Jean-Luc Godard, Barbara Ehrenreich, Dennis Wilson, Mavis Nicholson
Kirsty Lang on film-maker Jean-Luc Godard, writer and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich, war poet Dennis Wilson, and Welsh broadcaster Mavis Nicholson.
Kirsty Lang on Jean-Luc Godard (pictured), the critic and filmmaker who revolutionised French cinema.
The writer and journalist Barbara Ehrenreich, whose bestseller 'Nickel and Dimed', is considered a classic in social justice literature.
Captain Dennis Wilson, the Normandy veteran whose war poems were ranked alongside Wilfred Owen’s...
And Mavis Nicholson, the Welsh broadcaster with a knack for making her subjects talk about matters that they had never previously confronted in public.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Ian Christie
Interviewed guest: Professor James Williams
Interviewed guest: Alissa Quart
Interviewed guest: Professor Tim Crook
Interviewed guest: Steve Nicholson
Interviewed guest: Maureen Lipman
Archive clips used: Les Films de la Pléiade/ Pathé Consortium Cinéma, Vivre Sa Vie (1962) - Trailer; Daphne Productions Inc/ WNET/ Thirteen, The Dick Cavett Show – Interview with Jean-Luc Godard 23/10/1980; Les Films Impéria/ Les Productions Georges de Beauregard/ Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC), À bout de souffle (1960) - Trailer; Rome Paris Films/ Les Films Concordia/ Compagnia Cinematografica Champion, Le Mépris (1963) - Clip; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3, Night Waves 30/01/2003; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, Woman’s Hour – Barbara Ehrenreich interview 22/09/2008; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, Today Programme – Captain Dennis Wilson interview 19/11/2013; Thames TV/ Pineapple Productions, Mavis catches up with Kenny Everett – jingle 15/11/1989; Thames TV/ Channel 4 , Mavis on 4 – Elizabeth Taylor interview 10/02/1988; Thames TV, Afternoon Plus – David Bowie interview 16/02/1979; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales, Being Mavis Nicholson: TV’s Greatest Interviewer 25/08/2016.
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Jean-Luc Godard
Last Word spoke to film historian, curator and broadcaster Ian Christie and to Professor of Modern French Literature and Film James Williams.
Barbara Ehrenreich
Last Word spoke to author and executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, Alissa Quart.
Captain Dennis Wilson
Last Word spoke to Professor Tim Crook of Goldsmiths’ College, University of London.
Mavis Nicholson
Last Word spoke to her son, Steve Nicholson and to actor Maureen Lipman.
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- Fri 23 Sep 2022 16:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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