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Last Word: Diego Maradona, Rosalind Grimshaw, Jan Morris CBE

Diego Maradona, Rosalind Grimshaw, Jan Morris CBE

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Diego Maradona, Rosalind Grimshaw, Jan Morris CBE

Matthew Bannister on a footballer, a glass artist, an author

Matthew Bannister on footballer Diego Maradona, glass artist Rosalind Grimshaw, author Jan Morris.

Pictured: Diego Maradona

Matthew Bannister on:

Diego Maradona, the flawed footballing genius who was worshipped by fans in Argentina and his adopted home city of Naples before drug abuse and scandal tainted his reputation. We speak to Asif Kapadia, director of the acclaimed film about Maradona’s life.

Rosalind Grimshaw, the talented stained glass artist whose works include a spectacular window depicting the seven days of creation at Chester Cathedral.

And Jan Morris, the author of more than 50 books chronicling her travels around the world and one describing her decision to undergo gender reassignment surgery. 


Interviewed guest: Asif Kapadia
Interviewed guest: Chris King
Interviewed guest: Patrick Costeloe
Interviewed guest: Paul Clements

Producer: Neil George

Archive clips from: Today, Radio 4 26/11/2020; 5 Live Breakfast, 26/11/2020; Diego Maradona, directed by Asif Kapadia, On The Corner/Film 4 14/06/2019; Match Commentary: World Cup 1990 Semi Final - Italy v Argentina, BBC Sound Archive 1990; Woman’s Hour, Radio 4 29/03/2003; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 16/06/2002; Profile, Radio 4 01/06/1978; The Verb, Radio 4 14/02/2020.

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