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Last Word: Murray Walker (pictured), King Goodwill Zwelithini, Mary Asprey, Bunny Wailer

Murray Walker, King Goodwill Zwelithini, Mary Asprey OBE, Bunny Wailer

Murray Walker (pictured), King Goodwill Zwelithini, Mary Asprey, Bunny Wailer

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Murray Walker (pictured), King Goodwill Zwelithini, Mary Asprey, Bunny Wailer

Julian Worricker on a king, a commentator, a charity founder, a musician.

Julian Worricker on King Zwelithini of the Zulu nation, charity founder Mary Asprey, commentator Murray Walker, musician Bunny Wailer.

Julian Worricker on:
 
One of the best known sports commentators of his generation, motor racing's Murray Walker
 
The woman who co-founded what became the charity, Missling People, Mary Asprey

King Goodwill Zwelithini, who ruled the Zulu nation at a time of enormous change in South Africa
 
And Bunny Wailer, founder member of the Wailers, whose album Blackheart Man is regarded as one of reggae's finest.
 
Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Simon Taylor
Interviewed guest: Nomsa Maseko
Interviewed guest: Sophie Macaulay
Interviewed guest: Trevor McDonald
Interviewed guest: David Katz 
Interviewed guest: Clive Allick

Desert Island Discs: Radio 4, TX 16.3.2014; 5 Live Sport Special - Murray Walker (BBC Podcast); BBC News: BBC One, TX 24.9.1994; BBC News: BBC One, TX 26.5.1991; The learning zone: BBC 2, TX 15.1.1998

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