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Last Word: Des O’Connor CBE, Richard Trim OBE, Dr Ataullah Siddiqui, Edith Raymond Locke

20/11/2020

Des O’Connor CBE, Richard Trim OBE, Dr Ataullah Siddiqui, Edith Raymond Locke

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Des O’Connor CBE, Richard Trim OBE, Dr Ataullah Siddiqui, Edith Raymond Locke

Matthew Bannister on a comedian, a radar engineer, a scholar, an editor.

Matthew Bannister on comedian Des O’Connor, radar engineer Richard Trim, Muslim scholar Dr Ataullah Siddiqui, editor Edith Raymond Locke.

Pictured: Des O'Connor

Matthew Bannister on

The comedian Des O’Connor, an all-round entertainer equally at home telling jokes, hosting a chat show or recording an album. 

Richard Trim, the radar engineer who developed the technology that supports modern air traffic control systems.

Dr Ataullah Siddiqui, the leading Muslim scholar who played a major role in creating inter-faith dialogue.

Edith Raymond Locke, the editor of Mademoiselle Magazine who supported the early careers of fashion designers like Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan.

Interviewed guest: David Steadman
Interviewed guest: Fergus Trim
Interviewed guest: Sughra Ahmed
Interviewed guest: Canon Andrew Wingate OBE
Interviewed guest: Ali MacGraw
Interviewed guest: Rosemary Feitelberg
Interviewed guest: Andrea Robinson

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 01/09/1969; Jimmy Tarbuck, The Daily Mail 17/11/2020; One Minute With Des O’Connor, Radio 1 01/01/2000; The Morecambe & Wise Show, BBC Two 25/12/1975; Front Row, Radio 4 06/10/2011; Jimmy Tarbuck, ITV News 16/11/2020; This Morning, ITV 16/11/2020; Countdown, Channel 4 29/09/2008; Good Morning Britain, ITV 16/11/2020; Tomorrow's World, BBC One 15/01/1997; Ataullah Siddiqui, Cardiff University/Islam UK 21/01/2019.

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