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Last Word: Christo Javacheff, Cathie Sabin OBE, Dorothy Wakely,  Jonathan Whitehead

12/06/2020

Christo Javacheff, Cathie Sabin OBE, Dorothy Wakely,  Jonathan Whitehead

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Christo Javacheff, Cathie Sabin OBE, Dorothy Wakely,  Jonathan Whitehead

Matthew Bannister on an artist, a tennis administrator, an SOE officer, a musician.

Matthew Bannister on artist Christo Javacheff, tennis administrator Cathie Sabin, intelligence officer Dorothy Wakely, musician Jonathan Whitehead.

Pictured: Christo Javacheff

Matthew Bannister on:

The artist Christo Javacheff, best known for his extremely ambitious projects to wrap significant buildings and landscapes in fabric. They included the Reichstag in Berlin and the coastline of Australia. 

Cathie Sabin, who was the first woman to be President of the Lawn Tennis Association.

Dorothy Wakely, who served as a Signals Planner with the Special Operations Executive during the second world war.

Jonathan Whitehead, the versatile musician who provided the soundtracks for many TV comedies including Green Wing, Smack the Pony and The Day Today. His friend and colleague Chris Morris pays tribute.

Interviewed guest: Will Gompertz
Interviewed guest: Ben Sabin 
Interviewed guest: Vicky Williams
Interviewed guest: Simon Wakely
Interviewed guest: Clare Mulley
Interviewed guest: Chris Morris

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Christo interview: London Mastaba floating installation, Dezeen 08/08/2018; Public Art Enhancing Cities, Bloomberg Philanthropies 26/06/2018; Christo & Jeanne-Claude put Berlin’s Reichstag under wraps, CBS Sunday Morning 25/06/1995; Christo on ‘Wrapped Coast’, Art Gallery of NSW 03/08/2011; Front Row, Radio 4 16/11/2004; Highlights: Davis Cup, Davis Cup 29/11/2015; Andy Murray wins Wimbledon, Wimbledon 07/07/2013; Andy Murray wins Olympic Gold, Olympic 24/08/2016; Cathie Sabin: The Lawn Tennis Association, Shrewsbury U3A 15/03/2019; VE Day – 70 Years Ago, British Pathe 08/05/2015; Brass Eye: Drugs, Channel 4 1997.

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