Yvonne Blenkinsop (pictured), Dr Margaret Carswell, Mikhail Vasenkov, Denise Coffey
Matthew Bannister on campaigner Yvonne Blenkinsop, ornithologist Dr. Margaret Carswell, spy Mikhail Vasenkov, actor Denise Coffey.
Matthew Bannister on
Yvonne Blenkinsop, one of the four so-called 'Headscarf Revolutionaries' from Hull who campaigned for better safety regulations on fishing trawlers after three were lost at sea in 1968.
Margaret Carswell, the doctor and ornithologist who treated survivors of the Ugandan civil war and in her spare time compiled the definitive guide to the country鈥檚 bird population.
Mikhail Vasenkov, the Russian spy who assumed a South American identity and lived undercover in the United States for decades.
Denise Coffey, the talented comic actor who made her name in the TV show 'Do Not Adjust Your Set'.
Producer: Emily Finch
Interviewed guest: Nell Carswell
Interviewed guest: Grace Carswell
Interviewed guest: Gordon Corera
Interviewed guest: Dr. Brian W. Lavery
Interviewed guest: Humphry Barclay
Interviewed guest: Michael Coveney
Interviewed guest: Miriam Margolyes
Archive clips used: British Path茅, Hull - Trawlers Lost At Sea - Wives Demand Stricter Safety Measures 1968; 大象传媒 World Service, Witness - Hull's Headscarf Revolutionaries 12/02/2018; 大象传媒 TV, Look North - Yvonne Blenkinsop gets freedom of the city of Hull 20/12/2018; YouTube, Triple Trawler Disaster - Hull 1968; xeno-canto, XC292779 Speckled Tinkerbird / XC291649 Woodland Warbler; 大象传媒 World Service, Witness - The Fall of Idi Amin 29/04/2014; 大象传媒 News 24, Russia/US Spy Swap 09/07/2010; Rediffusion, Do Not Adjust Your Set Ep 05 25/01/1968; 大象传媒 Radio 4 Extra, Alison and Maud 20/05/2009.
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Yvonne Blenkinsop
Last Word spoke to author of The Headscarf Revolutionaries Dr. Brian W. Lavery.
Margaret Carswell
Last Word spoke to her daughters Nell and Grace Carswell.
Mikhail Vasenkov
Last Word spoke to author of Russians Among Us and 大象传媒's Security Correspondent Gordon Corera.
Denise Coffey
Last Word spoke to Guardian drama critic Michael Coveney, comedy executive and producer Humphrey Barclay and to actor Miriam Margolyes.
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