Dame Deborah James (pictured), Yves Coppens, Revel Guest OBE, Samuel Bhima
Matthew Bannister on cancer campaigner Dame Deborah James, palaeontologist Yves Coppens, film producer Revel Guest OBE and doctor Samuel Bhima.
Matthew Bannister on
Dame Deborah James who raised millions of pounds for cancer research by talking openly about living with - and dying from - bowel cancer.
Yves Coppens, the charismatic French palaeontologist who led the team that discovered hominid remains estimated to be 3.2 million years old.
Revel Guest OBE, the documentary film producer who became chair of the Hay Literary Festival.
Samuel Bhima, the first Malawian to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
Producer: Neil George
Interviewed guest: Jude Rogers
Interviewed guest: Zeresenay Alemseged
Interviewed guest: Corisande Albert
Interviewed guest: Maliza Bhima
Archive clips used: Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 5 Online, Raising a Glass to Deborah James 28/06/2022; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Two, The Making of Mankind - One Small Step 11/05/1981; FRANCE 24 English, Yves Coppens dies at 87 23/06/2022; PBS (US), PBS Ident by Paul Alan Levi; Trans Atlantic Film, Placido 1983; Dreamworks Pictures/ Touchstone Pictures/ Reliance Entertainment, War Horse (2011) Trailer; YouTube/ memoriesofrhodesia, 1957 Royal Tour of Nyasaland 29/10/2015; Meliza Bhima Personal interview archive with Samuel Bhima; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Sound Archive, Dr Hastings Banda Interview 27/02/1959.
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Yves Coppens was a charismatic French palaeontologist
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Dame Deborah James
Last Word spoke to journalist Jude Rogers.
Yves Coppens
Last Word spoke to Ethiopian paleoanthropologist Zeresenay Alemseged.
Revel Guest OBE
Last Word spoke to her daughter Corisande Albert.
Samuel Valla Bhima
Last Word spoke to his daughter Maliza Bhima.
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- Fri 1 Jul 2022 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 FM
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
