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Matthew Bannister

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Last Word: An actor, a child behavioural researcher, a French singer-songwriter, a chemist, a lighthouse keeper and a bass player

An actor, a child behavioural researcher, a French singer-songwriter, a chemist, a lighthouse keeper and a bass player

31/05/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, An actor, a child behavioural researcher, a French singer-songwriter, a chemist, a lighthouse keeper and a bass player

Matthew Bannister recalls Bill Pertwee, Joyce Robertson, Georges Moustaki and George Gray.

Matthew Bannister on Dad's Army actor Bill Pertwee, child researcher Joyce Robertson, singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki, chemist George Gray and lighthouse keeper Angus Hutchison.

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The actor Bill Pertwee, best known as the pugnacious air raid warden in Dad's Army.

Joyce Robertson, whose research into young children who were separated from their parents transformed public policy

Georges Moustaki, the Egyptian born French singer songwriter who had an affair with Edith Piaf

Professor George Gray, the world's leading authority on the properties of liquid crystals. His work lies behind the screens that now dominate our daily lives.

Angus Hutchison, Scotland's last principal light house keeper.

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