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Great Lives: Charles Moore on Gordon Hamilton-Fairley

Charles Moore on Gordon Hamilton-Fairley

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Cancer pioneer Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, killed by an IRA bomb when he was just 45.

4 Extra Debut. Journalist Charles Moore chooses cancer pioneer Gordon Hamilton-Fairley, who was killed by an IRA bomb aged only 45. From 2016.

Gordon Hamilton-Fairley was a brilliant cancer specialist, the father of oncology in the UK. 

Then in 1975 he was killed by an IRA bomb intended for a politician who lived in his street. Former editor of the Daily Telegraph Charles Moore chooses a man cut down in his prime. Joining him in the studio are three members of the Hamilton-Fairley family; plus the cancer specialist Ray Powles, who provides a compelling picture of how basic treatment for cancer sufferers used to be.

Presenter: Matthew Parris 
Producer: Miles Warde

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016.

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