Nick Stadlen's guest appearances

Nick Stadlen

Great Lives

People of Note

Dolly Alderton

Ian McKellen

Michael Young

Yanis Varoufakis

Peter Storey

Lucy Porter

Alfred Hitchcock

Elie Wiesel

Toni Morrison

Sammy Davis Jr

Ben Miller

Oliver Sacks

Richard Feynman

Kurt Vonnegut

Orson Welles

OwlTail

Sir Nicholas Stadlen, a retired British High Court judge, who set a record as a barrister for making the longest speech in court, lasting 119 days! Since then, he’s made a foray into the film world and his documentary ‘Life is Wonderful – Mandela’s Unsung Heroes’ is showing at the Encounters International Documentary Festival in Cape Town (and Johannesburg). At a time of immense disillusionment  with patronage and corruption in South Africa,  Nick - as he prefers to be known - believes his film is a timely reminder of the calibre of the people who fought for democracy alongside Nelson Mandela.

People of Note - Nick Stadlen

Bram Fischer

This week's Great Life might have become an Afrikaner Nationalist Prime Minister of apartheid South Africa, but instead became its most prominent white opponent. A formidable advocate, he led the defence of Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia Trial.  It is no exaggeration to say Bram Fischer saved Mandela's life, and it is said Mandela would have made him his vice-president, had he lived to see Mandela's release. He's nominated by former English High Court Judge Sir Nick Stadlen along with Lord Joffe. Presenter Matthew Parris. Producer Perminder Khatkar.  First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.

This week's Great Life might have become an Afrikaner Nationalist Prime Minister of apartheid South Africa, but instead became its most prominent white opponent. A formidable advocate, he led the defence of Nelson Mandela in the Rivonia Trial. It is no exaggeration to say Bram Fischer saved Mandela's life, and it is said Mandela would have made him his vice-president, had he lived to see Mandela's release. He's nominated by former English High Court Judge Sir Nick Stadlen along with Lord Joffe. Presenter Matthew Parris. Producer Perminder Khatkar. First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2015.

Nick Stadlen on Bram Fischer