Main content

Stuart Wheeler, Josephine Cox, Miloš Jakeš, Peter Green

Matthew Bannister on financier Stuart Wheeler, author Josephine Cox, politician Miloš Jakeš, guitarist Peter Green.

Pictured: Stuart Wheeler

Matthew Bannister on

Stuart Wheeler, the spread betting tycoon who used his millions to fund anti-EU political parties and campaigns.

Josephine Cox, the multi-million selling author whose novels often drew on her working class childhood in Blackburn.

Miloš Jakeš, the General Secretary of the Czech Communist Party at the time of the Velvet Revolution.

Peter Green, the revered guitarist who founded Fleetwood Mac, but later suffered severe mental health problems.

Interviewed guest: Philip Collins
Interviewed guest: Kimberley Young
Interviewed guest: Professor Mary Heimann
Interviewed guest: Bernie Marsden

Producer: Steven Williams

Archive clips from: HARDtalk, Â鶹ԼÅÄ News 24 11/10/2019; General Election, ITN 24/05/2001; Nigel Farage on Stuart Wheeler, VoteLeaveMedia 02/04/2009; A Woman’s Fortune by Josephine Cox, read by Carole Boyd, Audible/HarperCollins 2018; Woman's Hour, Radio 4 02/09/1999; Woman’s Hour, Radio 4 09/10/2001; The Lion’s Den by Josephine Cox, read by Robert Glenister, Radio 4 Extra 24/04/2011; The Soviet Invasion of Czechoslovakia 1968, Â鶹ԼÅÄ News 21/08/2018; MiloÅ¡ JakeÅ¡ speech, Radio Free Europe 17/07/1989; People’s Century: 1989: People Power, Â鶹ԼÅÄ One 16/02/1997; Â鶹ԼÅÄ News, Â鶹ԼÅÄ One 10/12/1989; Peter Green: Man of the World, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Four 04/02/2011; The Works: Peter Green: A Hard Road, Â鶹ԼÅÄ Two 03/10/1996.

Available now

28 minutes

Stuart Wheeler

Born 30 January 1935; died 23 July 2020, aged 85.

Last Word spoke to journalist Philip Collins.

Josephine Cox

Born 15 July 1938; died 17 July 2020, aged 82.

Last Word spoke to publisher Kimberley Young.

Miloš Jakeš

Born 12 August 1922; died 10 July 2020, aged 97.

Last Word spoke to Mary Heimann, Professor of Modern History at Cardiff University.

Peter Green

Born 29 October 1946; died 25 July 2020, aged 73.

Last Word spoke to musician Bernie Marsden.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 31 Jul 2020 16:00
  • Sun 2 Aug 2020 20:30

Podcast