Last Word

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Last Word: Michel Roux, Sammy McCarthy, Lilian Mohin, Roy Hudd

Michel Roux, Sammy McCarthy, Lilian Mohin, Roy Hudd

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Michel Roux, Sammy McCarthy, Lilian Mohin, Roy Hudd

Matthew Bannister on a chef, a boxer, a publisher, an entertainer

Matthew Bannister on chef Michel Roux, boxer Sammy McCarthy, publisher Lilian Mohin, entertainer Roy Hudd

Pictured: Michel Roux

Matthew Bannister on

Michel Roux, the French chef who, with his brother Albert, transformed the British restaurant scene in the 1970s

Sammy McCarthy, the British featherweight champion boxer who became an armed robber.

Lilian Mohin, the lesbian feminist activist who co founded the OnlyWomen Press. 

Roy Hudd, the versatile entertainer whose career took him from the music hall stage to TV and radio stardom.


Interviewed guest: William Sitwell
Interviewed guest: John McDonald
Interviewed guest: Anna Marslen -Wilson
Interviewed guest: Tim Mohin
Producer: Neil George

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