Last Word

Prof Colin Pillinger, Antony Hopkins, Bev Evans, Sir Ben Gill and Stan Kelly-Bootle

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 16^th May 2014, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 18^th May 2014, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Professor Colin Pillinger, the space scientist who led the failed Beagle 2 mission to investigate life on Mars.

Antony Hopkins, the composer and award winning presenter of Radio 3's Talking About Music.

Bev Evans, the teacher who set up a website offering free resources for teaching children with learning difficulties.

Sir Ben Gill, who led the National Farmers Union during the BSE and Foot and Mouth crises.

And Stan Kelly-Bootle, the computer pioneer who was also a Scouse folk singer. Show less