Mary Maher, Robbie Shakespeare (pictured), Anwar Ditta, Anne Rice
Matthew Bannister on journalist Mary Maher, bass player Robbie Shakespeare, campaigner Anwar Ditta and author Anne Rice.
Matthew Bannister on
The journalist and feminist Mary Maher. She edited the women’s page of the Irish Times and was a prime mover in campaigns for equal rights.
The bass player Robbie Shakespeare. With his partner Sly Dunbar he formed a powerful rhythm section in demand by artists from Peter Tosh and Black Uhuru to Grace Jones, Mick Jagger and Bob Dylan.
Anwar Ditta, the British Asian mother who fought for five years to be allowed to bring her three children from Pakistan to the UK.
Anne Rice the best-selling author of the Vampire Chronicles series of books.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Rosita Sweetman
Interviewed guest: Michael Foley
Interviewed guest: Don Chandler
Interviewed guest: David Katz
Interviewed guest: Tariq Mehmood
Interviewed guest: Ruth Bundey
Interviewed guest: Dr Samantha George
Archive clips used: RTE, Bowman - Tribute to Mary Maher 12/12/2021; GRANADA TV, World in Action: These Children Are Mine 16/03/1981; Oxford Television Production/Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ FOUR, Cover Stories - Anne Rice 25/06/2002; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, Front Row - Tribute to Anne Rice 13/12/2021; Geffen Pictures, Interview With The Vampire (1994); Anne Rice YouTube Channel, Returning to Christianity 07/05/2010.
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Mary Maher
Last Word spoke to journalist Rosita Sweetman and former newspaper correspondent Michael Foley.
Robbie Shakespeare
Last Word spoke to music producer and bass guitarist Don Chandler and author and music journalist David Katz.Β
Anwar Ditta
Last Word spoke to campaigner Tariq Mehmood and solicitor Ruth Bundey who represented Anwar and her family.
Anne Rice
Last Word spoke to Associate Professor in Literature Dr Samantha George.Β
Broadcasts
- Fri 17 Dec 2021 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 19 Dec 2021 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Last Word
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