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Last Word: Judith Heumann, Brian Tufano, Sir David Elliott KCMG, Elizabeth Foulkes

10/03/2023

Judith Heumann, Brian Tufano, Sir David Elliott KCMG, Elizabeth Foulkes

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Judith Heumann, Brian Tufano, Sir David Elliott KCMG, Elizabeth Foulkes

Matthew Bannister on a campaigner, a cinematographer, a diplomat and an architect.

Matthew Bannister on campaigner Judith Heumann, cinematographer Brian Tufano, diplomat Sir David Elliott KCMG and architect Elizabeth Foulkes.

Matthew Bannister on

Judith Heumann (pictured), the American disability rights campaigner who led the longest non-violent occupation of a Federal building in US history.

Brian Tufano, the cinematographer who shot films like Quadrophenia, Trainspotting and Billy Elliot.

Sir David Elliott, a key figure in the negotiations that created the European single market.

Elizabeth Foulkes, who helped to define common standards for architects in the UK.


Producer: Neil George

Interviewed guest: Thomas Shakespeare
Interviewed guest: Stuart Harris
Interviewed guest: Franc Roddam 
Interviewed guest: Tony Pierce-Roberts
Interviewed guest: Simon Pugsley
Interviewed guest: Lord Hannay GCMG
Interviewed guest: Nick Foulkes

Archive clips used: TEDx talks, Judith Heumann - Our fight for disability rights and why we're not done yet 24/04/2018; BBC Radio 4, Woman's Hour 06/08/2021; Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund, The Power of 504 (1977); StudioCanal/ Working Title Films/ BBC Films, Billy Elliott (2000) trailer; BBC Two Rogue Male 22/09/1976; BBC TV Archive, All in a Day - The Fight 12/11/1973; The Who Films/ Polytel, Quadrophenia (1979) trailer; Channel Four Films/ Figment Films/ The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, Trainspotting (1996) trailer; Future Films/ MBP (Germany)/ Scala Productions, Last Orders (2001) trailer; BBC TV Archive, The Evacuees 05/03/1975; Screen and Film School, In memory of cinematographer Brian Tufano (February 2023); BBC Sound Archive, Margaret Thatcher speaks on the future of the European community 20/09/1988; DTI, Europe's Open for Business - UK TV advert (1991-92); Nick Foulkes, personal archive interview with Elizabeth Foulkes (2014); British Pathé, New housing to replace demolished village inspected by Nye Bevan (1946).

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