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Last Word: Una Stubbs (pictured), Gino Strada, Mo Hayder

Una Stubbs (pictured), Gino Strada, Mo Hayder

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Matthew Bannister on an actor, a surgeon, a writer

Matthew Bannister on actor Una Stubbs, surgeon Gino Strada, writer Mo Hayder.

Matthew Bannister on

Una Stubbs, the actor who first came to fame in the 1960s TV sitcom 'Till Death Us Do Part', then attracted a new generation of fans as Aunt Sally in Worzel Gummidge. She was also an acclaimed stage performer and ended her career as Mrs Hudson in the Sherlock TV series. 

Gino Strada, the Italian surgeon who set up the charity Emergency to provide state of the art hospital facilities in some of the world’s poorest countries, including Afghanistan. The photographer Giles Duley pays tribute.

Mo Hayder, the best-selling crime writer known for describing the grisly details of violence, who in a previous life was a glamour model and TV actor.


Producer: Laura Northedge

Interviewed guest: Christian Henson 
Interviewed guest: David Benedict
Interviewed guest: Giles Duley
Interviewed guest: Alice Jolly
Interviewed guest: Selina Walker 

Archive clips used: Yorkshire Films Archive, Dairy Box advert 1958; Ivy Films, Summer Holiday 1963; Southern Television, Worzel Gummidge 1979; Freemantle/Thames TV, 5's Company 1997; Hartswood Films, Sherlock 2014; The Graduate Institute Geneva, Gino Strada wins Right Livelihood Award 09/12/2015; Right Livelihood Awards, Gino Strada acceptance speech 04/12/2015; Dreamscape Media/ISIS Productions, Birdman audiobook.

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