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Last Word: Terry Hall, Dame Beryl Grey, Heather Iandolo, Eric Allison

Terry Hall, Dame Beryl Grey, Heather Iandolo, Eric Allison

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Terry Hall, Dame Beryl Grey, Heather Iandolo, Eric Allison

Matthew Bannister on a singer, the daughter of Lord Haw Haw, an ex-offender, a ballerina

Matthew Bannister on singer Terry Hall, the daughter of Lord Haw Haw, Heather Iandolo, ex-offender Eric Allison, ballerina Dame Beryl Grey.

Matthew Bannister on

Terry Hall (pictured), the singer who captured the disillusionment of a generation with The Specials’ biggest hit “Ghost Town”. 

Heather Iandolo, the daughter of the notorious Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw Haw.

Eric Allison, who turned his back on a life of crime to become the Guardian’s prisons correspondent.

Dame Beryl Grey, the acclaimed ballerina who went on to run the London Festival Ballet. 

Producer: Tim Bano

Interviewed Guests: Professor Colin Holmes, Simon Hattenstone and Alastair Macaulay

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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