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Last Word: Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins

16/08/2019

Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins

Julian Worricker on a politician, a dancer, a designer and a lawyer.

Julian Worricker on Cambodian politician Nuon Chea, ballerina Julia Farron OBE, graphic designer June Fraser and lawyer and broadcaster Marcel Berlins.

Pictured: Julia Farron

Julian Worricker on:

The Cambodian political leader, Nuon Chea, who was found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during his time as a member of the Khmer Rouge....

Julia Farron, a dancer with the Royal Ballet, who's been described as a great performer of virtuoso roles....

The pioneering graphic designer, June Fraser, whose work has influenced so many of the logos and packaging we're familiar with today....

And Marcel Berlins, lawyer, broadcaster and critic who presented Law in Action on Radio 4 for sixteen years....

Interviewed guest: Rob Lemkin
Interviewed guest: Jane Pritchard
Interviewed guest: Zoe Cull
Interviewed guest: Mike Ripley
Producer: Neil George 

Archive clips from: Enemies of the People, directed by Rob Lemkin, Old Street Films 2009; Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia 05/12/2011; BBC News 19/09/2007; John Pilger, Radio 4 16/10/1989; Dancing in the Blitz, BBC Four 05/03/2014; Compulsion, directed by Richard Fleischer, Darryl F. Zanuck Productions 1959; Quote Unquote, Radio 4 15/02/2010; Law in Action, Radio 4 14/07/1989; Round Britain Quiz, Radio 4 05/07/2014; Puzzling Passions, Radio 4 03/10/2000.

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