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3 unusual facts about Jean Metcalfe


Jean Metcalfe

Self-effacing and gently spoken, she pioneered the art of interviewing stars in their own homes, including the wartime 'forces sweetheart' singer Vera Lynn, the irascible television personality Gilbert Harding, the song and dance man Frankie Vaughan and the stiff-upper-lipped film actor Kenneth More.

By this time, the programme had changed its name to the peacetime Two-Way Family Favourites.

They had two children: actress Jenny Michelmore and the broadcaster and composer Guy Michelmore.



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