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Last Word: Ray McFall, Richard Meade, Joan Benesh, Frank Atkinson and Brian Clemens

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16/01/2015

Ray McFall, Richard Meade, Joan Benesh, Frank Atkinson and Brian Clemens

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Ray McFall, Richard Meade, Joan Benesh, Frank Atkinson and Brian Clemens

Obituaries of a club owner, a horseman, a choreologist, a curator and a screenwriter.

Matthew Bannister discusses Cavern Club owner Ray McFall, equestrian Richard Meade, choreologist Joan Benesh, museum curator Frank Atkinson and screenwriter Brian Clemens.

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Ray McFall, the former accountant who ran the Cavern Club in Liverpool and booked the Beatles more than 200 times.

Richard Meade who won both team and individual eventing Gold medals at the Olympics.

Joan Benesh, who perfected the system for noting down complex dance moves in ballet.

Frank Atkinson who founded and ran the Beamish open air museum in County Durham.

And Brian Clemens the screenwriter best known for creating the Avengers and the Professionals.

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