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Last Word: A geophysicist, a pro-life campaigner, a former Ford UK chief executive, a composer and an actor

A geophysicist, a pro-life campaigner, a former Ford UK chief executive, a composer and an actor

17/05/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, A geophysicist, a pro-life campaigner, a former Ford UK chief executive, a composer and an actor

Matthew Bannister on Joe Farman, Dr Margaret White, Sir Terence Beckett and Arnold Peters.

Matthew Bannister on geophysicist Joe Farman, pro-life campaigner Dr Margaret White, Ford UK chief executive Sir Terence Beckett, composer Steve Martland and actor Arnold Peters.

Matthew Bannister on 

Joe Farman - the geophysicist who discovered a hole in the ozone layer.

The pro life campaigner Dr Margaret White

The former Chief Executive of Ford UK Sir Terence Beckett, who oversaw the development of the Cortina and the Transit van.

The versatile British composer Steve Martland

And Arnold Peters who played Jack Woolley in the Archers. June Spencer - who plays his wife Peggy -tells us that his Alzheimer's storyline was very poignant as life mirrored art.

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