Ray Galton, Professor Gerald Russell, Evelyn Anthony, Sir Roger Gibbs, Montserrat Caball茅
Matthew Bannister on comedy writer Ray Galton, psychiatrist Gerald Russell, novelist Evelyn Anthony, financier Sir Roger Gibbs and opera singer Montserrat Caball茅.
Pictured: Montserrat Caball茅
Matthew Bannister on
Ray Galton, who, with his writing partner Alan Simpson, created Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son. Paul Merton pays tribute.
Gerald Russell, the psychiatrist who was the first to describe the eating disorder bulimia nervosa.
Evelyn Anthony, the novelist whose historical romances sold millions of copies.
The financier Sir Roger Gibbs, who transformed the fortunes of the Wellcome Trust.
And the Spanish opera singer Montserrat Caball茅, who had a global hit with Barcelona - a duet with Freddie Mercury.
Interviewed guest: Paul Merton
Interviewed guest: Professor Janet Treasure
Interviewed guest: Ewan Ward-Thomas
Reader: Alexandra Constantinidi
Interviewed guest: Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller
Archive clips from: Read All About It, Radio 4 04/01/76; Woman's Hour, Radio 4 27/11/74; Woman's Hour, Radio 4 15/08/88; The Tamarind Seed, ITC/Jewel Productions/Pimlico Films/Lorimar Productions, directed by Blake Edwards 1974; The Wellcome Trust (https://wellcome.ac.uk/about-us); Aled Jones, Radio Wales 05/07/08; Laughed off the Page: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson, Radio Scotland 26/01/07; Hancock: The Radio Ham, 大象传媒 TV 1961; Steptoe and Son: The Offer, 大象传媒 Light Programme 03/07/66; The Wrong Arm of the Law (film trailer), Romulus Films/Robert Velaise Productions, directed by Cliff Owen 1963; Mark Lawson Talks To: Galton and Simpson, 大象传媒 TV 19/03/08; Eyes on Wales: Homeless, Radio Wales 04/06/95; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 10/10/81.
Last on
Ray Galton
Born 17 July 1930; died 5 October 2018, aged 88.
Last Word spoke to comedian Paul Merton.
Professor Gerald Russell
Born 12 January 1928; died 26 July 2018, aged 90.
Last Word spoke to Professor Janet Treasure, Professor of Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London.
Evelyn Anthony
Born 3 July 1926; died 25 September 2018, aged 92.
Last Word spoke to her son Ewan Ward-Thomas.
CORRECTION: The property Evelyn Thomas bought with her husband is mistakenly referred to as Thaxted Hall - this should be Horham Hall.
Sir Roger Gibbs
Born 13 October 1934; died 3 October 2018, aged 83.
Last Word spoke to Baroness Eliza Manningham-Buller, Chair of the Wellcome Trust.
Montserrat Caball茅
Born 12 April 1933; died 6 October 2018, aged 85.
Broadcasts
- Fri 12 Oct 2018 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 14 Oct 2018 20:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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Last Word
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