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Last Word: Jeff Beck, Alice Mahon, Tom Karen OBE, Gina Lollobrigida

Jeff Beck, Alice Mahon, Tom Karen OBE, Gina Lollobrigida

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Jeff Beck, Alice Mahon, Tom Karen OBE, Gina Lollobrigida

Matthew Bannister on a guitarist, an MP, a designer and an actress.

Matthew Bannister on guitarist Jeff Beck, MP Alice Mahon, designer Tom Karen and actress Gina Lollobrigida.

Matthew Bannister on

Jeff Beck (pictured), who was acclaimed as one of the most influential and innovative rock guitarists of all time.

Alice Mahon, the left wing Labour MP who often rebelled against her own party.

Tom Karen OBE, the designer who came up with the Raleigh Chopper Bike, the Bond Bug, the Reliant Robin and the Popemobile.

Gina Lollobrigida, the first post war Italian actress to gain an international reputation as a sex symbol. She was known for her rivalry with Sophia Loren. 


Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Martin Power
Interviewed guest: Jeremy Corbyn
Interviewed guest: Julia Langdon
Interviewed guest: Eugenie Karen
Interviewed guest: Josephine Bahns
Interviewed guest: Angie Errigo

Archive clips used: BrianMay.Com, Thoughts on sad loss of Jeff Beck 12/01/2023; UK Parliament, Margaret Thatcher's last Prime Minister's Questions 27/11/1990; Raleigh, Noel Edmonds' Raleigh bike advert 1978; Discovery Real Time, Wheeler Dealers S07E06 Bond Bug 12/10/2010; krc/ YouTube, sound effect Landspeeder - Star Wars 18/01/2017; BBC Sound Archive, The Pope in Liverpool 30/05/1982; BBC Sound Archive, The Morning Show - African Service 07/01/1970; Excelsa Film/ Omnium International du Film/ Ponti-De Laurentiis Cinematografica, Women of Rome - clip (1954); Hecht-Lancaster Productions/ Joanna Productions/ Susan Productions, Trapeze - trailer (1956); 7 Pictures/ Raoul Walsh Enterprises, Come September - trailer (1961); BBC One, Parkinson 28/09/1974; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/ Canterbury Production, Never So Few - trailer (1959).

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