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Last Word: Frank Farian, Caroline Richmond, Phil Baines, Norma Izard

Frank Farian, Caroline Richmond, Phil Baines, Norma Izard

BBC Radio 4 - Last Word, Frank Farian, Caroline Richmond, Phil Baines, Norma Izard

Matthew Bannister on a music producer, a medical journalist, a typographer, a cricketer.

Matthew Bannister on music producer Frank Farian, medical journalist Caroline Richmond, typographer Phil Baines and cricketer Norma Izard.

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Frank Farian, the German music producer behind the hugely successful group Boney M, who caused controversy when it was revealed that his duo Milli Vanilli had been miming at all their live shows. We hear from Boney M singer Liz Mitchell.

Medical journalist Caroline Richmond who founded the Campaign Against Health Fraud, now known as HealthSense.

Professor Phil Baines, the respected typographer who designed many book covers and public signs as well as the memorial to the victims of the 7/7 2005 bombings in London.

Norma Izard, who managed the England Women’s Cricket team, leading them to win the World Cup and creating the trophy for the women’s Ashes series.

Producer: Ed Prendeville

Archive used:
London Plus, BBC 1 South East, 09/10/1985; Sixty Minutes, BBC 1, 07/06/1984; BBC Breakfast Time, BBC, 25/03/1986; Caroline Richmond’s interviewed on Woman’s Hour, BBC Radio Four, 27/04/2000; England v New Zealand - Women's World Cup Final, 5 Live, 01.08.1993; Phil Baines - Form and content: reflections on the practice and responsibilities of book design, Real Smart Media, 25/04/2012; From Priesthood to Art and Design, Central Saint Martins

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