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Last Word: Luc Hoffmann, Sylvia Peters, Joe Powell, William Smethurst, Sandy Pearlman

Luc Hoffmann, Sylvia Peters, Joe Powell, William Smethurst, Sandy Pearlman

05/08/2016

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Luc Hoffmann, Sylvia Peters, Joe Powell, William Smethurst, Sandy Pearlman

Matthew Bannister on a naturalist, an announcer, a stuntman, an editor, a rock manager.

Matthew Bannister on conservationist Luc Hoffmann, BBC announcer Sylvia Peters, stuntman Joe Powell, Archers editor William Smethurst, rock manager Sandy Pearlman.

Matthew Bannister on

Luc Hoffmann, the Swiss conservationist who co-founded the World Wildlife Fund and fought to save endangered species and wetlands. 

Sylvia Peters, one of the best known faces on BBC television in the 1950s. 

The film stuntman Joe Powell who took part in many death defying exploits.

The editor of the Archers William Smethurst who introduced the characters of Eddie Grundy and Nigel Pargetter.

And Sandy Pearlman, rock manager and producer who created the Blue Oyster Cult and changed the sound of the Clash. 

Producer: Paul Waters.

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