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Last Word

Warren Anderson, Acker Bilk, Lord Barnett, Sonia Rolt

Duration: 28 minutes

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

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Warren Anderson who was chairman of the Union Carbide chemical company at the time of the Bhopal disaster, which killed more than 2,200 people and injured thousands more.

Acker Bilk, the jazz clarinettist from Somerset best known for his hit "Stranger On The Shore".

The Labour politician Lord Barnett, who came up with the "Barnett formula" to decide on public spending in the different nations of the UK.

And Sonia Rolt, who worked on the canals during the war and then devoted her life to preserving Britain's industrial heritage. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Mark Tully
Interviewed Guest:
Satinath Sarangi
Interviewed Guest:
Kirk Nielsen
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Edwards
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Colin Wood
Interviewed Guest:
Russell Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Erica Barnett
Interviewed Guest:
Mervyn Davies
Interviewed Guest:
Tam Dalyell
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Rolt

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