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Last Word: Chadwick Boseman, Sir Kenneth Robinson, Lord Renton of Mount Harry, Doreen Davies

04/09/2020

Chadwick Boseman, Sir Kenneth Robinson, Lord Renton of Mount Harry, Doreen Davies

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Chadwick Boseman, Sir Kenneth Robinson, Lord Renton of Mount Harry, Doreen Davies

Matthew Bannister on: an actor, an educationalist, a politician, a BBC manager

Matthew Bannister on actor Chadwick Boseman, educationalist Sir Kenneth Robinson, politician Lord Renton, BBC manager Doreen Davies.

Pictured: Chadwick Boseman

Matthew Bannister on

Chadwick Boseman, whose portrayal of the King of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda in the movie Black Panther made him a global star.

Sir Kenneth Robinson, the charismatic education expert whose TED talk “Do Schools Kill Creativity?” has been viewed online more than 67 million times.

Lord Renton, the Tory politician who was Chief Whip when Margaret Thatcher was forced to step down as leader.

Doreen Davies, who presided over the music policy and daytime output of BBC Radio 1 during its heyday in the 1970s and 80s.

Interviewed guest: Amon Warmann
Interviewed guest: Chris Anderson
Interviewed guest: Dr Andy Hargreaves
Interviewed guest: Julia Langdon
Interviewed guest: Simon Mills
Interviewed guest: Johnny Beerling

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Marshall, directed by Reginald Hudlin, Chestnut Ridge Productions 2017; Get On Up, directed by Tate Taylor, Imagine Entertainment 2014; Jo Whiley, Radio 2 14/10/2014; 42, directed by Brian Helgeland, Warner Bros 2013; Trevor Nelson's Rhythm Nation, Radio 2 19/11/2019; Black Panther, directed by Ryan Coogler, Marvel Studios / Walt Disney Pictures 2018; Front Row, Radio 4 09/02/2018; Chadwick Boseman – A Tribute from Marvel Studios, JoBlo Movie Trailers 31/08/2020; Sir Ken Robinson: Do Schools Kill Creativity?, TED February 2006; Sir Ken Robinson: How To Escape Education’s Death Valley, TED Talks Education April 2013; The Radio One Story, BBC Two 09/05/2010; Jimmy Young, Radio 2 13/06/1978; John Lennon Dies, Today Archives / NBC News 09/12/1980.

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