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Last Word: Bill Turnbull, Anne Sutton, Norah Vincent, Drummie Zeb

Bill Turnbull, Anne Sutton, Norah Vincent, Drummie Zeb

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Bill Turnbull, Anne Sutton, Norah Vincent, Drummie Zeb

Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a historian, a writer, a drummer

Matthew Bannister on broadcaster Bill Turnbull, historian Anne Sutton, writer Norah Vincent, drummer Drummie Zeb.

Matthew Bannister on
 
Bill Turnbull (pictured), the journalist and BBC Breakfast presenter who was also a beekeeper and committed fan of Wycombe Wanderers.
 
Anne Sutton, whose detailed studies of the life and times of King Richard III transformed his reputation.
 
Norah Vincent, who wrote a best-selling book about her experience of living as a man for eighteen months and then suffered a mental breakdown.
 
Drummie Zeb, the drummer and vocalist with the British reggae band Aswad.


Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Sian Williams
Interviewed guest: Wendy Moorhen
Interviewed guest: Justine Hardy
Interviewed guest: Brinsley Forde

Archive clips used: BBC One, BBC Breakfast 27/04/2001; BBC News, London Bombs at Kings Cross 08/07/2005; BBC Three, Strictly Dance Fever on Three 01/04/2006; BBC One, BBC Breakfast - Bill Turnball talks about cancer 21/12/2018; WeTalkWycombe/ YouTube Channel, Best Wycombe Wanderers Chants! 06/07/2020; BBC One, BBC Breakfast 23/01/2007; BBC One, Celebrity Mastermind 01/01/2008; London Film Production/ L.O.P., Richard III (1955) film; Quite Frankly Productions/ BBC Hardtalk Extra, Norah Vincent 21/04/2006; ABC News, Self-Made Man: Norah Vincent 2006; Elephant House Studios/ Tribute, Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Concert 11/06/1988.

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