Last Word

Morris Beckman, Ornette Coleman, Tanith Lee, Süleyman Demirel and Doris Hart

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 19^th Jun 2015, 16:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Sun 21^st Jun 2015, 20:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Morris Beckman - the East End Jewish activist who co-founded the 43 Group to fight against post-war British fascists.

Ornette Coleman - the pioneering saxophonist who developed free jazz improvisation.

Tanith Lee - the prolific science fiction author who also wrote episodes of the TV series Blake's 7.

Süleyman Demirel - who was seven times Prime Minister and then President of Turkey.

And the American tennis player Doris Hart - who won three Wimbledon titles in one day. Show less