Jan Leeming - Addicted to Love1 Marras 2022

My Search for Rene Mouchotte

When Jan Leeming received an invitation to the annual Battle of Britain Memorial Day in July 2007 she had no idea of the journey it would set her upon. After sponsoring a name on the Memorial she set about finding out more about the stranger she had been allocated.

"After a professional lifetime of interviewing and researching I was eager to find out more.... up came Rene's name on a Google search and the fact that he had written diaries during the war, which were published post-war... I am a romantic, pure and simple, and decided I would source a copy of the original diaries in French. Finding a copy in an antiquarian bibliotheque in Belgium, I sent off the very reasonable sum of 10 Euros plus postage and soon received a copy with, would you believe, a little calling card stuck inside the cover to a Monsieur and Madame Griser, thanking them and sending her best wishes from 'Madame O. Mouchotte'. What were the chances of that happening and that book ending up in my possesion? I did not realise then that I was 'on a mission' and the more delving I did, the more I discovered, and the more deeply moved I became."

In a special episode of her successful podcast Jan Leeming charts her journey to bring the story of Rene Mouchotte to television and their republication.

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Chapter Fourteen - Kent and Chris

Jan Leeming concludes the reading of her autobiography 'Addicted to Love' - taking us back to 2002. Romance beckons again and leads to a move to Kent. She talks of her friendship with Jill Dando "I w...

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Chapter Thirteen - The Darkest Days

Reeling from her separation Jan plans a trip to South Africa but the press soon get word of her woes and pursue her for a story. She accepts a job on The Big Breakfast "It was pure adrenalin that kep...

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Chapter Twelve - The Luckiest Woman on Earth?

Jan causes controversy when Labour's communications director Peter Mandelson writes to the BBC to complain about her recording a Party Political Broadcast for the Conservatives. Plans progress for he...

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Chapter Eleven - Leaving the BBC

Jan becomes a firm favourite of TV viewers with viewing figures for the Sunday evening News being watched by over 14 million people. Following the breakdown of her marriage she begins to see Eric Ste...

21 Kesä 20221h 12min

Chapter Ten - Eric

Jan Leeming continues reading her 2003 autobiography 'Addicted to Love'. Her professional life on a high, Jan publishes her beauty book 'Simply Looking Good', but separation from her husband leads to...

14 Kesä 202256min

Chapter Nine - Patrick and Jonathan

Jan receives a call from Miss World and upsets Sacha Distel. A strange phone call puts plans on hold for a return to Australia and Jan gets married to Patrick Lunt. Then her popularity on BBC News f...

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Chapter Eight - BBC Radio 2

An unexpected phone call from BBC Radio 2 takes Jan Leeming to London. "I passed the audition with flying colours and was offered a one-year contract in London. I didn't mind working on radio rather...

31 Touko 202232min