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Last Word: Carlos Menem (pictured), Mary Wilson, Robin Pooley, Larry Flynt

19/02/2021

Carlos Menem (pictured), Mary Wilson, Robin Pooley, Larry Flynt

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Carlos Menem (pictured), Mary Wilson, Robin Pooley, Larry Flynt

Matthew Bannister on a president, a singer, a businessman and a pornographer.

Matthew Bannister on Argentine President Carlos Menem, singer Mary Wilson, businessman Robin Pooley and pornographer Larry Flynt.

Matthew Bannister on:

Carlos Menem, the flamboyant President of Argentina during the 1990s who transformed the country’s economy, but was dogged by allegations of corruption.

Mary Wilson, a founding member of the Supremes who rivalled the Beatles for chart success during the 1960s. 

Robin Pooley, the businessman who started in the meat trade before switching to become Chief Executive of the Potato Marketing Board and transforming the fortunes of that humble root vegetable.

Larry Flynt, the multi-millionaire pornographer who saw himself as a champion of free speech. 

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Jill Hedges 
Interviewed guest: Professor Ernesto Calvo
Interviewed guest: John Tuckwell 
Interviewed guest: Michael Pollitt
Interviewed guest: Adam White
Interviewed guest: Peter White

Archive clips from: Breakfast with Frost, BBC One, TX 25.10.1998; Midweek, Radio 4, TX 2.3.2011;  Ken Bruce, Radio 2, TX 16.9.2019;  BBC Breakfast, BBC One, TX 12.7.1994; No Triumph No Tragedy - Larry Flynt, Radio 4, TX 19.1.1999

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