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Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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Last Word: 08/10/2010

08/10/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, 08/10/2010

Matthew Bannister on Norman Wisdom, Sir Robert Mark, Philippa Foot, Mahinder Singh Pujji.

Matthew Bannister on Sir Norman Wisdom's rise from poverty to stardom; Sir Robert Mark's crusade against corruption in the Metropolitan Police and moral philosopher Philippa Foot.

On Last Word this week:
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Robert Mark who cleaned up widespread corruption among the forces detectives
Sir Norman Wisdom - whose performances as a lovable underdog stemmed from rejection and poverty in his childhood
The influential moral philosopher Philippa Foot who put her principles into action by working for Oxfam
Mahinder Singh Pujji - who was thought to be the last remaining Sikh and Indian fighter pilot from the second world war
And Gloria Stuart, the Hollywood actress who was nominated for an Oscar for playing a one hundred year old survivor in "Titanic".

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