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Last Word: A Falklands War admiral, a writer and rock musician, an engineer who developed fracking, a French actress, a folk singer

A Falklands War admiral, a writer and rock musician, an engineer who developed fracking, a French actress, a folk singer

09/08/2013

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, A Falklands War admiral, a writer and rock musician, an engineer who developed fracking, a French actress, a folk singer

Matthew Bannister remembers Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward, Mick Farren and Bernadette Lafont.

Matthew Bannister on Falklands War admiral Sir Sandy Woodward, writer and rock singer Mick Farren, French new wave actress Bernadette Lafont, and fracking pioneer George Mitchell.

Matthew Bannister on:

Admiral Sir Sandy Woodward who led the naval task force to recapture the Falkland Islands from the Argentinians

Mick Farren - the prolific writer, rock singer and revolutionary. We have tributes from Felix Dennis, Charles Shaar Murray and Julie Burchill

Bernadette Lafont - the "wild child" star of French New Wave cinema

George Mitchell - the Texan engineer who pioneered the controversial technique of fracking

And Terry Conway - the road mender from Northumberland who wrote folk songs in the local dialect.

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