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

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Last Word: Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk

24/05/2019

Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Niki Lauda, Judith Kerr, IM Pei, Herman Wouk

Matthew Bannister on a racing driver, a children's author, an architect, a novelist.

Matthew Bannister on racing driver Niki Lauda, children's author Judith Kerr, architect IM Pei, novelist Herman Wouk.

Pictured: Judith Kerr

Matthew Bannister on 

Niki Lauda, the fearless racing driver who survived a terrible crash to make a dramatic comeback on the track. 

Judith Kerr, the author of much-loved children's books including the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea. 

I.M. Pei, the architect best known for the glass pyramid outside the Louvre in Paris. 

Herman Wouk, the American novelist and screenwriter who won the Pulitzer Prize for The Caine Mutiny.

Interviewed guest: Simon Taylor
Interviewed guest: Julia Eccleshare
Contributor: Michael Goldfarb
Interviewed guest: Professor Eric Homberger
Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: South African Grand Prix 1976, BBC Sound Archives; Rush, directed by Ron Howard, Working Title Films/Imagine Entertainment/Cross Creek Pictures/DNEG/Revolution Films/ Exclusive Media Group 2013; Hunt/Lauda, Radio 4 24/03/2013; The World At One, Radio 4 12/11/1981; BBC News, 28/05/1991; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 29/02/2004; When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, read by Rosemary Leach, Radio 4 Extra 02/10/2017; The 60 Minutes Interview: I.M. Pei, CBS News 1987; Readings by Herman Wouk, University of California TV 24/01/2008.

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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