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Last Word: Hosni Mubarak, Andrew Weatherall, Mary Higgins Clark, John Bevan

Hosni Mubarak, Andrew Weatherall, Mary Higgins Clark, John Bevan

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Hosni Mubarak, Andrew Weatherall, Mary Higgins Clark, John Bevan

Matthew Bannister on a DJ, a President, a writer and a diver.

Matthew Bannister on DJ and producer Andrew Weatherall, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, writer Mary Higgins Clark and diver John Bevan.

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Andrew Weatherall, a hugely influential figure in the dance music scene of the 1990s, who revolutionised what a DJ could be and produced many hit albums and remixes. Radio 1's Annie Nightingale explains how he changed her life. 

President Hosni Mubarak who ruled Egypt for thirty years before being ousted by mass protests. 

The best selling mystery writer Mary Higgins Clark. Her fellow writers Harlan Coben and Alafair S. Burke pay tribute.

John Bevan, the record breaking deep sea diver who was a respected expert on the history of diving.

Interviewed Guest: Annie Nightingale CBE
Interviewed Guest: Dina Rezk
Interviewed Guest: Paul Martin
Interviewed Guest: Harlan Coben
Interviewed Guest: Alafair Burke
Interviewed Guest: Rosemary E Lunn 
Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: The First Time With..., 6 Music, 22/11/2017; Panorama, BBC One, 06/10/1981; BBC News, BBC One, 28/01/2011; BBC News, BBC One,03/08/2011; Woman's Hour, Radio 4, 14/06/2000; Woman's Hour, Radio 4, 31/05/2006;

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