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Great Lives: Sir Trevor McDonald on Learie Constantine

Sir Trevor McDonald on Learie Constantine

BBC Radio 4 - Great Lives, Sir Trevor McDonald on Learie Constantine

The veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses the life of Learie Constantine

4 Extra Debut. Broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses Trinidadian cricketer and politician, Learie Constantine. With Matthew Parris. From 2015.

The veteran broadcaster Sir Trevor McDonald chooses the life of Learie Constantine, the Trinidadian cricketer, politician and broadcaster who championed the rights of West Indians in Britain during the war years and afterwards.
 
Producer: Maggie Ayre

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

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