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Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Christopher, Fred Titmus and Jet Harris

Matthew Bannister on the movie icon Elizabeth Taylor, former US Secretary of State Warren Christopher, spin bowler Fred Titmus and the Shadows' bassist Jet Harris.

Matthew Bannister remembers:

Elizabeth Taylor - we assess her as movie actress, sex symbol and celebrity icon. We have memories from Richard Burton's nephew and the playwright David Wood who appeared alongside Burton and Taylor in an Oxford student production of Dr Faustus.

Also Warren Christopher, the American Secretary of State under Bill Clinton - Lord Hurd pays tribute.

Middlesex and England bowler Fred Titmus, who lost some of his toes in a boating accident, but was playing again within weeks.

And Jet Harris of the Shadows - said to be the first person in the UK to play an electric bass guitar.

Producer: Paul Kobrak.

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30 minutes

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Sun 27 Mar 2011 20:30
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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Chapters

  • Elizabeth Taylor

    Last Word assesses her as movie actress, sex symbol and celebrity icon. We have memories from Sir Christopher Frayling, Richard Burton's nephew Guy Masterson and the playwright David Wood.

    Duration: 11:31

  • Warren Christopher

    Warren Christopher was the Washington lawyer who became US Secretary of State during the first Clinton administration in the 1990s. Lord Hurd and Ambassador Derek Shearer pay tribute.

    Duration: 05:35

  • Fred Titmus

    Fred Titmus was one of England’s great spin bowlers. Matthew talks to his Middlesex colleague, the wicket keeper JT Murray and to the Yorkshire and England batsman Geoffrey Boycott.

    Duration: 04:26

  • Jet Harris

    Jet Harris of the Shadows was said to be the first person in the UK to play an electric bass guitar. Last Word speaks to Jet Harris’s friend, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio presenter Geoff Barker and to Bruce Welch.

    Duration: 06:01

Broadcasts

  • Fri 25 Mar 2011 16:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
  • Sun 27 Mar 2011 20:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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  • Last Word

    Radio 4's weekly obituary programme