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Friday听3rd November听2006
(rpt) Sunday听5th November
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P W Botha
Former South African prime minister and president who has died aged 90.
PW Botha was Prime Minister of South Africa from 1978 to 1984 and President from 1984 to 1989 when he was replaced by FW de Klerk. He presided over the relaxation of the some apartheid laws including the Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act and the Pass Laws although he resisted concessions to the black population or to hostile international opinion. The constitutional reforms were combined with bloody crackdowns on violent opposition and increased military repression by the South African police force. He always claimed he knew nothing of the actions of his security forces and governed over an era of appalling human rights abuses. He was brought back into the limelight in the 1990s by his refusal to testify on his rule at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
大象传媒鈥檚 South Africa correspondent Peter Biles on the response in South Africa to PW Botha鈥檚 death.
Matthew Bannister talks to PW Botha鈥檚 foreign minister Pik Botha and to anti-apartheid campaigner Helen Suzman.
P W Botha born January听12th 1916. He died 31st October 2006. |
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Nigel Kneale
Screenwriter who has died aged 84.
Nigel Kneale created The Quatermass Experiment which was UK television鈥檚 first science fiction serial and kept a generation of viewers on the edge of their seats when it first went out in the 1950s.
His screen adaptations include: John Osborne's 'Look Back in Anger' (1958), 'The Entertainer' (1960), 'Hallowe'en III: Season of the Witch' (1982), 'The Woman in Black' by Susan Hill (1989), 'Kingsley Amis's Stanley and the Women (1991) and episodes for the series 'Sharpe's Rifles' and 'Kavanagh QC' (1997).
Matthew Bannister talks to Nigel Kneale鈥檚 son, Matthew Kneale who won the Whitbread Prize for his novel 鈥淓nglish Passengers鈥, along with critic and author Kim Newman and the TV producer Ted Childs.
Thomas Nigel Kneale was born April 18th 1922. He听died October 29th 2006.
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Olivia Breitha
Diagnosed with leprosy and sent into exile. She has died aged 90.
In 1934, Olivia was a happy eighteen year old living with her parents in Hawaii and planning to get married to her fianc茅. But a medical check up changed all that. Olivia was diagnosed with Hansen's disease (leprosy), forcibly removed from her loved ones, sent first to hospital and then to the leper colony on the peninsula of Kalaupapa.
Olivia Breitha was an outspoken campaigner for the rights of leprosy sufferers. She was a prominent member of an organisation called IDEA 鈥 which campaigns for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement for Hansen sufferers.
Matthew Bannister talks to IDEA鈥檚 international co-ordinator Anwei Law.
Extracts from her memoir听'Olivia My Life of Exile In Kalaupapa'听read by Liza Ross.
Olivia Breitha was born June 6th 1916. She died September 28th 2006.
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Peter Barkworth
Actor who has died aged 77.
Peter Barkworth鈥檚 career spanned fifty years during which time he worked across theatre, film and television. His best known role was听probably as a high flying banker in Telford鈥檚 Change, the popular television series. He also appeared in Dr. Who, the Avengers and Colditz.
He won a BAFTA for his performance in Tom Stoppard鈥檚 Professional Foul and was acclaimed for his stage portrayal of Edward VIII in 鈥淐rown Matrimonial鈥. He also took time to pass on the secrets of his craft to the next generation of actors by teaching at the drama school RADA.
Matthew Bannister speaks to two of his former pupils at RADA, Richard Wilson and Dame Diana Rigg.
Peter Barkworth was born听January 14th 1929. He died 21st October 2006
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