Future in Five Minutes

Born in Birmingham in 1929, Jacqueline Hill lost her parents in early childhood and spent her adolescence working in a factory. Then, in the post-war years, a scholarship to RADA helped her escape to a new life in London – and she never looked back.
Jacqueline is best known for her performance as Barbara Wright, one of the very first Doctor Who companions. But her career on the small screen began a decade earlier, in the days following the landmark Coronation TV broadcast of 1953. Her appearance on a BBC talent show that summer brought her overnight success, although it soon became clear just how easily that might slip away.
During the ten years that followed, Jacqueline quietly established herself as a leading actress of skill and sensitivity alongside the likes of Sam Wanamaker, Sean Connery, and Maggie Smith. By the time she led viewers into the TARDIS for the first time, she was a seasoned professional, familiar with every aspect of a rapidly changing industry.
Jacqueline’s story, told here with the help of new research and interviews, is one of the resilience and determination in both her private life and her career. It offers a snapshot of television history, and shows for the first time how her early experiences prepared her to take on the role she played so memorably in Doctor Who.

Nascuta la Birmingham in 1929, Jacqueline Hill si-a pierdut parintii in copilarie si si-a petrecut adolescenta lucrand intr-o fabrica. Apoi, in anii de dupa razboi, o bursa la RADA a ajutat-o sa evadeze spre o noua viata in Londra - si nu s-a uitat niciodata inapoi. Jacqueline este cunoscuta mai ales pentru interpretarea ei ca Barbara Wright, una dintre primele insotitoare ale Doctor Who.