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Last Word: Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE,  Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE

15/11/2019

Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE,  Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE,  Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE

Matthew Bannister on a rescue worker, a businessman, an M.P., an impresario

Matthew Bannister on rescue worker James Le Mesurier, businessman Nik Powell, Labour M.P. Frank Dobson, impresario Hazel Vincent Wallace.

Pictured: Nik Powell

Matthew Bannister on

James Le Mesurier, the former British Army Officer who set up the organisation that trained the White Helmet volunteers who rescue people from bomb sites in Syria.

Nik Powell, the businessman who helped Richard Branson to start Virgin Records and went on to produce a string of acclaimed British films. 

Frank Dobson, the Labour M.P. who became Health Secretary under Tony Blair and embarked on an ambitious hospital building programme. 

Hazel Vincent Wallace, who founded the Thorndike Theatre at Leatherhead in Surrey, which became known as one of the finest venues outside London.

Interviewed guest: Stephen Woolley
Interviewed guest: Jon Wardle
Interviewed guest: Julia Langdon
Interviewed guest: Michael Gaunt

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: PM, Radio 4 13/11/2014; Today, Radio 4 12/11/2019; The White Helmets, directed by Orlando von Einsiedel, Grain Media / Violet Films 2016; PM, Radio 4 11/11/2019; Masterclass with Nik Powell, Australian Film Television and Radio School 22/03/2017; The Evil Dead, directed by Sam Raimi, Renaissance Pictures 1981; The Company of Wolves, directed by Neil Jordan, Incorporated Television Company / Palace Pictures 1984; The Film Programme, Radio 4 01/09/2013; Who Wants to be a London Mayor? Carlton/ITV 25/04/2000; The World Tonight, Radio 4 02/06/1995; Labour Party Conference, BBC Sound Archives, 30/09/1997; Theatre and Stage Stars, Huntley Film Archives 26/01/2015; Sybil Thorndike Theatre, British Pathé 1969; Thorndike Theatre, British Movietone / AP 09/22/1969; Theatrical Balance Of Payments, Radio 3 01/12/1968.

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