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Last Word

Factual: Life Stories

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

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Last Word: 15/10/2010

15/10/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, 15/10/2010

Matthew Bannister on Malcolm Allison, Claire Rayner, Dame Joan Sutherland and Mary Nowak.

Matthew Bannister on the agony aunt Claire Rayner, the operatic soprano Dame Joan Sutherland, and the football manager Malcolm Allison.

On Last Word this week:
Agony aunt Claire Rayner. We hear how her terrible childhood left her determined to solve the personal problems of others.
Also: the acclaimed operatic soprano Dame Joan Sutherland
We have a moving tribute from her husband and musical mentor Richard Bonynge.
We also celebrate the great English pudding as we remember the traditional cook and writer Mary Norwak
And hear how the psychologist Gerald S. Lesser made the TV show "Sesame Street" both enjoyable and instructive.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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