Jacqueline Gold CBE, Lance Reddick, Traute Lafrenz, Lynn Seymour
Matthew Bannister on businesswoman Jacqueline Gold CBE, actor Lance Reddick, campaigner Traute Lafrenz, ballerina Lynn Seymour
Matthew Bannister on
Jacqueline Gold CBE – the businesswoman who turned Ann Summers from a couple of seedy sex shops into a multi-million pound high street success.
Lance Reddick, the American actor best known for playing Cedric Daniels in The Wire.
Traute Lafrenz, the last known survivor of the White Rose Group that actively resisted the Nazis in Germany during the second world war.
Lynn Seymour, one of the greatest dramatic ballerinas of the twentieth century.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Interviewed guest: Kevin O’Hare
Interviewed guest: Charlotte Hardie
Interviewed guest: Dr. Renee Meyer
Interviewed guest: Helen O’Hara
Archive clips used:
Desert Island Discs, Jacqueline Gold, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, 02/11/2018; Woman’s Hour, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4, 18/04/2017; Off Camera Show, Sam Jones interviews Lance Reddick, YouTube, uploaded 04/11/2019; In Town Today, Michael Smee interviews Lynn Seymour, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Television 27/02/1975; The Wire _Season 1, HBO Films, uploaded to YouTube 25/02/2011;
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Jacqueline Gold CBE
Last Word spoke to Editor in Chief of Retail Week, Charlotte Hardie.
Lance Reddick
Last Word spoke to film journalist Helen O’Hara.
Traute Lafrenz
Last Word spoke to her daughter Dr Renee Meyer.Â
Lynn Seymour
Last Word spoke to Director of The Royal Ballet Kevin O’Hare.Â
Broadcasts
- Fri 24 Mar 2023 16:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
- Sun 26 Mar 2023 20:30´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 4
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme