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Matthew Bannister on
Colonel Alan Jenkins, the Gurhka officer who was the last living Westerner to have travelled to independent Tibet.
Mary Monson, the solicitor who devoted her career to helping the poor and disadvantaged.
Elspeth Barker, the novelist and critic who lived a colourful life surrounded by animals in a Norfolk farmhouse.
Art Rupe, the American record producer who helped to launch the careers of Little Richard and Sam Cooke.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Nigel Warren
Interviewed guest: Roger Croston
Interviewed guest: Joseph Kotrie Monson
Interviewed guest: Raffaella Barker
Interviewed guest: Geoff Barker
Archive clips used: BBC TV Archive, Jungle Green - Borneo 24/12/1964; BBC Radio Manchester, Trump's tour bus 13/07/2018; Mary Monson Solicitors - YouTube channel, client care philosophy 18/02/2014; BBC Radio 4, O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker 14/10/1992; BBC Radio 3, The Verb - Life, Nature & Literature 10/04/2004; CBS, Alan Freed Rock & Roll Dance Party 1957.
Matthew Bannister on
Professor Peter Higgs, the physicist who won the Nobel prize for explaining why the building blocks of the universe have mass.
Trevor Griffiths, the playwright whose stage and TV dramas focused on left wing politics and social issues. We have a tribute from the actor...
Published 04/12/24
Matthew Bannister on
Joe Lieberman, the US Democrat politician who fell out with his party over the Iraq War.
Diana Baring, the respected literary agent. We have a tribute from her client Frederick Forsyth.
Lynn Kinnear, who was one of the most influential landscape architects of her...
Published 04/05/24