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Last Word

Paul Ausseresses, Olivia Robertson, Noel Woodall, Hugh de Wardener, Junior Murvin

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

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The French General Paul Aussaresses who admitted to taking part in summary executions and torture during the Algerian War of Independence.

Olivia Robertson, the flamboyant Archpriestess of the Fellowship of Isis, who worked to bring feminine influence into religion in her castle in Ireland.

Noel Woodall, the car number plate expert whose passion became a billion pound industry.

Professor Hugh de Wardener, the pioneering kidney specialist who treated inmates in a Japanese prisoner of war camp.

And reggae singer Junior Murvin, best known for his song Police and Thieves.

Producer: Laura Northedge. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Agnes Poirier
Interviewed Guest:
Anna Currey
Interviewed Guest:
Cressida Pryor
Interviewed Guest:
Quentin Willson
Interviewed Guest:
Gabrielle de Wardener
Interviewed Guest:
Robert Schrier
Interviewed Guest:
David Katz

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