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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: 03/12/2010

03/12/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, 03/12/2010

Matthew Bannister on Leslie Nielsen, Colin Slee, Maurice Wilkes and Rozsika Parker.

Matthew Bannister on the Dean of Southwark, Colin Slee, Airplane star Leslie Nielsen, computer pioneer Sir Maurice Wilkes and Peter Christopherson of the group Throbbing Gristle.

On Last Word this week:

The Very Reverend Colin Slee, Dean of Southwark and outspoken supporter of women bishops and gay clergy.
We have a tribute from his friend the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Also Leslie Nielson, deadpan comic star of Airplane and The Naked Gun,
Sir Maurice Wilkes, who built one of the world's first working computers,
Peter Christopherson who designed album covers for bands like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and was a member of the performance art group Throbbing Gristle
And feminist art critic Rozsika Parker who also trained as a psychotherapist.

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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