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Peter de Savary, Bob Le Sueur MBE, Ela Bhatt, Hannah Pick-Goslar

Matthew Bannister on entrepreneur Peter de Savary, occupation hero Bob Le Sueur MBE, campaigner Ela Bhatt and Holocaust survivor Hannah Pick-Goslar.

Matthew Bannister on

Peter de Savary, the serial entrepreneur who ran private members’ clubs, once owned both Land’s End and John O’Groats and spent a fortune trying to win the America’s Cup for the UK.

Bob Le Sueur MBE, who risked his life during the German occupation of Jersey by helping Russian slave workers to escape.

Ela Bhatt (pictured), the Indian trade unionist who campaigned for the rights of street vendors and other self-employed women.

Hannah Pick-Goslar, the German-born Israeli nurse and Holocaust survivor who was a close friend of Anne Frank.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Savannah de Savary
Interviewed guest: Chris Stone
Interviewed guest: Renana Jhabvala

Archive clips used: OxfordUnion YouTube Channel, Peter de Savary – Business Advice 22/03/2013; Â鶹ԼÅÄ World News, Madonna and Guy Ritchie marry 22/12/2000; Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sound Archive, Peter de Savary – America’s Cup 02/07/1983; Â鶹ԼÅÄ Sound Archive, The America’s Cup 27/09/1983; Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 5Live, Backtrackers – Jersey Under Occupation 02/05/1991; Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 4, Open Country 24/11/2011; British Pathé/ Gaumont British Newsreel, Liberation of the Channel Islands (1945); Â鶹ԼÅÄ Two, Gandhi – The Rise To Fame 10/10/2009; Â鶹ԼÅÄ Two, India – Ruins of the Raj 11/12/1990; Yad Vashem – The World Holocaust Remeberance Center, ‘That’s What I Hope’ – The Story of Hannah Pick 13/01/2020; Â鶹ԼÅÄ Two Holocaust Memorial Day 27/01/2005.

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28 minutes

Peter de Savary

Born 11 July 1944; died 30 October 2022 aged 78.

Last Word spoke to his daughter Savannah de Savary.

Robert Winter Le Sueur MBE

Born 3 October 1920; died 5 November 2022 aged 102.

Last Word spoke to his friend and Â鶹ԼÅÄ journalist Chris Stone.

Ela Bhatt

Born 7 September 1933; died 2 November 2022 aged 89.

Last Word spoke to Ela’s former student Renana Jhabvala, author and executive trustee of Mahila Housing SEWA Trust.

Hannah Pick-Goslar

Born 12 November 1928, died 28 October 2022 aged 93.

In her own words.

Broadcasts

  • Fri 18 Nov 2022 16:00
  • Sun 20 Nov 2022 20:30

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