Dorothy Pitman Hughes, Ralph Hooper OBE, Raquel Welch, Dickie Davies
The feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes, the engineer Ralph Hooper OBE, the actor Raquel Welch, and the sports presenter Dickie Davies.
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Dorothy Pitman Hughes who brought black women into the 70s Feminist movement and inspired Gloria Steinem.
Raquel Welch (pictured), the Hollywood actor who became a Sixties sex symbol after playing a cavewoman in the film 'One Million Years BC'.
The aeronautical engineer Ralph Hooper OBE who designed the revolutionary Harrier jump jet.
And Dickie Davies, the sports presenter best known for anchoring ITV Saturday afternoons in the 70s and 80s.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Laura L Lovett
Interviewed guest: Professor John Fielding
Interviewed guest: Sir Colin Chandler
Interviewed guest: Jim Rosenthal
Archive clips used: ITV Sport, World of Sport 1985/1973/1981; CBS Mornings/ YouTube Channel, Life and Legacy of Activist and Feminist Leader Dorothy Pitman Hughes uploaded on 24/07/2021; Artemis Rising Foundation/ Saks Picture Company/ The Glorias, The Glorias – movie clip (2020); Associated British Pathé/ Hammer Films/ Seven Arts Productions, One Million Years BC – trailer (1966); ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 2, Gloria Hunniford Show 01/01/1989; ´óÏó´«Ã½ One, Parkinson 11/11/1972; Twentieth Century Fox, Myra Breckinridge – movie clip (1970); HIT Entertainment/ Henson Associates (HA)/ Incorporated Television Company (ITC), The Muppet Show S03E11 17/11/1978; Film at Lincoln Center/ YouTube Channel, Q&A with Raquel Welch uploaded on 23/02/2012; ´óÏó´«Ã½ Two, Designing the ‘60s 15/03/2003; British Pathé, Harrier Plane (1968); ´óÏó´«Ã½ One, Red Arrows Flyover Centenary of RAF 10/07/2018; Thames Television, The Benny Hill Show 18/02/1976; ITV Studios, The Best of ITV Wrestling (DVD) 2006.
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Dorothy Pitman Hughes
Last Word spoke to author Laura L Lovett.
Raquel Welch
In her own words.
Ralph Hooper OBE
Last Word spoke to Emeritus Professor of Aircraft Design at Cranfield University John Fielding, and to Former Divisional Managing Director of British Aerospace Sir Colin Chandler.
Dickie Davies
Last Word spoke to sports commentator, friend and colleague Jim Rosenthal.
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- Fri 24 Feb 2023 16:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sun 26 Feb 2023 20:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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