Colonel Alan Jenkins, Mary Monson, Elspeth Barker, Art Rupe (pictured)
Matthew Bannister on soldier Colonel Alan Jenkins, lawyer Mary Monson, author Elspeth Barker and music producer Art Rupe.
Matthew Bannister on
Colonel Alan Jenkins, the Gurhka officer who was the last living Westerner to have travelled to independent Tibet.
Mary Monson, the solicitor who devoted her career to helping the poor and disadvantaged.
Elspeth Barker, the novelist and critic who lived a colourful life surrounded by animals in a Norfolk farmhouse.
Art Rupe, the American record producer who helped to launch the careers of Little Richard and Sam Cooke.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Nigel Warren
Interviewed guest: Roger Croston
Interviewed guest: Joseph Kotrie Monson
Interviewed guest: Raffaella Barker
Interviewed guest: Geoff Barker
Archive clips used: 大象传媒 TV Archive, Jungle Green - Borneo 24/12/1964; 大象传媒 Radio Manchester, Trump's tour bus 13/07/2018; Mary Monson Solicitors - YouTube channel, client care philosophy 18/02/2014; 大象传媒 Radio 4, O Caledonia by Elspeth Barker 14/10/1992; 大象传媒 Radio 3, The Verb - Life, Nature & Literature 10/04/2004; CBS, Alan Freed Rock & Roll Dance Party 1957.
Last on
Colonel Alan Jenkins
Last Word spoke to former Gurkha Officer Nigel Warren and to scholar and member of the Royal Society of Asian Affairs, Roger Croston.
Mary Monson
Last Word spoke to her son, Defence Lawyer Joseph Kotrie Monson.
Elspeth Barker
Last Word spoke to her daughter Raffaella Barker.
Art Rupe (Arthur Newton Goldberg)
Last Word spoke to broadcaster and Rock 鈥檔鈥� Roll expert Geoff Barker.
Broadcasts
- Fri 6 May 2022 16:00大象传媒 Radio 4
- Sun 8 May 2022 20:30大象传媒 Radio 4
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
