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Last Word: Lady Falkender, Karl Lagerfeld, John Stalker, Andrea Levy, Peter Tork

22/02/2019

Lady Falkender, Karl Lagerfeld, John Stalker, Andrea Levy, Peter Tork

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Lady Falkender, Karl Lagerfeld, John Stalker, Andrea Levy, Peter Tork

A political secretary, a designer, a police officer, an author and a pop star.

Matthew Bannister on political secretary Lady Falkender, designer Karl Lagerfeld, police officer John Stalker, author Andrea Levy and pop star Peter Tork.

Matthew Bannister on

Lady Falkender who was the controversial  political secretary to Harold Wilson for twenty seven years.

Karl Lagerfeld, the designer who re-vitalised Chanel, developed Fendi and became an icon in his own right.

John Stalker, the Deputy Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police who led an investigation into allegations of a shoot to kill policy in Northern Ireland. 

Andrea Levy, the award winning novelist who reflected the experience of children of the Windrush generation. 

Peter Tork who played bass with one of the first manufactured boy bands, The Monkees.

Interviewed guest: Michael Cockerell
Interviewed guest: Julia Langdon
Interviewed guest: Miles Socha
Interviewed guest: Kim Winser OBE
Interviewed guest: Duncan Campbell

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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