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Factual: Life Stories

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

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Matthew Bannister

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Angela Sheldrick

Joanna Goldsworthy

Paul Barritt

David Lloyd

Neil George

Last Word: Barbara Bush, Milos Forman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Livia Gollancz, Dale Winton

Barbara Bush, Milos Forman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Livia Gollancz, Dale Winton

20/04/2018

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Barbara Bush, Milos Forman, Dame Daphne Sheldrick, Livia Gollancz, Dale Winton

Matthew Bannister on a First Lady, a director, a conservationist, a publisher, a presenter

Matthew Bannister on former US first lady Barbara Bush, film director Milos Forman, conservationist Daphne Sheldrick, publisher Livia Gollancz, TV and radio presenter Dale Winton.

Matthew Bannister on

Barbara Bush, the first woman in history to see both her husband and son sworn in as President of the USA. 

Milos Forman, the film director who made Amadeus and the multi Oscar winning One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

Dame Daphne Sheldrick who devoted her life to saving elephants orphaned by poachers and other Kenyan wild animals.

Livia Gollancz, the french horn player who took over the running of the family's successful publishing house from her father. 

And Dale Winton who presented Pick of the Pops on radio and Supermarket Sweep on TV.

Producer: Neil George.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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