21/05/2010
Matthew Bannister presents the obituary programme. This week features Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol, Professor Richard Gregory, Hank Jones, Alan Watkins and Pamela Green.
On Last Word this week
Major General Khattiya Sawasdipol - otherwise known as "Sae Daeng" or Red Commander. The flamboyant security chief of the red shirted anti-government protesters was shot dead in Bangkok last week.
Also Professor Richard Gregory, the eminent psychologist who increased our understanding of human perception
Hank Jones - the revered jazz pianist who played with most of the top names of the twentieth century
The political columnist Alan Watkins - one of the last greats of Fleet Street
And: never knowingly overdressed: the nude pin up of the fifties and sixties, Pamela Green.
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- Fri 21 May 2010 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 23 May 2010 20:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme