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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: Tim Hetherington, Barbara Harmer, TP Flanagan, Prof David Bowen, Elisabeth Sladen

Tim Hetherington, Barbara Harmer, TP Flanagan, Prof David Bowen, Elisabeth Sladen

22/04/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Tim Hetherington, Barbara Harmer, TP Flanagan, Prof David Bowen, Elisabeth Sladen

Jane Little on Tim Hetherington, TP Flanagan, David Bowen and Elisabeth Sladen.

Jane Little on the award-winning photographer Tim Hetherington; pilot Barbara Harmer, who flew Concorde; Irish landscape painter TP Flanagan; and actress Elisabeth Sladen.

On this week's Last Word Jane Little discusses the lives of the award-winning photographer and filmmaker, Tim Hetherington, who was killed this week in Libya. 

Barbara Harmer, the only woman pilot to fly Concorde. 

Seamus Heaney pays tribute to his friend, Irish landscape painter, TP Flanagan. 

Professor David Bowen, forensic pathologist, who worked on some of the most notorious crimes in recent British history. 

And actress Elisabeth Sladen, whose role as Sarah Jane Smith endeared her to generations of Dr Who fans.

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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