TV & Radio
Marjorie Wallace appears regularly on TV and radio as a leading authority on mental health, campaigning journalism, healthcare policy, and many other topics. Marjorie has also featured on leading culture and arts programmes, such as Desert Island Discs. This section provides a selected archive of Marjorie’s broadcast interviews from recent years.
BBC Radio 4: Great Lives - Marjorie Wallace chooses composer Edward Elgar
Marjorie Wallace is a journalist, author, playwright, campaigner, and broadcaster. She was born in Kenya and spent her childhood in Africa. She studied music with the aim of becoming a pianist. she gave up on that ambition and went on to read Psychology and Philosophy at University College, London.
BBC Radio 4: Woman’s Hour - Marjorie Wallace interview
…Well if you do get married, what are you going to wear? And, we specifically ask: what if it wasn’t your first time? Marjorie Wallace, pioneering journalist and chief executive of the mental health charity SANE, who recently got married at 78 to Business Tycoon John Mills – and you did it in white!
BBC Radio London: Interview with Marjorie Wallace
I just wanted to touch base with an inspirational woman, Marjorie Wallace is the founder of the mental health charity Sane, and I’m really glad to be speaking to you again. How are you, Countess?
“Single-minded and fearless, reaching for almost impossible targets, she gets results. She has a fierce mission which gleams impressively in her eye.”
– Polly Toynbee, The Independent on Sunday