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Kenzo Takada, Colonel John Waddy, Frank Windsor, Ann Getty

Matthew Bannister on designer Kenzo Takada, soldier Colonel John Waddy, actor Frank Windsor, socialite Ann Getty

Pictured: Kenzo Takada

Matthew Bannister on:

Kenzo Takada, the Japanese-born fashion designer who made Paris his home and was known for his bold use of colour.

Colonel John Waddy, the former head of the SAS who was wounded at the Battle of Arnhem.

Frank Windsor, the actor best known for playing Detective Sergeant Watt in Z Cars and Softly Softly.

Ann Getty, who married into the Getty family and used her fortune to rescue a publishing house, support the arts and start an interior design company.

Interviewed guest: Dana Thomas
Interviewed guest: John O’Reilly
Interviewed guest: Niall Cherry
Interviewed guest: Amanda Windsor
Interviewed guest: Bill Fellows
Interviewed guest: Diane Dorrans Saeks

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Flower by Kenzo, directed by Patrick Guedj 2018; The Clothes Show: Catwalk Special, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One 23/10/1994; Kenzo Takada – Renegades of Fashion, Fashion Industry Broadcast 01/03/2020; Red Devils of Arnhem (1944), British Pathe 13/04/2014; Today, Radio 4 08/05/2020; A Bridge Too Far, directed by Richard Attenborough, Joseph E Levine Productions 1977; Oosterbeek Battlefield Tour 2011, Bart H 18/03/2016; Woman’s Hour, Radio 2 24/03/1971.

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Kenzo Takada

Born 27 February 1939; died 4 October 2020, aged 81.Β 

Last Word spoke to his friend and colleague, fashion journalist Dana Thomas.

Colonel John Waddy OBE

Born 17 June 1920; died 27 September 2020, aged 100.

Last Word spoke to John O’Reilly, whose father served under Colonel John Waddy, and Niall Cherry, historian, tour guide and expert on Arnhem.

Frank Windsor

Born 12 July 1928; died 30 September 2020, aged 92.

Last Word spoke to his daughter Amanda Windsor, and actor Bill Fellows.

Ann Getty

Born 11 March 1941; died 14 September 2020, aged 79.

Last Word spoke to writer Diane Dorrans Saeks.

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  • Fri 9 Oct 2020 16:00
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  • Sun 11 Oct 2020 20:30
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