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Sir William Macpherson (pictured), Margaret Snyder, Eleanor Wadsworth, Iain Pattinson

Matthew Bannister on judge Sir William Macpherson, UN civil servant Margaret Snyder, pilot Eleanor Wadsworth and comedy writer Iain Pattinson.

Matthew Bannister on

Sir William Macpherson, the retired judge whose report on the investigation of the murder of Stephen Lawrence accused the Metropolitan Police of β€œinstitutional racism”.

Margaret Snyder, seen by some as the United Nations’ first feminist. She established funds and projects to support women in developing countries.

Eleanor Wadsworth, one of the last surviving women who delivered fighter planes during the second world war.

Iain Pattinson, who gave up a career as an oil company executive to write jokes once described as β€œblue chip filth” for β€œI’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue”.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Lord Brown
Interviewed guest: Joshua Rozenberg
Interviewed guest: Marilyn Carr
Interviewed guest: Wanjira Mathai
Interviewed guest: Jon Naismith
Interviewed guest: Nick Utechin
Interviewed guest: Jack Dee

Archive clips from: Pathe News (A.T.A. 1943); Kaleidoscope: Radio 4, TX 9.2.1991; I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue: Radio 4, TX 15.12.2020 and TX 21.6.1999.

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Sir William Macpherson

Born 1 April 1926; died 14 February 2021, aged 94.

Last Word spoke to his friend and colleague, Lord Brown and to former ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ legal correspondent, Joshua Rozenberg.

Margaret Snyder

Born 30 January 1929; died 26 January 2021, aged 91.

Last Word spoke to her former UN colleague and friend, Marilyn Carr and to Wanjira Matthai, Vice President and Regional Director for Africa at the World Resources Institute.

Eleanor Wadsworth

Born 15 October 1917; died 21 December 2020, aged 103.

Iain Pattinson

Born 12 January 1953; died 14 February 2021, aged 68.

Last Word spoke to Jon Naismith, producer of I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, to his friend, former ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ radio producer Nick Utechin and to comedian Jack Dee.

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