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Audrey Adams, Nicola Trahan, Edward Bond, Eric Carmen

Matthew Bannister on campaigner Audrey Adams, resistance fighter Nicola Trahan, playwright Edward Bond and musician Eric Carmen.

Matthew Bannister on

Audrey Adams who became a tireless campaigner for the rights of black people after her son was stabbed to death in a racist attack.

Nicola Trahan, who joined the French Resistance as a teenager and was later awarded the Croix de Guerre.

Edward Bond, the controversial playwright who played a key role in the abolition of censorship in British theatre.

The singer and songwriter Eric Carmen whose biggest hit 鈥淎ll By Myself鈥 was based on a Rachmaninov piano concerto.

Interviewee: Lord Simon Woolley
Interviewee: Reverend Eleanor Rance
Interviewee: Simon Callow and Sean Holmes
Interviewee: Debbie Wiseman

Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive used:
French Wartime Service: Musical Items, Sound Archive, 大象传媒; D-Day Announcement - Communique No. 1, Sound Archive, 大象传媒; The Reverend Al Sharpton, Kilroy 大象传媒 1, 大象传媒; Audrey Adams interviewed by C4 news in 2021, C4 News, YouTube upload, 19/03/2021; Edward Bond interview - TX Date: 12.10.2011; Eric Carmen - Never Gonna fall in love again; Eric Carmen - All by myself; The Raspberries 鈥 Go all the way

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28 minutes

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  • Fri 15 Mar 2024 16:00
  • Sun 17 Mar 2024 20:30

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