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Last Word: Barry Myers, Eileen Younghusband, Robin Spark, Keith McDougall, Prince Buster

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16/09/2016

Barry Myers, Eileen Younghusband, Robin Spark, Keith McDougall, Prince Buster

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Barry Myers, Eileen Younghusband, Robin Spark, Keith McDougall, Prince Buster

Matthew Bannister on a director, a filter officer, an artist, a countryman, a ska star.

Matthew Bannister on commercials director Barry Myers, WAAF filter officer Eileen Younghusband, artist Robin Spark, countryman Keith McDougall, ska star Prince Buster.

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Barry Myers who directed some of the best known commercials of the 1970s and 80s, including ads for Hovis, Olympus Cameras and Cadbury's Flake. 

Eileen Younghusband, who worked as a filter officer during the Second World War, spotting the approaching aircraft and V2 rockets launched against Britain by the Nazis.

The Edinburgh based artist Robin Spark, who had a troubled relationship with his mother, the writer Muriel Spark.

Keith MacDougall, the Norfolk countryman who balanced a passion for shooting with a commitment to conservation.

And Prince Buster the Jamaican musician who was one of the pioneers of Ska. 

Produced by Neil George.

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