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David Toole OBE, Professor Valerie Curtis, Frank Bough, Jill Paton Walsh CBE

Matthew Bannister on dancer David Toole, hygiene expert Professor Val Curtis, TV presenter Frank Bough, author Jill Paton Walsh

Pictured: David Toole

Matthew Bannister on

David Toole, the disabled dancer who starred in the opening ceremony of the 2012 Paralympics.

Professor Val Curtis, who was known as the Queen of Hygiene for her expertise on sanitation and research in how to communicate public health messages.

Frank Bough, the popular presenter of TV shows like 'Grandstand' and 'Nationwide' whose Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ career ended in disgrace after he was caught taking drugs with prostitutes.

Jill Paton Walsh, the award winning children’s author who also wrote the first self-published novel to be shortlisted for the Booker Prize and completed an unfinished work by Dorothy L. Sayers.

Interviewed guest: Jenny Sealey
Interviewed guest: Oliver Cumming
Interviewed guest: John Stapleton
Interviewed guest: Sally Magnussen
Interviewed guest: Julia Eccleshare
Interviewed guest: Oliver Soden
Reader: Emma Handy

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Midweek, Radio 4 01/03/2017; The Cost of Living, directed by Lloyd Newson, DV8 Physical Theatre 2005; In Business, Radio 4 29/07/2010; Science Stories, Radio 4 28/08/2019; Off The Page, Radio 4 Extra 13/07/2016; Grandstand, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One 1960; Woman’s Hour, Radio 4 09/07/1975; Nationwide, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One 05/08/1983; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 26/04/1987; PM, Radio 4 26/10/2020; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Breakfast Time, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ One 17/01/1983; The John Dunn Show, Radio 2 17/10/1984; News 92, Radio 1 01/09/1992; Treasure Islands: Jill Paton-Walsh, Radio 4 20/11/1991; The Dolphin Crossing by Jill Paton Walsh, Faber & Faber 15/11/2012, read by Emma Handy; Private Passions, Radio 3 07/12/2014; Knowledge of Angels by Jill Paton Walsh, Black Swan 01/01/1995, read by Natasha Pyne, Radio 4 10/10/1994.

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David Toole OBE

Born 31 July 1964; died 16 October 2020, aged 56.

Last Word spoke to Jenny Sealey, Artistic Director of Graeae.

Professor Valerie Curtis

Born 20 September 1958; died 19 October 2020, aged 62.

Last Word spoke to her friend and colleague Oliver Cumming,Β Director of the Environmental Health Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Frank Bough

Born 15 January 1933; died 21 October 2020, aged 87.

Last Word spoke to broadcasters John Stapleton and Sally Magnussen.

Jill Paton Walsh CBE

Born 29 April 1937; died 18 October 2020, aged 83.

Last Word spoke to journalist and children’s book critic Julia Eccleshare, and Oliver Soden, Jill’s literary executor, fellow author and friend.

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  • Fri 30 Oct 2020 16:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Sun 1 Nov 2020 20:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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