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Last Word: Stella Tennant, George Bizos, Joan Feynman, Rishi Kapoor

01/01/2021

Stella Tennant, George Bizos, Joan Feynman, Rishi Kapoor

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Stella Tennant, George Bizos, Joan Feynman, Rishi Kapoor

Matthew Bannister on a model, a lawyer, an astrophysicist and  an actor.

Matthew Bannister on fashion model Stella Tennant, lawyer George Bizos, scientist Joan Feynman, actor Rishi Kapoor.

Matthew Bannister on
Stella Tennant, the iconic fashion model who rose to prominence in the 1990s, becoming the face of Chanel. 
George Bizos, the South African human rights lawyer who represented Nelson Mandela at the Rivonia Trial.
Joan Feynman, the astrophysicist who made important breakthroughs in her study of auroras and solar cycles.
Actor Rishi Kapoor, who appeared in almost 100 films and defined Bollywood for a generation.

Interviewed guest: Plum Sykes
Interviewed guest: Sir Nicholas Stadlen
Interviewed guest: Christopher Riley
Interviewed guest: Laura Tenenbaum
Interviewed guest: Haroon Rashid

Archive clips from: HARDtalk, BBC News 11/10/2011; Remembering Rivonia, BBC World Service 06/03/2018; Nelson Mandela Released from Prison, BBC News Archive 11/02/1990; The Fantastic Mr Feynman, dir. Christopher Riley, BBC2 12/05/2013; Bobby, R.K. Films Ltd 28/09/1973; Prem Rog, K.R. Films Ltd. 31/07/1982; Agneepath, Dharma Productions/Eros International 26/01/2012.

Producer: Dan Hardoon

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