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Dame Deborah James (pictured), Yves Coppens, Revel Guest OBE, Samuel Bhima

Matthew Bannister on cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James, palaeontologist Yves Coppens, film producer Revel Guest OBE and doctor Samuel Bhima.

Matthew Bannister on

Dame Deborah James who raised millions of pounds for cancer research by talking openly about living with - and dying from - bowel cancer.

Yves Coppens, the charismatic French palaeontologist who led the team that discovered hominid remains estimated to be 3.2 million years old.

Revel Guest OBE, the documentary film producer who became chair of the Hay Literary Festival.

Samuel Bhima, the first Malawian to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Jude Rogers
Interviewed guest: Zeresenay Alemseged
Interviewed guest: Corisande Albert
Interviewed guest: Maliza Bhima

Archive clips used: 大象传媒 Radio 5 Online, Raising a Glass to Deborah James 28/06/2022; 大象传媒 Two, The Making of Mankind - One Small Step 11/05/1981; FRANCE 24 English, Yves Coppens dies at 87 23/06/2022; PBS (US), PBS Ident by Paul Alan Levi; Trans Atlantic Film, Placido 1983; Dreamworks Pictures/ Touchstone Pictures/ Reliance Entertainment, War Horse (2011) Trailer; YouTube/ memoriesofrhodesia, 1957 Royal Tour of Nyasaland 29/10/2015; Meliza Bhima Personal interview archive with Samuel Bhima; 大象传媒 Sound Archive, Dr Hastings Banda Interview 27/02/1959.

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28 minutes

Dame Deborah James

Born 1 October 1981; died 28 June 2022 aged 40.

Last Word spoke to journalist Jude Rogers.

Yves Coppens

Born 9 August, 1934; died 22 June 2022 aged 87.

Last Word spoke to Ethiopian paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged.

Revel Guest OBE

Born 14 September 1931; died 8 June 2022 aged 90.

Last Word spoke to her daughter Corisande Albert.

Samuel Valla Bhima

Born 15 June 1924; died 8 April 2022 aged 97.

Last Word spoke to his daughter Maliza Bhima.

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  • Fri 1 Jul 2022 16:00
  • Sun 3 Jul 2022 20:30

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