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Last Word: Kenneth Kaunda, Janet Malcolm, Penny Kemp, Bob Swash

25/06/2021

Kenneth Kaunda, Janet Malcolm, Penny Kemp, Bob Swash

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Kenneth Kaunda, Janet Malcolm, Penny Kemp, Bob Swash

Matthew Bannister on a president, a writer, a campaigner, a producer.

Matthew Bannister on Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, writer Janet Malcolm, campaigner Penny Kemp, producer Bob Swash.

Pictured: President Kenneth Kaunda

Matthew Bannister on

The Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda who fought for independence then ruled his country for nearly thirty years, but was voted out of office in the first multi-party elections of 1991.
 
Janet Malcolm, the American writer whose works questioned the ethics of journalists and biographers, including herself.
 
Penny Kemp, who brought passion and professionalism to the campaigns of the Green Party.
 
Bob Swash, the theatre producer whose hits included Evita and Blood Brothers.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Maureen Nkandu
Interviewed guest: Katie Roife
Interviewed guest: Darren Johnson
Interviewed guest: Caroline Lucas
Interviewed guest: Michael Coveney
Interviewed guest: Willy Russell

Archive clips used: Zambian Independence Celebrations, BBC Archives, October 1964; Reading Chekhov, Radio 3 08/07/2004; A Brunch Conversation with Janet Malcolm, Kelly Writers’ House 19/03/2013; Today, Radio 4 13/09/2002;  Greens On The Record, BBC One 24/09/1989; The World This Weekend, Radio 4 16/04/2006; Taking Issue, BBC Radio Scotland 30/01/1986.

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