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I Was... Series 1 Episodes

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  1. David Lean's Boy Star

    4/4 John talks about starring, aged eight, in David Lean's 1948 film version of Oliver Twist.

  2. Douglas Adams' Flatmate

    3/4 Jon Canter shared a flat with Douglas Adams while the latter struggled for success.

  3. Ernest Hemingway's La Secretaria

    2/4 Valerie Danby Smith was Ernest Hemingway's secretary in the final two years of his life.

  4. Dudley Moore's First Bandleader

    1/4 John Bassett met Dudley Moore at Oxford in the late 1950s and asked him to join his band.