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Last Word: Mohamed Al-Fayed, Dorothy Goodman, Professor Anthony Bryceson, Denyse Plummer

Mohamed Al-Fayed, Dorothy Goodman, Professor Anthony Bryceson, Denyse Plummer

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Dorothy Goodman, Professor Anthony Bryceson, Denyse Plummer

Matthew Bannister on a businessman, a educationalist, a tropical medicine expert, a singer

Matthew Bannister on businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed, educationalist Dorothy Goodman, tropical medicine expert Professor Anthony Bryceson and singer Denyse Plummer.

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Mohamed Al-Fayed, the controversial businessman who owned Harrods department store and Fulham Football Club. His son Dodi died in the car crash that killed Princess Diana.

Dorothy Goodman, the educationalist who helped to found the consumer affairs magazine that became known as “Which?”.

Professor Anthony Bryceson, the tropical medicine expert who was kidnapped by guerrilla forces in Laos.

Denyse Plummer, the singer who overcame prejudice to be crowned Calypso Monarch in her home islands of Trinidad and Tobago

Interviewee: Tom Bower
Interviewee: Harriet Goodman
Interviewee: Professor Sir David Warrell
Interviewee: Carl 'Beaver' Henderson

Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies

Archive Used:
Mohamed AL Fayed, Press Interview, BBC News, 01/03/1990; Mohamed Al Fayed refused British Passport, BBC News, 06/05/1999;  The death of Princess Dianna and Dodi Al Fayed, BBC Radio, 31/08/1997; Mohamed Al Fayed interview, Tabloid Tales: Mohamed Al Fayed, BBC ONE, 31/03/2004;  Inquest into the death of Princess Diana, BBC News, 04/2008;   Dorothy Goodman interview, Which? 60 Years of Which,  Source: which.co.uk, 08/07/2022; Kitchen Gadget (1950), Pathe News, 16/10/1950 ; Denyse Plummer interview, Woman Making A Difference, TT Online, YouTube uploaded 17 /05/2020

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