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Last Word: Andrew Sachs, Fidel Castro, Mose Allison, The Honourable Margaret Rhodes

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02/12/2016

Andrew Sachs, Fidel Castro, Mose Allison, The Honourable Margaret Rhodes

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Andrew Sachs, Fidel Castro, Mose Allison, The Honourable Margaret Rhodes

Matthew Bannister on an actor, a revolutionary leader, a singer, the Queen's cousin.

Matthew Bannister on actor Andrew Sachs, Cuban leader Fidel Castro, jazz singer Mose Allison and the Queen's cousin The Honourable Margaret Rhodes.

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Andrew Sachs, the actor who was so much more than Manuel in Fawlty Towers. We hear about his acclaimed radio career.

Also the Cuban leader Fidel Castro - brutal dictator or benevolent champion of his people?

The jazz and blues singer Mose Allison, whose songs were covered by the Who, the Clash, Bonnie Raitt and Van Morrison.

And The Honourable Margaret Rhodes, the Queen's cousin, who became a celebrity after writing her memoirs of life in the royal household. 

Producer: Neil George.

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