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Last Word: Jehan Sadat (pictured), Michael Horovitz, Richard Ernst, Dilip Kumar

Jehan Sadat, Michael Horovitz, Richard Ernst, Dilip Kumar

Jehan Sadat (pictured), Michael Horovitz, Richard Ernst, Dilip Kumar

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Jehan Sadat (pictured), Michael Horovitz, Richard Ernst, Dilip Kumar

Matthew Bannister on a First Lady, a poet, a chemist, an actor

Matthew Bannister on Egypt’s First Lady Jehan Sadat, poet Michael Horovitz, chemist Richard Ernst, actor Dilip Kumar.

Matthew Bannister on 

Jehan Sadat, the wife of president Anwar Sadat of Egypt, who campaigned for women’s rights, supported the disabled and disadvantaged people and forged an academic career.

Michael Horovitz, the anarchic poet who staged chaotic 'happenings' and supported new talent.

Richard Ernst, the Swiss chemist who won the Nobel prize for his work on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Dilip Kumar, the Bollywood actor known as 'the king of tragedy'.

Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Noah Bakr
Interviewed guest: Shibley Telhami 
Interviewed guest: Adam Horovitz
Interviewed guest: John Hegley 
Interviewed guest: Matthias Ernst
Interviewed guest: Professor Kurt Wüthrich
Interviewed guest: Anil Sinanan

Archive clips used: ABC NEWS, 06/10/1980; SPINE TV, 21/12/2011; 
Optic Nerve Ltd 2011-2021; Martin Packard, You Tube 2010; Devdas film, 1955; Kohinoor film, 1960; Mughal-E-Azam film, 1960.

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