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Last Word: Meat Loaf (pictured), André Leon Talley, Jana Bennett, Kristin Baybars

Meat Loaf (pictured), André Leon Talley, Jana Bennett, Kristin Baybars

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Meat Loaf (pictured), André Leon Talley, Jana Bennett, Kristin Baybars

Matthew Bannister on a singer, a fashion editor, a BBC executive, a toymaker

Matthew Bannister on singer Meat Loaf, fashion editor André Leon Talley, BBC executive Jana Bennett, toymaker Kristin Baybars.

Matthew Bannister on

Meat Loaf, the rock opera singer best known for his album Bat Out Of Hell.

André Leon Talley, the fashion editor who played a leading role at US Vogue magazine and supported the careers of many designers.

Jana Bennett, the BBC executive who led the transformation of TV science programmes and oversaw the Corporation’s move into the digital age.

Kristin Baybars, whose beautiful doll's house furniture and other toys were sought after by children and adults alike. 


Producer: Neil George 

Interviewed guest: Dana Thomas
Interviewed guest: Mark Thompson
Interviewed guest: Lorraine Heggessey
Interviewed guest: Susila Baybars
Interviewed guest: Janet Richardson

Archive clips used: BBC Four, Meat Loaf: In and Out of Hell 21/01/2022; CNBC News, assassination of John F. Kennedy 22/11/1963; BBC Radio 5Live, Afternoon Edition 07/09/2016; Twentieth Century Fox / Michael White Productions, The Rocky Horror Picture Show 1975; Radio 4 Last Word 09/05/2021; Fox 2000 Pictures / New Regency Productions / Linson Films, Fight Club 1999; BBC Radio 4, Front Row 12/01/2010; BBC One, Good Morning with Anne and Nick 27/10/1995; CBS, The Late Late Show with James Corden 25/01/2022; BBC Natural History Unit / Impossible Pictures / Discovery Channel, Walking With Dinosaurs 1999; BBC / The Learning Channel, The Human Body 1998, YouTube / National Theatre, Jerry Springer (The Opera) - National Theatre 50th Birthday Show 06/07/2014; André Leon Talley Full Address Oxford Union 08/05/2013; Entertainment Tonight Canada, tribute to André Leon Talley; BBC Radio 5Live, Emma Barnett with André Leon Talley 11/06/2020; Los Angeles Times / YouTube Channel, André Leon Talley On Growing Up 10/09/2017; BBC News, Kristin Baybars news report 17/01/2017; London Dollshouse Showcase, Kristin Baybars & her Aladdin's Cave 2016; BBC One Play School 06/01/1978; Talkback Thames / BBC, QI S02 E04 22/10/2004.

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