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Beryl Vertue CBE (pictured), Flavio Carboni, Phil Harvey, Lata Mangeshkar

Matthew Bannister on producer Beryl Vertue, 'fixer' Flavio Carboni, businessman Phil Harvey, singer Lata Mangeshkar

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Beryl Vertue, the TV and film producer who brought us 'Men Behaving Badly' and 'Sherlock'. The actors Martin Clunes and Martin Freeman pay tribute.

Flavio Carboni, the Italian wheeler dealer who was at the centre of many legal and political mysteries, including the death of the Vatican banker Roberto Calvi.

Phil Harvey, the American businessman who set up a chain of sex shops to fund the provision of birth control to millions of people in the developing world.

Lata Mangeshkar, who was seen as one of India鈥檚 most influential singers. She recorded songs in thirty six Indian languages.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Simon Nye
Interviewed guest: Martin Clunes
Interviewed guest: Martin Freeman
Interviewed guest: Philip Willan
Interviewed guest: Simona Zecchi
Interviewed guest: Christopher Purdy
Interviewed guest: Anil Sinanan

Archive clips used: 大象传媒 RADIO 3, Free Thinking 09/06/2021; Thames TV/Hartswood Films, Men Behaving Badly S01 E01 18/02/1992; 大象传媒/Hartswood Films, Men Behaving Badly S06 E01 06/11/1997; 大象传媒/Hartswood Films, Sherlock 2010; 大象传媒 RADIO 4, Desert Island Discs 20/01/2013; YouTube, Italian Dinner Party 2010; 大象传媒 ONE, PANORAMA: Called To Account 20/12/1982; 大象传媒 NEWS, Report on Roberto Calvi 06/10/2005; 大象传媒 NEWS, Bomb Explosion in Bologna 03/08/1980; DKT International, Phil Harvey: Pioneer of Social Marketing 28/09/2015; YouTube/Telly TalkIndia, Lata Mangeshkar Funeral 07/02/2022.

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Beryl Vertue CBE

Born 8 April 1931; died 12 February 2022 aged 90.

Last Word spoke to screenwriter Simon Nye, actor Martin Clunes and actor Martin Freeman.

Flavio Carboni

Born on 14 January 1932; died 24 January 2022 aged 90.

Last Word spoke to author and journalist Philip Willan and to author Simona Zecchi.

Phil Harvey

Born on 25 April 1938; died 2 December 2021 aged 83.

Last Word spoke to Christopher Purdy, president and CEO of DKT, an international family planning organisation.

Lata Mangeshkar

Born 29 September 1929; died 6 February 2022 aged 92.

Last Word spoke to Bollywood critic Anil Sinanan.

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