Peter Higgs, Trevor Griffiths, Hella Pick, Margaret Tynes
Matthew Bannister on physicist Professor Peter Higgs, playwright Trevor Griffiths, journalist Hella Pick and singer Margaret Tynes.
Matthew Bannister on
Professor Peter Higgs, the physicist who won the Nobel prize for explaining why the building blocks of the universe have mass.
Trevor Griffiths, the playwright whose stage and TV dramas focused on left wing politics and social issues. We have a tribute from the actor Jack Shepherd.
Hella Pick, the long serving Guardian foreign correspondent who enjoyed the company of many world leaders.
Margaret Tynes, the African-American soprano who sang leading operatic roles and worked with Duke Ellington.
Interviewee: Roland Pease
Interviewee: Dr Alan Walker
Interviewee: Jack Shepherd
Interviewee: Paul Allen
Interviewee: Linda Christmas
Interviewee: Michael Harper
Producer: Catherine Powell
Archive used:
Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ News at Six : 04/07/2012; Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ The Life Scientific 18/02/2014; Nobel Prize Announcement in Physics 2013, Youtube, 08/10/2013; All Good Men, Play for Today, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 1, 31/01/1974; Trevor Griffiths, BFI, YouTube Upload, 02/06/2017; Through the Night, Play for Today, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 1, 04/08/1977; Trevor Griffiths interviewed by Sir Tony Robinson, Showreel 88, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ2, 26/12/1988; Hardtalk, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ, 1997; Desert Island Discs, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4, 16/11/2018; Aida - 'Ritorna vincitor' az I. felvonΓ΅sbΓ³l, 08/09/1962; Macbeth - 'Una macchia e qui tuttora' a IV. felvonΓ΅sbΓ³l (Gran Scena del Sonnambulismo / AlvajΓ΅rΓ³ jelenet) 08/09/1962; A Drum Is a Woman, Pt. 1 by Duke Ellington, Margaret Tynes, Duke Ellington & His Orchestra; "Salome" excerpt, Spoleto, 1961
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Professor Peter Higgs
He helped to transform our understand of the universe and won the Nobel Prize in physics. We hear why he never enjoyed the limelight.
Born 29th May 1929, died 08th April
Trevor Griffiths
The left-wing stage and screenwriter who created some of the most influential plays of the 1970s. The actor Jack Shepherd pays tribute.
Born 4th April 1936, died 29th March 2024
Hella Pick
The foreign correspondent who came to Britain on the Kindertransport and became trusted by the world’s political leaders.
Born April 24th 1927, died 4 April 2024
Margaret Tynes
The singer who was born in the USA, but made her name in European opera houses.
Born September 11th 1919, died March 7 2024Β
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- Fri 12 Apr 2024 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 14 Apr 2024 20:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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