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Radio 4's weekly obituaries programme |
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FridayÌý1st September 2006
(rpt) Sunday 3rd September |
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Sir Alfred Sherman
Former communist who became co-founder of the Centre for Policy Studies & leading thinkerÌýfor theÌýearly Thatcher years has died aged 86.
Sir Alfred Sherman provided the radical thinking which was to underpin Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative Government of the 1980s.Ìý He volunteered to fight on the Republican side for the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. After the war his thinking changed and he became a leader writer for The Daily Telegraph and in the 1970s became the first Director of the right wing think tank, the Centre for Policy Studies. He came to the attention of Keith Joseph who was developing radical ideas for the Conservative Party and the triumvirate of Alfred Sherman, Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher. HeÌýis credited with developing the philosophy which became Thatcherism. He spoke many languages and worked as a journalist, speech writer and adviser.
Matthew Bannister talksÌý to Lord Tebbit, Sir John Hoskyns – adviser to Tories in the seventies and Head of the Downing Street Policy Unit under Margaret Thatcher and Mark Garnett who edited Sherman’s book 'Paradoxes of Power: Reflections on the Thatcher Interlude'.
Sir Alfred Sherman was born on November 10th 1919.ÌýHeÌýdied on August 26th 2006.
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Naguib Mahfouz
Egyptian novelist who won the Nobel Prize has died aged 94.Ìý
Naguib Mahfouz was the only Arab writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was awarded it in 1988 for 'The Cairo Trilogy' which follows an Egyptian family through three generations and deals with how they balance their historic roots with the advent of the modern world. His use of the Arabic language was revolutionary and his innovations influenced the generations of writers after him. In 1994 he was stabbed by Islamist extremists, angry at his portrayal of God in one of his books. The attack damaged his writing hand, his eyesight and his hearing. Despite this he continued to be prolific publishing a book of poetry just before his death.
Matthew Bannister talks to best selling Egyptian novelist Alaa Al-Aswani and to writer DJ Taylor about his life and his work.
'The Cairo Trilogy' read by John Nettles is the Classic Serial on Radio 4 starting 15th October.
Naguib MahfouzÌýwho was bornÌýDecember 11thÌý1911.ÌýHe died August 30thÌý2006.
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David Plowright
Former chairman of Granada Television who has died aged 75.
David Plowright presided over what was seen as a golden age of ITV programme making which included dramas like Brideshead Revisited and The Jewel in the Crown. He joined Granada in February 1957 as a researcher and in 1968 he rose to become editor of the current affairs programme World in Action. He even managed to tempt his brother-in-law, Lawrence Olivier, to television drama. In 1987 he became Granada's chairman and in 1991 he managed to secure it's franchise renewal despite being outbid. However, in 1992, he was ousted from the company which provoked public protests from scores of performers and writers such as John Cleese and Alan Bennett.
After leaving Granada, David continued his work in the industry as Deputy Chairman of Channel Four, as a visiting Professor at the Salford University Media School and as an active member of the Campaign for Quality Television.
In 1992, he was made a Fellow of Bafta and four years later he was appointed CBE for his services to television.
Matthew Bannister talks to ITV's former Director of Programmes David Liddiment and the former World in Action editor, Ray Fitzwalter.
David Ernest Plowright, was born on December 11th 1930. He died August 25th 2006.
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Sir Clyde Walcott
Cricketer who has died aged 80.Ìý
In the 1940s and 50s, West Indian cricket was dominated by a group of outstanding batsmen known as the three Ws. Sir Clyde Walcott was the youngest of the trio which also included Sir Frank Worrell and Sir Everton Weekes. Although Sir Clyde would modestly insist that he wasn’t in the same class as Worrell and Weekes, he was certainly one of the greatest batsmen of all time.
Matthew Bannister talks to journalist and broadcaster Darcus Howe who saw him play.Ìý
Sir Clyde WalcottÌýwas born on January 17thÌý1926. HeÌýdiedÌýAugust 26thÌý2006.
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