Artistes of the Month
Jenni Murray
Jenni is one of radio and television's most respected broadcasters. As presenter of BBC Radio's WOMAN'S HOUR, Jenni daily demonstrates her incredible range and depth and a unique ability to understand the feelings and complexities of those she interviews.
Her interviews with the powerful (PM's, Cabinet Ministers, Church and Business leaders and the Royal Family) are described as "probing"', "steely" and "no-nonsense" and her knowledge of the arts is matchless. Describing her work with people in tragic or difficult circumstances, one reviewer wrote of Jenni as "an interviewer who for sensitivity and pointfulness (sic) leaves most others far behind".
Her wide-ranging expertise in politics, business and the arts has led commentators to write admiringly of her "well stocked mind".
Chris Beardshaw
Chris is best known for Gardener's World and the Flying Gardener while being a regular voice on Gardener's Questions Time on Radio 4.
Penny Junor
Penny is best known for her royal writing and broadcasting. She has been writing well-respected, best-selling biographies for over 20 years and is much in demand as a commentator on royal events - most recently at the royal Wedding in April - but the monarchy is not her only field of expertise. She spent almost as long writing and broadcasting about Consumer Affairs and Travel and before spent many years interviewing and profile-writing in the national press. She also presented programmes about health, families and lifestyle and edited a book about women's health. And running parallel to the writing and broadcasting for five years (1993 -98), she was a director of the John Lewis Partnership, responsible for the journalism and public relations within the department store and Waitrose supermarket chain.
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