Mohamed Al-Fayed, Dorothy Goodman, Professor Anthony Bryceson, Denyse Plummer
Matthew Bannister on businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, educationalist Dorothy Goodman, tropical medicine expert Professor Anthony Bryceson and singer Denyse Plummer.
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Mohamed Al-Fayed, the controversial businessman who owned Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club. His son Dodi died in the car crash that killed Princess Diana.
Dorothy Goodman, the educationalist who helped to found the consumer affairs magazine that became known as βWhich?β.
Professor Anthony Bryceson, the tropical medicine expert who was kidnapped by guerrilla forces in Laos.
Denyse Plummer, the singer who overcame prejudice to be crowned Calypso Monarch in her home islands of Trinidad and Tobago
Interviewee: Tom Bower
Interviewee: Harriet Goodman
Interviewee: Professor Sir David Warrell
Interviewee: Carl 'Beaver' Henderson
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive Used:
Mohamed AL Fayed, Press Interview, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, 01/03/1990; Mohamed Al Fayed refused British Passport, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, 06/05/1999; The death of Princess Dianna and Dodi Al Fayed, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio, 31/08/1997; Mohamed Al Fayed interview, Tabloid Tales: Mohamed Al Fayed, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ ONE, 31/03/2004; Inquest into the death of Princess Diana, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, 04/2008; Dorothy Goodman interview, Which? 60 Years of Which, Source: which.co.uk, 08/07/2022; Kitchen Gadget (1950), Pathe News, 16/10/1950 ; Denyse Plummer interview, Woman Making A Difference, TT Online, YouTube uploaded 17 /05/2020
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Mohamed Al-Fayed
The controversial businessman who owned Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club. His son Dodi died in the car crash that killed Princess Diana.
Last Word spoke to journalist and author Tom Bower who wrote the book Fayed: TheΒ Unauthorized Biography
Born: 27 January 1929, died 30 August 2023, aged 94
Dorothy Goodman
The Consumer champion and Educationalist who helped to found the consumer affairs magazine that became known as βWhich?β
Last Word spoke to her daughter Harriet Goodman
Born 15 January 1926; died 23 July 2023, aged 97.
Professor Anthony Bryceson
The tropical medicine expert who was kidnapped by guerrilla forces in Laos.
Last Word spoke to friend and former colleague Professor Sir David Warrell.
Born 16 November 1934; died on 19 July 2023, aged 88.
Denyse Plummer
The singer who overcame prejudice to be crowned Calypso Monarch in her home islands of Trinidad and Tobago
Last Word spoke to her producer and friend Carl βBeaverβ Henderson
Born 8 November 1953; died 27 August 2023, aged 69.
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- Fri 8 Sep 2023 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Last Word
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme
