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Last Word: Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, Andrea Newman, Peter Davis, Olly Croft OBE

Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, Andrea Newman, Peter Davis, Olly Croft OBE

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, Andrea Newman, Peter Davis, Olly Croft OBE

Julian Worricker on a journalist, a writer, an ornithologist, a darts administrator.

Julian Worricker on a the journalist Andrew Graham-Yooll, the writer Andrea Newman, the ornithologist Peter Davis, and the founder of the British Darts Organisation Olly Croft.

Julian Worricker on:

The journalist, Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, who risked his life to tell the story of the so-called 'disappeared' in Argentina in the 1970s.

The writer Andrea Newman, best known for 'Bouquet of Barbed Wire', the sexually charged family drama that pushed the boundaries of television.

Ornithologist and conservationist, Peter Davis, who dedicated much of his working life to saving the red kite.

And Olly Croft OBE who founded the British Darts Organisation, and is credited with making the sport more popular and more professional.

Producer: Paula McGinley

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