Last Word

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Last Word: Larry King (pictured), Catherine Ennis, Margaret Weston, Gerry Cottle

Larry King, Catherine Ennis, Margaret Weston, Gerry Cottle

Larry King (pictured), Catherine Ennis, Margaret Weston, Gerry Cottle

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Larry King (pictured), Catherine Ennis, Margaret Weston, Gerry Cottle

Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, an organist, a curator, a circus owner

Matthew Bannister on broadcaster Larry King, organist Catherine Ennis, curator Dame Margaret Weston, circus owner Gerry Cottle

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Larry King, the American TV interviewer whose long running show on CNN attracted guests ranging from Presidents to pop stars. Christiane Amanpour pays tribute.

Catherine Ennis, the organist at the City of London Church of St Lawrence Jewry who helped to design four major organs in the capital. 

Dame Margaret Weston, the Director of the Science Museum who spread funding around the UK by opening the National Railway Museum in York and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford.

Gerry Cottle, the charismatic circus owner who overcame bankruptcy and sex and cocaine addiction to evolve the art form as public tastes changed

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Christiane Amanpour 
Interviewed guest: Michael Carlson
Interviewed guest: Sir Roger Gifford 
Interviewed guest: Sir Andrew Parmley
Interviewed guest: Heather Mayfield 
Interviewed guest: David Morgan 
Interviewed guest: Professor Vanessa Toulmin 
Interviewed guest: John Haze

Archive clips from: Profile, Radio 4 TX 26.03.1974; In Tune, Radio 3 TX 14.10.2016; Desert Island Discs, Radio 4 TX 21.9.1984

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