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Last Word

Hugh Hefner, Stanislav Petrov, Teddy Taylor, Liz Dawn

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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Hugh Hefner who built the Playboy empire on a best selling magazine. Was he a libertarian who changed attitudes to sex or a sleazy pornographer?

Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov who is credited with averting a nuclear disaster during the Cold War.

The right wing Conservative M.P. Teddy Taylor best known for his outspoken opposition to the European Union.

And actress Liz Dawn who played Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street for nearly thirty years. Show less

Contributors

Interviewed Guest:
Steven Watts
Interviewed Guest:
Steven Murphy
Interviewed Guest:
Brian Taylor
Interviewed Guest:
James Duddridge
Producer:
Neil George

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