Larry King: The man behind Billie Jean King’s feminist tennis revolution
The father of women’s tennis Larry King, Cold War spy Baroness Ramsay, groundbreaking newspaper executive Caroline Marland and the artist reclaiming women's bodies Valie Export.
Larry King teamed up with his wife Billie Jean King to start the women’s professional tennis circuit in the USA.
Baroness Ramsay was MI6 Head of Station in Helsinki during the Cold War and then became a leading figure in Labour politics.
Caroline Marland transformed the financial fortunes of The Guardian newspaper as a senior executive in the 1980s and 90s.
Valie Export challenged centuries of misuse of the female body from male artists by exhibiting her own form for controversial performances.
Presenter: Matthew Bannister
Producer: Ben Mitchell
Assistant Producer: Ribika Moktan
Researcher: Josie Hardy
Editor: Andrea Kennedy
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