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Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently

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Last Word: Michael Parkinson, Renata Scotto, John Brierly, Isobel Crook

Michael Parkinson, Renata Scotto, John Brierly, Isobel Crook

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Michael Parkinson, Renata Scotto, John Brierly, Isobel Crook

John Wilson on a broadcaster, an Italian soprano, an author and an anthropologist

John Wilson on broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson, Italian soprano Renata Scotto, author John Brierly and anthropologist Isobel Crook.

John Wilson on:

The journalist and broadcaster who became synonymous with the British chat show, Sir Michael Parkinson.

Italian soprano Renata Scotto, one of the biggest stars of opera in the 1960s and 70s

John Brierly, the author of bestselling guidebooks to the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route

The teacher, anthropologist and communist Isobel Crook who lived and worked in China for most of her life.


Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive used
Isabel Crook: We belonged and this is why we stayed, Youtube uploaded 18 Jul 2021; Isabel Crook My Hundred Years CCTV NEWS, Youtube uploaded 26 Jul 2016; Kate Adie – Tiananmen Square 1989, BBC News Archive; Parkinson Theme tune, BBC 1 19 June 1971 to 10 April 1982.

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