08/10/2010
Matthew Bannister on Sir Norman Wisdom's rise from poverty to stardom; Sir Robert Mark's crusade against corruption in the Metropolitan Police and moral philosopher Philippa Foot.
On Last Word this week:
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Robert Mark who cleaned up widespread corruption among the forces detectives
Sir Norman Wisdom - whose performances as a lovable underdog stemmed from rejection and poverty in his childhood
The influential moral philosopher Philippa Foot who put her principles into action by working for Oxfam
Mahinder Singh Pujji - who was thought to be the last remaining Sikh and Indian fighter pilot from the second world war
And Gloria Stuart, the Hollywood actress who was nominated for an Oscar for playing a one hundred year old survivor in "Titanic".
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