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Last Word: Milton Glaser, Terry Dicks, Professor Tom Arie, Else Blangsted

Milton Glaser, Terry Dicks, Professor Tom Arie, Else Blangsted

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Milton Glaser, Terry Dicks, Professor Tom Arie, Else Blangsted

Matthew Bannister on a designer, an MP, a psychiatrist, a music editor.

Matthew Bannister on designer Milton Glaser, MP Terry Dicks, psychiatrist Tom Arie, music editor Else Blangsted.

Pictured: Milton Glaser

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The graphic designer Milton Glaser who came up with the iconic “I heart New York” logo – but didn’t make a penny from it.

Terry Dicks, the controversial right wing Tory MP who went out of his way to challenge political correctness.

Professor Tom Arie, the psychiatrist who helped to transform mental health treatment for older people.

Else Blangsted, the Hollywood music editor whose own life story reads like the script for a dramatic film.

Interviewed guest: Christopher Bonanos
Interviewed guest: Arianne Wack
Interviewed guest: Julia Langdon
Interviewed guest: Dr Claire Hilton
Interviewed guest: Angie Errigo

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: I Heart Milton Glaser, Radio 4 10/02/2011; File on Four, Radio 4 24/07/1984; Sound Archive: Libyan Terrorism and U.K. Deportations, Radio 4 22/04/1986; File on Four, Radio 4 09/06/1993; The Week in Westminster, Radio 4 24/02/1990; Looking for Else, directed by Sandy Kopitopoulos and Daniel Maurer, Amka Films 2007; The Bonfire of the Vanities, directed by Brian De Palma, Warner Bros 1990; Olympic Sports in Berlin 1936, British Pathe 13/04/2014; Samson and Delilah, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Paramount Pictures 1949.

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