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Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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Julian Worricker

Last Word: Sir Peter Burt, Jill Lever, John Mattock, Peter Duffell and Tom Paley

Sir Peter Burt, Jill Lever, John Mattock, Peter Duffell and Tom Paley

29/12/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Sir Peter Burt, Jill Lever, John Mattock, Peter Duffell and Tom Paley

Julian Worricker on a banker, an archivist, a horticulturalist, a director, a musician.

Julian Worricker on banker and businessman Sir Peter Burt; architectural archivist Jill Lever; rose grower John Mattock; film director Peter Duffell; folk musician Tom Paley.

Photo: Tom Paley

Julian Worricker on:

The businessman Sir Peter Burt, who was in charge of Bank of Scotland when it merged with the Halifax, and was later chairman of ITV

The woman credited with groundbreaking work as an architectural archivist, Jill Lever

The horticulturalist and rose grower, John Mattock, who was chairman of the Chelsea Flower Show for twelve years

The film and TV director, Peter Duffell, whose work included the mini-series The Far Pavilions

American folk singer and musician, Tom Paley.

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