Captain Don Walsh, Dame A.S. Byatt, Rosalynn Carter, Dr Finlay Macleod
Matthew Bannister on submariner Don Walsh, author Dame A.S. Byatt, First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Gaelic speaker Dr Finlay Macleod.
Matthew Bannister on
Captain Don Walsh, the American submariner who made the first descent to the deepest place in the ocean β the Mariana Trench. His friend and fellow deep sea explorer Victor Vescovo relives the experience for us.
Dame A.S. Byatt, the author best known for her Booker Prize winning novel βPossessionβ.
Rosalynn Carter, the former First Lady of the USA.
Dr Finlay Macleod, the historian from the Isle of Lewis who fought to preserve the Gaelic language. Robert Macfarlane pays tribute.
Interviewee: Rebecca Morelle
Interviewee: Victor Vescovo
Interviewee: Neil La Bute
Interviewee: Sam Leith
Interviewee: Kate Andersen Brower
Interviewee: Robert Macfarlane
Interviewee: Agnes Rennie
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Archive used:
Rebecca Morelle interviews Don Walsh, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ News, 23/02/2012, They Dived 7 Miles, British Pathe News Reels, 08/02/1960; Witness History : The world's deepest dive 11km down, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ World Service, 01/03/2021; Don Walsh interview, Short CUts 18, The Descent, ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, 05/03/2019;
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Captain Don Walsh
The American submariner who made the first descent to the deepest place in the ocean β the Mariana Trench.
Last Word spoke to ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Science Editor Rebecca
Morelle and his friend and fellow deep sea explorer Victor Vescovo.
Born 2
November 1931, died 12 November 2023Β , aged 92.Β Β
Dame A.S.Byatt
The author best known for her Booker Prize winning novel βPossessionβ.
Last Word spoke to the literary editor Sam Leith and the film director of Possession, Neil La Bute
Born 24 August 1936, died 16 November 2023Β , died aged 87.
Rosalynn Carter
The former First Lady of the USA.
Last Word spoke to journalist and author Kate Andersen Brower who has written books about the White House and lives of the first ladies.
Born 18 August 1927, died on 19 November 2023, aged 96Β
Dr Finlay Macleod
The academic, historian, broadcaster and writer from the Isle of Lewis who fought to preserve the Gaelic language.
Last Word spoke to the writer and academic Robert Macfarlane and his friend Agnes Rennie.
Born May 1937, died 3 November 3 2023, aged 86.Β
Broadcasts
- Fri 24 Nov 2023 16:00ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 26 Nov 2023 20:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Last Word
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