columnist and expert on interior design. In 1961 Barbara had a blind date with an American film producer whom she married in 1963 and she has lived permanently in the states since then. Barbara has had a spectacular career, she has an OBE. In 2017, Bradford was recognised as one of 90 "Great Britons" to commemorate The Queen's 90th birthday. Josephine talks with Barbara about her life, her books and her beloved Yorkshire. Buy the books UK: http://www.barbarataylorbradford.co.uk/ Buy the books USA: http://www.barbarataylorbradford.com/ radiogorgeous.com #barbarataylorbradford #bestselling #romance #radiogorgeous

Take 2 Radio welcomes as a Special Host, Dr. Mary Barrett. Shows will be on Fridays at 8pm eastern time! At 8pm eastern time Dr. Mary Barrett will be chatting with Kathy St. John, Owner-operator at Haunted Prison Experience 2015 "supernatural", Owner at DreamWalker Productions LLC and Owner-operator at Ghost hunting HAUNTED X ENTERPRISES (OWNER) and Dreamwalker Productions.  At 9pm eastern time Dr. Mary Barrett will be chatting with award winning author, Barbara Taylor Bradford! Barbara Taylor Bradford is one of the world’s most beloved writers. Her first novel, A Woman Of Substance was published in 1979 and became a global bestseller. To date it has sold more than 35 million copies in 90 countries and forty languages. All of her other novels have been global successes, with total worldwide sales of 85 million.

Presenter and health expert, Dr Christian Jessen, joins Aasmah Mir and Richard Coles. Well known for programmes such as ''Embarrassing Bodies' and 'Supersize Vs Superskinny', Dr Christian also works closely with health charities to educate people in health matters. Most important to him is to raise medical awareness amongst hard to reach groups. Actor Hugh Maynard, currently playing the role of John in the West End's Miss Saigon, has dealt with abandonment and rejection most of his life after being given up by his mother when just a few weeks old. He explains how this spurred him on to the successful career he now enjoys and why it is important to know where you come from. JP Devlin talks with Barbara Taylor Bradford about her collection of vintage bags. Jackie Hagan is a comedian whose trip to hospital with a sore toe back in 2013, ended with her having a leg amputated. The experience forced her to grow up and take control of her life something she now hopes to pass on through school workshop around the country. London based Imam, Mohammed al Hussaini tells us how he became a traditional Irish folk singer. Former soap star, Pam St Clement who played Pat Butcher in Eastenders shares her inheritance tracks, - Cast Diva by Maria Callas and Accentuate the Positive by Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters. Dr Christian's Guide to Growing Up, published by Scholastic is available now. Hugh Maynard is currently appearing in Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre in London's West End. His debut album, 'Something Inside So Strong' is out on 25 March. Jackie Hagan is currently touring the UK with her show, 'Some People Have Too Many Legs'. The Cavendon Women by Barbara Taylor Bradford published by Harper Fiction is out 24th March. Pam St Clement's autobiography 'The End of an Earring' published by Headline, available now. Producer: Pete Ross Editor: Karen Dalziel.

Libby Purves meets rollercoaster designer John Wardley; novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford; former showgirl and actor Mandy Rice Davies and comedian Mark Lucero. John Wardley is a rollercoaster designer who is behind some of the most famous rollercoasters in Britain including Oblivion and Nemesis. He also devised special effects for five of the James Bond films including Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun. As a young boy he was fascinated by illusions, fairgrounds and the mechanics behind them. His autobiography Creating My Own Nemesis is self-published. Barbara Taylor Bradford is a novelist who has sold over eighty million books worldwide since her debut novel, A Woman of Substance, was published in 1979. She started writing for her local paper, the Yorkshire Evening Post, when she was 15 and by 18 she was editing the paper's Women's page. Her new novel, Cavendon Hall, is about two families - the aristocratic Inghams and the Swanns who serve them. Cavendon Hall is published by HarperCollins. Mandy Rice Davis is a former showgirl, known for her involvement in the Profumo affair in the 1960s. After the scandal she moved to Israel where she took up acting. Mandy was an adviser on Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Stephen Ward, which charts the rise and fall of the man at the centre of the Profumo affair - osteopath Stephen Ward. Stephen Ward - The Musical is at the Aldwych Theatre, London. Marc Lucero is a comic who won Silver Stand-Up Of The Year (for comedians over 55) at Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival in 2013. His one man show, George Carlin Saved My Life, is inspired by his first trip to the US in 1979. During the trip he met members of his family for the first time and saw the late comic George Carlin perform in Las Vegas. Watching Carlin convinced him to become a stand-up comedian. George Carlin Saved My Life is at the Criterion Theatre as part of Dave's Leicester Comedy Festival. Producer: Paula McGinley.

Join us on March 28 from 3-4pm EST as we're joined by New York Times bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford, who came on the literary scene in 1979 with the much beloved protagonist Emma Harte in A Woman of Substance. A career that has spanned newspapers, magazines, books, movies with her husband legendary TV and film producer Bob Bradford, and an Order of the British E by Queen Elizabeth, Bradford releases her 27th book this week – Letter from a Stranger – a lush and evocative novel of family secrets and betrayals that stretch from the streets of World War II Berlin to the winding alleys of Istanbul.

Barbara Taylor Bradford does it again in this epic novel of seduction, passion and international intrigue, Playing the Game has never been so thrilling. If you wish to express abundance in your life, you can afford to think abundance only. Using the Master Key System, author Bill Gladstone gives us the path to happiness with his newest book, Tapping the Source. You are invited to the movie premiere! What is jet lag and how can you manage it? Cynthia Brian shares her travel experiences and Heather Brittany provides concrete health tips on how to have a more restful, prepared, and stress free trip in any time zone.

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the popular novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford. Born in Upper Armley, Leeds, by the age of 16 Barbara had graduated from the typing pool and was a cub reporter in the newsroom of the Yorkshire Evening Post. By twenty she was Fashion Editor of Woman's Own in London.In 1976, after a number of failed attempts, she sold her first novel to a publisher on the basis of a ten-page outline. That book A Woman of Substance, has gone on to sell in the region of 20 million copies. The heroine, Emma Harte, inspired such a following that she and her dynasty were the subjects of two further books and despite Emma being 'killed off' in the second, Taylor Bradford has resurrected her for a 'lost years' prequel this summer. Emma's Secret will be her 19th novel, with 10 of them made into TV films.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs]Favourite track: Vissi d'Arte by Giacomo Puccini Book: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Luxury: Bag of eye make-up, especially mascara

Sue Lawley's castaway this week is the popular novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford. Born in Upper Armley, Leeds, by the age of 16 Barbara had graduated from the typing pool and was a cub reporter in the newsroom of the Yorkshire Evening Post. By twenty she was Fashion Editor of Woman's Own in London. In 1976, after a number of failed attempts, she sold her first novel to a publisher on the basis of a ten-page outline. That book A Woman of Substance, has gone on to sell in the region of 20 million copies. The heroine, Emma Harte, inspired such a following that she and her dynasty were the subjects of two further books and despite Emma being 'killed off' in the second, Taylor Bradford has resurrected her for a 'lost years' prequel this summer. Emma's Secret will be her 19th novel, with 10 of them made into TV films. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Vissi d'Arte by Giacomo Puccini Book: David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Luxury: Bag of eye make-up, especially mascara

Barbara Taylor Bradford's first novel, A Woman of Substance, which was published in 1980, quickly became a huge international success. In conversation with Roy Plomley, she recalls her childhood in Leeds, her first job as a reporter on the Yorkshire Evening Post at the age of 16, becoming a Fleet Street journalist, and her eventual move to New York.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Jerusalem by Blake/Parry Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Luxury: Family photograph album

Barbara Taylor Bradford's first novel, A Woman of Substance, which was published in 1980, quickly became a huge international success. In conversation with Roy Plomley, she recalls her childhood in Leeds, her first job as a reporter on the Yorkshire Evening Post at the age of 16, becoming a Fleet Street journalist, and her eventual move to New York. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Jerusalem by Blake/Parry Book: Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Luxury: Family photograph album