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Lord Rogers (pictured), April Ashley MBE, Joan Didion, Ray Illingworth

Matthew Bannister on architect Lord Rogers, transgender pioneer April Ashley, writer Joan Didion, cricketer Ray Illingworth.

Matthew Bannister on

Lord Rogers of Riverside, the influential architect who designed the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Lloyds Building in London.

April Ashley, the transgender model who partied with pop stars and aristocrats during the Swinging Sixties and campaigned for changes to the law on gender identity.

Joan Didion, the American writer best known for her memoir 'The Year of Magical Thinking' written after the deaths of her husband and daughter.

Ray Illingworth, the Yorkshire-born cricketer who captained England to two successive Ashes victories.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Catherine Slessor
Interviewed guest: Ivan Harbour
Interviewed guest: Christine Burns MBE
Interviewed guest: Dr Gary Everett
Interviewed guest: Tracy Daughtery
Interviewed guest: Susanna Moore
Interviewed guest: Henry Blofeld

Archive clips used: 大象传媒 TV, IMAGINE - Richard Rogers Inside Out 26/02/2008; ThamesTv YouTube Channel, Good Afternoon - April Ashley Interview 1970s; Media Archive Central England, What Am I? (1980); 大象传媒 RADIO 4, KALEIDOSCOPE - California Dreaming 05/07/1979; F.P. Productions / Universal Pictures, Play It As It Lays (1972); 大象传媒 RADIO 3, Words and Music - Less is More 23/02/2020; 大象传媒 RADIO 4, Today 23/04/2008; Merlin Television, MMC Masterclass (1994); YouTube, Ray Illingworth Career Review 01/01/2022; YouTube, Ashes Tour 1970-71 7th Test SCG 17/08/2021; 大象传媒 RADIO 4, Start The Week 09/08/1980; 大象传媒 RADIO 5Live, Ian Chappell Tribute to Ray Illingworth 26/12/2021; 大象传媒 RADIO 4, It's Your Line 13/04/1971; 大象传媒 Video. Ashes '72 (1988); YouTube, The Ashes 1970-71 Australia v England 7th Test End of Match 31/10/2016.

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Lord Rogers of Riverside

Born 23 July 1933; died 18 December 2021 aged 88.

Last Word spoke to writer and critic Catherine Slessor and to architect Ivan Harbour.

April Ashley MBE

Born 29 April 1935; died 27 December 2021 aged 86.

Last Word spoke to British political activist Christine Burns MBE and museum curator Dr Gary Everett.

Joan Didion

Born on 5 December 5, 1934; died 23 December 2021 aged 87.

Last Word spoke to her biographer Tracy Daughtery and friend and novelist Susanna Moore.

Raymond Illingworth

Born 8 June 1932; died 25 December 2021 aged 89.

Last Word spoke to broadcaster and author Henry Blofeld.

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  • Fri 7 Jan 2022 16:00
  • Sun 9 Jan 2022 20:30

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