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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: Jean McFarlane, Phillip Tobias, Warda Al Jazairia, Barry Unsworth and Lee Rich

15/06/2012

Jean McFarlane, Phillip Tobias, Warda Al Jazairia, Barry Unsworth and Lee Rich

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Jean McFarlane, Phillip Tobias, Warda Al Jazairia, Barry Unsworth and Lee Rich

Matthew Bannister on Jean McFarlane, Phillip Tobias, Warda Al Jazairia and Barry Unsworth.

Matthew Bannister on nursing educator Jean McFarlane, paleoanthropologist Phillip Tobias, north African diva Warda Al Jazairia, novelist Barry Unsworth, and TV producer Lee Rich.

Matthew Bannister on

Lady Jean McFarlane who transformed the way nurses are trained in the UK;

Philip Tobias, the South African paleoanthropologist who carried out pioneering research into the evolution of human beings - and fought apartheid;

The North African diva Warda Al-Jazairia

The Booker prize winning historical novelist Barry Unsworth

And the influential American TV producer Lee Rich. His Lorimar Company brought us the Waltons and Dallas.

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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