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Last Word: Ennio Morricone, Sir Everton Weekes, Baroness Maddock, Earl Cameron CBE

10/07/2020

Ennio Morricone, Sir Everton Weekes, Baroness Maddock, Earl Cameron CBE

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Ennio Morricone, Sir Everton Weekes, Baroness Maddock, Earl Cameron CBE

Matthew Bannister on a composer, a cricketer, a politician, an actor

Matthew Bannister on composer Ennio Morricone, cricketer Sir Everton Weekes, politician Baroness Maddock, actor Earl Cameron.

Pictured: Ennio Morricone

Matthew Bannister on:

Ennio Morricone, the Italian composer best known for his scores for films like The Good, The Bad and the Ugly and The Mission, but keen to be remembered also for his avant garde classical works.

Sir Everton Weekes, the outstanding batsman who played a key role in West Indian cricket’s success in the 1940s and 50s.

Baroness Maddock, the Liberal Democrat politician who won a stunning victory in the Christchurch by-election in 1993.

Earl Cameron, the Bermuda-born actor whose long career included roles in many hit TV series as well as films like Pool of London, Thunderball and Guns at Batasi.  

Interviewed guest: David Willey
Interviewed guest: David Temple
Interviewed guest: Donna Symmonds
Interviewed guest: BC Pires
Interviewed guest: Lord Alan Beith
Interviewed guest: Baroness Jenny Randerson

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Outlook, World Service 07/01/2015; Everton Weekes in his own words, Sky Sports January 2019; England v West Windies 1950 Test Match, Pathe News; England v West Indies at Lords 1950, BBC News; British Politics, Radio 4 30/07/1993; Black on Screen, Radio 4 08/01/2001; Front Row, Radio 4 14/10/2016; Pool of London, directed by Basil Dearden, Ealing Studios 1951; The Heart Within, directed by David Eady, Penington Eady Productions 1957; Guns at Batasi, directed by John Guillermin, Twentieth Century Fox 1964; Thunderball, directed by Terence Young, Eon Productions 1965.

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