Interviews from History – Pioneering Women: Maria Mitchell Cast and Credits

Written by Richard Hodder

Richard graduated from Keele University with a dual honours in Law and Economics, later reading for an MA in Economics from Leicester.

He worked in William and Glynn’s Bank in Manchester and Peugeot Talbot, before lecturing in Business Studies (Law and Accountancy) rising to Head of Department at Loughborough College.

He then retrained at Guildford School of Acting and worked in the profession for over thirty years working in Repertory, Touring and the West End stage. As well as a variety of commercials and TV credits (ranging from ‘Morse’ and ‘Foyle’s War’ to ‘The Chuckle Brothers’). He also has a bank of work in corporate videos mainly in Management, Legal or customer roles, most recently for JLR, Toyota, BP and the Barrister’s Training course.

He has also directed a range of theatre shows from Ayckbourn to Shaw and Shakespeare.

As a radio / voice artist, he works mainly in corporate voiceover and does a daily slot for ‘theviewpod’ as a newsreader, so Whisky Wars comes like any good single malt - delightful and refreshing.

The Interviewer was Kimberley Lim

Kimberley has 20 years of experience working as a broadcast journalist around the world. She started as a reporter in New York on breaking news stories before moving to London where she helped found and lead the division at Reuters television providing custom content for broadcasters in Asia, the Americas, Europe and the Middle East.

Over the years, Kim has covered financial markets and investment, and industries including autos, pharma, media and technology. She has attended events including the Paris and Geneva auto shows, the Group of 20 leaders’ summits and the World Economic Forum. Her catalogue of business interviews include Donald Trump, George Soros, Bill Clinton, Boris Johnson, Laskhmi Mittal and Richard Branson.

Kim is a graduate of Cambridge University and with an MA from New York University.

Maria Mitchell was played by Dale Raoul

Raoul was born in Missoula, Montana. She began her professional acting career at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, California, where she appeared in Hamlet and The Taming of the Shrew. She went on to perform in many regional theatres before moving to Los Angeles.

Dale Raoul (born Karen Dale Raoul August 16, 1955) is an American film and television actress perhaps best known for her role as Maxine Fortenberry, mother of Hoyt Fortenberry, in the HBO television series True Blood