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Last Word: Dame Gillian Lynne, Peter Firmin, Reinhard Hardegen, Alan Longmuir

Dame Gillian Lynne, Peter Firmin, Reinhard Hardegan, Alan Longmuir

06/07/2018

Dame Gillian Lynne, Peter Firmin, Reinhard Hardegen, Alan Longmuir

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Dame Gillian Lynne, Peter Firmin, Reinhard Hardegen, Alan Longmuir

Matthew Bannister on a choreographer, an animator, a U-boat captain and a pop star.

Obituary series. Matthew Bannister on choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, animator Peter Firmin, U-boat captain Reinhard Hardegen and Bay City Roller Alan Longmuir.

Photo: Dame Gillian Lynne

Matthew Bannister on:

The choreographer Dame Gillian Lynne, best known for her work on Cats and the Phantom of the Opera.

Peter Firmin who, with his partner Oliver Postgate, created beloved children's TV characters like the Clangers, Noggin the Nog and Bagpuss.

Reinhard Hardegen the last surviving U boat ace who took part in attacks on the East Coast of America in 1942 

and Alan Longmuir, founder member of the Bay City Rollers. 

Archive clips from: Front Row, Radio 4, TX 2.7.2018.

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