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Last Word

Barbara Cook, Sister Ruth Pfau, Richard Gordon, Prof UR Rao

Duration: 28 minutes

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

Available for over a year

Kate Silverton on the "Broadway Diva" Barbara Cook, the American singer and actress who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy and Candide; Sister Ruth Pfau 'Mother Teresa' of Pakistan for her work in combating the spread of leprosy; Richard Gordon the anesthetist,whose medical work inspired him to write Dr in The House novels which were made into films and a TV series; Prof. U.R. Rao, Pioneer of India's Space Programme, who brought knowledge to millions of people through digital communications via the many satellites he launched into space. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
David Benedict
Interviewed Guest:
Mervyn Lobo
Interviewed Guest:
Ian Talbot
Interviewed Guest:
Michael Hohnen
Interviewed Guest:
Spoorty Rahman
Presenter:
Kate Silverton

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