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Last Word: Lord Ashley, Levon Helm, Wendy Grant, Charles Colson, Val May

27/04/2012

Lord Ashley, Levon Helm, Wendy Grant, Charles Colson, Val May

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Lord Ashley, Levon Helm, Wendy Grant, Charles Colson, Val May

Matthew Bannister on Lord Ashley, Levon Helm, Wendy Grant, Charles Colson and Val May.

Matthew Bannister on former Labour MP Lord Ashley, drummer Levon Helm, neuropathologist Wendy Grant, Richard Nixon's special counsel Charles Colson, and theatre director Val May.

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Lord Ashley, who as the Labour MP Jack Ashley, overcame deafness to become a champion of disabled people's rights

Also, Levon Helm, the drummer and singer of The Band - who backed Bob Dylan and recorded acclaimed albums of their own.

Wendy Grant - the neuropathologist who came out of retirement to warn that Mad Cow Disease could affect humans

Charles Colson - special counsel to Richard Nixon - who carried out dirty tricks against the President's opponents, but later found God.

And Val May, the theatre director who established the reputation of the Bristol Old Vic.

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