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Last Word: Dame Carmen Callil, Ivy Jo Hunter, Kathleen Booth, Dietrich Mateschitz

28/10/2022

Dame Carmen Callil, Ivy Jo Hunter, Kathleen Booth, Dietrich Mateschitz

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Dame Carmen Callil, Ivy Jo Hunter, Kathleen Booth, Dietrich Mateschitz

Matthew Bannister on a publisher, a songwriter, a computer pioneer and a billionaire.

Matthew Bannister on publisher Dame Carmen Callil, songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter, computer pioneer Kathleen Booth and billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz.

Matthew Bannister on

Dame Carmen Callil (pictured), the Australian-born publisher who founded the feminist Virago Books.

Ivy Jo Hunter, known as the 'forgotten man of Motown', he co-wrote Dancing In The Street for Martha Reeves and the Vandellas.

Kathleen Booth the mathematician and pioneering computer designer.

Dietrich Mateschitz, the billionaire who turned the Red Bull energy drink into a global success by sponsoring sports clubs and daring stunts, including backing two Formula One motor racing teams. 


Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Harriet Spicer
Interviewed guest: Graham Betts
Interviewed guest: Ian Booth
Interviewed guest: Amanda Booth
Interviewed guest: Nina Baker
Interviewed guest: Chris Medland

Archive clips used: BBC Radio 4, Desert Island Discs – Carmen Callil; Audible Audio/ Spoken Realms, My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin 30/03/2021; The Red Bull Company, Rapunzel commercial 1991; BBC One, Formula 1 – The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 14/11/2010; Red Bull Stratos, Red Bull Space Dive 14/10/2012; TikTok.com @pianograndad – Alan Melinek.

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