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Last Word: Hugh Hefner, Stanislav Petrov, Teddy Taylor, Liz Dawn

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29/09/2017

Hugh Hefner, Stanislav Petrov, Teddy Taylor, Liz Dawn

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Hugh Hefner, Stanislav Petrov, Teddy Taylor, Liz Dawn

Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a Soviet officer, an MP, an actress.

Matthew Bannister on Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner, Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov, MPTeddy Taylor, actress Liz Dawn.

Matthew Bannister on 

Hugh Hefner who built the Playboy empire on a best selling magazine. Was he a libertarian who changed attitudes to sex or a sleazy pornographer?

Soviet officer Stanislav Petrov who is credited with averting a nuclear disaster during the Cold War.

The right wing Conservative M.P. Teddy Taylor best known for his outspoken opposition to the European Union.

And actress Liz Dawn who played Vera Duckworth in Coronation Street for nearly thirty years.

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