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

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Anil Sinanan

Susan Bewley

Barb Jungr

Anne Dolamore

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Last Word: Sir Lawrence Byford, Sridevi Kapoor, Dame Beulah Bewley, Ernest Hecht, Lewis Gilbert

Ernest Hecht,Lewis Gilbert, Dame Beulah Bewley, Sir Lawrence Byford, Sridevi Kapoor

02/03/2018

Sir Lawrence Byford, Sridevi Kapoor, Dame Beulah Bewley, Ernest Hecht, Lewis Gilbert

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Sir Lawrence Byford, Sridevi Kapoor, Dame Beulah Bewley, Ernest Hecht, Lewis Gilbert

Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a film director, a doctor, a police officer, a film star

Matthew Bannister on publisher Ernest Hecht, film director Lewis Gilbert, doctor Dame Beulah Bewley, police officer Sir Lawrence Byford and Bollywood star Sridevi Kapoor.

Photo: Sridevi Kapoor

Matthew Bannister on

Ernest Hecht, who founded the Souvenir Press, which published books from Nobel prize winners like Pablo Neruda, academics like Noam Chomsky and best sellers on sexual techniques and toilet paper. 

Lewis Gilbert who directed Alfie, Educating Rita and three James Bond movies.

Dame Beulah Bewley who carried out significant research into the effects of smoking on children and advanced the cause of women in medicine.

Sir Lawrence Byford, the Chief Inspector of Constabulary who examined the failings of the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper.

Sridevi Kapoor who was often described as Bollywood's first female superstar.

Archive clips from: NEWS, Radio 4, 21.9.1984; THE REUNION, Radio 4, 26.08.2016; YORKSHIRE RIPPER INVESTIGATION, Radio 4, 19/01/1982

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