Queen Fabiola, Stella Young, Bernard Stonehouse, Kent Haruf, Ralph Baer
Matthew Bannister on disability campaigner Stella Young, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, polar scientist Bernard Stonehouse, author Kent Haruf and computer games pioneer Ralph Baer.
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The Australian disability campaigner and comedian Stella Young. She spoke out against what she called "inspiration porn."
Queen Fabiola of Belgium - the Spanish aristocrat who was picked out as a suitable bride for the King by an Irish nun.
Bernard Stonehouse, the polar scientist who spent three consecutive winters in the Antarctic and studied king penguins on South Georgia.
Kent Haruf whose novels of American life are all set in the fictional town of Holt, Colorado.
And Ralph Baer, the electronic engineer who pioneered computer games played through a console plugged into TVs.
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Stella Young
Matthew spoke to her friend, the actress and comedian Liz Carr.Β
Born 24 February 1982; died 6 December 2014 aged 32.
Queen Fabiola (pictured)
Matthew spoke to Reinout Goddyn, Royal correspondent for Belgian TV station VTM.
Born 11 June 1928; died 5 December 2014 aged 86.
Bernard Stonehouse
Matthew spoke to his former colleague, Peter Fretwell who works at the British Antarctic Survey.
Born 1 May 1926; died 12 November 2014, aged 88.
Kent Haruf
Matthew spoke to his friend Mike Rosenwald, a journalist at Washington Post, who studied with Haruf as an undergraduate.Β
Born 24 February 1943; died 30 November 2014 aged 71.
Ralph Baer
Matthew spoke to the British technology journalist and former computer editor, Jack Schofield.
Born 8 March 1922; died 6 December 2014 aged 92.
Credit
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Actor | Matthew Bannister |
Broadcasts
- Fri 12 Dec 2014 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 14 Dec 2014 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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