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Last Word: Jeremy Clarke, Dr Moira Woods, Iain Johnstone, Rita Lee

Jeremy Clarke, Dr Moira Woods, Iain Johnstone, Rita Lee

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Jeremy Clarke, Dr Moira Woods, Iain Johnstone, Rita Lee

Matthew Bannister on a columnist, a campaigner, a film critic and a singer.

Matthew Bannister on columnist Jeremy Clarke, campaigner Dr. Moira Woods, film critic Iain Johnstone and singer Rita Lee.

Matthew Bannister on

Jeremy Clarke, who chronicled his experiences of living a “low life” in the Spectator magazine for more than 20 years. We have a tribute from Eric Idle.

The women’s rights campaigner Dr. Moira Woods, who set up the Irish Republic’s first dedicated sexual assault treatment unit.

Iain Johnstone, the film critic and documentary maker who told the stories of stars like Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand and John Wayne.

Rita Lee, the singer known as Brazil’s “Queen of Rock”

Interviewee: Eric Idle
Interviewee: David Goodhart
Interviewee:  Rosita Sweetman
Interviewee: Oliver Johnstone
Interviewee: Camilo Rocha

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive used:
Jeremy Clarke's Low Life: Dead cool, Jeremy has bitten the bullet and taken up yoga, The Spectator, uploaded Facebook 03/09/2023;  Jeremy Clarke’s Low Life - Sharon has ditched Jeremy and is getting a dog, her mum has set him up on a blind date, The Spectator, uploaded Facebook 09/07/2023;   Jeremy Clarke, Off the Page, BBC Radio 4, 09/07/2009;  Dr Moira Wood appearance on Irish Television from 1994, YouTube, uploaded 10/02/2016;   President Nixon visits Dublin 1966, RTE Archives, RTE website uploaded in 2016;  Iain Johnstone appearance, Film 82: E.T. Review, BBC Archive, Facebook, uploaded 06/12/2017;   Iain Johnstone, Jaws - from the Set 1974, YouTube, uploaded 09/01/2012;   1976: Tonight, BBC Archive, Facebook uploaded 20/02/2020; A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Official Trailer, MGM Studios, YouTube uploaded 09/08/2021; Harold Wilson appearance, Friday Night, Saturday Morning, BBC Two, 19/10/1979; Rita Lee, Lança Perfume, Live concert, MTV Brazil, YouTube uploaded 02/09/2015;  Rita Lee – Agora So Fata Voce, Live Universal Music Group, YouTube uploaded 26/01/2017;

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