Book cover of Hedy Lamarr - the most beautiful woman in film

Hollywood star and brilliant inventor, Hedy Lamarr is the subject of a new podcast series. Film historian Professor Ruth Barton from Trinity's School of Creative Arts joins the BBC World Service podcast team to explore Hedy's amazing life and her contributions to the worlds of film and technology. This is the first of eight episodes that will be releasing in weekly intervals over the coming months. The series will also broadcast to a reported 84 million listeners via the BBC World Service radio network starting October 1st.

Listen to the podcast around the world via the BBC Sounds app and the BBC website: BBC Sounds Podcast Player. 

Professor Barton wrote Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in FIlm published by University of Kentucky Press in 2010.