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Last Word: Dr Bill Frankland MBE, John Tydeman OBE, The Marquess of Bath, Honor Blackman

10/04/2020

Dr Bill Frankland MBE, John Tydeman OBE, The Marquess of Bath, Honor Blackman

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Dr Bill Frankland MBE, John Tydeman OBE, The Marquess of Bath, Honor Blackman

Julian Worricker on: an allergist, a radio producer, an aristocrat, an actress.

Julian Worricker on pioneering allergist Dr Bill Frankland; radio producer John Tydeman; the Marquess of Bath Alexander Thynne; actress Honor Blackman.

Pictured: Dr Bill Frankland

Julian Worricker on:

Dr Bill Frankland, who survived three years in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, studied under Alexander Fleming, and brought the pollen count into the public arena….

The radio drama producer, John Tydeman, whose work contributed to the success of Joe Orton and Sue Townsend….

Alexander Thynne, better known as the Marquess of Bath, an artist and aristocrat, whose home was the Longleat estate in Wiltshire….

And the actress, Honor Blackman, remembered most for her portrayals of Cathy Gale in The Avengers and Pussy Galore in Goldfinger.

Interviewed guest: Paul Watkins
Interviewed guest: Sir John Tusa
Interviewed guest: Enyd Williams
Interviewed guest: Nesta Wyn Ellis
Interviewed guest: Dr Josephine Botting

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Desert Island Discs: Bill Frankland, Radio 4 09/08/2015; See You Sunday, BBC One Wales 17/03/1991; BBC Oral Histories: John Tydeman; The Mole Truth, Radio 4 20/12/2008; Desert Island Discs: The Marquess of Bath, Radio 4 07/01/2001; The Thynne Blue Line, BBC TV 11/07/1971; Jools Holland, Radio 2 16/05/2011; The Avengers, ABC 1961. 

Interviews in this programme with John Tydeman were taken from his contribution to the BBC Oral History Collection, an archive of more than 600 interviews with former BBC staff. For more information see:  https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/100-voices/

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