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Last Word: Malcolm Mowbray, Victoria Amelina, Roger Lovegrove, Mavis Cheek

Malcolm Mowbray, Victoria Amelina, Roger Lovegrove, Mavis Cheek

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Matthew Bannister on a film director, a novelist, an ornithologist and a writer.

Matthew Bannister on film director Malcolm Mowbray, novelist Victoria Amelina, ornithologist Roger Lovegrove and writer Mavis Cheek.

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Malcolm Mowbray, the British film director best known for making “A Private Function” - the comedy about wartime rationing starring Michael Palin and Maggie Smith. The film’s writer Alan Bennett pays tribute. 

Victoria Amelina, the Ukrainian novelist and war crimes researcher who was killed in a missile strike in Kramatorsk.

Roger Lovegrove, the ornithologist who played a leading role in re-introducing red kites to the UK.

Mavis Cheek, who wrote humorous novels about middle class marriage and relationships. We’re joined by her friend Helen Lederer.

Interviewee: Olha Mukha 
Interviewee:  Alan Bennett
Interviewee: Joe Mowbray
Interviewee: Roy Dennis
Interviewee: Helen Lederer

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive used:
Kramatorsk: Russian missile strike hits restaurants in Ukrainian city, Verified Live, BBC World News, 28/06/2023;  Victoria Amelina interview recorded 15/05/2023,  Copyright Clearance Centre, YouTube uploaded 03/07/2023;   Playhouse: Days at the Beach,  Director: Malcolm Mowbray, BBC Two, 13/02/1981;  Our Winnie, BBC Four, repeated broadcast 10/12/2009;  Malcolm Mowbray, London Standard Film Awards, BBC One, 26/01/1986;  A Private Function (1984) film promotion, Hand Made Films, YoutTube uploaded 24/05/2019;  A Private Function (1984), Hand Made Films, 1984;  Roger Lovegrove: Red Kite, The Great British Birdwatch BBC One, 19/06/1989 ;  Red Kite sound effects, RSPB, recordist Jens Kirkeby, recorded 17/08/2005;  Mavis Cheek interview, Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio 4, 04/03/2002;  Mavis Cheek reading The Sex Life of My Aunt, Faber and Faber, Arts Archive, Woman’s Hour arts book archive website, BBC Radio 4, uploaded 04/03/2002; Mavis Cheek interview and extract reading, Sixty Minutes, BBC One, 26/10/1983.

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