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Last Word

Jean Nidetch, Baroness Ruth Rendell, Geoff Duke OBE, Katharine Worth, Errol Brown

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

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The founder of Weight Watchers Jean Nidetch who turned a self help group in her basement into a multimillion dollar global business.

The crime novelist and Labour peer Baroness Rendell.

The motorcyclist Geoff Duke who won both the Isle of Man TT and the World Championships six times.

The drama professor Katharine Worth who was a close friend of Samuel Beckett and produced his work.

And the Hot Chocolate singer Errol Brown, best known for hits like "You Sexy Thing" and "Everyone's A Winner". Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Peter Duke
Interviewed Guest:
Elizabeth Schafer
Interviewed Guest:
Tim Pigott-Smith
Interviewed Guest:
Lauren Cohen
Interviewed Guest:
Paul Gambaccini
Producer:
Neil George

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