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Last Word: Russi Taylor, Beji Caid Essebsi, Jane Hubert, Iván Erőd

Russi Taylor, Beji Caid Essebsi, Jane Hubert, Iván Erőd

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Matthew Bannister on a President, a voice artist, an anthropologist and a composer.

Matthew Bannister on Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, voice artist Russi Taylor, anthropologist Jane Hubert and composer Ivan Erod.

Pictured:  Russi Taylor

Matthew Bannister on

Beji Caid Essebsi who became the first democratically elected President of Tunisia in the aftermath of the Arab Spring. 

Russi Taylor the versatile voice artist best known for playing Minnie Mouse. She married the man who did the voice for Mickey Mouse. 

Jane Hubert, the anthropologist and psychologist who studied young people with severe learning disabilities and transformed the academic study of archaeology. 

Ivan Erod who fled persecution and, in exile,  became one of Hungary's leading composers.


Interviewed guest: Mohamed El Aassar
Interviewed guest: Martin Anderson
Interviewed guest: Peter Stone
Interviewed guest: Brian Sibley

Producer: Neil George


Archive Clips from: The White House video archive, 07/10/2011; Actuality of Tunisian Uprising, RT, 14/01/2011; BBC News, 30/06/ 2015; Beji Caid Essebsi inauguration ceremony, AP archive 03/08/2015; Tunisian Television -al watania, 27/07/2019; The Voice Behind The Mouse, Walt Disney Home Video; The Spirit of Mickey, Buena Vista Home Entertainment

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