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Last Word: Professor Robert McNeill Alexander, Reg Grundy, Sally Brampton, Tony Cozier, Madeleine LeBeau

Professor Robert McNeill Alexander, Reg Grundy, Sally Brampton, Tony Cozier, Madeleine LeBeau

20/05/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Professor Robert McNeill Alexander, Reg Grundy, Sally Brampton, Tony Cozier, Madeleine LeBeau

Matthew Bannister on a zoologist, a TV producer, an editor, a cricket commentator.

Matthew Bannister on zoologist Professor Robert McNeill Alexander, TV producer Reg Grundy, magazine editor Sally Brampton, cricket commentator Tony Cozier.

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Professor Robert McNeill Alexander - the father of animal biomechanics, who revealed how fast dinosaurs could run.

The Australian TV producer Reg Grundy who was behind a string of popular hits, including Neighbours, Wheel of Fortune and Prisoner Cell Block H. 

Sally Brampton, the founding editor of British Elle magazine who wrote a powerful book about her struggle with depression. 

And Tony Cozier, the West Indian cricket commentator who was a much loved member of the Test Match Special team.

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